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    Scary decisions

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 ( 3 responses )
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    It’s only the beginning of the month but I’m already in a total tizz over what to do at the end of it.

    On Halloween night of Friday 31st October, do I give my posh black dress an airing and make my way to Ikon Eastside, where I can dance and blow my mind with Lucienne Cole & Friends – Here & Now & The Future?  It’s apparently ‘a welcoming environment for kooks’, so I’d be amongst my own kind.

    On the other hand, it’s no secret I love a good horror film, so maybe Douglas Gordon’s 24 HOUR PSYCHO at VIVID is more my bag.  Although with the Hitchcock classic being slowed down to last 24 hours, I might just see Norman Bates coming.

    Or do I hang around Eastside Projects to moon over Bill Drummond, who’s giving an artists’ talk before the Strategic Questions #2 book launch at 6pm?

    On Saturday 1st November do I go to The Edge for Outersight’s Halloween Horrorshow with ‘whacked-out shorts, spooky psychedelic psynema and obscure oddities…topped off with a blood-drenched feature film’?  The ‘witch’s brew of cocktails’ sounds very appealing.

    Or do I pair my dancing shoes with some fancy dress for Release The Bats at the Custard Factory?  The band line-up looks fantastic and I have fond memories of DJ Andy Weatherall from my raving days, which I’d like to indulge.

    Perhaps I’ll be too tired to do either, after not being able to sleep off my late night because of the Barbara Holub & Mithu Sen artists’ talk at Eastside Projects at 1pm.

    What to do?  Help!

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    Links for Mon 11 August

    Written by Nicky Getgood on Monday, August 11th, 2008 ( Start discussion )
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    The Crimes, Hot Monocles, The Cubans and Danny’s Last Dance – The Hearing Aid’s take on the gig at The Rainbow on Saturday night.

    St Patrick’s Day Festival Update – Notes from Spaghetti Gazetti about the St Patrick’s Day Festival meeting in The Irish Club last Thursday evening, which featured feedback from the 2008 parade and plans and hopes for the 2009 event.

    Pete Ashton’s pics from Birmingham Flickrmeet in Digbeth – Pete Ashton went on Birmingham Flickrmeet’s tour of Digbeth yesterday, here’s his pics along with a link to the group thread. Looks wet but fun, sorry to have missed it.

    Pee your pants for Capsule’s Release The Bats Halloween Party – It’s not anti-social, it’s fancy dress. Line up is: SHELLAC, OM, WOODEN SHJIPS, PISSED JEANS, LIGHTNING BOLT + DJ ANDY WEATHERAL in The Custard Factory Space 2 on Sat 1 November.

    Eastside’s set for a phallic spaceship – Pettifer’s design for a Vertical Theme Park in Birmingham: ‘a stunning city centre leisure tower combining observation platforms, family and adrenaline rides, extreme activities, and a 21st century entertainment centre.’

    Digbeth has the best dancefloors – Ben Neal picks up on The Guardian’s ruling that The Custard Factory and The Rainbow are amongst the greatest dancefloors, which is strange as one’s an emptied pool and the other’s an old boozing pub so they’re not exactly purpose-built for the job.

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