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ast night thinking about things to come that i d rather not think about i changed the channel today i planned i would replay some of the guitar parts on the album and get them sounding different but craposo they didn t sound any good it wasn t even that my fingers wouldn t do as they were told i wasn t in the mood after spending half the night getting in the mood i was sabotaging my own self instead i decided to sing normally singers don t do mornings but i managed an ok vocal on one song then another then another dammit i d been saving vocals till last the album has done what albums always do it has taken on a life of its own and started dictating what it wants no matter what decisions i think i m making i ve thrown a real wild card in at the end let s see what happens posted by helen mccookerybook at monday august 24 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday august 23 2026 glasgow gig 12th thursday november i ll be playing an all new set of songs the darkside truth about the early days of punk support from glaswegian songwriter and music entrepreneur lorraine lucas tickets https wegottickets com f 26674 posted by helen mccookerybook at sunday august 23 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday august 22 2026 back through the mists of time years and years and years and years ago lester square and me organised what we called music halls but what were really music free for alls time limit ten minutes to avoid boring acts we put one on at the london musicians collective in camden with free sausages and rough cider raising money for the london lighthouse aids hospice the following year we took 30 people up to the edinburgh fringe to perform at the rifle lodge bloody hell it was fun often there were more people in the cast than there were in the audience we had dada poetry members of the band furniture as a big band playing interval music lester square as an mc carmen miranda tribute act a women s health and beauty tribute act a clarinet act a play about a marine biologist condensed from an hour into ten minutes and more dry ice i dressed in tap shoes and galloped around on a plywood horse with moveable legs singing a fake music hall song called she s a girl who likes to have a horse between her legs she s a rotter to that trotter she s a stinker to that steed lester square sent me these photos the other day some from each one i think some of the cast slept in layers on the floor of mcmum and mcdad s flat some at lester s sister s it had just burnt out a few days before so those people smelled of smoke and some in an old post office van posted by helen mccookerybook at saturday august 22 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday august 21 2026 woven together ortus gallery camberwell this is a small but perfectly formed exhibition of textile works by artists from the bethlem gallery stars of the show are a denim jacket with custom patches made by individual members of the workshop group a black leather jacket with a beautifully painted back and this crocheted map of the bethlem hospital grounds in sydenham the gallery has regular exhibitions at its sydenham site but these examples are on view in camberwell in the gallery café just behind the maudsley hospital i found them to be quite inspirational offsprog one has been involved in setting this up and it s great to see it up and running posted by helen mccookerybook at friday august 21 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday august 20 2026 thanks to loud women thank you loud women for seeing me or maybe that should be hearing me i am loud in my head and in my heart https loudwomen org 2026 08 20 rebellion 2026 saturday highlights helen mccookerybook on the almost acoustic stage on saturday bringing decades of diy music history into a setting made for songs and stories rather than sheer volume from punk beginnings to a long solo catalogue she is a reminder that the history of women in independent music is much wider than the names that usually get repeated a quietly essential rebellion booking photo by jeanie jean posted by helen mccookerybook at thursday august 20 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday august 18 2026 part of a huge film crew denmark street london posted by helen mccookerybook at tuesday august 18 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday august 17 2026 lost doll in the weeds posted by helen mccookerybook at monday august 17 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest dammit arfur next door s barky dog arf arf has just given up his morning barkfest now the builders have started up over the road with their whining drills and clanging hammers what s a girl to do trying to home record vocals this week actually i ve already been playing guitar and bass this morning and i m resting the track to see what it sounds like before doing anything else to it it s a song that was sounding turgid so i upped the bpms by ten and it has come to life playing bass has made my back ache it must use muscles that are normally dormant it s very tempting to start up drumming classes again because i think that s a similar area of the body muscle wise i ve just arranged to have gran s banjo looked at it has no bridge and i d rather get one from the correct era put on it if at all possible the repair man sounded excited that s the sort of repair man you need posted by helen mccookerybook at monday august 17 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday august 15 2026 bathtime for robin the robin hasn t been around for a long time but just now it was having a drink in the water that i put out for thirsty birds it was looking a bit bedraggled scruffy and dusty sure enough it took the plunge and had a jolly splash about for about ten minutes i kept thinking it had finished and then it jumped in again by the time it had finished it was glossy and sleek it shook the drops off its feathers and flew off next thing i knew a large wood pigeon decided to copy it and smashed a plant pot full of thyme on the concrete of the yard o the small garden dramas of bird life posted by helen mccookerybook at saturday august 15 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday august 14 2026 mini review of rebellion songs a vote of confidence for my new songs from gary trueman at www devolutionmagazine co uk helen mccookerybook wins the room over with her beautiful voice and brave deeply personal songwriting tackling serious themes with pure heart and soul just what i need to hear today posted by helen mccookerybook at friday august 14 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest mindlessness i ve invented a new thing mindlessness it s the opposite of mindfulness and much much more relaxing posted by helen mccookerybook at friday august 14 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday august 13 2026 playing bass bloody bingo trying to write it in my head worked i have the bassline written but not the skill to play it yet which means practicing urgh i m trying to channel andy warren while sitting down instead of standing up and not having my ankles crossed like he does to be honest i don t practice bass at all so i shouldn t begrudge putting a couple of hours in to get it right i had a tiny moment of triumph this morning trying out a new plugin which made an awkward recording work it only takes a small thing to boost your confidence to do the next big thing funny how inspiring the big butch lad walking through newcastle upon tyne in his t shirt in the cold with a cute little cockatiel in a cage was posted by helen mccookerybook at thursday august 13 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest skiving i m not sure if i m skiving or just taking a bit of time out yesterday i was a victim of funky lateness twice in one go things that are supposed to begin at a certain time and don t seem to be part of social life i didn t mind though every time i walk somewhere it s an opportunity to think through stuff to do with the album the reflection is part of the process the bass guitar is looming in the kitchen waiting to be played are my fingers ready i do hope so posted by helen mccookerybook at thursday august 13 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday august 12 2026 thoughts on recording playing the songs out on saturday has taught me a lot i m going to swap to playing the telecaster for some songs which means quite a lot of re recording the green goddess sounds just too pretty for a couple of the more energised songs i also know it was a wise decision to wait until the weather cools down a bit to do the lead vocals i ve finally got used to the change in my lung capacity and there s a different voice in there that is louder and more expressive i suppose the cancer was working like a cork in the top part of my lungs and my instinct is to explode with loudness but one does have to sing in tune doncha know it s going to be very hot again and i got up early to edit tracy s vocals that we recorded last week i am going to sing to her vocal after her singing to mine so to speak what a great thing to be properly in touch with her again there were some parts of punk that were so awful that a lot of it has been suppressed revisiting it now has been very uncomfortable but it was hugely cathartic singing on the almost acoustic stage at rebellion on saturday there are so many things that i ve never told anyone before there is something about storytelling in song that makes it neater and easier to speak the truth i feel a lot taller and stronger after that bones of steel mate bones of steel i ve just remembered what the most cruel person in brighton said the person that i m not going to sing about he accused me of being meek i am not that at all i am extremely strong in some ways all those years of writing musicals for youth groups and theatre groups has unfolded into this album and all the strategies that i ve used to help people to express their thoughts in songwriting at the workshops that i ve run have played out in my own creative life i have such a clear vision for this album posted by helen mccookerybook at wednesday august 12 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom a good life with a bad apple by helen mccookerybook shop you can buy my music here on vinyl cd and downloads followers showtunes from the shadows about me 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 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