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Getgood Link: Ikon Eastside: exhibition opening invitation – Pete’s posterous

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Ikon Eastside: exhibition opening invitation – Pete’s posterous – There’s an exhibition opening at Ikon Eastside this Thursday 15 October, 7-8.30pm Japan’s leading electronic composer/artist Ryoji Ikeda presents the large-scale audiovisual installation data.tron (2007-2009) which immerses the viewer in a … Continue reading →

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Sunday: Rhubarb Radio and Digbeth O’Lympics!

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

The last post about my uber-busy Digbeth weekend.  I started Sunday off in the Rhubarb Radio studio presenting Sunday Local with Michael Grimes.  It’s a weekly show we do at 12-2pm every Sunday about all things local, be it news, … Continue reading →

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Saturday: More art and The Destroyers

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

After a long Saturday lie-in listening to The Big Paws on Rhubarb Radio, I got to join Pete Ashton and Fiona Cullinan on a photoshoot of The Destroyers – first at their rehearsal space on Lombard Street before moving to … Continue reading →

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Friday: Art launches, strange kennel box thing and Digbeth Food Wastage #15

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 2 Comments

Well, it’s been a mad busy Digbeth-based weekend.  So I’ll take blogging about it day by day.  On Friday, I went to the PhD Show exhibition launch at The Edge, which I’ve mentioned.  Would thoroughly recommend you pay it a … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: bethdig

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

bethdig – A tumblr site created by Pete Ashton, here he ‘tracks the Digbeth tag on Flickr for the good stuff so you don’t have to’. So basically a site of lovely pics of Digbeth.

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Getgood Link: Supersonic Collective Memory

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | 1 Comment

Supersonic Collective Memory- Capsule are collating a Supersonic festival collective memory of all the online reminiscing of great music and great fun. The most comprehensive piece I’ve seen is Pete Ashton’s film of photos taken with his TTV camera over … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: There Are No Others, There Is Only Us | Pete Ashton

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

There Are No Others, There Is Only Us | Pete Ashton – Pete puts a pointy arrow mark to There Are No Others, There Is Only Us, an installation currently running at Moor St Station as part of the Supersonic … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: No signal for Birmingham’s Digital District | Pete Ashton

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

No signal for Birmingham’s Digital District | Pete Ashton – Pete Ashton mashes up the Ofcom Cancer Danger map data to work out why there’s no mobile phone signal in the Digital Heart of Birmingham that is Digbeth. Sod the … Continue reading →

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Brum vs Belfast #10: Faunography

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

There’s a surprising amount of animal life on the urban streets of Digbeth.  So much so, I made a map out of it with the help of Pete Ashton’s photography: I wasn’t expecting to find much faunography in Belfast.  How … Continue reading →

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Getgood Link: Branding a Digital Digbeth | Pete Ashton

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Nicky Getgood | Leave a comment

Branding a Digital Digbeth | Pete Ashton – Pete has a sarcastic go at branding Digbeth as the new ‘Digital District’, with hilarious results. ‘Digbeth. Digital. They both start with Dig. Hmm.’

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