Sam Coley teaches radio production at Birmingham City University, and on Flatpack opening night he helped us out by recording the Curzonora show. Now he’s gone one better and put together a slideshow about the event.
Flatpack 3: “Curzonora” from Sam Coley on Vimeo.
Since we metaphorically dug up Waller Jeffs for our tribute event Curzonora a couple of weeks ago, a surprising number of people have been enquiring about his last resting place. In particular, the lady who interviewed us for Midlands Today had definite Nancy Drew tendencies and was very excited about the idea of hunting around cemeteries on a Sunday afternoon. For her and anyone else who is interested, Mr Jeffs’ gravestone can be found in plot no. 947, section B1 at Brandwood End Cemetery in Kings Heath. (Fourth section on the left if you enter from the Broad Lane gate). Photographic evidence above. While we’re on the subject, Scott Johnston has been posting the little filmed interludes from the show on his youtube channel, featuring the excellent Simon Britton as Mr. Jeffs, while the real Jeffs can be glimpsed fleetingly (0.06-0.07 secs) at the beginning of Mitchell and Kenyon’s film of the first Birmingham University degree ceremony.
PS: a nice review of the show is up at Birmingham Live
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As if putting on a film festival weren’t enough hassle, we thought we’d try converting a warehouse into the bargain… This weekend was non-stop action on Floodgate St. On Friday and Saturday tireless BCU set design students doing 12-hours days on the decor, pausing only for pizza. Then on Sunday the Destroyers were upstairs rattling through their new material for Curzonora. You can see the fruits of the band’s labours at Town Hall on Wednesday, and the marvels of Floodgate Kino will be open to the public from Thursday.
