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James Cook

@jamesbpcook.bsky.social

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Writer. MEMORY SONGS | IN HER ROOM | Editor @Review31. Bylines @TheTLS @Guardian. Agent @oliagent @AMHeathLtd. jamesbpcook.blogspot.com

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

My old band Flamingoes is in this month’s Mojo magazine. ‘Flamingoes and Fountains of Wayne share a taste for Superman/ rabbit mash-ups’. #Therecordisforeverman @mojomagazine.bsky.social @keithcameron2.bsky.social

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

OTD 40 years ago, 9th October 1985, I watched @waterboysmusic.bsky.social , supported by @delamitri.bsky.social , play a transcendental show at the Town & Country Club (now the Forum). I later wrote about it in my book Memory Songs. #waterboys #waterboysband #80smusic #80sgigs

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

You say it's your birthday . . . #birthday

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Paging Duke @dantjenks.bsky.social What a record. #Redskins '85.

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

'These things I'll keep until I die'. RIP Brian Wilson #SurfsUp #BeachBoys #MemorySongs

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

London friends – join me, @annadoble.bsky.social and Mark Rusher talking about the 90s music scene at the Review bookshop Peckham, 7–9, Wednesday 21 May! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connection...

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Now that Flamingoes' Plastic Jewels is on Spotify, some of the album reviews: 'Angels descend to earth when the Flamingoes start to play . . . pristine pop.' Select magazine. 4/5

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

OTD thirty years ago, 6/2/95, my old band Flamingoes released their debut album, Plastic Jewels. We ticked off some pop dreams - daytime radio one, starred Melody maker reviews, Rolling Stone, MTV… and some (power)pop nightmares: Fountains of Wayne nicked our cover art ...

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#NowPlaying So long, Marianne

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#NowPlaying #SoundtrackJanuary #soundtracks

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

January reading. #amreading

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Another chance to listen to the Xmas @backlisted.bsky.social special from 2017, @judecook.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social @johnmitchinson.bsky.social and me, discussing Ian Fleming's OHMSS. And another excuse to post this photo of Blofeld dressing the tree. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/56-...

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

This is, in places, every bit as insanely enjoyable as its illustrious predecessor #AdventuresInTheScreenTrade

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

OTD 40 years ago, 29 November 1984, I saw REM play in front around 200 people at Dunstable's Queensway Hall. Here's my account of the night from 'Memory Songs', and the band's autographs. Gold, man . . .

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

#nowplaying Life in a Northern Town by the Dream Academy. ‘Dedicated to Nick Drake’. #nickdrake

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James Cook @jamesbpcook.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This is ridiculously enjoyable. A @backlisted.bsky.social gem from 2017, it’s making the train journey from London to Leeds fly by.

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