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Joanna Neary

www.joneary.co.uk

About Me

I like making things out of cardboard and testing knowledge of latin names of plants.You can leave feedback at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/britishfilm/A24370571

My Interests

Making a hat out of a circle of cardboard and some feathers. It's not technically a hat. It's called a 'fascination'. (winks, kicks leg up behind, carries on eating boiled egg and soldiers)

I'd like to meet:

Someone who can show me how to turn a heel and do cable and fair isle

Music:

Daniel Johnson, King Kong, Slint, Nomeansno, The Melvins, Bad Religion, Ninety Nine, Blonde Redhead, Jeffrey Lewis, Cat Stevens, I'm Being Good, Vincent Gallo, Laurie Anderson, Hedluv and Malibu Barney, Minutemen, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Sleater Kinney, Kimya Dawson, Joanna Newsom, Will Oldham, The Descendents, Dead Kennedys, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, Led Zeppelin, Kate Bush, Bjork, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, Hot Rats by Frank Zappa, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Beatles, 80's pop, Buck 65, Sage Francis, the Happy Flowers, Jad Fair, King Missile-Mystical Shit, Black Flag, Big Black, Devo, Percy Grainger, William Walton, Firehose, Sun City Girls, Thinkin Fellers Union, The Cure, The Knife (to dance to), Meat Puppets, Husker Du, The Cars, All, JFA, Mahler, Rachmaninov, Bach, Elgar, Stravinsky, Final Fantasy, American Analog Set.

Movies:

Laurel and Hardy, Billy Wilder, Neil Simon, Jack Rosenthal, Joseph Losey, Powell and Pressburger, The Boulting Brothers, Shane Meadows, Preston Sturges, David Lean

Television:

yes please

Books:

currently reading: Agent Zigzag

Heroes:

Laurel and Hardy, Daniel Johnson, Kate Bush, Victoria Wood. For filling my heart with joyous glee/gleeful joy.

My Blog

muffins vs crumpets

now changed to muffins instead of toast due to pedantic comment below. But I'd still say crumpets with virtually any topping but especially just butter.
Posted by Joanna Neary on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 04:21:00 PST

Mum reviews my radio thing

Here is the text from my mum about my Radio thing that was on today on Woman's Hour. I didn't listen to it, or, indeed, tell anyone it was on. But this review should give you a clear idea of what it w...
Posted by Joanna Neary on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:39:00 PST

Jade Goody Perfume Review

I was in Superdrug with Beth (my sister) yesterday and picked up a bottle of perfume by JADE GOODY. I smelt it and recoiled violently, angrily shouting 'IT SMELLS LIKE SOMEONE'S DONE A ...
Posted by Joanna Neary on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:07:00 PST