During my job I make a lot of trips to Oxford on a bi-weekly basis and it was only this week that I actually bothered to put on my “All Time Faves” playlist to listen to. And I thought I would share it here.

The history of this actually goes back to an iPod leaflet I picked up in John Lewis in Norwich one time while walking past their Apple selection. On their screenshot of iTunes, they had a “All Time Faves” playlist, which I stole and adjusted to create this.
iTunes links are provided where available

1. Alanis Morissette – Hands Clean [iTunes]
2. Avril Lavigne – Don’t Tell Me [iTunes]
3. Barenaked Ladies – Aluminum [iTunes]
4. Blink 182 – Here’s Your Letter [iTunes]
5.Box Car Racer – There Is [iTunes]
6. Busted – Meet You There [iTunes]
7. The Calling – Adrienne [iTunes]
8. Dashboard Confessional – Hands Down [iTunes]
9. Dashboard Prophets – All You Want
10. Death Cab For Cutie – Summer Skin [iTunes]
11. Dido – White Flag [iTunes]
12. Fastball – Fire Escape
13. Goo Goo Dolls – Slide [iTunes]
14. Guster – Amsterdam [iTunes]
15. Hoobastank – The Reason [iTunes]
16. Incubus – Talk Shows On Mute [iTunes]
17. Less Than Jake – Look What Happened [iTunes]
18. Lostprophets – Last Summer [iTunes]
19. Mark Owen – Four Minute Warning [iTunes]
20. Michelle Branch – All You Wanted [iTunes]
21. OutKast – Hey Ya [iTunes]
22. Robbie Williams – Feel [iTunes]
23. Ryan Adams – New York, New York [iTunes]
24. Semisonic – Secret Smile [iTunes]
25. Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 [iTunes]
26. Sponge – All This And Nothing
27. The Starting Line – Best Of Me [iTunes]
28. Steriogram – Walkie Talkie Man [iTunes]
29. Superfine – Betsy Went Flying [iTunes]
30. Tenacious D – Tribute [iTunes]
31. U2 – Beautiful Day [iTunes]
32. The Vines – Ride [iTunes]

You can now get the whole playlist (minus a few tracks) in an iMix on iTunes. Get It Here

Recently I’ve found use in Upcoming.org as a method of finding cool events in Birmingham to go to, such as the Birmingham Flickrmeet, Blogger Meetups, and gigs. I’ve also been adding stuff myself, such as Douglas Furs gigs and Midland MUG meetings in hopes of getting word out and getting more interest.

Well listings are limited currecntly. So big thanks and good luck to LiveBrum – the “comprehensive what’s on event listings for the City of Birmingham, UK”. Its a beautiful new website just launched recently where you can get all the info you want on concerts, shows, comedy, and any other public events in the Birmingham area, all nicely broken down into specific categories. So if you have a penchant for Jazz or Folk, you can get your fill here.

Its only just on its first legs (what is that referencing? do things have a second set of legs?) but there are some good features coming soon from what I hear.

I’ll be trying to get the Douglas Furs gigs on there too, but how happy was I to see our Bar Academy gig on there already!

So if you find yourself looking for a nice night out, or just want to go see a band or some theatre on a sunday afternoon, then this has to be your first stop. So go check it out, sign up and get live!