AnikóKokoVocals
@kokovocals.bsky.social
Vocal coaching expert/singing teacher living her best life online and in Brittany, France near nature and animals. Originally from LA. #LGBTQIA #socialjustice #music #vocals #menopause
June 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Fixed it for you! (Or at least started!) which other #femalecomposer-s should I add to this sadly-deficient, sexist, classist and racist #composers’ tableau? (At least I got Florence Price on there!)
May 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fixed it for you! (Or at least started!) which other #femalecomposer-s should I add to this sadly-deficient, sexist, classist and racist #composers’ tableau? (At least I got Florence Price on there!)
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Amen!
Incredible! Proof positive that it never hurts to ask for what you want.
April 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Amen!
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In other news, coaching foreign singers in how to sing American blues (to the best ability of my white self) with effective pronunciation is a challenge in phonetic writing.
January 22, 2024 at 10:56 PM
In other news, coaching foreign singers in how to sing American blues (to the best ability of my white self) with effective pronunciation is a challenge in phonetic writing.
Just learned the French for “Blech” is “Beurk”. 🤮
Do with that what you must.
Do with that what you must.
January 22, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Just learned the French for “Blech” is “Beurk”. 🤮
Do with that what you must.
Do with that what you must.
Love this! Singer, voice actress, writer, communicator, storyteller…
“The trick is to find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
Words to live by from Dolly Parton, one of a handful of public figures who seems to be only a force for good.
Happy birthday Dolly!
Words to live by from Dolly Parton, one of a handful of public figures who seems to be only a force for good.
Happy birthday Dolly!
January 19, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Love this! Singer, voice actress, writer, communicator, storyteller…
Do mice have orgasms?
Pretty sure I just heard one happening in the wall of my 19th century French countryside home!
They shelter inside in wintertime… #nature #theregoesmysleepin
Pretty sure I just heard one happening in the wall of my 19th century French countryside home!
They shelter inside in wintertime… #nature #theregoesmysleepin
January 14, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Do mice have orgasms?
Pretty sure I just heard one happening in the wall of my 19th century French countryside home!
They shelter inside in wintertime… #nature #theregoesmysleepin
Pretty sure I just heard one happening in the wall of my 19th century French countryside home!
They shelter inside in wintertime… #nature #theregoesmysleepin
Strangely, a BBC presenter on radio 4 just pronounced vinyl as VINE-ill. Not with a schwa, but with the vowel “I” with a real “ill”.
(Reminds me of David Mitchell’s “PET-rill” sketch.)
Is this a thing? #British #UK #pronunciation
(Reminds me of David Mitchell’s “PET-rill” sketch.)
Is this a thing? #British #UK #pronunciation
January 13, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Strangely, a BBC presenter on radio 4 just pronounced vinyl as VINE-ill. Not with a schwa, but with the vowel “I” with a real “ill”.
(Reminds me of David Mitchell’s “PET-rill” sketch.)
Is this a thing? #British #UK #pronunciation
(Reminds me of David Mitchell’s “PET-rill” sketch.)
Is this a thing? #British #UK #pronunciation
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I’m looking to create new relationships with makers of film and tv this year. Here’s the kind of thing I do.
on.soundcloud.com/y2U7CnLiGFz6...
on.soundcloud.com/y2U7CnLiGFz6...
January 9, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I’m looking to create new relationships with makers of film and tv this year. Here’s the kind of thing I do.
on.soundcloud.com/y2U7CnLiGFz6...
on.soundcloud.com/y2U7CnLiGFz6...
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Note to anyone who needs it today: No situation was ever made worse by treating people as human beings.
December 17, 2023 at 11:14 AM
Note to anyone who needs it today: No situation was ever made worse by treating people as human beings.
This comparison of #booze for personal use limits 1) UK to EU vs 2) EU to UK is worth a read…
1) www.service-public.fr/particuliers...
2) www.gov.uk/bringing-goo...
1) www.service-public.fr/particuliers...
2) www.gov.uk/bringing-goo...
Rapporter de l'alcool de l'étranger
Vous pouvez rapporter de l'alcool d'un voyage à l'étranger. Les quantités autorisées varient selon que vous revenez d'un pays de l'Union européenne (UE) ou non.
www.service-public.fr
December 20, 2023 at 10:45 PM
This comparison of #booze for personal use limits 1) UK to EU vs 2) EU to UK is worth a read…
1) www.service-public.fr/particuliers...
2) www.gov.uk/bringing-goo...
1) www.service-public.fr/particuliers...
2) www.gov.uk/bringing-goo...
Listening to this awesome contemporary #opera Macbeth Underworld by Pascal Dusapin on #FranceMusiqueRadio ! #enamoured #inlove
www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique
www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique
December 20, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Listening to this awesome contemporary #opera Macbeth Underworld by Pascal Dusapin on #FranceMusiqueRadio ! #enamoured #inlove
www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique
www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique
Was so much fun doing some test voiceover recordings of my fave novel in our newly refurbished recording studio in France. @soundfackery.bsky.social
November 29, 2023 at 6:55 AM
Was so much fun doing some test voiceover recordings of my fave novel in our newly refurbished recording studio in France. @soundfackery.bsky.social
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"Ellen Ripley's journey of self-acceptance mirrors the journey disabled people must take in order to learn to live with ourselves in a world like this."
Jay Kang Romanus 祥寳 (@jellicle_jay@twitter.com) on the ALIEN franchise and disability: www.tor.com/2023/10/03/n...
Jay Kang Romanus 祥寳 (@jellicle_jay@twitter.com) on the ALIEN franchise and disability: www.tor.com/2023/10/03/n...
“Not Much Choice”: Disability and Monstrosity in the Alien Franchise
In 1973, Chicago became the last major city to repeal its so-called “Ugly Law,” which barred people with visible disabilities from public spaces. Only six years later, Ridley Scott’s Alien was r...
www.tor.com
October 7, 2023 at 1:35 PM
"Ellen Ripley's journey of self-acceptance mirrors the journey disabled people must take in order to learn to live with ourselves in a world like this."
Jay Kang Romanus 祥寳 (@jellicle_jay@twitter.com) on the ALIEN franchise and disability: www.tor.com/2023/10/03/n...
Jay Kang Romanus 祥寳 (@jellicle_jay@twitter.com) on the ALIEN franchise and disability: www.tor.com/2023/10/03/n...
An important life lesson. Methinks.
some hills are just better to nap on
conserve your energy
conserve your energy
July 20, 2023 at 8:18 PM
An important life lesson. Methinks.
Yesterday’s office versus today’s office. #singer #concertrehearsal vs #DIYmaven #recordingstudio #ruralBrittany
July 20, 2023 at 8:12 PM
Yesterday’s office versus today’s office. #singer #concertrehearsal vs #DIYmaven #recordingstudio #ruralBrittany
How can this post have zero loves? Such #fun. #wordheaven #rhythm #percussive #language #wordporn
Curglaff [KUR-glaf]
“Calmly canoeing or kayaking is conducive to carefree contemplation, while carelessly cliff diving or cannonballing into a caldera carries the conceivability of quite a convulsive curglaff creating the conditions for a cramped calf if not a crippling cardiac catastrophe.”
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“Calmly canoeing or kayaking is conducive to carefree contemplation, while carelessly cliff diving or cannonballing into a caldera carries the conceivability of quite a convulsive curglaff creating the conditions for a cramped calf if not a crippling cardiac catastrophe.”
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![Grandiloquent Word of the Day - Curglaff [KUR-glaf]
(n.)
-The shock felt when one first plunges into cold water.
Used in a sentence:
“Calmly canoeing or kayaking is conducive to carefree contemplation, while carelessly cliff diving or cannonballing into a caldera carries the conceivability of quite a convulsive curglaff creating the conditions for a cramped calf if not a crippling cardiac catastrophe.”
For etymology go to:
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July 20, 2023 at 8:01 PM
How can this post have zero loves? Such #fun. #wordheaven #rhythm #percussive #language #wordporn
Omg, I think I’ve died and gone to word heaven. Thanks for the follow - followed back! (Do I need to change professions?? Eek!) #wordporn #wordheaven #starvingfornewwords
Eesome [EE-suhm]
(adj.)
-Pulchritudinous; beauteous; prepossessing. Pleasing to the eye; attractive
“There’s a certain intrinsically eesome pulchritude that comes unbidden for the young; and an especially beauteous quality in venerability that is hard-earned indeed.”
https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
(adj.)
-Pulchritudinous; beauteous; prepossessing. Pleasing to the eye; attractive
“There’s a certain intrinsically eesome pulchritude that comes unbidden for the young; and an especially beauteous quality in venerability that is hard-earned indeed.”
https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
![Eesome [EE-suhm]
(adj.)
-Pulchritudinous; beauteous; comely; prepossessing. Pleasing to the eye; attractive
Used in a sentence:
“There’s a certain intrinsically eesome pulchritude that comes unbidden for the young; and an especially beauteous quality in venerability that is hard-earned indeed.”
For etymology go to:
https://bit.ly/GWOTDpatreon
Pre-order my new book:
https://bit.ly/GWOTDbook
In bookstores Nov 7, 2023](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uzkqphsznycugmyz7hqvna3f/bafkreigy7l5vjsovbzklrwuofhqxrlnydj6zw7hrhz7lakvfrfzgmfbuzy@jpeg)
July 20, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Omg, I think I’ve died and gone to word heaven. Thanks for the follow - followed back! (Do I need to change professions?? Eek!) #wordporn #wordheaven #starvingfornewwords
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The target letter sent to Trump on Sunday contained a surprise: a likely indictment under Section 241, first enacted right after the Civil War. I unpack that law in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/conspiracy-against-rights?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
July 20, 2023 at 6:24 PM
The target letter sent to Trump on Sunday contained a surprise: a likely indictment under Section 241, first enacted right after the Civil War. I unpack that law in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/conspiracy-against-rights?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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My partner in crime is here! Go follow @kokovocals.bsky.social . She’s an online vocal coach and in-person nature lover.
July 13, 2023 at 6:53 AM
My partner in crime is here! Go follow @kokovocals.bsky.social . She’s an online vocal coach and in-person nature lover.
A word I always want to misspell is “minuscule”, which is the same spelling (but different pronunciation in French.
Always thought the prefix was ‘mini’, but not!
#wordgeek
Always thought the prefix was ‘mini’, but not!
#wordgeek
July 13, 2023 at 10:18 AM
A word I always want to misspell is “minuscule”, which is the same spelling (but different pronunciation in French.
Always thought the prefix was ‘mini’, but not!
#wordgeek
Always thought the prefix was ‘mini’, but not!
#wordgeek