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Helen McCookerybook
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IndustryArts
OccupationMusician and Artist
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
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IntroductionMusic 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.
InterestsClimbing trees, sitting on beaches in winter, digging holes, ice skating (badly), listening to pirate radio stations, dreaming up ideas, doing stupid things, driving around Britain, drawing pictures
Favorite moviesTime Bandits, Spinal Tap, Carry On Cabby, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Barbie
Favorite musicParticular Northern Soul and Disco tracks especially #1 Deejay which nobody has heard of. Early lovers' rock, lots of Brazilian stuff,early blues, ridiculously happy psychedelia (e.g.Rotary Connection),some Johnny Cash, bands before they get famous. And I love live music!
Favorite booksTo Kill a Mockingbird, My Family and Other Animals, old-fashioned children's books, awful crime novels, gothic novels and political biographies (aren't they the same thing?)

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