Helen McCookerybook

Papa Was A Rolling Pin.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Trick or Treat

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The rain is spluttering down outside and keeping the kiddies away from my door. I've had no takers for my half a tub of leek and potato ...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Final Two Soundtracks

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Up on Sound cloud now- all six of them. Cheesy electrofest 4U! https://soundcloud.com/mccookerybook

Ticket Link for Sheffield Gig

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I'm looking forward to this- 16th November in Sheffield: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/234911
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Geek Express

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For geeks, geekettes and geeklings to dance to: https://soundcloud.com/mccookerybook/geek-express

Helen and the Horns CD Launch

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Soon it will be time to dust off the bit of my brain that remembers the Helen and the Horns songs- and also to arrange a rehearsal (or two i...

Numan Ate My Calculator

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Here's another! https://soundcloud.com/mccookerybook/numan-ate-my-calculator
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Elektronik Niteride

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Bit of retro, this one. I think inspired by cheesy cop shows; it has an abrupt ending and I don't know why. Photo from the induction to ...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Busy Exchange, 3 a.m.

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I just found a load of soundtracks that I programmed in about 1999 in my lunch hours at work. I had been asked for some demos for a football...

Tons of Toadstools and Millions of Mushrooms

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Bad Fairies, Nursery Rhymes

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It's so lovely and sunny outside! To prevent stir-craziness, I went for a walk and photographed toadstools. There are hundreds of them ...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Wuthering

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The wind is rattling the windows but I'm not sure if I believe in the impending hurricane. Am I doing a Fish? Tomorrow will tell. I hav...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Stratford

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I love working in Stratford. Docklands could be beautiful, especially in the early morning when the docks were swathed in fog, and dim silh...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Transcribing

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I've been spending the afternoons after work transcribing interviews that I've undertaken in the past eighteen months. This week it...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

News from Barbaraville

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Barbaraville records has been very busy- Eliza P's CD Eclectic Kettle has been released and has started to get good reviews; Acton Bell...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Grandpappy with Mandolin

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I remember you as a solid, serious and sometimes grumpy man, with wispy white hair and a waistcoat. As a child, I didn't believe in your...
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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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