Helen McCookerybook

Papa Was A Rolling Pin.

Friday, June 28, 2019

The Bay Hotel, Gourock

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Thanks to Roddy Mackenzie for posting this ticket to Facebook. What a place it was! Passing bands got paid a minimal amount to play a gig to...

Saturday She-Punks, As Cool As A Cucumber In Glasgow

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Come! It's our last Doc'n'Roll screening! Huge thanks to Vanessa Lobon in particular, for being so supportive, funny and helpful...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Sweaty And Squashed On Friday Night

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This is going to be bloody brilliant. It's the best night in town. Sometimes I'm sitting at home bored and I remember that it'...

Thinking About Community Matters

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It's almost two weeks since the Community Matters night at The Tabernacle in West London, but it's still in my mind as a really wond...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019

SNWTLS Played by Gideon Coe

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https://helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com/track/saturday-night-with-the-london-set-2

Tour Dates 2019

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Monday, June 24, 2019

The Sun

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I went into W H Smith's on Saturday to buy some mailing envelopes, and the staff offered me a free copy of The Sun. I think the look of...
Saturday, June 22, 2019

Pauline Murray at the Betsey Trotwood

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The commuters were swarming home from Farringdon station; swimming against the tide has always been hard, but the Betsey Trotwood is a welco...
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Friday, June 21, 2019

I Bet You That Lady's Wearing A Cardigan

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Proper Pauline review later this weekend, but this made me laugh out loud. Everyone was in their cups last night in the best possible way, ...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

From the Servant Jazz Quarters Last Night

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This is Emma Deerful, me and Robert Rotifer. What lovely songs; Emma makes chip-tune sounding music out of an obsolete programming languag...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Thanks to Gideon Coe Last Night!

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Monday, June 17, 2019

Next Gig: Servant Jazz Quarters, Dalston, Wednesday

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I'll be playing first and will have copies of the album, badges and things. Here's the ticket link: https://www.wegottickets.com/...

New Album Out Today!

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Out today! Big thanks to Ian Button, Karina Townsend, Gill Wood, Vic Godard, Ruth Tidmarsh, Dave Morgan, Anne Wood, Isobel Reddington and ...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

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We were very lucky to have this Dad.
Thursday, June 13, 2019

New! Limited Edition Badges and Patches

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CD will be available on Monday! https://helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com/merch
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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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