Pre-planning application ’consultation’ on Paradise Circus (via Paradise Circus) from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:
(by BMHMusic) from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:
A short film of photos taken around/under Birmingham Central Library – brutal sound (by eightbaII1955) from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:
Nirvana – Lithium – Birmingham Hummingbird 1991 (by Curmodgeon) from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:
Pete Simpkin – Radio Presentation from pebblemill on Vimeo. Radio Birmingham audio slideshow This audio slideshow was produced by Pete Simpkin, and used when he gave talks about the work of Radio Birmingham in the 1970s. It dates from the time when Pete presented the Breakfast programme, and illustrates the daily routine of the Station, which was based at BBC Pebble Mill. (via Radio Birmingham audio slideshow – Pete Simpkin | What Was Pebble Mill?) from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:
The Boat That OxjamBrum Rocked OxjamBrum is gaining quite a reputation for gigs with a difference. Remember the bus? Well this year we are going one better – an evening of music and entertainment on a barge. Come and join us as we navigate Brum’s canals starting at the mooring opposite the Canalside Café and travelling along Birmingham’s waterways. We will be making stops and collecting artists along the way. Tickets are £15 which includes a pre-sail BBQ. Starting at 5pm and finishing back in Brum city centre at 9pm. (via The Boat That OxjamBrum Rocked! | OxjamBrum 2011 ) from Brumblr, the scrapbook of Brum web ephemera:
Freecode Hexagon, Hexagon Theatre, MAC 19th Aug 7pm Realtime, generative Audio Visual performance presented in the MAC’s best kept secret – a gem of 1960s architecture – the HEXAGON theatre, originally the Cannon Hill Puppet Theatre. Featuring stunning work from the most experienced and freshest face, alike:SCREE are DJ Sir Real (www.myspace.com/djsirreal) from the House of God and VJ Catweasel (www.colour-burst.com) who does visuals for artists like Stevie Wonder. Modulate (www.modulate.org.uk/) are an AV collective who grew out of electronic ambient pioneers Higher Intelligence Agency.FREECODE are an AV collective of tweakers featuring:Chromatouch (www.chromatouch.wordpress.com),Minuek (www.myspace.com/minuek),Laternist (www.laternist.posterous.com) Hellocatfood (www.hellocatfood.com) Node based programming artists have risen to the fore over the last few years as graphical programming becomes more accesible and capable of harnessing computer functions more easily. Support networks like ‘hackspaces’ and festivals like the Maker Faire mean that girls and boys alike have been sharing knowledge and indeed creating their own canon in digital art. The upshot of this tweakery is that people can make the most unique of digital creations from a fundamental level, no longer limited to what a piece of software has in it’s palette of filters and effects, you can now make your own software patches fairly simply…...