The Hearing Aid: Radio 4…Rainbow Nil – Many thanks to The Baron for posting this link to Radio 4′s You And Yours on Fri 17th July, which features the fight to save The Rainbow.
‘It’s a great little feature, again starring your friend and mine Martin Mullaney, Birmingham’s Cabinet member for Leisure, Sport and Culture. That’s a joke right? Will he not rest until the place is another nice little apartment block? Clearly not. Anyway, have a listen, it’s about 15minutes in.’
It is indeed a great piece, also featuring interviews with Rainbow landlord Kent Davis, local Music Producer John Mostyn, and UB40′s Brian Travers who states ‘The Rainbow represents the beating cultural heart of Birmingham.’ It also, very fairly, shows the other side of the coin in an interview with Abacus tenant Adam, who describes living there as ‘like being in the pub’.
The Baron has also been doing is usual Rainbow gigging of late, reviewing the gigs Hjaltalin / Mr Bones & The Dreamers / 51 Breaks / This Beautiful Thief on Friday 24th July and Kid British / The Anomalies / Tempting Rosie @ The Rainbow on Monday 20th July.
