Madam Miaow sings "Mercedes Benz" at the St Ives Festival

So this is how I amuse myself while I'm in St Ives for the festival. I sang for the first time, not including the occasion two years back when I provided backing vocals for Buffalo Bill Smith and Charles Shaar Murray at the Kettle and Wink and forgot the lyrics to Who Do You Love?, even though it was me who was pressing for them to play the song.

Didn't mangle Janis Joplin's comment on consumerism too much. And I'd rather have a tiny Mazda sports car or anything driven by Emma Peel.

Notes on St Ives for anyone else planning a trip down: best pasties, scones and jam from Pengenna Pasties in the High Street opposite Lloyds Bank. Clotted cream ice-cream with clotted cream on top from Waller's on the corner of Fish Street. Internet at The Hub — and they now serve Rattler cider, the finest fruit-based drink on the planet except for Dunkertons. Yay for the Hub!

Lunchtime sessions at Norway Square, St Ives Arts Festival, September 2010. Hosted by Bob Deveraux.

More live performance from Anna here

Madam Miaow sings "Mercedes Benz" at the St Ives Festival

So this is how I amuse myself while I'm in St Ives for the festival. I sang for the first time, not including the occasion two years back when I provided backing vocals for Buffalo Bill Smith and Charles Shaar Murray at the Kettle and Wink and forgot the lyrics to Who Do You Love?, even though it was me who was pressing for them to play the song.

Didn't mangle Janis Joplin's comment on consumerism too much. And I'd rather have a tiny Mazda sports car or anything driven by Emma Peel.

Notes on St Ives for anyone else planning a trip down: best pasties, scones and jam from Pengenna Pasties in the High Street opposite Lloyds Bank. Clotted cream ice-cream with clotted cream on top from Waller's on the corner of Fish Street. Internet at The Hub — and they now serve Rattler cider, the finest fruit-based drink on the planet except for Dunkertons. Yay for the Hub!

Lunchtime sessions at Norway Square, St Ives Arts Festival, September 2010. Hosted by Bob Deveraux.

More live performance from Anna here

Madam Miaow at the St Ives Arts Festival 2008: Photos 2

Here's the second batch of photos from this year's St Ives Arts Festival.

I'll add the rest in another batch in a couple of days.

St Ives Porthmeor Beach and the Island from the Tate

Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith's gig at the Kiddleywink (Kettle & Wink Bar) at the Western Hotel, Sunday 14th September 2008

Anna Chen joins Buffalo Bill Smith and Charles Shaar Murray on stage

Mo plays early women's jazz songs during the break at Charles and Bill's gig

Anna, Rachel and Bill in the Kiddleywink

Buffalo Bill Smith and Charles Shaar Murray in the Kiddleywink

Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith in St Ives

Charles and Bill in St Nick's

Steve Jones gigging in the Kiddleywink

Steve Jones, the Kiddleywink

The Sloop Inn, St Ives
I can see Rod, Steve M, Pete Low, Steve and Linda J, Brenda, Charles Shaar Murray and Paul Healy

The Sloop Public Bar: Charles Shaar Murray, Buffalo Bill Smith, Martyn Barker, Rod Bullimore, Kelvin

Rod and Kelvin

Sloop Public Bar: Anna, Charles and Bill

Anna, Steve and Rod outside the Sloop

Madam Miaow at the St Ives Arts Festival 2008: Photos 2

Here's the second batch of photos from this year's St Ives Arts Festival.

I'll add the rest in another batch in a couple of days.

St Ives Porthmeor Beach and the Island from the Tate

Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith's gig at the Kiddleywink (Kettle & Wink Bar) at the Western Hotel, Sunday 14th September 2008

Anna Chen joins Buffalo Bill Smith and Charles Shaar Murray on stage

Mo plays early women's jazz songs during the break at Charles and Bill's gig

Anna, Rachel and Bill in the Kiddleywink

Buffalo Bill Smith and Charles Shaar Murray in the Kiddleywink

Charles Shaar Murray and Buffalo Bill Smith in St Ives

Charles and Bill in St Nick's

Steve Jones gigging in the Kiddleywink

Steve Jones, the Kiddleywink

The Sloop Inn, St Ives
I can see Rod, Steve M, Pete Low, Steve and Linda J, Brenda, Charles Shaar Murray and Paul Healy

The Sloop Public Bar: Charles Shaar Murray, Buffalo Bill Smith, Martyn Barker, Rod Bullimore, Kelvin

Rod and Kelvin

Sloop Public Bar: Anna, Charles and Bill

Anna, Steve and Rod outside the Sloop

St Ives arts week: Madam Miaow does poetry

Picture: L to R Bob Devereux, Rod Bullimore, Anna Chen, Kelvin Bowers at the Salthouse Gallery reading Sunday 11th May 2008

Home from St Ives at last with end-of-holiday blues. Still haven't unpacked due to to an overwhelming urge to get my holiday pix and videos sorted.

I would have posted the first video of the batch. It's of me reading some poetry in Norway Square at the first of the lunchtime open readings in Norways Square as part of Bob Devereux's literature festival: "Daddy Freud", "Poe" and "To Adonis At His Toilet".

Google has a problem so I'm including the YouTube link and hope to upload the video later.

St Ives arts week: Madam Miaow does poetry

Picture: L to R Bob Devereux, Rod Bullimore, Anna Chen, Kelvin Bowers at the Salthouse Gallery reading Sunday 11th May 2008

Home from St Ives at last with end-of-holiday blues. Still haven't unpacked due to to an overwhelming urge to get my holiday pix and videos sorted.

I would have posted the first video of the batch. It's of me reading some poetry in Norway Square at the first of the lunchtime open readings in Norways Square as part of Bob Devereux's literature festival: "Daddy Freud", "Poe" and "To Adonis At His Toilet".

Google has a problem so I'm including the YouTube link and hope to upload the video later.