Posts Tagged ‘ Zen ’

Danny Smith was writing lots of guides to Brum for the Itchy guide, last year. It never happened, so we present his guide to the past in a number of parts (see all the parts): The Goose @ The OVT 561 Bristol Road, Selly Oak Birmingham B29 6AF Tel: 01214723186 In the heart of student country (Selly Oak) there is a bastion of ignorance, a place where the ill informed and the badly dressed can come and mix with the flat broke and shouting drunk. Cheap enough to attract the occasional brave student but normally frequented by the usual Wetherspoons crowd, last time I was there we invented a game called “Mad or Drunk” where participants have to discern whether the most vocal of the inhabitants were mentally challenged or merely inebriated. Unfortunately the game was short lived as the answer was almost always “Both”. Mon-Sun, 11am-12am The Zen shop Brindley Place 
Broad street 
Birmingham Tel: 0121 643 3933 Pretentious crap sold by exploiting beautiful Eastern concept. Tat Mon–Thu & Sun 10am–10.30pm, Fri 10am–11pm, Sat 10am–11.30pm Check out The Shouting Gypsy – Danny’s ‘wordcast’

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