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Sunday, May 19, 2013

City Fun- Archive Chefs Review

Many thanks to Caz Blaise for this, which she came across while looking for female-edited punk and post-punk fanzines on the City Fun archive website here http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/cityfun/:


In the process of doing, I came across this review of The Chef's '24 Hours/Lets Make
Up/Someone I  know' and thought you might like to see it. It was in number 17
of volume 2, which I think is 1981.

"Pleasant uptempo pop which could be played on national radio and not upset anyone,
yet would enrich the airwaves. But this record will probably never be heard.
This is unfortunate as it will mean the confining of the Chefs (including the gloriously named Helen McCookerybook) to John Peel and collectors of short, snappy tunes of an off beat nature"


If you can help Cazz, drop me a line helen_mccookerybook@yahoo.co.uk



Helen McCookerybook at Sunday, May 19, 2013
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  1. Cazz Blase10:31 pm

    Hi Helen,

    Thanks for this! Any tips greatly appreciated.

    In a relaed note, my talk on punk ladies, riot grrrl and fanzines is on Wednesday at the Working Class Movement Library on the Crescent in Salford. It starts at 2pm if anyone is in the area and wants to attend. More details here: http://www.wcml.org.uk/events/new-series-of-iinvisible-histories-talks/

    Thanks again,

    Cazz

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Music at http://helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com I can't decide what I want to be. I thought I was an illustrator, and then I turned into a musician by accident. Along the way I've wanted to be a fireman and HGV driver and it's getting too late now! I can't stop writing songs, and if I did, I'd not be able to stop drawing pictures. I wish I could play piano, trumpet and accordion. . I nearly bought a motorbike (BSA Bantam), but spent the money on a bass amplifier instead and joined Joby and the Hooligans in 1977. They morphed into The Chefs, and then I formed Helen and the Horns. I can't resist going into charity shops and buying clothes which I often take back the next day. I've written two books: 'The Lost Women of Rock Music: Female Musicians of the Punk Era', and 'She's At The Controls: Sound Engineering, Production and Gender Ventriloquism in the 21st Century' under the name Helen Reddington, which are available to buy from https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/shes-at-the-controls/ (and will be in your local library) I eat Magnum Classics all summer long, and mini-poppadums all winter. In spring and autumn, I don't eat anything.
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