Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, May 14th, 2009 ( Start discussion )
Tags: Digbethisgood, graphiquillan, links, rhubarbradio, screenwm, shonamcquillan, sxsw, toblog, wxwm
WxWM is back: Sue Ellen’s Almighty Hangover | 28th May 2009 « WxWM – Screen WM’s Postcards from the USA event at Fazeley Studios sadly sold out before any of the WxWM crew were aware of it. So Shona, true to her amazing form, is arranging another great fringe event around the corner in the Spotted Dog pub on Alcester Street. Screen WM’s Jason Hall as been brilliantly supportive:
“Having failed spectacularly at bringing together SXSW and WXWM under one roof, Screen WM is delighted to lend our official support to your defiantly no-approval-necessary-from-the-likes-of-us event in a non-officious way. Let’s continue this thing as it started … Two groups joined in spirit, separated by distance (hundreds of yards instead of thousands of miles) and communing through blogs, tweets, Qik, Flickr or any other means necessary. Heck… May even see you for a pint after. Should be fun!”
Rhubarb Radio will be covering the event, but if you want to experience its live-wireness book your place quickly, as attendees are limted to 45.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, November 13th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: culturejam, Digbethisgood, graphiquillan, links, modculturenews, scorcher, secretwars, sonamcquillan, TheRainbow, toblog
- Culture Jam 2 – Anyone around Birmingham tomorrow (Friday 14th) should come along to Culture Jam 2 a The Rainbow.
- Monorex Presents Secret Wars…The World’s Premier Live Art Championships! – ‘Secret Wars is the World’s premier live art battle – working in similar ways to Fight Club, Secret Wars battles are set up / promoted through word of mouth. These live art battles are being hosted in the darkest corners of each city…’ They’ll be in Birmingham in The Rainbow this Saturday. Many thanks to Shona McQuillan for letting me know about this one.
- Modculture News: Sounds and Pressure in the Midlands – ‘Scorcher in Birmingham on Saturday November 22nd. Brian Kelson and Phil Bush bring their usual mix of skinhead and mod sounds to this annual event, taking place at Cob’s Bar, 125 Sherlock Road, Digbeth. The event runs 7.30pm-2.30am (although there is also a daytime get-together), with entry being £6.’
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, October 30th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: andymabbett, antoniogould, big city plan, birminghamitsnotshit, birminghammail, catnip, duck bath, dykepools, editorialgirl, emmajones, faunography, graphiquillan, jonbounds, julia gilbert, peteashton, pigsonthewing, shonamcquillan, simon gray, twitter, winterval
‘Digbeth police station evacuated,’ reads the Birmingham Mail, ‘after suspicious package was discovered inside…A cordon was placed around the station and a number of roads were closed off.’
However to Twitter addicts such as myself this news was, like, so last hour. We’d been discussing the road blocks, traffic jams, suspicious package and bomb squad for hours. So much so that, after viewing the search results, Pete Ashton went and wondered aloud if Digbeth could become top-rating, trending Twitter topic for the day.
It was like a red rag to a bull. If you tweeted, you simply had to mention Digbeth. Even if, like Antonio Gould, it was to say you weren’t sure what to say about Digbeth.
Pete Ashton’s blogged about the internetty aspects of today’s little exercise, so let’s get on with the important stuff:
- If you spoonerise Digbeth you get BIG DEATH says Emma Jones.
- But if you’re sticking to strict anagramming like Shona McQuillan you get THE BIG D, which is still pretty cool.
- There are Killer Badgers in Digbeth according to Emma Jones. In the Police Station, apparently. Part of the Anti-Terrorism Act, I think. They’re better at extracting intelligence than bog-standard dogs. I shall be risking life and limb David Attenborough-style to get pictures of them for the Faunography trail.
- Me and that bloke down the pub aren’t the only ones who think Digbeth is derived from DUCK BATH. Andy Mabbett says so too, so it must be true.
- Or perhaps it’s not. Jon Bounds says it means Dyke Pools after finding this great site that says so. It seems slightly better informed than my bloke down the pub, and has some fantastic photos.
- Mind you, what does Jon Bounds know? He’s not that fussed on Digbeth because it’s not near enough to Moseley or town. Shame on you Jon, it’s well worth the short ride on the 50/five minute walk from the Bullring.
- Shona McQuillan turned it all on its head and stated: Digbeth in suspicious package. Yes, that’s right. It’s called the Big City Plan.
- Daniel Davies lost his sandwiches in Digbeth. Rest assured, if I find them I will be photographing them for you all to enjoy in the new Digbeth Food Wastage category. Yummy.
- Prize for top Digbeth tweet goes to Julia Gilbert for saying, “You can read more about Digbeth at digbeth.org.” I pay her well. In shoes.
As you can see, our efforts weren’t in vain and it all left me rather distracted and excited this afternoon. Oh yeah, there was some stuff on Winterval as well, which made Simon Gray wonder if that could be a trending topic too. Go on, Tweethearts: you know what to do.
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Written by Nicky Getgood on Thursday, September 11th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
Tags: artsfest, billdrummond, Birmingham Irish Club, Birmingham Irish Heritage Group, Birmingham St Patrick’s Festival, birminghamcitycouncil, clareedwards, Digbethisgood, eastsideprojects, fromthegroundup, gigbeth, graphiquillan, heathmilllane, irmingham Irish Community Forum, links, screenwm, thisisthegalleryandthegalleryismanythings, toblog
- ABOUT CLARE EDWARDS « Un-convention Blog – Meet Clare Edwards, Gigbeth’s highly qualified Director. More importantly, her favourite pie is also my choice: steak and ale (although I will stretch to beef and guinness). Great minds think alike.
- News from Eastside Projects « Fused Magazine – Eastside Projects on Heath Mill Lane opens on Fri 26th Sept 7-10pm with This is the Gallery and the Gallery is Many Things with a lot of artists, including BILL DRUMMOND! I like him.
- Spaghetti Gazetti: Irish heritage and arts events at artsfest Birmingham – The Birmingham Irish Community Forum, Birmingham St Patrick’s Festival & Birmingham Irish Heritage Group are running events as part of Birmingham’s artsfest this weekend, mostly in the Birmingham Irish Club. Loads of great music and dancing.
- finding the creative needles in birmingham’s haystack – Graphiquillan, spurred on by Creative Republic this week, rants articulately about Birmingham City Council’s crap approach to creativity in Birmingham and begs for No Logo. A musician once told me that the Council agreed to fund their music video only if the Birmingham City Council appeared within it. Says it all really.
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