quarter finals begin in brumtown..

hello folks

the birmingham quarter finals are go..
we had a smasher of an xmas special (dec 27th) big shout to everyone who reached..
nice to see some old and new faces back for christmas.
some ridiculous panels got done as you can see below,
big ups to the man witts (bntl.co.uk) for the photo's, loads more great ones at www.myspace.com/secretwarsbrum

so phill blake and kungfo go through to the semi's
next quarter final battles 17th jan 09 (flyer lower down the blog)

trav's video diary is already up! well done that man..
check it on vimeo here > http://vimeo.com/2654167

few of witts sicks photo's below..
safe btown! we love you
see you on the 17th jan

seeds and slobs
(pssssst - we had a great show on http://www.rhubarbradio.com/ last night with adamn noize in for this weeks guest, check it out on the listen again feature. click mondays you will find us)

phill blake


monk

n4t4


kungfo

rainbow people

peeeeeeeeeeeace

merry xmas fron the brum fam x 27/12 qtr final 1 x nye!

yo ho ho hoes

bah humbug
we all about taking care of business f
of our first series 2 birmingham quarter final.
see ya after ya stuff yaselves like mental s...


peace and love..

seeds and slobs



oh! and i almost forgot!
on nye some of the brum artists and pals will be doing some boards live at this badboy
see ya there.. (ticket link below flyer if your in)



only £25 all in!
click here for more info and cheap tickets >
http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/events/?id=10005511

brum team live on the radio sunday nights

we are doing a weekly show with our resident dj's on brums greatest new online station...!

check out

http://www.rhubarbradio.com/

on the site, look at the monday schedule, you see us at the top 12am till 2am where you can listen to previous shows..
so each and every sunday night, listen in live from midnight for japes and general tomfoolery on the radio. :)

more info on our myspace blog (www.myspace.com/secretwarsbrum)

email us on birmingham@secretwars.co.uk for your shoutouts and spread the word people!!

expect big things with guest mixes, artist interviews and allsorts..

big up the station and all involved

seeds and slobs
(big shout to didi and keithy g!)

the brum first rounds are done! incoming quarter finals...

nov. 15th

RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS

2p v's Sam Bevlak
Goonism (no show - zuki stepped up) v's Obenzah


ello friends and foes..
brumtown
its a lot

and it went like this.
With Mr Slobodan away on his holidays i was going to be a busy boy on this one.. but of course Keithy G, Didi and various SW brum fam were on point to give me a hand (respect due to all of you who helped!) With the boards all put up and all prepared by 5pm we were set for a big night. Punters began to roll in about 9 and the stage was set. Artists Bevlak, Obenzah and Josh 2pence all appeared in plenty of time, all pretty nervous but well up for it... but where was the big goon???!! The clock ticked along.. more and more punters rolled in. Tension mounted.

By around 10 pm i was beginning to worry about the fact there was no sign of Goonism. But after a few hours of trying to contact him, it was apparent we had a no show on our hands... this has never happened before so i was somewhat confused as to what to do. By half 10 it was decided that Obenzah would go through.. but then at the last minute Brum writer "Zuki" stepped in...

so we had 2 battles. The ever hungry crowd watched on in anticipation. a late start.. in a standardly packed out Rainbow pub began. It was obvious that there was some serious skills at this battle with all 4 of the artists going for it straight away. An intense hour and a half followed with our 4 judges milling about the area making notes... By the time the judging came the crowd were really hyped for the crowd vote. With an unprepared Zuki battling, Obenzah easily took the 1st crowd vote and then subsequently the 2 judges vote to go through.The 2p/Bevlak crowd vote then went down.. and both battlers bizarrely got the same db reading at 103.00 exactly. Then a crowd vote each and we had a tie..


so we did the crowd vote again and Bevlak took it by literally a point on the decibel reader to go through.. soooooooooooooo Obenzah and Sam Bevlak go through to the quarter finals.


some flicks for your perusal..






josh 2 pence



sam bevlak



check out www.myspace.com/secretwarsbrum for a video and more photos from the night..


so a big merry christmas from the brum team!

and roll on this badboy
check out - http://www.myspace.com/defdfires
who will be joining us in brum for our first series 2 quarter final






word!
seeds and slobs
brum fam

oct 11th report ..series 2 rolls on!

Hello wars fans..
apologies for the delay in my getting this blog to you all until now, hectic week!

We knew we were in for a nutty one, but maybe not quite as hectic as it became!
An epic battle and some seriously heavyweight musical treats were on the cards with young Trav taking on veteran Tony Cryze and champ Newso taking on our one and only female contender Lady Rinth. Resident dj's Royal and Skeleton, Jem Atkins and friends were to hold down the back room with the help of Reeps1, Evolucian and Guardians of the Ancient Wisdom...
Whilst in the front of the infamous Ranbow Pub dj's Nuk and Dr Tra, Didi and the Whomanity crew made sure a steady stream of hiphop and dub flowed.. it was gametime once again.

The Rainbow filled quickly with the usual random blend of Brum Secret Wars fans, and the tension began to mount. Jem and friends had 4 turntables set up and Royal and Skelly alongside the Guardians dj Ferndo were feeding the people some lovely beats.. and the battles began.

All the artists immediately went for it with loads of interesting lines and shapes hitting the panels straight away. Tony went straight in with text as his opponent Trav started some kind of bizarre torso as the central part of his piece. In the other Battle, champion Newso kicked off scribbling some kind of huge head on the left hand side of his panel whilst Rinth started some kind of skull chav?! onlookers watched intentaly as our 4 judges circled the area with a watchful eye...

About half way through the battle, The Guardians along with Royal and Skeleton provided some very slick live hip hop with their guitars and vocals.. these guys are next level, watch out for 'em! The battle raged on... the venue was packed and an every hungry crowd watched the artists rock their eddings. A somewhat worse for wear Tony finished first (claiming later he thought we shouted 15 minutes left, when we actually called 50..lol) as Trav added tons of small detail to his panel. Meanwhile Newso depicted one of Rinths characters being strangled and taunted by a sock puppet?! (you have a sick mind Dan) By now Rinth (the only artist who wasn't cheating i might add! as she was the only person to not use a sketch!!! - we are going to tighten up the rules on this people) finished off her skull chav with shady hat and hoodie holding one of newso characters decapitated heads in his hand, the lady gets dark! big props to her for representing the ladies.. girls we want you for series 3! stop Brum becoming an all out boys club, we know you got skills and Rinth proves it can be done, much respect out to ya LR..

I wasn't comparing this one so i watched on as the clock ticked to the end.. Reeps1 the king of the human sound proceeded to kill it for about 10 minutes to a crowd now at fever pitch, This badboy gets better by the minute, seriously.. The crowd vote followed and was so so close on all counts, but Tony Cryze and Newso both took a vote each. Judging followed with the same 2 battlers both winning additional votes to therefore go on to the next round.

So..
Tony Cryze v's Trav - winner Tony Cryze
Newso (series 1 champ) v's Lady Rinth - winner Newso
These 2 Brum locals will now meet each other the in the second quarter final.

Big Big shouts to Slobs, everyone who helped, reached, made noise and partied till the early hours.. A blinder as always. Watch this space and http://www.myspace.com/secretwarsbrum for more photo's and videos real soon, but for now heres a few flicks..



Lady Rinth



Newso


Trav


Tony Cryze

High Res photo's to land real soon... stay tuned.

peace for now!


Seeds
http://www.myspace.com/seedsuk

fused magazine

its out now!

its a student special for the uni heads, but you can still get copies.
secret wars birmingham festure inside!
big up the fused crew
roll on the next round..

e flyer for 11th Oct round

spread the word, this ones gonna be a big un!



cheers

DJ Q-BERT / FUSED MAGAZINE / NEXT ROUND

Yes yes secret wars fans and folks
big shouts to everyone who made it down for the Q-bert gig at the rainbow warehouse recently..
Where we did a little bit of a demo out the back, and our resident dj's held it down.
2p, N4t4, Phill Blake and Monk proceeded to nice up some boards we had set up, as many an onlooker appreciated their Edding pen wizardry. It was a night of fun and frolics, and as for Q-bert.. the man must be alien. one word, skills. out of this world..

there's a video you can watch here courtesy of trav (nice 1 mate)
link > http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6rm7v_qbert_music

we're also pleased to let you good people out there know that the latest copy of "Fused magazine" (the student special) has an article all about Secret Wars in Brum!
go grab your copy today...
in the meantime, read the online version here > http://www.fusedmagazine.com/Past_Issues/Student_Issue/Secret_Wars.aspx


The next round cometh...
October the 11th will see defending champion Newso go up against our one and only female contender Lady Rinth. And oldest contender Tony Cryze will brawl with youngest battler Trav. This ones gonne be big...
You can also look forward to a live set from Guardians of the Ancient Wisdom, guest compare Evolucian and none other than a special visit from Reeps1 for some serious mouth science.
Guaranteed to be a massive night, see ya there!

Seeds + Slobodan

Extra, extra read all about it!

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