Sunday, June 13, 2010
Sunday, May 02, 2010
Miranda Showing at Brighton Festival 2010
One of the most famous features of the Brighton festival are the Artists Open Houses, there are so many, and they are of such good quality, that you would have to spend a good part of the month if you wanted to cover them all. Visit www.aoh.org.uk for access to the online brochure with listings of all the open houses, grouped into trails. You can also find out here where to pick up a printed brochure.
You can see my work this year at Bungeroosh Gallery on the Kemptown Artists Trail which this year has a theme of Midsummer's Night Dream. It's one of the best venues - in a lovely square on the Kemptown seafront - here is their write up:
Meander the two floors of our enchanted forest and take in a magical vision of work inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Bungeroosh, vintage & recycled home wares. Charlie High, bold textured silver jewellery. Emma Herian, textile art. Forever Foxed, Terrier inspired cards & gifts. Grace Collins, collage, beaded jewellery & gifts. harmony&rosie, vintage beaded jewellery. Helen Cann, paintings. Jackie Finkle, recycled flowers. Linda Calvert ceramics. Liz Toole, paintings on wood. Maria Tilyard, handmade clothing & cushions using vintage fabrics. Miranda Vincent, paintings & prints. Ros Kelly, prints. Sarah Ketelaars, photography. Siobhan Collett, make-up. Sophie Thirlby, handmade beaded jewellery. Suzanne Breakwell, recycled paper cuttings & urban fairies. Tina Tighe, gifts using recycled materials. Tanya La Mantia Bone china ceramics and lighting. Children’s Recycling Workshops (5 yrs +) £5 & face painting £4, every Saturday in May, 10am (except bank holiday weekend). Wake up your Make-up! Walk in, half hour make-up sessions £10, Sat/Sun 12-5pm, book 1hr sessions via email. Live music by film/TV composer Rob Lane (credits: BBC’s Jane Eyre, Merlin). Tea/scones. Juicy Jams by Kirsty George. See website for more details.
Labels: Brighton Festival 2010
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The Vythons, October 2009
Labels: The Vythons Vythons, Vython
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Vythons - Frostbite
Labels: vythons
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Two Important New Sections on UK Family Holidays
So, enjoy them, they have been added by popular demand, so I can only assume that the demand will be popular in its proportions - remember, holidays and breaks in the UK are one way to save a few quid and keep that carbon footprint of yours down in the kiddy sizes.
Labels: UK Family Holidays
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Vythons
There are two tracks from their Buckingham school gig on 24/03/2008 - One Hives song - Hate To Say I Told You So and the second a Vython penned masterpiece - Sit Down Shut Up. Band members are Sam Abbo - 12 - Guitar, Harley Wilson - 12 - Bass, Joe Jackson - 12 - Vocals, Fin Abbo - 10 - Drums.
Labels: shoreham, Shoreham-by-sea, the vythons, vythons
Monday, January 07, 2008
Mirandasbeach World Holiday Directory Launched
Saturday, October 27, 2007
UK Family Holidays Update
The cities included are:
Bath Belfast Birmingham Bradford Brighton Bristol Cambridge Carlisle Cardiff Chester Chichester Coventry Derby Durham Edinburgh Exeter Glasgow Hull Leeds Leicester Lincoln Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle Norwich Nottingham Oxford Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Sheffield Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Sunderland Windsor York
So, if you are thinking of a UK City Break some time soon, then use this resource and plan a great trip !Monday, August 20, 2007
Poetry at MirandasBeach
If YOU would like to write a poem and get it published on the front page of the site and the blog then all you have to do is send your poem to poetry@mirandasbeach.com
We look forward to receiving your poems -
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Worthing Hospital - New song and video
Miranda Vincent, 30th May 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
New 16min Video - JimBobFred 2007 !!
You can see a big selection of our short videos and animations at our Videos and Animations page
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Some good blogs we recommend
For something more off the beaten track there is Esten Walker's Stun-Shine blog about travels around the planet after ditching his job.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Camping it up tentwise
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Holiday in France and Stay Healthy !
Two new MirandasBeach Sites have been added recently. They are Holidays In France a comprehensive, handpicked directory of the best French holiday ideas. The site currently has sections on Chateaux, Fishing, Camping, Skiing, Art and Cooking holidays, Family, Activity and Golfing Holidays in France .
And:
The Health and Fitness directory, which again is a carefully handpicked directory to help you through the minefields of health and fitness advice on the net. Sections covered so far are the main Health and Fitness section, Slimming Clubs, Slimming Advice, Nutrition, Vitamins and Minerals, Medical Encyclopedias and Yoga Retreats and Holidays
We hope you find these useful.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Missing You - new music video !
This is there own composition written "in an afternoon instead of watching Drake and Josh or Zoe 101". It has a strong Accoustic feel and beauty in the lyrics and melody. Good solid chompy style piano from the Fin Meister jkeepos it well rooted along with the rock steady guitaring of Sam.
Sam came up with the main chord sequences in the song and considers it an afternoon well spent, and " I am too young to go the pub, so I think writing a song or two on an otherwise normal September Weekend Afternoon is time well spent". Fin agrees, although "getting out to play football would have been very tempting, but providing rhythm piano to a Chicken's Beak number has to take priority, afte all we do have our careers to consider".
Hannah the elder sister of the group and provider of haunting melodies on the violin does have to keep some control during the creative process. "With so many ideas floating around at any one time, it is chaotic to say the least. But we do manage to pull something together, often at the last minute. On this track (Missing You), the inspired ending with seemingly random notes played on all 3 instruments, was plucked out of the ether at the end of the second take and we just had to run with it ". Hannah looked tired after the mammoth recording session " I need a good cup of tea and a nutrigrain bar" she said before disappearing off to Italy for a "history of art" tour.
Click here to see the Missing You video and all our other videos
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Summer Holiday nearly over - watch ZINC
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Welsh Walk Wireless Video - excerpt now streaming
An excerpt from the hour long Wireless DVD - "Welsh Walk" is now streaming at the MirandasBeach Videos and Animations page - the music is the hauntingly beautiful sound of WIRELESS from their "TerminalBroadcast Station" album. Those of you new to the WIRELESS phenomenon must go now to the Armchair Astronaut Site (that's their label) and learn and listen to more WIRELESS, explore UNDER MOTHER BUNGALOW, XPIANO, TOMAS HILTZ and HONEYBEE.
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Paintings by Miranda Vincent
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Carefully selected family holiday Ideas in the UK
If you have a family and you are thinking of having a holiday in the UK then have a look at our new site brimming with UK Family Holiday ideas at http://family-holiday.mirandasbeach.com/ . Families need certain things like maybe a heated indoor pool or a farm so that those pesky kids are kept amused and active. You could go for out and out adventure or a slow barge holiday. Whatever, you'll find a lot of ideas.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Indian Summer - New Video Animation Collage
The film is being shown at the Beach Dreams two day festival at Shoreham-By-Sea on the South Coast of England. Beach Dreams will be running a Cinema Marquee, called the 'Peacock Picture House'.
This will show short films, some of them award winning, many of them made around Shoreham. They will be showing films in categories eg short dramas, work by young people, under 7s showing etc. Screening times will be over the weekend of 17th - 18th June, programme available on the day.
You'll also find a link to the streamed version of 'Indian Summer' at the MirandasBeach Videos and Animations Page
For more information on Beach Dreams go to http://www.adurfestival.com/weekenders/beach-dreams.htm
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Sunday, April 30, 2006
New Videos out now !!
You enjoy these now
Mirandasbeach e-mail: contact@mirandasbeach.com
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Armchair Astronaut
If you enjoy long form soundscape journeys - evolved improvisations, honed by the players over years of musical interaction and experimentation, which drift and pulse from beautiful melancholic peace to shamanic intensity through extreme edginess and visit places beyond straightforward categorisation - then Armchair Astronaut is the place for you ! and MirandasBeach recommends you pay a visit soon to http://www.armchair-astronaut.com where you'll find plenty of free tracks and long live sessions to listen to - VIDEOS and plenty of other great stuff including the Armchair Astronaut webzine - Psychic Radio
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Music - The MirandasBeach CD EP "Crazy Paradise"
Born at Sea - At the beach...Unique lyrics and oceanic sound samples make this a truly original song. Lovely vocal harmonies and creative melody line complete the effect. And did I hear a mandolin in there somewhere? Sweet! - Review by Ypsilanti, Michigan
Crazy Paradise - Nice voice, good structure, great melodies....kinda reminds me of a tropical B-52s. Great job! - Review by Reticulum4 San Francisco
Stay with Me Always - My favourite, glorious feel to this one, the singers take alternate lines in the verses which works up the mood brilliantly and adds to the power. The chorus then takes off into a fab Beatles go folk jag - the song is a summer scorcher - Review by Evening Standard, London
House on the Hill - Offbeat but melodic track - music hall goes reggae style and with lyrics like "Neon at midnight, walking down fruit aisles, Bare in the light are the quick saving smiles" who can resist ? - Review NME London
The CD has a beautiful handdrawn booklet - all art work by Miranda Vincent - with full lyrics and credits. The players are Miranda Vincent - vocals
Wendy Morgan - vocals
Ben Abbo - keyboards
Richard Durrant - Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Kalimba, Jawsharp, Vibraslap
Tom Arnold - Hammond, Accordian, Percussion
Vinnie Lammi - Drums
You can listen to samples of the tracks at the MirandasBeach Music Page
The best place to buy the CD (only £5) is at Richard Durrant's LongMan Records , so go and buy it and just maybe you shall reap your reward ....
Love from MirandasBeach
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Strange Neighbours
It’s a leap of the imagination away from the usual herd of kid's discs. Strange Neighbours presents a series of animated tableaux to explore. The more you click the more you will discover. The action takes place within a hamlet of nine abodes of varying stature, from a greenhouse to a smart town house, each one housing one or more bizarre beings. You can enter any house at any time and once inside, have a good click about to see what happens. For example, in one house Embarrassing Mother is standing around in the kitchen with nothing on except a small pinny tied around her waist, casting spells. Click on the dog in the corner and you can watch it inelegantly lick its nether regions, click on the doormat and the postman arrives with a love letter for the nymph like nudist. There are so many hotspots to click and sounds and animations to see - it will give hours of fun for all the family. Buy now for £5 ! (approx $7.50)
Here are is embarrassing mother from Miranda Vincent's from Strange Neighbours
for more stills from the CD ROM go to http://www.mirandasbeach.com/strange%20neighbours/top%20page.shtml
Monday, April 10, 2006
New Look for Home Page
We have used the acrylic painting "Bluebird Dream" by Miranda Vincent as the central image on our new look Home Page. You will find the usual links - split into our main core site with the artwork, music, videos and animations etc. and then our spin off sites like Indie Clothes , poetry, Ben & Miry's free gifs , ethical investment and Family Holiday UK
Enjoy !
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Some days I just feel chilled
"I'm goin' ta have really hard stomach muscles if it kills me .... what's that noise - Sammy being sick ?"
Now - what shall I eat ? - must cut down on my cheese consumption.... erm... but I really fancy a mozarella Jarsberg and goats cheese salad...yum yum that will fill the hole in my tum "
"I've got half an hour to do some quality painting before I get Fin from playgroup.I think I'll paint a tarantula."
"What a life - hope it lasts .... oh look a squashed rabbit, a reminder of mortality ... out out brief candle - let it flicker brightly while it lasts"
Miranda Vincent comics - http://www.mirandasbeach.com/comic/comicthumbs.shtml
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Family Holidays
http://family-holiday.mirandasbeach.com/
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Come over slightly poetic ?
On a lake
Written by Lauren Beziers
I was on a lake
Not walking
I was sitting in a boat
Not laughing
The bearded young fellow
Who rowed us to the middle
Was annoying me
Intensely
I said "So you are going to catch a fish then ?
And he replied
In a twinkle of an eye
That "the time was not right for
Pike"
The air was damp
I felt damp
And the lake was grey to black
I called to my
Mother on the bank
With her paper and pipe
To "stop knitting"
But she ignored me
My bearded young fellow
Rowed us back
And he gallantly helped me out
I said "I never want to see this lake again"
To which he replied "nor me"
Its the fickle nature
Of the mood of day
That can turn you against
The things you should love best
And in keeping with this universal tide
I enjoyed a marvelous day out by a lake
Not three weeks later
But the bearded man
Was replaced by
Smooth faced
Handsome young buck
And I was three weeks older and wiser
We caught a fish that day
And ate it with tartar sauce
All felt beautiful and dreamlike
LB 2006
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Into the Forest
Into the forest is a guitar work composed and played by Richard Durrant with Herbie Flowers on the bass. The animation is by Miranda Vincent. Click the image to play the video in Windows Media Player. For more video & animation streams go to our Streams page
Friday, March 03, 2006
Spliff - by Miranda Vincent
I had,nt had any ganja before I went to clollege but after a few glasses of special brew at a party someone pased me a spliff. My head went woozy and I said "oh no I feel sick".
There always seemed to be lots of people hanging about in long dark grungy coats - cool.
I managed to feel my way down the moving hallway into the garden and started wretching by a rosebush.
"Are you alright Miranda?"
"No stay away"
Grunge chick feeling sick alert.
Gareth followed me, put his arm around me and held my convulsing stomach.
The scent of roses sweet, and it would have been romantic if it werent for the smell of puke and the barfing ...
That was the kindest thing anyone haddone for me in a long time. I fell in love and he became my boyfriend.
A new feeling in my heart and wondering how to get back to the halls of residence. If there were roses it must have been summer - so why the long dark coats ?
See full size image at http://www.mirandasbeach.com/comic/imagepages/spliff.html
More comics at http://www.mirandasbeach.com/comic/comicthumbs.shtml
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Near Death Experience - comic art by Miranda Vincent
Once, me and my neighbour Melinda decided to jump out of the top floor window onto some pillows we'd thrown down below. We looked at each other giggling excitedly as we stood on the sill.
My mum just caught our nighties as we launched ourselves out.
Artwork and text by Miranda Vincent - http://www.mirandasbeach.com/
Friday, February 24, 2006
Here Comes The Sun
The beautiful song Here Comes The Sun by George Harrison from the Beatles Album Abbey Road has been given a great Richard Durrant accoustic guitar treatment underpinned by a great Herbie Flowers Bass part . This version has been video animated by Ben Abbo of http://www.MirandasBeach.com/ and you can see the result if you click the image in Windows Media Player.
You can see more streams at: http://www.mirandasbeach.com/streams/pages/streams1.shtml
Visit http://stream-of-consciousness.mirandasbeach.com/ for the Global Stream Of Consciousness web book
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Snoring is Awful - Please do not SNORE !
The third most frequently cited reason for marital breakdown is snoring. Give your partner a break and do some research - it is controllable and you do not have to sound like a foghorn all night - You could even wake up refreshed - read the science and do a bit of scouting around it needn't cost you an arm and a leg but could save your relationship
Monday, February 20, 2006
Cake - by Miranda Vincent
The Facts of Life vol 1.
CAKE
"You can't have your cake AND eat it, it will be your undoing. You will come a cropper. "
"Yes I can --- No I wont"
"On his own head be it"
" Well you can't say he wasn't warned"
Copyright Miranda Vincent 2006
See more comics here
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Never walk naked through your home town ...
Comic Strip Artwork by Miranda Vincent - see loads more at http://www.mirandasbeach.com/comic/comicthumbs.shtml
"I do declare I've forgotten the point to all this, was it something to do with not accepting given boundaries or did I think what the hell - I'll be pushing up daisies soon enough so why not.Or did I just want to feel the wind through the darkest recesses of my soul. Why all this shouting is really shaking my resolve. I hear no supporters - not even my family ! Am I so very wrong ?"
"She's really overstepped the mark this time"
"I just feel sorry for her children"
"what about her husband ?"
"Crazy Harlot !!"
"She's sefish but original"
"Nice shoes !"
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Hot Love - a catchy pop number from MirandasBeach
Let us know what you think of it ....
You can see other videos at http://www.mirandasbeach.com/streams/pages/streams1.shtml
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Large Milky Melones
All comics at http://www.mirandasbeach.com/comic/comicthumbs.shtml
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Online Fridge Magnets
The Global Stream of Consciousness Project
MirandasBeach are inviting contributions :- a paragraph, a page, a sentence, whatever, streamed directly from your consciousnss. Just write (in English), fast. Tap into your inner dialogue - it doesn't matter if what comes out appears nonsensical or lucid.
Then: EMAIL us with the result and we will include it in our Global Stream Of Consciousness web book (If you have a website you would like us to link to we will happily place that link somewhere in your text. You can also send us one image (no larger than 200x200 which we will place in your stream linked to your site). SPREAD THE WORD.
Visit http://stream-of-consciousness.mirandasbeach.com/ for more details and the Global Stream Of Consciousness web book
MirandasBeach is a FREE art site with galleries of paintings, videos, music, prints, comic strips and more. So drop anchor at Miranda's cyber coastal fringe and flip flop around the electric lagoon a bit - why not ?
We look forward to hearing from you,
Regards
MirandasBeach
Sunday, December 11, 2005
MirandasBeach an overdue WELCOME - come on in !
If you are in the mood for some INDIE CLOTHES shopping then there are the worlds best sites all here, or you may be feeling grown up enough to ponder ETHICAL INVESTMENT in your pipe , slippers and trunks. There are exciting original VIDEOS and ANIMATIONS, cutting edge MUSIC, and much more at our cyber coastal fringe. So FlipFlop over to MirandasBeach and enjoy all the sights and sounds. So much to see and steal - try it at night when we are sipping our Rum Punch - or skinny dip your way across the bay to our pebbled haven and tip toe up to our Beach Hut and have an imaginary cup of tea.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Himalayan news
Its good to know they are interested.
Monday, December 05, 2005
Tofurkey
Why not try Soyardines ? little moulded lumps of battered soya in brine. Or what about Tofurbot or have a go at lapping up Ox Tofunge ?
Any views on this vital issue ?
Sunday, December 04, 2005
December Soup
Soup - Celariac and Pumpkin and Parsnip - steamed with Kale. A few shallotts fried with garlic and lots of Ginger, Ground Criander, Tumeric, ground Cumin and Herbes de Provence, then a tin of tomatoes and later lots of water and the steamed Veg. Left to simmer for half an hour and then mashed up with a wand. Salt and Pepper added.. Eaten with toast and Butter.
Ben