Birmingham 81
@birmingham81.bsky.social
Music, architecture, photography, design etc. Sharing my concert photos taken in Birmingham in 81/82 (hence the name). Plus other stuff I've hoarded
Out of this world - L’Auditorium de Lyon, designed by Charles Delfante and opened in 1975. One of my #BrutalLyon pics taken in 2017
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Out of this world - L’Auditorium de Lyon, designed by Charles Delfante and opened in 1975. One of my #BrutalLyon pics taken in 2017
Some very good news…
Excited to announce Balloon’s first UK tour since backing comic genius Bill Hicks in 1992. Capacity is limited, so don’t hang around. Get your tickets now via the links in the bio.
*Ticket details for the London show follow soon
**poster by the brilliant Louise de Viry
*Ticket details for the London show follow soon
**poster by the brilliant Louise de Viry
November 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Some very good news…
RIP Jimmy Cliff. Soundtracks don’t come any better than this
🇯🇲🔊▶️ open.spotify.com/album/4oxdKc...
🇯🇲🔊▶️ open.spotify.com/album/4oxdKc...
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff. Soundtracks don’t come any better than this
🇯🇲🔊▶️ open.spotify.com/album/4oxdKc...
🇯🇲🔊▶️ open.spotify.com/album/4oxdKc...
RIP Jimmy Cliff
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Jimmy Cliff - Live Santa Monica, CA 1975
YouTube video by JahNesta
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November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff
youtu.be/Kddp0S1NB4E?...
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The very cool Austrian Postal Savings Bank in Vienna, designed by Otto Wagner and built in 1904-1906. Photo taken in 2018
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The very cool Austrian Postal Savings Bank in Vienna, designed by Otto Wagner and built in 1904-1906. Photo taken in 2018
Now playing…
I included it on this mix of UK post-punk-disco which I made back in the 00s www.mixcloud.com/wrongtom/dum...
Dumb Down The Disco
A selection of disco tracks made by post-punks which I chopped up and mixed together in about 2008 for Johnny Reggae's radio show on Juice FM in Brighton.
www.mixcloud.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Now playing…
Now playing: Implosion by The Bug vs Ghost Dubs 🔉🔊
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
Implosion, by The Bug vs Ghost Dubs
16 track album
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Now playing: Implosion by The Bug vs Ghost Dubs 🔉🔊
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
thebugvsghostdubs.bandcamp.com/album/implos...
#WeekendSingles starring Liaisons Dangereuses, Boots for Dancing, The Fall, Dead Beats, Earcom 3 (Noh Mercy, Stupid Babies, From Chorley, DAF, The Middle Class), The Action, The Relations and The Gist
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
#WeekendSingles starring Liaisons Dangereuses, Boots for Dancing, The Fall, Dead Beats, Earcom 3 (Noh Mercy, Stupid Babies, From Chorley, DAF, The Middle Class), The Action, The Relations and The Gist
Patti Smith's copy of Rimbaud's Complete Works, which was on show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The same Picasso portrait of Arthur also graced the cover of Rip Rig & Panic's I Am Cold
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Patti Smith's copy of Rimbaud's Complete Works, which was on show at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The same Picasso portrait of Arthur also graced the cover of Rip Rig & Panic's I Am Cold
#WeekendSingles by Primal Scream, Girls at our Best, Definition of Sound, The Members, Elvis Costello, The Charlatans, Mighty Mighty, Squeeze, Drinking Electricity, David Bowie, Belle and Sebastian, and Prefab Sprout
November 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#WeekendSingles by Primal Scream, Girls at our Best, Definition of Sound, The Members, Elvis Costello, The Charlatans, Mighty Mighty, Squeeze, Drinking Electricity, David Bowie, Belle and Sebastian, and Prefab Sprout
Happy 75th birthday to Tina Weymouth. Love this photo of her and Grandmaster Flash, taken by Laura Levine in 1981. Spotted at MAC's fab Golden Age of Hip Hop exhibition in Marseille several years ago
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Happy 75th birthday to Tina Weymouth. Love this photo of her and Grandmaster Flash, taken by Laura Levine in 1981. Spotted at MAC's fab Golden Age of Hip Hop exhibition in Marseille several years ago
Happy 60th birthday to Björk
youtu.be/bOrGYzNUBVM
youtu.be/bOrGYzNUBVM
Bjork - Big Time Sensuality - Rare Night Version
YouTube video by contron
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November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Happy 60th birthday to Björk
youtu.be/bOrGYzNUBVM
youtu.be/bOrGYzNUBVM
Happy 50th birthday to Golden Years by David Bowie, released as a single on this day in 1975. Here he is performing the song on Soul Train 🪩 youtu.be/jBQidZrISzs
NEW 📀 Golden Years - David Bowie {Stereo} 1975
YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine
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November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Happy 50th birthday to Golden Years by David Bowie, released as a single on this day in 1975. Here he is performing the song on Soul Train 🪩 youtu.be/jBQidZrISzs
Reposted by Birmingham 81
RIP Mani
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Live On The Other Side Of Midnight) 1989 1080p 60fps
YouTube video by Mucky Fingers
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November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RIP Mani
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0
Happy 60th birthday to Peter Kember and Jason Pierce who were both born in the same hospital on this day in 1965. Here they are together in Spacemen 3 performing Revolution
youtu.be/qdQn7c62zHM
youtu.be/qdQn7c62zHM
Spacemen 3 - 'Revolution'
YouTube video by rocketgirlrecords
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November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Happy 60th birthday to Peter Kember and Jason Pierce who were both born in the same hospital on this day in 1965. Here they are together in Spacemen 3 performing Revolution
youtu.be/qdQn7c62zHM
youtu.be/qdQn7c62zHM
Happy 40th birthday to Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain, which was released on this day in 1985
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain, which was released on this day in 1985
Here's a Spotify playlist based on these two very different Cosmic Vibe compilations bought from Jazzman Gerald's stall in Camden market in the 1990s. Lots of astral jazz plus esoteric library and soundtrack tunes from the 60s and 70s
🚀🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6oa...
🚀🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6oa...
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Here's a Spotify playlist based on these two very different Cosmic Vibe compilations bought from Jazzman Gerald's stall in Camden market in the 1990s. Lots of astral jazz plus esoteric library and soundtrack tunes from the 60s and 70s
🚀🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6oa...
🚀🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/6oa...
It's all kicking off in the garden
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's all kicking off in the garden
Sunday quiz - question 3 (and the easiest so far). These outfits appear on which album cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sunday quiz - question 3 (and the easiest so far). These outfits appear on which album cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday
On this day in 1978, I went to see Stiff Records' Be Stiff tour at Oxford Poly, featuring Wreckless Eric, Lene Lovich, Jona Lewie, Rachel Sweet, Mickey Jupp and The Records. I was probably the only person there who was younger than Rachel Sweet
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
On this day in 1978, I went to see Stiff Records' Be Stiff tour at Oxford Poly, featuring Wreckless Eric, Lene Lovich, Jona Lewie, Rachel Sweet, Mickey Jupp and The Records. I was probably the only person there who was younger than Rachel Sweet
Sunday quiz - question 2. This leather jacket appears on which famous LP cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Sunday quiz - question 2. This leather jacket appears on which famous LP cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday
Sunday quiz - question 1. This reel-to-reel tape recorder appears on which LP cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sunday quiz - question 1. This reel-to-reel tape recorder appears on which LP cover? Photographed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH on Friday
#WeekendSingles by Micachu, Robert Wyatt, Patrik Fitzgerald, Altered Images, B-52’s, Ted Chippington, Change, Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, The Residents, Blah Blah Blah, The June Brides, The Donkeys
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#WeekendSingles by Micachu, Robert Wyatt, Patrik Fitzgerald, Altered Images, B-52’s, Ted Chippington, Change, Nusrat Fateh Ali khan, The Residents, Blah Blah Blah, The June Brides, The Donkeys
The Ameritrust Tower in Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by Marcel Breuer and Hamilton Smith. Completed in 1971, photographed yesterday
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Ameritrust Tower in Cleveland, Ohio. Designed by Marcel Breuer and Hamilton Smith. Completed in 1971, photographed yesterday