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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington)

@mccookerybook.bsky.social

Songwriter, illustrator, writer: three people, one heart! Solo album 'Showtunes from the Shadows' out now on Tiny Global. Bandcamp https://helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com Website https://www.mccookerybook.com Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@mccookerybook

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The Goodies - Singing dogs
YouTube video by snee66 The Goodies - Singing dogs

Yes I can!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cbo...

02.11.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rachel Love Rachel was guitarist and singer in the seminal 70/80’s band Dolly Mixture who were signed to Paul Wellers' β€˜Respond’ label and championed by The Undertones & John Peel. She has released 2 solo albums ...

A week today in Brighton!
I'm going to play mostly tracks from my 2017 album 'The Sea', and I'll have the lyrics book (a colouring book with the chords and lyrics) with download codes for the songs- just for a change!
Great bands!
wegottickets.com/event/673409

30.10.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to the excellent Prolapse in session on @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social show
Drawing a Shire Horse in Rothesay (unfinished: hard to draw)
Also Lovely Basement new single (hello!), New Jazz Experience with Terry Edwards the trumpet geezer, and great track from Junior Byles

29.10.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social making me snort with laughter tonight.
Silly chaps
Great music from Buzzcocks, Courtney Barnett, Brian Bilston etc, Sonnesnpot (loved that), Osees, Young Knives, Beak, Julia Jacklin, Bill Callahan and more
Drew a man on fish stall at market with fish

28.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ANNOUNCING : The Nightingales U.K. Tour Feb 2026. I’ve selected some of our favourite spots to play our first headline dates in 3+ years! Come show us lot some love eh? We’ve missed you. Tickets will go on sale Friday 10AM πŸ₯βš‘️ www.thenightingales.org.uk/live

28.10.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Willie Gibson & Helen McCookerybook - Fatberg [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by Gare du Nord Records Willie Gibson & Helen McCookerybook - Fatberg [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

@willieg.bsky.social & me are just completing two Gaelic-language analogue synthpop songs.
Here's a much sillier collaboration from a few years ago with a fab video by Ruth Tidmarsh.
Endlessly relevant unfortunately!
Don't put cooking fat or wet wipes down the drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmIP...

23.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
60s Guy - Helen McCookerybook (2025)
YouTube video by Helen McCookerybook 60s Guy - Helen McCookerybook (2025)

Happy Wednesday!
Song a few months old, video newborn last weekend
Sixties Guy 4 U
@marcrileydj.bsky.social @gidcoe.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTXV...

22.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social
The Pursuit of Happiness, Tulpa, Imarhan, This is the Kit, The Sexual Objects, The Flamingoes (ooh!), Rural Tapes, Gary Olson, Orions Belte, Stuart Moxham, John Fahey
Great sounds for a Monday evening!
Drew a Nun waiting outside the Post Office

21.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
60s Guy - Helen McCookerybook (2025)
YouTube video by Helen McCookerybook 60s Guy - Helen McCookerybook (2025)

Oh, that Autumn Sunday knitwear!
Those smouldering glances from knitting-pattern-guys
How could the Sixties be so uncool?
Sunday 60s tune for you, from my album 'Showtunes from the Shadows' out on @tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTXV...

19.10.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I hope you're well!

17.10.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New video!
Dance while you do the dinner, to the Sixties Guy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTXV...

17.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social
Just hitting the spot tonight
Johnny Guitar Watson, The Olivia Tremor Control, Gwenifer Raymond (late brother's favourite), Radhika, Ramones, Gwenno (superb), Sstr Irene O'Connor, John Holt, Nat Birchall, D'Angelo
Drew people hulling strawberries, Borough Market

14.10.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Aww, D'Angelo on @gidcoe.bsky.social
What a brilliant man, a brilliant sound
Cruisin', such a lovely record.
Lump in throat

14.10.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Annoyed?
Try this!
Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. London
festival.antiuniversity.org/event/$RsmlF...

13.10.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly β€œhumorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

12.10.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 374    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 13
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New music video coming soon!

11.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An apostrophelipse!

11.10.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social
Humdinger of a show: Stereolab, Studio Elecrophonique, Sister Irene O'Connor (thought it was Space Lady being holy!), The O'Jays, The Cramps (yipee!), lots more including Singer and Players and more
Drew cheery men with shovels

07.10.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone wrote on the other flying social media platform that you can buy it for Β£6 on Discogs! My value is not as high as I thought it was!

07.10.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That'll be 15 quid to you, pal.

07.10.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A song in an hour
Wednesday evening, near Liverpool street Station, London
festival.antiuniversity.org/event/$RsmlF...

07.10.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Edwyn Collins at the Royal Festival Hall

@edwyncollins.bsky.social at the Royal Festival Hall
mccookerybook.blogspot.com/2025/10/edwy...
Photo by Robert Rotifer

05.10.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Helen McCookerybook Helen McCookerybook is an outstanding songwriter who's beginnings formed in the punk era, old associates The Monochrome Set/The Pirhanas her first band was The Chefs (John Peel fave) She later signed ...

I've made some reductions on Bandcamp today, some just for the weekend (Pop-Up Chefs EP and Drawing on My Dreams), and some permanent (Voxpop Puella and Green CDs, Poetry and Rhyme and Take One Digital)
Take a look, have a listen, etc etc!
helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com

03.10.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawing on my Dreams, by Helen McCookerybook 14 track album

This weekend only! Drawing on my Dreams CD only Β£7.00
helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com/album/drawin...

03.10.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pop-Up Chefs EP, by The Pop-Up Chefs 4 track album

This weekend only! For #BandcampFriday
The Pop-Up Chefs EP only Β£7.00
helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com/album/the-po...

03.10.2025 07:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Voxpop Puella, by Helen McCookerybook 8 track album

Twiddly diddly synthpop CD from ages ago, now only a fiver!
helenmccookerybook.bandcamp.com/album/voxpop...

02.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social
What a lovely session by Emma Pollock! Such strong and self-assured music. And that cello! Just right for tonight's mood
Also Truthpaste, Fanfarlo, Beak, Gloin, Thee Headcoatees, Blue Bendy
Drew a sax player in the High Street

01.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's worth getting tickets early for this, cos our last one sold out!
Something to look forward to in January
wegottickets.com/event/678027/

01.10.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social
Cardiacs, Gloin, Cate Le Bon, Ween (loved it), Jeff Buckley, The Bug Club, Long Fling (really fabulous, plz don't split up!)
Tired tonight, been to gigs inc. Sassyhiya & The Cords & my own last week, Essential Logic & Gina Birch
Drew tilers, Camden High Street

30.09.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rachel Love Rachel was guitarist and singer in the seminal 70/80’s band Dolly Mixture who were signed to Paul Wellers' β€˜Respond’ label and championed by The Undertones & John Peel. She has released 2 solo albums ...

Next gig is in Brighton!
wegottickets.com/event/673409

27.09.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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