As the rumours stand, Jibbering Records is due to be shut down early this year and cast away to an evil unthought of land never to be visited again. However, Kings Heath just doesn’t deserve a new record shop at the moment, so it has been brought to our attention that it will be staying put for at least the rest of 2002.

The Jibbering doors are staying firmly open and the Jibbering DJs are still playing your favourite haunts, so all is not lost for Moseley. The shop will continue to serve coffee and vinyl to the discerning Moseley record purchaser throughout the rest of this year.

Dan Rafferty, co-founder of Jibbering Records, has told us: “Moseley has got a lot of musically minded people, it goes without saying that a record shop is a good idea. The shop is making money and business is good, but its not been enough to keep running the way we have been. Now the business has been scaled down and staff have had wages cut, things are ‘Hunky Dory’ for a while yet.”

The talk of more high street shops in Moseley closing has no doubt got a few tongues wagging. Our spies at local craft groups tell us a number of ageing Moseleyites have been seen telling anyone who will listen that if it had been a W H Smiths it would have lasted for a thousand years ein reich, ein volk, ein W H Smiths!

Also the Shambala festival will be on in the near future, and look out for the Jibbering dj’s performing at Subway City with Citric City and Cohesion, flyers available at Jibbering and any other worthy outlet.

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