November 14th, 2008
10:33 am by Jon Bounds
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Who will follow in the bootsteps of landlord extraordinaire John Tighe, blues hobo Charlie Mitton, dancer-under-the-stars Malik, cricketer Jason Furnell and red panda Babu? Only the people of Birmingham can decide — after the nominations have been assessed by a panel.
But nominations are now open and you’re welcome to list any Brummie or Brum resident that has put Birmingham on the map this year. How about “world’s worst boxer” Peter Buckley (although I’m sure he’s better than me)? Or Brummies for Obama leader Adam Smith?
Maybe there’s an old dear who’ll be so excited by Kilroy in the Jungle that the orange man of British politics will triumph? Or is this the year that Metal will force it’s denim and leather clad way into the forefront? Wouldn’t it be great if concrete won out and we’ll recognise John Madin architectural genius behind the Central Library?
All that we know is that the nominations wil close at 9am Sunday 23rd November and the voting will open the next day. Leave your nominations, with a reason, in the comments — and feel free to discuss amongst yourselves.
[EDIT:] This is the time for nominations, you’ll get the chance to vote later - the weight of numbers of nominations for one person won’t effect anything. Keep your powder dry for the campaign. [/EDIT]
November 21st, 2008
10:00 am by Jon Bounds
According to the Guardian Bauer Radio is considering dropping the Kerrang! brand from its West Midlands rock station. Are we not metal enough? [link]
November 20th, 2008
11:00 pm by Jon Bounds
The ever exhaustive Birmingham Central blog has been rounding up a lot of stuff about the council's Big City Plan. Maybe I'm just jaded, but I haven't got round to reading it all yet. [link]
November 17th, 2008
3:00 am by Jon Bounds
It uses frames, and won’t be easily searchable, but it’s a website for “Harborne Village” all the same. [link]
November 16th, 2008
9:53 pm by Jon Bounds
This is really nice, and shows that the illustrator may well have been up King’s Heath High St.
by i heart joan (via CiB)
November 16th, 2008
1:00 pm by Jon Bounds
No Rock And Roll Fun is spending Sunday at Pebble Mill, digging up the oddest and best musical perfromances from the show from YouTube. They feature "pointless shots of the band performing, long-lens stylee, from outside the asbestos-riddled Birmingham HQ of the BBC; and a bored-looking audience sat in seats whose handrails give the impression of something between veal heading for slaughter and the world's worst rollercoaster." [link]
November 14th, 2008
1:59 pm by Jon Bounds
November 12th, 2008
7:00 pm by Jon Bounds
The famous amphetamine-fueled toilet roll of excess on which Kerouac wrote his masterwork will be in the city at the Barber institute from Dec 3rd. Linking to Created in Brum as they’ve popped the press release details online and I can’t be bothered… [link]
November 12th, 2008
4:59 pm by Jon Bounds
The Eye of the Storm is a great big video art project. One hundred and fifty people from around Brum (including Clare Short) were interviewed to discover each’s individual attempts to “manage the stresses of modern living and find calm within the storm”.
Next year, the Birmingham stories will be incorporated in an outdoor digital art installation in Birmingham City Centre. Inspired by the way groups of starlings fly together, Director Marc Silver will incorporate images of birds to suggest more collaborative ways of living.
You can contribute, making your own piece and uploading it to YouTube — instructions on the site.
November 12th, 2008
1:00 pm by Jon Bounds
On the eleventh of November a disparate group of psychogeographers, artists, bloggers, photographers, bus drivers and babies spent eleven hours on Birmingham’s number eleven bus starting after eleven am. Here the recordings - text, photo, video, mapping are being collated. [link]
