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Written by Nicky Getgood on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: 7inchcinema, BenWaddington, Digbethisgood, flatpackfestival, frictionarts, links, theedge, toblog
News March 21st 2009 | – Friction Arts talk about their Flatpack Festival weekend, which consisted of ‘Outersight’ psychedelic psynema on Saturday night and a picnic on Sunday:
…a celebration of the pubs, past and present around Digbeth. The Edge had loads of bar accoutrements in, a cafe serving pub food, darts, bingo, skittles and of course beverages for the punters. There was table service from the ‘Two Dorises’ (Sandra Hall and Mitra Memarzia in performance mode, slightly evil waitresses you would tip to leave you alone) and every variation on the cheese cob you could imagine from the frustrated tea shop owners of Twinkle Jones…
I got given a lovely array of food, and watched pub quizmaster Ben Waddington eat several massive pickled onions whole.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Sunday, March 1st, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: BenWaddington, Digbethisgood, flatpackfestival, frictionarts, links, outersight, theedge, toblog
Edgy Picnic at Flatpack 2009 – Friction Arts join in the Flatpack film fun, with a few events at The Edge:
On Saturday 14th March it’s ‘Outersight’, the psychedelic psynema night, this time with incredible ‘Illusion-o’ and on Sunday Friction are hosting a picnic with film screenings, a unique pub quiz and bingo, all in their usual eccentric style and with tea served by Twinkle Jones.
I’m told the pub quiz is by historian and typography expert Ben Waddington and should be something quite special.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Sunday, December 21st, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: allisonstreet, anotherbyteofbanality, BenWaddington, Digbethisgood, digbethslacker, links, nikkipugh, richardtrengrouse, thebaron, thehearingaid, TheRainbow, toblog, wagonandhorses
An old style boozer with ~100 capacity upstairs function room complemented by a decent sized beer garden (covered in a stroke of genius by a large army surplus tent), staffed by efficient friendly bar staff and stocking some half decent beer. With a regular roster of faces and some great gigs…Hopefully it can survive the upcoming redevelopments which are threatening to put the kybosh on other (well established) Digbeth music venues…
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Friday, December 19th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: BenWaddington, old crown
Just a quick reminder that Ben Waddington is giving me and my Flip an extra special Digbeth tour this Sunday. We start from The Old Cown Pub at midday Sunday 21 December – so sod the Christmas shopping and come join us instead. It should take no more than 1-2 hours.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 ( One response )
Tags: BenWaddington, eastsidecafe, flip, richardtrengrouse, theoldcrown
Now I’ve got my new Flip I’ve been looking for things to film on it. Local historians Richard Trengrouse and Ben Waddington have been true gents and come to the rescue – both offering me their extra special tours of the area.
I’m meeting Richard Trengrouse at the Eastside Cafe at 8.30am this Saturday, from where we’ll set off after a hearty breakfast.
Ben Waddington’s tour starts from The Old Cown Pub at midday on Sunday 21 December – a great escape from the pre-Christmas madness!
Both tours should take no more than 1-2 hours. Please feel free to come and join us. If you can’t make it, watch this space for the Flip filmage instead!
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: benniegray, BenWaddington, BirminghamGaySymphonyOrchestra, Capsule, createdinbirmingham, creativelaunchpad, creativemarketplace, custardfactory, Digbethisgood, filmdash, hellodigital, laundryopenlab, links, plus+, PlusInternationalDesignFestival, releasethebats, rhubarbradio, thingamagoop, toblog, ttvteam
- Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra to be based at Custard Factory – ‘The start of November sees the launch of the BGSO – Birmingham Gay Symphony Orchestra. The Orchestra…will give lgbt people & their friends the chance to perform wonderful music, meet new people and socialise together in a welcoming and supportive environment.’
- Custard Factory – Bennie Gray’s manifesto to avoid Detroitification of Birmingham – ‘What Birmingham needs right now is dozens of informal Custard Factory-type organisations helping to unleash the multitude of small enterprises which, given the right backing, are ready to spring forth from the garages, spare bedrooms, colleges and sheds where they have been honing their nascent skills and ideas and waiting for the right opportunity for too long.’
- Custard Factory – Rhubarb ready to harvest – ‘Rhubarb Radio, the community radio station based at the Custard Factory, has quietly been pulling the pieces together over the last few weeks and is pretty much live.’
- Plus+ Touring the city with the Walking Tours – Ben Waddington is ‘a Birmingham-based historian with an especial interest in architecture, industrial history and typography’. He’s giving guided typography tours for this year’s Plus festival including a ‘Digbeth Type Tour: Exploring use of typography and handwritten letterforms in industrial Digbeth side streets. The area’s history revealed through its use of type.’ These will take place 12.00-1.30pm Weds 5th-Fri 7th Nov. Other tours are Baskerville’s Birmingham, Blue Plaques tour and City Type Tour.
- FREE training « Creative Launchpad – ‘Business Planning for a Successful Creative Business’ on Tues 11 Nov in Birmingham, plus other dates elsewhere.
- Laundry – an association of multi-disciplinary artists. – Laundry Open Lab Nov 6th-9th at the Custard Factory, a profile of international projects and partnerships, both current and propositional.
- Film Dash: And the winner is… – TTV Team for their film’s ‘charm, humour, the use of non-conventional filming techniques and the use of the city.’ I do hope Thingamagoop found his way home from the Digbeth dustbin he ended the film in. If he did, chances are he’s getting jiggy with the Flip machine the winners were given as I type.
- Capsule Blog » Points mean prizes… – A reminder that this Saturday brings the Capsule/ATP Release The Bats Halloween party in Space 2 at the Custard Factory, with an unmissable line up of: SHELLAC / OM / WOODEN SHJIPS / PISSED JEANS / LIGHTNING BOLT + DJ ANDY WEATHERALL
- Custard Factory – A Creative Marketplace for Digbeth / Eastside? – There has been investment ‘in the development of Digbeth and Eastside as a Learning and Leisure Quarter and a centre for the creative industries, particularly the digital media sector…One of the project ideas now under discussion is the establishment of a Creative Marketplace.’ Take the short, simple survey to help determine whether or not there will be one and what form it may take. My first thought was ‘what the hell is a creative marketplace?’, so I was grateful to Created in Birmingham for linking to the explanation here.
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