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Francesca Dimech BA (Hons)

I am here for Friends

About Me

Hey hey hey! I'm 24 and I live in Cardiff. I work for S4C and play lots of music. Some things I like are in the scrolling pictures below:-

See !

.. width="425" height="350" .. Above is my favourite ever song from The Muppets - you've probably heard me play it once or twice at open mic nights. Isn't it wonderful?
And here is a list of my top played artists courtesy of LastFM:

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easily the funniest thing i've ever seen in my entire life!

My Interests

I love puppetry, cycling, talking and drinking.
But most of all I love to play guitar, accordion, cornet and harmonica. I'm now a member of Wonderbrass and have been having lots of fun playing with them. I also like to (attempt to) play the fiddle among other instruments and tell really really bad jokes. Ask me for a free sample...

I'd like to meet:

Fagin.

Music:

yes, music. i like it.

Classical, Radiohead, David Bowie, Tool, T-Rex, The Cure, Jason Webley, Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, Bjork, Ben Folds, Sceraming Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, Antony and the Johnsons, Mooli, Tori Amos, R.E.M., Bad Manners, Madness, Super furry Animals, Of Montreal, Television, Sack Trick, The Eels, The Pixies, VAST, Violent Femmes, The Shins, The Specials, The Vandals, They Might Be Giants, Therapy!, Tokyo Ska Orchestra, Tool, Apocalyptica, Sebadoh, Smog, Yo La Tengo, Cardiacs, Four Tet, Lemon Jelly, Mogwai, Daft Punk, Portishead, Massive Attack, Basement Jaxx, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Mooli Tortoise, Don Caballero, Clogs, Rachels', Mars Volta, Sigur Ros, At the Drive-In, Slint, Sunna, Dark Star, Estradasphere, Frank Zappa, Gogol Bordello, Lamb, Lambchop, Led Zeppelin, Manic Street Preachers, The Divine Comedy, The Dresden Dolls, Air, TISM, Architecture in Helsinki, Cake, Ozomatli, Seu Jorge, Regina Spektor, The Magnetic Fields, Red Snapper, Tortoise, Mazzy Star, Cheikh Lo, Philip Glass, Debussy, Wagner, The Tiger Lillies, Bonzo Dog Band, Arrogant Worms, Toy Dolls, Barenaked Ladies, Wesley Willis, Wizo, Vladimir Vysotsky, Big Dumb Face, Yann Tiersen, Nouvelle Vague, Herbie Hancock, Kronos Quartet, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Hot Club Of Cowtown, Fred Snow, Chet Baker, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Anita O'Day, The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Wishbone Ash, The Kinks, Roxy Music, The Beach Boys, Gentle Giant, Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, Thin Lizzy, Elvis, Rolf Harris, William shatner, Ace of Base, and Don The Star! have a listen at www.myspace.com/donthestar they're amazing! and everyone else I suppose....

Movies:

Amelie, Jeux d'Enfents, Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Labyrinth, Hairback Hunchball of L.A. ......every Jim Henson film... Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Hedd Wyn (a Welsh language film that everyone should see! It's BENDIGEDIG)

Television:

Don't really watch much T.V apart from in work when I get paid to :) I do like comedies such as Peep Show, Black Books, Spaced, Mitchell and Webb.

Books:

Fave authors: Herrman Hesse - espec. his fairytales Roald Dahl J.M. Barrie Sarah Waters Richard Yates Islwyn Ffowc Elis (a Welsh language author) Emily Bronte
Fave books: Wuthering Heights, Danny The Champion Of the World, Fingersmith, Tipping The Velvet, Affinity, Medieval Welsh Poetry, The Easter Parade-Richard Yates,

Heroes:

I can be your hero baby.

My Blog

musical saw

Sometimes, it's a really bad idea to sit on the computer in the early hours of the morning when you're the owner of an impulsive mind and a debit card.   you end up buying musical saws from wisc...
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:29:00 PST

Competition time!

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Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:46:00 PST

Oh my god! :) :)

whoooooooooooo hoooooooo!!!!!!!! :) but i'm so tired!
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:54:00 PST

almost Xmas day and not a muppet in sight...

Okay, I suppose i'm due a new blog post - and people are whinging at me for not updating my profile. Does it matter? I've posted some new pics and updated it slightly so maybe that'll do.... hm, i've...
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:09:00 PST

armagnac

armagnac instead of cognac tonight. everything feels so dramatic. its all sucky!
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:02:00 PST

Attention Lampeter!

Hello! I hope you're all looking forward to a year of fabulous Ents. I just thought I'd post a bulletin to let you all know of a few dressy-uppy nights prior to term starting so that you can all run o...
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:01:00 PST

Best day of the Summer

Reply to this Blog telling me the best moments of your Summer. I was trying to think of mine and there are lots of great occasions that I can think of but trying to decide one is quite difficult. Play...
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:48:00 PST

oops

Yesterday Rolan and I painted the Ents Office. It came out bright yellow! oops! not the colour we chose and a bit scary. We wanted it more orangy and a bit paler. But there you go.
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:40:00 PST

a new blog

Okay. Sean writes lots of blogs and I like reading them so I thought i'd maybe start doing the same and maybe other people will like reading them - in order for that to happen though i'd have to say i...
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:46:00 PST

My first real blog entry

Right, here's my first proper blog. I have just finished my degree and am about to find out what I got for it (tomorrow hopefully). I'm hoping for a first, but on weighing everything up, I think I am...
Posted by Francesca Dimech BA (Hons) on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:56:00 PST