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Looking for something different?

A unique showing of the documentary Upside Down which is the fascinating story of Creation, one of the world’s most successful (and colourful) independent record labels, is retold through archival footage, revealing interviews with Creation’s main characters and great music. Founded in 1983 by 23-year-old Alan McGee, Creation was home to some of the most genre-defining bands of the era, including The Jesus and Mary Chain, Super Furry Animals, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub and, most lucratively, Oasis. A decade after it folded, this film tells it all: the successes, the excesses, the drugs, breakdowns, bankruptcy and bust-ups – the whole wild rock and roll history.

This screening, shown at Wolverhampton’s Light House, will be introduced by a local lad the former director at Creation Records and Tim Abbot and A&R man for the label Chris Abbot, both successful music entrepreneurs and filmmakers – and both born and bread in the Midlands.

“The full extent of the debauchery, precarious nature and genius of the independent label is to be laid bare in the most revealing rock’n’roll

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film since 24 Hour Party People…” The Guardian

‘It’s to director Danny O’ Connor’s credit that Upside Down reaches beyond the mania to reveal the tale’s poignant undertow: what happens to friends when their wildest dreams come true’ **** Mojo

“Believe the hype! The simple tale of a legendary label.” **** UNCUT

THE MUSIC:

Following the film, experience the psychedelic sounds of Wolverhampton’s The Partizan Elektra in the courtyard of the historic Chubb Buildings. More info: facebook.com/ThePartizanElektra

Followed by Creation DJ sets from Tim & Chris Abbot, & Sim Spaceman (Sound of Confusion).

Tickets cost: £6.50 in advance / £7 on door. Box Office: 01902 716055 or buy tickets online

Further to Simon’s blog post a while back (http://www.digitalbirmingham.co.uk/blog/facebook-playing-our-get-out-of-jail-free-card#more-1760), I can happily say that our official Facebook fan page has now been set-up!

Contrary to FB’s help guide, it’s best price cialis impossible (unless Simon and I have missed something??) to create a page from a profile and have all your ‘friends’ automatically filter over and become ‘likes’! So. I’ve de-activated the profile account we have, the one that we shouldn’t have had in the first place and have created a page.

HIT THE ‘LIKE BUTTON’! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Digital-Birmingham/150757241661919

Local publisher Kate Cooper has done a marvellous job with her New Optimists project. She asked lots of scientists the simple question “What are you optimistic about?” Over 80 of them responded, and what they’ve said has been compiled into the book.

However, when she looked into publishing in Kindle format, Kate couldn’t find a local person or company that could do this for her. So, she contacted us at Digital Birmingham and we agreed to co-produce a workshop. This will be next Wednesday at Aston Business School.

More – Kindling electronic book publishing in Birmingham

The DigitalBIC project looks to provide a platform for SME’s to showcase new technologies/services

to be used by other sectors within the creative industries.

The DigiBIC main objective is to set up a European network to facilitate technologies deployment for the creative sector. The idea is that SMEs would be able to use this platform to showcase new technologies/services that are ready for market but that could be used by other sectors within the creative industries. The network would gather both technologies users and developers which mean researchers, SMEs, industries players would be interested in joining the network.

For further information, please visit www.digibic.eu

Digital Birmingham attended the launch and networking session of the European Competitiveness and Innovation ICT Policy Support Programme (CIP-ICT-PSP) in Brussels back in April.
The team are busy leading on a €2M EU match funding bid focused on developing digital skills and competencies for carers, as well as being a partner on the Digital Cities in Europe – Lifelong Learning Programme.
We successfully ran two workshops this month, one involving formal and informal carers and the other involving experts within the arena, in order to carry out

research to put into this bid.
The bid is due to be submitted shortly- watch this space for further developments and updates.

It’s Adult Learner’s Week from 14 – 20 May 2011!

If you are looking at tracing your family history, why not pop along to one of the free taster sessions taking place across various libraries in Birmingham. Click here for more information.