Author Archives: Pete Ashton

Are you the sort of person who likes sticking small pieces of paper to things? Do you also like listening to bald men play chiptunes in pubs and other venues? Then you might be wanting an 8bit Pete sticker or … Continue reading →

I was wanting a snooze earlier and to send me off was listing to a The Moth podcast which, naturally, kept me awake for the duration but that’s by the by. The setup of The Moth interests me. Here’s the … Continue reading →

Outcrowd Collective artists doing art at Supersonic 2008 – photo by Abrinsky Today I had a nice chat with a guy whose name I’ve completely forgotten who’s putting on a one day music festival the name of which I’ve completely … Continue reading →

Last night I was honoured, and I don’t use that word lightly, to be invited to Paul Murphy‘s house for his Songwriter’s Cafe. More accurately it was held in a purpose built room under his treehouse at the bottom of … Continue reading →

We went for an evening stroll around the neighbourhood and noticed a gap in the fence of what was, I learned from Fi, the site of the former Philip Harris Medical Centre in Stirchley. It’s here on the map and … Continue reading →

One good thing to come out of that unfortunate incident with the councilor and the status-updating platform was the lodging in my brain of the phrase “Creative Industry Smuggerati”. Meet my new henchman, @CllrGarethCompt offending the Moseley Creative Industry Smuggerati … Continue reading →

May 26th sees 8bit Pete engaged by Art Detection Services at The Vaults to provide music entertainment as they judge the goodness or otherwise of Art using their bespoke Art Detector Machines. I have no idea what to expect of … Continue reading →

The other day the Prime Minister said this: “Today we are not just announcing a new government and new ministers. We are announcing a new politics. A new politics where the national interest is more important than party interest, where … Continue reading →

This evening Gareth Compton, the Conservative councillor for Erdington, Birmingham, behaved like a bit of a cunt using his Twitter account. To be honest I don’t really care about him or what he’s done. All that matters to me is … Continue reading →

Last week I saw Misty’s Big Adventure play a rare gig with Brute Force. It was the first time I’d seen Misty’s in far too long and I enjoyed it immelsley. Brute was also wonderful, like a camp Martin Landau … Continue reading →

I have many buckets of man-love for cartoonist and wit Paul Rainey. I don’t see him that often these days but on those rare occasions he suffers many man-hugs from me. He is a good person and I like him. … Continue reading →

I just posted the end-game plans for the Created in Brum shop. In short we’ll be closing on the 23rd and packing up and out by the 29th. We’ll then take a few months to recuperate and reflect on what … Continue reading →

Last month Synth Eastwood came over from Ireland and did a big music and film night called Fast Forward as part of Flatpack in Birmingham. Part of this was spending a day creating their visuals in the city, and part … Continue reading →

Today I went to the opening of a cashpoint in Digbeth. It was momentous – the first charge-free cashpoint this side of the Bullring in living memory. Nicky organised the ceremony and Jon was the master or said ceremony. Here’s … Continue reading →

We’re in Paris for a few days (I know!) and having just arrived took a walk around the Sacré-Cœur as the sun set. Fiona spotted a bunneh scribbled on the cobbles as drew my attention to it: “Mon deux!” I … Continue reading →

Many fun things have been happening of late. One of them was my good friend Tom Lennon losing his stand-up comedy virginity on Sunday night. I recorded the audio and slapped it online. Enjoy.

Tonight saw me dancing for two hours in a wee church hall with a bunch of people old enough to be my parents. Fiona has been trying to avoid joining the gym by searching out less soul destroying forms of … Continue reading →

This one sort of came out of the blue but it seems on April 24th I’ll be performing with the Thingamagoops again. This last happened in November 2008 and was very strange. Here’s a video from then. This time it’ll … Continue reading →

This weekend I was liveblogging or social reporting or whatever you want to call it at the X48 GameCamp in Huddersfield. I’m going to write it up in full on ASH-10 but wanted to share this, a short movie I … Continue reading →

So today the good people of Birmingham learned two thing. Firstly, we’re getting a shiny new train station next to the venerable Moor St and incorporating (in name at least) the geriatric Curzon St to serve the high speed rail … Continue reading →