Birmingham Twitter Homemade Secret Santa
Some friends in New Zealand are involved in a massive 700-strong Twitter secret Santa. I think it’s a great idea, and thought it was the kind of thing the people I know from around here might be...
View ArticleScenes from #brumsanta
I had a wonderful time at #brumsanta this evening. It was very simple idea: a Christmas get-together with some people from Birmingham who are on Twitter, with a (somewhat) secret Santa element to it –...
View ArticlePhoto of the day – 089
Clutch and I went and saw Canadian band The Besnard Lakes play live at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath. I’d heard a few of their songs, and Clutch is a bit of a fan, so we went along. They were...
View ArticleSoul food for your ears
Soul Food Sunday by Dubber on Mixcloud I had a meeting today at my local pub (which also happens to be Birmingham’s best music venue, if you ask me…). They’ve recently started doing food on site: some...
View ArticleUB40 & Ranking Roger talk about New Zealand
I went for a walk into the Kings Heath High Street to do a few errands and pop into the local record shop – and I bumped into my friend Jez and Brian from UB40 outside the Hare & Hounds. It turns...
View ArticleTeaching Brian to DJ
I did my usual weekly DJ gig at the Hare and Hounds today – playing polite, laid back jazz records while people eat their roast dinners. But this time, I had a surprise visitor. Brian Travers, who...
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