I'd absolutely go for this. Also Birmingham is a good idea because I basically live there (the city's boundary is right round the corner) it is pretty central yeah.

I've only ever been to the motorshow

The motorshow is in Solihull, IIRC (it's at the NEC right?)

I just don't know what there is to do there....

The Bull Ring and Selfridges is a great place to go shopping (in fact the whole city is really). The Electric Cinema is pretty rad (the oldest cinema in the UK!). Down by the canals there are some great places to sit outside and have a coffee or something (I believe they are called cafés), and the whole place generally looks nice (far from the Birmingham of the 70s and 80s). I am rooting for Brum!

EDIT: shit, I absolutely thought I was editing this. sorry!

Haven't been to Brum in like 10 years, so it would be pretty cool (also its only like 45 minutes on the train from Sheff).

Is the Electric Cinema a proper electro cinema?

Edit: Of course, I am not entirley convinced when a town needs this site: http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/

That is a satirical site, mentioning all the shit things about Birmingham! (also they are the only things of interest)

Yeah seriously, go on somewhere like megabus and look at all the routes, everything is like direct line to london it's stupid. 8)
(i fly first class private jet so i don't know lollll)

yeah but megabus is terrible and they do that to save as much money as possible. national express has lots of directs to birmingham

If it's in brum can we go find Faust in the mines?

faust moved out of birmingham years ago!

Edit: Of course, I am not entirley convinced when a town needs this site: http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.uk/

but it isn't shit!

also i don't care either way where it is really

Either are easy to get to. Birmingham might be a nice change- and the actual cost of everything there is way cheaper.

http://www2.b3ta.com/birmingham/

birmingham, its bloody great

If you can argue what's so good about your placea and they're accessible without having to pay virgin trains an ENTIRE student loan then could go for the right one?

Either are easy to get to. Birmingham might be a nice change- and the actual cost of everything there is way cheaper.

well it depends where you go

for example, don't drink on broad street

if it is actually in birmingham i might come!

Looks like it's gonna be brum. Takes me about an hour and a half to get there on blaine the mono.

Dom you seem to know where to go in brum, what do you suggest?

What brum experience we going for- the new brum or white lightning in the inner city?

Has to involve eating of nice food (Food is key)

p.s. Join #britmeat on irc.whahay.net

I'd be interested in some kind of britmeat, as long as I'm not the oldest or youngest person there again (always seems to happen when meeting internet people).
Manchester's more convenient for me, but then just about every meet I've been to lately has been at a club on Canal Street (Manchester), so a change would probably be a good thing.

What is a britmeat and how does it taste?

it is a mere 12 hours on the bus to london from glasgow. to manchester, it is less. just sayin NOT EVERYONE HAS TO GO THROUGH LONDON, y'know.

i don't care anyway, i will probably not go.