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| Mittonsmate Rank: Jasper | The Green Man of Gibb Street posted on: 11/4/2003 1:22:25 PM Best public artwork in Brum. In contrast to Gormley's gormless Iron Man, the G.M. possesses a dramatic potency, as if it had just this minute burst through the pavement to reassert the eternal power of nature over our flimsy and fleeting civilization. Its resolutely pagan character puts me in mind of The Wicker Man, as portrayed in that classic film in which a Christian copper is burned to death as a human sacrifice to the gods of the harvest. Indeed, in this multi-faith city of ours, perhaps the annual May Day sacrificial incineration of a policeman inside the Green Man is something we could petition the council for. |
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NH350Ariel
old hand Rank: Ozzy |
The Green Man of Gibb Street
replied on: 11/4/2003 6:01:27 PM http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/heritage/page11.htm I prefer the Gormley. |
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racheymaus
old hand Rank: Chinny |
The Green Man of Gibb Street
replied on: 11/5/2003 9:43:04 PM I also think the Gormley exudes a certain subtle charm, an understatedness that represents us modest Brummies well. That green thingy however could become my favourite if used á la Wicker Man, to lure unsuspecting Cockneys into Brum, for reprogramming. Hmm, fun. |
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DrVeraJenkins
old dear Rank: Jasper |
The Green Man of Gibb Street
replied on: 11/6/2003 11:06:00 PM No the Green Man isn't too bad these days. The bar used to be a bit rough, especially when all the Scottish lads from up the Rover used to go in there to play pool. Nowadays it's all yuppies and heart surgeons. I'm not sure if Harborne has any rough pubs now they've built old folks flats on the site of the Duke of York. I wouldn't pay to live in them. They should have made him into the Custard Man. Or the Blamange Man. I went to see the daleks arse today girls and boys. I did chuckle with my pal Violet when I told her what you lot call it. That'll be right round the day centres now before the end of next year. "what did you say Fred?" ... "I said dalek's arse" ...."do what? what's a garlic farce?" |
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falsedog
Rank: Jasper |
Fadfool
replied on: 11/28/2003 9:03:15 PM Like a savoury Gooseberry Fool... but a starter. There are many other Green Men around B'ham hidden in the architecture of Victorian buildings, you can do a walking tour. Fashionable fad, or betraying B'ham's pagan roots? (Fashionable fad) |
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