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Bootlegs are a little more questionable than counterfeiting. They're usually material that isn't usually available through legitimate sources. Most often they're live recordings. Some acts used to actively encourage bootlegging. Most notable of those was the Grateful Dead...

I still have a bunch of old vinyl records (a couple of thousand lps). They still get used. There's a bar in Kings heath where a bunch of us play our old records once a month.

I was at a heritage thing at the Roundhouse on Saturday and they had someone from the architects responsible. The green paint was apparently the closest match they could get to the original colour on the external metalwork which they found by cleaning down the layers on the metalwork they had to...

If you want a cheap record player you can get briefcase style ones from around £20 in argos. The recent wave of vinyl records are generally heavier than the older versions and more expensive. If they're re-issues, they tend to be re-mastered from the original tapes. It was said month's back that...

For what it's worth, the library of Birmingham has a fairly solid run of the Carnival magazine that Birmingham University put out to go with the annual carnival week (more or less) from the 20s (or earlier) into the 60s. It's in the archive so you have to ask for it - it was called "Carnival".

I spoke to one of the builders two days ago. The building should be finished in around 6 weeks. He also says that the pillars at the front would be getting new balls.

Haven't watched soap operas since the Newcomers finished. Vaguely remember a play at the rep with Noel Gordon and Polly James (James was a pro compared to Gordon) . I once did the tour of Pebble Mill where the official highlight was a demo of the work of the sound effects doing a bit for the...

Some time since I worked on computer systems full time but I was never the kind to mutter or curse no matter how bad things got.

Nowadays one version of linux has a much larger install base than windows and it's built for tablets and phones. Then again, the company behind it is generally regarded as bigger/worse than Microsoft ever was.

Why is it that some people always take video on their phone with it held vertically? Add to that it gets posted to somewhere that fills it to fit a horizontal screen with black bars.

Since there seem to have been a lot of you taking pictures around this time, I've got someone looking for a picture of Kench's chip shop as a single building (everything else demolished). I'm not entirely sure whether it was on Gooch St or Longmore St but it would be around the late 60s early...

I'm helping out as a part time researcher for our local history society. Their chairman has been asked if he can find anything out about Arthur William Hill who was "the smallest / shortest man in the Birmingham police specials" by his relatives. they have an old article from the Birmingham...

I may be wrong here but the way the large maps are sliced here seem to show the wrong area. From the look of the pictures, you should be seeing St Phillips behind the building. This link takes you to a different version of the Westley Map...

While the top picture was at the end of Wenman Street, what you're seeing is Edward Road in front of the shop and Vincent Street behind it. Wenman Street would be off to the left of the picture and running to the left with only a slight angle toward the top of the picture. Given the new houses...

Prices seem to go up and down and quality is just as likely to change there as anywhere. Most likely issues I get with clothing is the stitching on jacket pockets that cuts into the fabric. ... and I bought 3 pairs of denim jeans in Primark for £3 each at the beginning of this year. Hope they...

There's an odd frequent misconception. People think that because they use Linux they aren't going to get virus/malware attacks. Given the fact that a (cut-down) version of Linux is now the most used on the planet, it's extremely unlikely that the usual attackers won't try. You should be able to...

The article above shows several stations on the line. One looks like thy'd be re-opening the old Camp Hill station as well as King's Heath and Moseley. That should irritate the people that campaigned for a "Balsall Heath" station. Then again, if they're going to call it the Camp Hill line...

One thing I remember from the Look & Learn in the days of the Ranger incorporation was a strip that was called either "Britons never shall be slaves" or "In the days of good queen cleo". As far as I can tell they were the earliest English versions of the Asterix strip and, although they kept all...

Every so often, they change the channels available on freeview. Earlier this year they added a new channel called Talking Pictures (channel 81). They run old (mostly British) movies and the odd TV show. Look at the schedule on the TV guide. You might see something you remember.

There have been a lot of Irish migrants through Birmingham over the years. It's not surprising there would be a version of the Unionists here. There were probably a lot of Republicans as well but most of the time they would have been better hidden. The Conservative ties with the Unionists aren't...