Thirty minutes of The Lips at The Glasto. Awesome as ever. (If I might be permitted a gripe, I'm sure those at the back of the field had a better view than I did at the back of the Birmingham Academy...)

The notion has occurred to me ever since I <a href="http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2007/07/15/supersonic-collective-memory/">tracked</a> all the videos from Supersonic last year, but this is the first time I've seen someone attempt to completely reconstruct a concert using mobile phone footage uploaded to YouTube. 12 out of 25 songs is not a bad hit ratio.

By the way, if you want to get analytical this is <i>real<i> crowdsourcing and citizen journalism. Not asking people to get stuff or send stuff to you but harvesting what the crowd collectively produces as autonomous agents. So there.

Fantastic lineup from Capsule for November 1st. Shellac and Lightning Bolt in particular. Woo!

A whole load of bootlegs from live shows by my new favourite Japanese psychedelic noise combo.

Fucking fuckers. Fucking fuckstick fuckers. I mean, what the fuck goes through these people's minds? Sigh...

A cursory glance implies the extra day has meant things are a little more spread out meaning less clashes and more time for mooching. Might even take in a few talks.

"Birmingham’s multi award-winning jazz and hip-hop musician, Soweto Kinch, will join this month’s Creative Networks event, to explore the resurgence of live music and its positive impact on local communities."

A live music reviewer who's using this blog to archive his work for a variety of outlets. Met him at the blogmeet last week and he's rather keen (and rather tall).

The Baron reviews a gig at Bar Academy.

First in a series of free acoustic music nights at the Light House featuring Dan Whitehouse, Naomi Phoenix, Rick Williams and Jimm Zombie.