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
Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social & @gidcoe.bsky.social Stonker of a show! Elaine Moss in session, Soul Revivers and Vin Gordon, The Odyssey Cult, Shonen Knife, Squirrel Flower, Weekend, Kavus Torabi, Jeffrey Lewis Drew a woman with a nasty little dog in a pushchair on the tube
Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social & @gidcoe.bsky.social Laughathon! I even lol'd at the cheeky Arab Strap song. TV on the Radio, British Birds, Dusty, King Salami & the Cumberland Three (xlnt), Pink Fairies, Katherine Priddy, Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage Drew stylish women at vintage fair (WIP)
Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Formal Sppedwear in session, Psychedelic Furs, Personal Trainer, Teenage Fanclub, the Golden Gate Quartet, Radical Friendship Theory, the Sexual Objects, Jeffrey Lewis, Trembling Bells Drew a dog's paw print in the sand (detail)
Almost Acoustic at Rebellion Punk festival in Blackpool next Saturday- onstage at 6.30 p.m. when I'll be playing a set of brand new songs about the Brighton punk scene in 1977 #rebellion
The origin of the film 'Stories from the She-Punks' with links: mccookerybook.blogspot.com/2026/07/she-...
She-Punks: The Origin Of The Name
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Today is the birthday of cartoonist Jackie Ormes (Aug. 1, 1911-Dec. 26, 1985), the first Black woman to create a newspaper comic strip that was read nationally in the US. She created Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem, Torchy in Heartbeats & Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger. Patty Jo became a toy doll.
50 Years of punk! Time to share our DIY film 'Stories from the She-Punks: music with a different agenda' that was made to celebrate the 40th anniversary. Film by Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook studio.youtube.com/video/zki9nj...
Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Loving Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network, First Aid Kit, The Yummy Fur, Elanor Moss, British Birds, The Odyssey Cult, Margaret Glaspy (voice!), Thee (scary) Headcoats and more
Lovely to see Helen @mccookerybook.bsky.social at lunchtime at the Twickenham High Tide Festival, with the great Lester Square on guitar. Loved it!
Just the best way to send a Sunday lunchtime! With Lester Square, Karina Townsend and Ruth Tidmarsh after our gig at the Eel Pie Pub as part of Twickenham's High Tide Festival. An audience of superstars, stars and supers: what could be better! And a rousing rendition of 'At The Bathing Pond' too!
Stop press! I'm honoured to be part of a supporting cast for Caroline Trettine's album launch on the 12th of September. Terry Edwards will join me for a couple of songs. Look at the line-up! Further details here: www.carolinetrettine.com
Singing in the kitchen- a new song, but not ready to record live for Youtube!
Getting there very slowly...
Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Jetstream Pony, Arab Strap, Bessie Smith, Messenger Dub, Prefab Sprout, MC Solaar, Jessica Pratt, Luke Haines, The Notwist, break_fold: so much variety! Luvly. Drew the morning after the night before, Newcastle
Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Nice to hear The Models- saw at Sussex University; Lande Hekt, Mama Cass (so beautiful), Charles Bradley, Pat Baptiste (dig those boofty drums), Jessica Pratt, The Yabby You Sound, David Peel & the Lower East Side I'm doing a poster for Glasgow gig 12th November
Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Napalm Death, Kristin Hersch, Shack, The Teardrop Explodes (loved), Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble (double loved), Pip Blom, Jessica Pratt, Danny Kirwan, Freddy Cannon (hot weather music), more. Drew a man folding his shirt on an Intercity train
On Sunday, a HUGE free festival in Twickenham. I'll be in the Eel Pie pub at 1 p.m. with an unusual band line-up that includes the fabulous, unique Lester Square on guitar, Ruth Tidmarsh on bass and vocals, and Karina Townsend (sax, melodica and vocals). Please come! We'd love you to hear us!
More fab performances from Elodie's birthday party from Milky Wimpshake & @mccookerybook.bsky.social 🎶🎶🎶
'At the bathing pond' singalong with @mccookerybook.bsky.social. Lovely stuff at The Grayston Unity, Halifax.
Just getting ready for this today in #sheffield at the Channing Hall! It starts at 3, I'm on at 5.30 with @crumbsband @steve_dore_ @sassyhiya @themiddleones @milkywimpshake See you there!
In @Halifax tomorrow- great line-up, great venue! The Grayston Unity, 2 p.m.
📌 ICYMI — ‘The BBC’s Ill-Conceived Cuts Sacrifice Journalists In Order To Save Managers’ The BBC is sacking journalists whilst leaving layers of largely superfluous and expensive management in place, argues former BBC reporter Patrick Howse
‘The BBC’s Ill-Conceived Cuts Sacrifice Journalists In Order To Save Managers’
The BBC is sacking journalists whilst leaving layers of largely superfluous and expensive management in place, argues former BBC reporter Patrick Howse
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Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social Swell Maps in session (excellent), Sly and the Family Stone, Kevin Ayers (apt song), The Cravats, brilliant Go-Betweens song, Maisy Owen, Osees, Tenderness Drew a funicular operator near Aviemore Aviemore, what's the score?
@marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social Please tell Lee I'm listening to Swell Maps! I said I would!
If you’re worried about Palantir and want to understand more about their NHS data deal, this piece is new+excellent 🚨 Takes about 10 mins to read so brew a cuppa first! I’m mentioned in the article (thanks @petergeoghegan.bsky.social!). Ooh please share this too👍 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social The Cravats, Edwyn Collins, WELFARE, Roy Orbison, Harmonia, Devo (shouting as usual!), studio jinx, and baaadge that I think I know but wot if I get it wrong? Drew a gull pondering on a boat in Folkestone, coloured pencils melting!
Ding dong! I now have a supply of my books to sell at gigs etc!
What a lovely rehearsal! Looking forward to doing this one at the free High Tide festival in Twickenham on Sunday 26th July- we are on at 1 p.m. in the Eel Pie Pub. With Lester Square joining us for the latter part of the set. We'll be playing this song www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xw7...
A Good Life with a Bad Apple, by Helen McCookerybook
YouTube video by Helen McCookerybook
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