- @dubber If you want to get to stavanger you may have to fly. If you could get a lift from someone you could do a ferry…but next week? in reply to dubber #
- @dubber and of course things like “Norway” and the word “cheap” aren’t often found together, especially in light of weak pound etc in reply to dubber #
- @dubber you could cycle and use ferry. Norway is a beautiful place and when the weather is good the cycling would do you good too in reply to dubber #
- I subscribed to andrewpyrah’s channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/andrewpyrah?feature=autoshare_twitter #
- @mac_birmingham great news on the reopening, i notice you even have Adrian Mole as your Head of IT on 0121 446 3247 in reply to mac_birmingham #
- @mac_birmingham M.A.C Arts Centre Reopens it’s doors Saturday May 1st 2010 http://bit.ly/bRYZyK in reply to mac_birmingham #
- Monday May 3rd – #Birmingham Million #Marijuana March 2010 http://shar.es/mcxMI #cannabis #mayday #ukelection #beltane #
- “Last Under The Sun 16th May 2010”
http://hub.tm/taBhQ # - Last Under The Sun May 16 @ 4:00PM http://tinyurl.com/27b3jyl #
- Last Under The Sun May 18 @ 8:00PM http://tinyurl.com/2fsjjhs #
- Last Under The Sun May 20 @ 8:00PM http://tinyurl.com/25apd72 #
- Last Under The Sun – Bring Me Their Heads http://lnk.ms/8b3K7 #
- LAST UNDER THE SUN – REVERSA Video by peej – MySpace Video http://lnk.ms/715RZ #
- LAST UNDER THE SUN – SUMMERS DAY Video by peej – MySpace Video http://lnk.ms/715dQ #
- Last Under The Sun: LAST UNDER THE SUN – SUMMERS DAY Video http://goo.gl/fb/8AgWs #
- Last Under The Sun: LAST UNDER THE SUN – REVERSA Video http://goo.gl/fb/8X9Rd #
- Last Under The Sun: Last Under The Sun Europe May 2010 http://goo.gl/fb/e7qdf #
- I posted 2 photos on Facebook in the album “Last Under The Sun 2010” http://fb.me/yQ6sN1NK #
- Buy items at low prices on eBay.co.uk Shops http://lnk.ms/71K2r #
- “Monday May 3rd – Birmingham Million Marijuana March 2010”
http://hub.tm/dykfF # - @clareedwards Tell gurdon to find and talk to tim from dogfood. He’s the one man band expert in reply to clareedwards #
- Book of Buried Wings Out now! More info to come. (via @TobyWainwrightJ) – toby used be be the madman on guitar in a band called redshift #
- Russia Says Genetically Modified Foods Are Harmful http://bit.ly/aXuKmg #
- Health Ministry Finds that Fluoridation Does Not Reduce Tooth Decay http://bit.ly/axhQMa #
- Monday May 3rd – Birmingham Million Marijuana March 2010 via Iron Man Records http://shar.es/mGn8W #
- Last Under The Sun: Last Under The Sun – Gone (Iron Man Records) Album Review http://goo.gl/fb/i5Pgw #
- @UKLabourParty: #BBC #SKY not covering so can every UK voter RT story on Tory #PhilippaStroud ‘curing’ gay people? http://bit.ly/cghS0I #
- Last Under The Sun: Last Under The Sun – "Gone" CD Review – Paul E.D Music World… http://goo.gl/fb/rsHRu #
- Last Under The Sun: Last Under The Sun – "Gone" CD Review – Rock Links / Nick J… http://goo.gl/fb/SU1a6 #
- Last Under The Sun: Last Under The Sun – "Gone" CD 2009 http://goo.gl/fb/Wj1LW #
- @basementsound: I uploaded a YouTube video — Last Under The Sun – Directed by Martyn Kilvert http://youtu.be/FEkGwr276WU?a #
- Last Under The Sun EPK with Biography, Discography, Photos, MP3, Gig Dates etc: http://www.sonicbids.com/LastUnderTheSun #punk #birmingham #
- Last Under The Sun EPK with Biography, Discography, Photos, MP3, Gig Dates etc: http://lnk.ms/736JB http://lnk.ms/8d7N5 #
- want independent media? Want BBC? need a more than self-interest bias of Murdock’s Sky,don’t vote Tory then,they’ll kill it (@OrganMagazine) #
- Labour introduced control orders that place people under permanent house arrest without charge or trial. http://ow.ly/1GuAK @brendadada #
- Crystal Castles play Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall on Monday 11th October #
- On the way to pick up Simon then off to Musoplex for last under the sun rehearsal #
- @thumped: Documentary: #Punk In #Africa http://bit.ly/b15WTx (via @southernrec) #
- The 7 Stupidest Statements Made About the BP Gulf Oil Spill: http://is.gd/bTPwU #
- On the subject of doom….harpies – lily wry….what a great record but sadly the band are no more…recorded by Si reeves at framework #
- Light Rain: Lasers Could Trigger Downpours on Demand http://bit.ly/dr2nRQ #
- Super Surprising Facts About ‘Our Enemy’ Iran Remind Us That We Don’t Know Squat http://bit.ly/asxYKy #
- Chocolate Causes Depression http://dld.bz/b58s (via @dangerousmeme) #
- In asda. #
- Asda. Look into the basket and despair. http://twitpic.com/1ld3iz #
- Obviously I had to position the vegetable pizza into clear view for political reasons #
- Buy items at low prices on eBay.co.uk Shops http://lnk.ms/71K2r #
- Last Under The Sun play Live at Raumstation (Frankfurt am Main) on 18 May 2010 – Last.fm http://shar.es/m6noP #
- Last Under The Sun play Live at Raumstation (Frankfurt am Main) on 18 May 2010 – Last.fm http://lnk.ms/8hbgR #
- A Lazy Sunday Afternoon at De Koevoet (Antwerp) on 16 May 2010 – Last.fm http://lnk.ms/76T5B #
- Last Under The Sun play A Lazy Sunday Afternoon at De Koevoet (Antwerp) on 16 May 2010 – Last.fm http://shar.es/m6nfx #
- The Iron Man shop sells Punk, Dub, Rock, Metal, Acoustic and Alternative music on CD, Vinyl, DVD, Video, and other stuf… http://lnk.ms/8hbxn #
- Punk & Disorderly in Birmingham – Punk All Dayer May 22nd 2010 at The Old Wharf (Digbeth) on 22 May 2010 – Last.fm http://lnk.ms/76TMc #
- LAST UNDER THE SUN (Intro by Nick J.Townsend) Video by Nick J.Townsend – MySpace Video http://lnk.ms/76VZw #
- P.A.I.N play Counter Culture at Recreatiegebied Strijkviertel, (De Meern) (Utrecht) on 29 May 2010 – Last.fm http://lnk.ms/8hdfd #
- P.A.I.N play Counter Culture at Recreatiegebied Strijkviertel, (De Meern) (Utrecht) on 29 May 2010 Last.fm http://lnk.ms/8hdfd #punk #music #
- Nashville hit by 500 year floods -Music City Underwater: Where The F… Is the National Media? http://bit.ly/dkor19 #
- 350 years after the Restoration – whatever happened to British Republicans? http://www.thestirrer.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8236 #
- Genuinely terrified at what immigration policies and practice will be like if the Conservaties win. #youaintseennothinyet (via @Sharl) #
- Heres my logo for Punk band Police Bastard on the back of the bands T-shirt: http://bit.ly/9p6eq5 (via @rdaborn) #
- RT @simonjgray: Your candidates don’t have a right to your vote, they have to earn it. If they haven’t earned *your* vote, tell them so … #
- 37% of us will be fooled, 28% will make a mistake, 25% of us live in naive hope. The rest of us think it’s all nonsense. We’re fucked. Again #
- The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those who do not have it. #
- Can’t shake this feeling of impending doom… (via @HannahNewland) #
- I forgot to pay my bill so my phone is out of action til the next payment clears and the scumbags switch the line back on again. bla bla #
- On way to Musoplex #
- At musoplex packing up. New tune in the bag for last under the sun. All good.. but Seano is still mr wreckneck #
- Iron Man Shop: Police Bastard – It’s Good to Hate CD NEW May 23rd 2010 http://goo.gl/fb/rO63z #
- Police Bastard – “It’s Good To Hate…..” CD with DVD (Iron Man Records 2010) http://bit.ly/9Jcf4g #punk #Birmingham #music #
- Video: The Other 98% <1:49> http://bit.ly/ABTV-All the richest 2% trashed our lives but still want us all to send them money #
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MAC, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
At 10 o’clock on Saturday May 1st, MAC finally reopens its doors after a two-year, £15m refurbishment giving everyone the chance to join in the fun and get to know the new MAC. With three days of activities, workshops events and performances, there will be something for everyone.
Saturday will see the first members of the public entering the new purpose-built gallery to see the opening exhibition plug in. Examining Birmingham’s changing role as a global city encountering change, exhibits include pictures and artefacts from Birmingham’s manufacturing heritage, including the sign from the now demolished HP Sauce factory in Aston, a Morris Minor and photos from Stuart Whipps’s series Ming Jue documenting Rover production moving from Longbridge to Nanjing.
Members of the public have also contributed to the show, with a newly commissioned sound piece from Peter Cusack examining people’s favourite sounds of Birmingham, and the Birmingham word cloud – a visual representation of words people associate with Birmingham submitted through social media site Twitter.
In the evening the refitted theatre is hosting its first ever standing gig with Misty’s Big Adventure, Vijay Kishore and Joe Broughton and Kevin Dempsey. Retractable seating means that the theatre is
Out on the relandscaped Terrace on Sunday, critically acclaimed dance troupe Motionhouse will be conducting open rehearsals for their spectacular new piece Cascade, commissioned by mac. One of mac’s associate artists, Motionhouse will be showing off their extraordinary dance and aerial skills as they adventure into a world of water, giving visitors the chance to get a sneak preview of the show developing and put questions to the dancers and choreographer Kevin Finnan.
Monday sees the grand finale of The City Sings, an anthem for mac composed by Helen Ottaway of Artmusic, which will ring out across the city throughout the day with trumpeters, a bus load of singing school children, the Bournville Carillon and many more all joining in. At 4pm the event will culminate in a mass performance as the various groups gather from across the park to celebrate mac’s reopening.
Throughout the weekend there will also be a host of free taster sessions covering the whole range of the Learning & Participation programme, trailers and short films in the refurbished cinema and performances and workshops hosted by South Asian arts organisation Sampad.
Dorothy Wilson, Chief Executive at mac said: “Over ten years in the making, the Building Project has created a dynamic and exciting arts centre that offers vastly improved spaces for audiences and artists alike, I can’t wait to show people around this May Bank Holiday Weekend.”
Highlights of the weekend include:
Amplifying the Map – Guided Tours
Enjoy a range of distinct trails; follow a fantastic audio trail adventure or stroll from bridge to bridge on a journey made for those who care for Cannon Hill Park.
Misty’s Big Adventure, Vijay Kishore, Joe Broughton & Kevin Dempsey
Sat 1 May, 8pm £14
Misty’s Big Adventure, bring their hip hop beats, screwy jazz, pop, scratching and electric toys. They share the event with rising start Vijay Kishore alongside virtuosi of guitar and fiddle, Kevin Dempsey and Joe Broughton.
Creating Cascade Open Rehearsals
Sunday 2 May
Take a sneak preview of Motionhouse’s next outdoor spectacle that promises to be a display of extraordinary dance and aerial skills. Watch how the show develops and put your questions to the choreographer Kevin Finnan.
plug in
Saturday 1 May – Monday 30 August
Plug in, guest curated by artist Simon Poulter, celebrates the opening of mac’s enviable new gallery space by exploring the changing role of our home city.
The Sampad Story
Saturday 1 May – Monday 30 August
A retrospective exhibition that takes you on a journey of South Asian arts in the region since 1990, told through the eyes of the artists, audiences and communities from the past twenty years.
The City Sings, a new work written by Helen Ottaway to celebrate the re-opening of mac
Monday 3 May
Join in as musicians and singers from all over Birmingham appear together to perform in the extraordinary event.
In addition, as part of the opening weekend you will be able to find out more about our Learning and Participation programme. With a wide range of free workshops, artists workshops and artist demonstrations you can take a sneaky peek and sample what’s to come!
What’s more, throughout the weekend there will be an opportunity to re-introduce yourself to our Cinema, see some trailers and shorts and catch up on some of the films that have been released while the mac has been closed. Highlights include A Single Man, It’s Complicated and I am Love.
MAC
Cannon Hill Park
Birmingham B12 9QH
www.macarts.co.uk
Registered Company no 718349
Registered Charity no 528979
VAT no 818 2851 16
Supporting Birmingham’s Bid to become UK City of Culture 2013
The Music Network Meeting Minutes 29th April 2010
Chaired by Mark Badger
Introductions:
Mark Badger (Iron Man Records / The Music Network), Keisha Thompson (M.M.I), Simon Howes (Sound Engineer), Hannah Smith (‘iamRuby’ Singer Songwriter), Darren Roberts (University of Birmingham), Kieran Williams (ATM), Gary Seeney (Birmingham Yamaha School of Music / Melting Ice Artist Management), Marc Malone (ATM Malone Productions), Richard Mitton (Mitton Audio Live Engineer / producer), Michael Wood(Songwriter performer Composer), Jenny Tate (Violet Sky Management Ltd), Andy Roberts (Blue Whale Studios), Sebastion Tulinski (Decibel Studio), Steve Beddington (Gotseen.com), Kieran Graham (Gotseen.com), Clare Edwards (Soweto Kinch productions), Nicola Toms OxjamBrum, Rose Brown Upbeat PR, Mark Winters (BCC / Songwriter / Performer), Adrian Kimberlin (Exit Recording), Saurabh Thomas (BCI Student), Alice Martinez (Academy of Gospel Music),Itehl Campbell (Accuprint / Promo), Thomas Richardson, GuillameRousere, Spence Cater (Focuspoint photography.co.uk), Ed King (edkingfreelance@yahoo.co.uk)
apologies: Dusky Edwards, Anthony Hughes, Andy Derrick,
Steve Beddington:
Gotseen.com
Music Website, similar to myspace, artist’s do what they like
Gotseen.com offers live streaming of gigs across the net.
At The moment they have permission to use the 02Academy
Recent good reviews in Music Week and Guardian
6 months old so far.
Contact: steve at gotseen.com
Jenny Tate
Launching “Hope Order Truth” – Americana style rock at custard factory
21st 22nd may gig will be under the arches
www.myspace.com/hopeordertruth
info at violet-sky.com
Rhubard Radio:
Bands are invited to sumbit their music on cd or mp3 for airplay
Saturday 1-3 rock show
www.rhubarbradio.com
saturdayrocks at rhubarbradio.com
Michael:
A songwriter, interested in working to promote a christmas song
Looking for a music producer and someone who knows what to do with a christmas song
suggestions: Barry Tomes? Gotham Records?
discussion followed.
Rich:
A sound engineer, interested in looking for work providing technical support
he can offer production management, front of house engineer, looking for work
www.mittonaudio.wordpress.com
Sound engineer for hire plus all forms of production and technical support.
Darren:
Doing a phd at Birmingham university. He wants to talk to people as part of his research, looking to talk to people in the music industry in attempt to get an idea of what happens in the growth and development of entities in the music industry. He is looking at power relations within the industry.
dxr827@bham.ac.uk
07727689806
please get in touch if you want to participate.
Kieran:
Currently working with ITV fixers and looking to get his music into tv like bbc
looking for event opportunities
www.myspace.com/kvibe1
07973998661
Keisha Thompson:
Here on behalf of a friend organising shows on the 2nd and 4th week of month at the yardbird
if you are an artist or musician and want to play at Yardbird
if you want to play jazz blues reggae or soul or acoustic:
Call: 07776 480734
Clare Edwards:
The Flyover Show
working with Soweto Kinch
www.soweto-kinch.com
Miss Dynamite will be playing and exclusively performing new single for first time at the event.
29th May 2010 Saturday
its all freeif anyone wants to volunteer get in touch with clare edwards.
clareedwards at mac.com 07973694913
www.theflyovershow.comEd King:
First year he has worked on the Flyover Show. Concept of the event is using parts of the city that dont usually get used for music.
Nicola:
Oxjam Birmingham wants to put out request for help.
Oxjam is run by volunteers with other full time jobs
Oxjam are trying to recruit a team of volunteers, marketing coordinator, production coordinator, fundraining coordinator details on website www.oxjambrum.org.uk
deadline to apply is 9th May. Job starts early june
also recruiting for one other position:
smaller music event organisers in the region wanted for an idea to put on more events in October which is oxjam month. Oxjam Month is a music month that runs up and down the country.
email: oxjam.birmingham@gmail.com If bands want to get involved by all means send in an email
Rose:
Student from BCU
Rose said that one of the researchers at BCU came up with an idea of a Birmingham Music Month and tried to organise it last year but the project didnt work and was deemed a failure. BCU has suggested birmingham music month should be run as a student project this year and the students are keen to do it properly this time and make it work. The whole idea of a Birmingham Music Month is being relaunched and May is now the Music Month. Rose asked that anyone who wants to get involved in BirminghamMusic Month should get in touch, in particular anyone organising an event in the month of May. Currently the only event organised under Birmingham Music Month is an all day event at the Rainbow May 6th from 2pm
www.brummusicmonth.co.uk
May is now brum music month
the charity to benefit from bum music month will be sound it out. It would be great if people can come to the event or if people want to get involved email: roseybrown@live.com
Mark Winters
New library of Birmingham is starting to be put together, in 2013 it will be a brand new building, possibly to include a recording or rehearsal studios, maybe looking at partnerships to help plan rooms or ideas for the new library
mark.winters@birmingham.gov.uk
Hannah:
Singer Songwriter in pop rock genre
‘iamRuby’ is her artist name
She has co-written many of the songs and she wants to get these songs out to other producers also interested in opportunities to play and perfom from september onwards, interested in collaborations.
she will be doing national schools tour backed by global radio and idea is that in certain areas they will be media partners
iamRuby@hotmail.co.uk
on facebook iamRuby
Tom:
in a band called Thomas Richardson Blues Band. His band have started opening up for band called after hours
band play originals to covers, play a lot of blues music. Tom is also a sound engineer from yardbird, used to work at venues, foh, thomas.blrichardson at gmail.com
Tom asked about places to play and suggestions made included: tower of song, southern blues collective,
Kevin
from south birmingham college
Kevin is head of Music at South Birmingham Community Radio
He is getting ready for next broadcast and on internet
Kevin wants bands and labels to get in touch: send in cds or mp3
www.southbirminghamcommunityradio.co.uk
sbcradio at gmail.com
put: “attention head of music” in subject of any emails
Lee
Ditto music
Ditto distribute about 12,000 artists and help people set up record labels etc
lee@dittomusic.com
0121 551 6624
also offer digital pr
Alice:
Works at Academy of Gospel Music just opened in hockley
Its a christian type organisation
Currently looking for opportunities
she is a manager of amazing artist called: www.myspace.com/afropunkno1
live sound engineer and also studio engineer
martinez@niktame.re
studio based in hockley part of academny of gosel music
Andy from Blue Whale Studios
does a show on Rhubarb Radio, get in touch with cds or mp3 for airplay
Simon Howes
Birmingham Social Media Cafe
for anyone interested in social media
10am at the coffee lounge navigation street downstairs
www.birminghamsmc.com
The Music Network is open to all on Thursday 29th April 2010 4pm til 6pm at Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG. The Meeting will be lead this month by Mark Badger
The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, for the benefit of music related businesses in the West Midlands region. If you have any involvement in music, come and talk about what you’re up to and meet some new people.These Networking events are about all things music in the region. They’re about helping you to teach yourself how to do it, by yourself, for yourself and encourages you to share the knowledge with others so they can do the same. If you are a musician, a student, someone who works with musicians, represents musicians, has involvement with the music industry, or are looking to make new contacts…..the meeting will be useful.
If you have news to report, a presentation to give, an event to promote, any new points for discussion, a pitch to make, business cards or flyers to hand round, an appeal for help, advice or guidance or even if you just want the free tea and biscuits and some serious discussion…you are invited.
You can also post in by email any news or gig dates or press release information for inclusion on the website and for distribution through the mailing list and RSS feed. More details on the website.
There will be luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks too. Please pass this invite on to Musicians you know or anyone else who you think may benefit.
https://birminghammusicnetwork.com Come and Join us.
About Mark Badger:
Mark runs Iron Man Records, based in Birmingham England. The record label has been running since 1996 and in 2000 he set up Birmingham Music Network which is also known as just The Music Network.
Mark has organised more than 1000 gigs in and around Birmingham since 1994 using many different identities but most of them used the name Badger Promotions until 2002.
Mark plays in a band called Last Under The Sun and another called Police Bastard. He works as a tour manager and driver helping bands out on the live circuit and when he finds time he writes and maintains several music related blogs. Mark has assembled simple online strategies for established bands, like the The Orb, and countless other new bands who have asked for help.
Mark has done some lecturing at Birmingham City University as part of their Music Business degree course, and bits and pieces for the Musicians Union, Birmingham City Council, Learning and Skills Council and Advantage West Midlands.
Mark also operates a shop on ebay selling all sorts of good alternative music on cd or vinyl.
- The network "No one is illegal" acknowledges no national borders, except as a political idea, in which we have no moral obligation or interest in accepting or upholding. A person born in one place has no greater rights to it than anyone else. This must not end as a vision, but must be practised. We do not recognize the rights of states, orginisations or individuals to limit peoples movement across borders or label this ”illegal” migration.
To us the right to free movement is inseparable from the right to take part in the social life under equal conditions. Until national borders are erased, we work towards giving all people inside a states borders the same social, political and economic rights and obligations. We oppose all political attempts to use immigration and migration as a weapon to undermine salary levels and social safety net inside a states borders, for example: recently immigrants were forced to work in the country under worse conditions than the rest of the population.
- Festival of Organic Arts and Culture
Crossing the Event Horizon 3rd-6th June 2010 - Summer has arrived and so has our new website for 2010!!!
As ever, clear the diary and EXPLORE EXPLORE EXPLORE the new sparkling digital Secret Garden Party universe.Make sure you zoom in, zoom out, explore all the tabs and drink yourself silly on a festival overflowing with extraordinary adventure.
TO EXPLORE THE WEBSITE
One more thing, don’t forget to buy a ticket