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Getgood Link: St Patrick’s Literary Festival Update « Wrote Under Publishing

St Patrick’s Literary Festival Update « Wrote Under Publishing – I received this email from St Patrick’s Festival organiser Kent Davis today: Everyone knows that the Irish have an extremely enviable literary history. But what do most know of the … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: Wrote Under Publishing -Saint Patrick’s Day Readings!

Wrote Under Publishing – Saint Patrick’s Day Readings! I’m liking the sound of this very much – Kent Davis is planning a live literature event during Saint Patrick’s Day (or the corresponding weekend – date and venue tbc) which will be … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: LOCAL HEROES: BIRMINGHAM, UK

LOCAL HEROES: BIRMINGHAM, UK – A great round-up of the best of Birmingham’s music scene, which The Rainbow naturally features in: The Rainbow is Birmingham’s epicentre for hipsters, thugs and actual creative types. Picture Andy Warhol’s factory if it was … Continue reading

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The Rainbow to throw a motherf***er of a motherf***er of a party

This email from Kent Davis, the adorably pantomime rock ‘n’ roll landlord of The Rainbow, deserves publishing in it’s entirety.  I must warn you he swears like it’s all big and all clever. Aw, bless. Well what a year it … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: The Hearing Aid: Radio 4…Rainbow Nil

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 … Continue reading

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Getgood Link: The Stirrer

The Stirrer – News that matters, campaigns that count for Birmingham, The Black Country and beyond – The Rainbow gets some surprise support from Birmingham Conservative councillor Robert Alden. There were also more optimistic noises coming from The Rainbow Facebook … Continue reading

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The Rainbow bites back

The Rainbow was packed on Friday night with people waiting to see Kent Davis react to Birmingham City Council’s serving of a Noise Abatement Order against his much-loved live music venue. And what a stirring, impassioned speech it was – … Continue reading

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Brum vs Belfast #1: music scenes

Anyone who’s so much as glanced at me or my Twitter account in the last few days will know that Karen Strunks and I spent the weekend in Belfast courtesy of BMI Baby, and had a grand old time.  Here’s … Continue reading

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A Very Important Getgood Link

Music Is Not Pollution | Rich Batsford – A fantastic film, which needs to be watched and circulated by everyone, about the noise pollution nonsense threatening our local music venues, which I’ll let Rich describe in his own words: A … Continue reading

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Birmingham Post – Landlord of Birmingham pub The Rainbow attacks council over apartments – The noisy Abacus/pub debate makes its way to the pages of the Birminghamn Post, where Rainbow landlord Kent Davis makes his feelings clear: “…even from the … Continue reading

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