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Re: Play The Old Railway boardgame. Based on the rock and roll…

Midge Diabolik — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:18:08 -0000

Needs more Trevor Burton.

Re: http://cinemasewer.tumblr.com/post/18489402806

Midge Diabolik — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:06:19 -0000

Love your stuff both artistically and technically and i'm sure more people would like to see your creative process. Have you ever considered doing something like these Sketch Theatre things? http://www.sketchtheatre.com/

Re: Danny Smith: Requiem for a piss stained short cut

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:41:39 -0000

Can't let the subject pass without mentioning that ancient spiral staircase that goes from outside the Central Library theatre down into the 'garden' by Subside. Dark, forboding, cold and dingy even on a midsummers day and always smelling of piss that someone has tried to mask with cheap perfumed talc.
mmm fruity
Midge x

Re: http://agirlandherbike.tumblr.com/post/6263912201

Midge Diabolik — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:25:08 -0000

This was my first one since about 96/97 and i seem to remember a similar turn out about once back then (we ended up at the now long defunct Fiddle & Bone) .I think there was a 'bike lift' as well outside New St. station when it had the pre new Bull Ring road layout . First thing that struck me was the change in the demographic, definitely a 'younger' crowd than the 90's and the bikes!? :). Back then the soundsystem was supplied by a large ghetto blaster on the back of some mohicaned Punks cycle, now i see it's some 'Surfer' dude with an tiny MP3 player.
Hopefully i should be at the July one and i'm hoping to get a bikecam up and running by then (if eBay pulls it's finger out).

Midge (far left in piccie)

http://about.me/midge

Re: Collin’s Lab: The REAL Breadboard

Midge Diabolik — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:52:16 -0000

Excellent stuff, reminds me of my first introduction to electronics in the 70's with a Ladybird book (a popular series kids titles in the UK).
A similar concept except it was a board with two rows of about 8 screws fitted with screw cup washers. You trapped the legs of the components under the washers to make connections. (There's some radio examples from the book here www.mds975.co.uk/Content/tr... )
Midge

Re: Crass Live at Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham – 16/12/83 Bootleg…

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:12:02 -0000

I was at this gig and still have the ticket, some minor scuffles and the whole ear bleeding noise of 'Yes Sir I Will' . £1.25!! what mugs we were :)

Re: How to Be Ridiculously Interesting

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:17:34 -0000

Inspirational writing dude and lots of stuff worth taking on board. One minor point though, busy e-mails in fancy fonts and colours rarely get taken seriously in the 'straight' world :)
Yours
Midge x

Re: Test Thread 2 - Birmingham Culture

Midge Diabolik — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:07:35 -0000

I think it could work, as long as it doesn't turn into something similar to Rick Wakeman's 1970's 'King Arthur' themed rock extravaganza on ice epic :).

Re: Mr Egg temporarily shut down on health grounds

Midge Diabolik — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:32:35 -0000

Sad news indeed, i think the rot set in when they started using 'proper' plates and cutelry about 10 yrs back :(.

Re: The Bruno Brookes Syndrome

Midge Diabolik — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:35:04 -0000

Couldn't agree more regarding Myspace comments.I'm constantly seeing online music 'experts' disparaging it totally overlooking the fact that it's by far the most popular and quickest way of 'touching base' with a band. Plenty of times i've seen a little known (at least to me) act, got home and despite my drinking habits of the night i can determine within a click of a mouse their misheard name, their lineup, hear the studio recordings they've done, read a bio, see where their playing next, see their influences, message them and so on. Music industry 'whizz-kids' putting it down are surely once again falling into the trap of thinking they can dictate to the punters how they should interact with creatives and therefore setting themselves up for the same failings.

(Just to add i find a missheard name by Googling the venueand date :) )

Re: Cramps? Best Brum gig evah?

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:03:55 -0000

I still have the ticket dated MAY 30th 1986, it was when Poison Ivy took a hell of a swing at a stage invader with her guitar and Nick Knox did the whole gig unflinchingly gazing into the middle distance from behind his shades while not missing a single tribal beat :).

Re: At the end of the Rainbow there’s a crock of shit

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:30:59 -0000

Science bit's pretty good but if i remember anything from my half attempted Physics degree it's that that calculation is for an ' isotropic' field of radiation. ie the sound waves travelling equally in all directions. In the real world speakers are anything but isotropic and are designed to pump sound wave energy out roughly in one direction so the calculation needs to be tweaked accordingly. Another side note is that there's another pub down the road from the Rainbow (which shall remain nameless) which occasionally has some impressive speaker stacks and DJ's set up in the beer garden, i'm wondering if the complainants have actually heard this and mistook the noise for the Rainbow. Moot point anyhoo as the original point still stands, why bloody move to an established area of live interest then moan when the Cockrel crows!?.
all the best Midge

Re: theaardvark - Can anyone tell me what this song is and why it is...

Midge Diabolik — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:23:49 -0000

The answers here... http://tinyurl.com/auv2ah
And there's a Youtube DIY video here... http://tinyurl.com/dlr7yv

Re: Tracking comments with Delicious.com

Midge Diabolik — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:37:49 -0000

Cheers for this, i've just registered with delicious and wondering how i could make it 'work'.

Re: 3.3.4

Midge Diabolik — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:22:36 -0000

Definitely more independant shops, my understanding is that business rates are the big obstacle here pushing small retailers further outside the City Centre. I'm not so sure 'compartmentalising' shopping areas is a good idea.

Re: 3.8.2

Midge Diabolik — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:12:52 -0000

The water bus was a good idea but too infrequent and pricey. A similar scheme with a bigger investment could work and attract more people to the Canals. Work definitely needs to be done to the old Fiddle and Bone site and the canal past the Flapper and Firkin needs some much needed work.

Re: 4.7.2

Midge Diabolik — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:08:24 -0000

There needs to be a definite rethink rergarding the bottleneck effect where buses and traffic come off Digbeth High St and onto Moat Lane (alongside market). Possible solution could be putting a Bus lane along Digbeth High St?.

Re: Capsules newest member of staff

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:04:59 -0000

erm... not sure if that post reads the way i meant it to? :/.

Re: Capsules newest member of staff

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:49:26 -0000

Awwww. I think someone should put together a roll call of Custard Factory/ Digbeth pooches (i can think of four already).

Re: Toilet humour

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:13:41 -0000

Suggestions
The Good: The Wellington gent's were pretty good as were The Old Contemptables, Scruffy Murphy's toilets heve a real Steampunk ambience to them.

The Bad: State of Custard Factory's toilets have raised a residents petition (mainly petty vandalism). Costermongers toilets can be pretty horrendous on a Saturday.

Re: Big City Plan – speak now or forever, er, don’t

Midge Diabolik — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:29:06 -0000

There's enough issues to be discussed re: The Big City Plan to keep people talking to at least Feb 6th (end of consultation period). I'd just like to touch on the 'FAMILY CITY' subsection. Birmingham has a recent history of redevelopments who bring in an influx of people who then object to the 'vibrant' centre hubub that was sold to them in the first place. At least one Pub has been closed via this scenario and now some of Digbeth's entertainment centre's are facing a similar threat. I'm not sure how attracting families to a City Centre squares with also providing entertainment to the cross section of Brums nightlife?, can a 'living' modern City Centre really be family friendly?.

Midge (ex Fiddle and Bone regular)

Re: Gigbeth, it’s some gigs, in Digbeth

Midge Diabolik — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:01:50 -0000

If anyone thinks Gigbeths a bit 'unfocused' for the entry fee then Einstellung can be seen for free tomorrow at the Walsall art gallery as part of the Home Of Metal project doing a Black Sabbath inspired set.

http://www.capsule.org.uk/e...

Re: BH-X-Ray BHX-Rated

Midge Diabolik — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:50:16 -0000

Re: Magnetic train thing?. it was decided some years back that magnets were the tool of Victorian shamens, it's now driven by wires smoke and mirrors.

Re: Don’t know much about Yardley Wood

Midge Diabolik — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:35:17 -0000

This buskers a Brum legend. In the Eighties we used to fall out of Mr Bills Bierkeller (Needless Alley) on a Saturday afternoon at chucking out time (remember that?) and look for him. He was always used to sit cross legged hunched over a gaffa taped fixed guitar belting out Beatles stuff. I'm pretty sure i saw him last week in town (looks like Birminghams cold sterile city centre pavements have got the better of him as he now sits on a stool).