Nikki is working on a directory of "useful spaces" where meetups, coworking and adhoc events can take place in Birmingham from cafes with wifi to venues that are friendly and cheap. You can submit spaces in the form on her site and add more details to the spreadsheet. All powered by Google Docs and a nice illustration of collaborative writing and crowdsourcing.

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

Stef goes to a tiny gig in a cafe with eight chairs and wonders "Wouldn’t it be nice if a few of these micro-venues would pop up around Birmingham?" I agree.

Barfly apparently taking over the whole of the Sanctuary building giving them a capacity rivaling that of the Academy. I've heard this from other sources too. More as it develops.

Needed a total refit having been gutted in a fire last year and, according to this report, looks to be doing live music.