Helen McCookerybook
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Musician and Artist |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | 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. |
| Interests | Climbing 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 movies | Time Bandits, Spinal Tap, Carry On Cabby, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, Barbie |
| Favorite music | Particular 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 books | To 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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