Massive post about the Moseley etc CCTV cameras
A polite way to name a Facebook group, at least it isn't "nine danke"… New CCTV cameras have appeared all over Moseley, apparently they're ANPR (Number Plate Recognition) ones designed to track car movement. Residents, understandably, are concerned.
Sarah Jane Lynch (on twitter) is s putting together a project on Moseley, its history and community over the last 100 years — she started by interviewing Pete the Feet… Pete Mckenzie, better known as Pete the Feet, aged 64 has been propping up the bars of Moseley, Birmingham since the hedonistic days of the sixties. His resilience against the norm of wearing footwear, the fact he has created his own merchandise in form of homemade lighters and purses which he carries everywhere, and not least his warm and friendly nature have made him into something of a local legend. For many Pete is an iconic figure. He isn’t one of the many millions on the social networking site, Facebook, but a group set up in his honour has attracted over 1000 members. He has had a song written about him by local band ‘Katlama’ and was even voted the ‘most famous Midlander who isn’t actually famous’ in a radio poll. I caught up with Pete to unveil the real man behind the legend and to discuss his love of Moseley, the corner of Birmingham he is synonymous with. “ I came here I was about 20, I’d travelled...
Donovan, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, The Divine Comedy and rather excitingly The High Llamas all announced, more too
Video by Project X, found via brumblr
On Saturday May 9th: "an exhibition of a number of local artists featuring new work from legendary cartoonist Hunt Emerson, a new photographic composition from our favourite of the many talented local photographers – Matt Murtagh, plus fine art from Mandy Kasafir, Nisha Grover, Gabriella Gardosi, Matt Robinson and a number of Project X regulars alongside interactive installations from our inhouse design team, Object X." – full details:
Includes Jethro Tull, St Etienne, Beth Orton, Bert Jansch and Adrian Edmonson(!)…
A short documentary on the closing of the Jug of Ale. By Emma Nouriel
"The dressing room at the Jug Of Ale in Moseley was actually a toilet" – happy memories of the upstairs toilet in the old Jug. Back in '94(?) I think, I must have been at this gig.
