Helen McCookerybook

Papa Was A Rolling Pin.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Last Saturday

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Last Saturday I went to Netty's birthday party. They live in a row of cottages in Kent with gravestones growing in the garden. They had ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Another overheard conversation, approximately

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'Actually, my name's not Norman, it's Gordon' 'You mean I've been calling you Norman for three days, and you're ...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Norfolk

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I drove up there yesterday, singing as loudly as possible. The trees in Norfolk are all shaped like dinosaurs; marvellous. Later, while havi...
Friday, August 25, 2006

Mighty Boosh

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Just bought series two of The Mighty Boosh; I believe in them so much I was astonished that a gorilla was clever enough to play drums.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Weeding and Writing

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I have been advised by CC, who is very sensible, to make my CD shorter. Somehow I have to weed out a track, to get the running time down to ...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Gossip about Mick Jagger

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I got my hair cut yesterday. One of the guys used to do the MCartneys' hair and knows all sorts of gossip about that. The other said tha...
Monday, August 21, 2006

Oh! Police programmes!

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You know... a glarse of wine, a pair of sloppy trousers, cushions, and a police programme. Nee-naa, nee-naa! Monday night. When else?
Sunday, August 20, 2006

Screaming

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Well, that song's going to be a Project. Gina came to play bass on it on Thursday and I have been listening and listening. Mixing it wil...
Saturday, August 19, 2006

Did you get home safely?

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Joby, I hope you got home safely yesterday. Not a good idea to jump into the sea fully clothed after consuming so much cider on a stormy day...
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Nonsense

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Life doesn't make sense. You can begin a period of absolute happiness at any time, or you can begin a period of absolute sadness.
Monday, August 14, 2006

Horrid Baby

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I was a horrible baby. On my 21st birthday, McDad showed the only piece of film he ever made of me as a baby. There I was, with the baby wal...
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Saturday, August 12, 2006

rio and rasperries

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no capitals today... 1. rio ferdinand used to come to a music workshop i ran in peckham, when he was about 12 or 13 2. when i was little our...
Friday, August 11, 2006

Miscellaneous

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1. Went to see the Grayson Perry exhibition today, based on Lincolnshire griblings and groblings. He is brilliant and his work is like medi...
Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Scaledown link

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http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C34335F5328902F8&rcpt=andycoules@softhome.net
Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Punk

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All or nothing
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Helen McCookerybook
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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