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Two CDs from 2005. Cookie Cutter Girl is Girl Power pop with a punch, and she says every song on it is a true story. Ham For The Holidays is holiday hijinx by a turkey, a fruitcake and a snake.

Lynn in headphones, singing into a vintage chrome microphone in the studio.
At the mic, from her 2006 site

Play the CDs

Press play, or pick any song in the list. CCG AMP runs straight through both CDs, like a 2005 playlist. These are her official tracks on YouTube, and nothing loads until you press play.

0:001. Get the Picture (Cookie Cutter Girl, Julian)  *** 3:06
  1. Cookie Cutter Girl (2005)
  2. Ham For The Holidays (2005)

“Pain,” by Julian, who sounds like Nashville’s version of Fiona Apple.

Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, April 6, 2006, issue 997, p. 66, from his review of the podcast Roots Rock Radio Show 52.
Verified: Rolling Stone #997, p. 66
  • Lynn grinning behind a drum kit in the studio, a guitar in her lap. The caption reads: I'll ever finish...
  • Lynn in a tiger print jacket laughing as she plays a sunburst electric guitar in the studio. The caption reads: this cd?!?
  • Lynn in headphones belting at the mic with her hand in her hair. The caption reads: Julian in one of her quieter moments

Studio snapshots from her old site, captions and all.

Open the jewel cases

Tap a case to pop it open. Inside: the disc, the tracklist, and her liner notes.

Cookie Cutter Girl

Julian2005, 12 songs

“Girl Power POP with a PUNCH, sung by her SuperHero alter ego.”

The Cookie Cutter Girl CD cover: Lynn in a pink and black strapless top, a silver tiara and choker against a cloudy sky, with “Julian” and “Cookie Cutter Girl” in pink lettering.

Open the caseClose the case: Cookie Cutter Girl
From the 2005 site

Song notes from her old CD pages, with her own words in quotes.

Tracklist

In the order of her old song list. The printed disc order is not confirmed.

  1. I Feel Youlength 3:59

    A pop ballad written in memory of her Sunday Driver music partner and best friend, Bob Bachand. Vocals went down Oct 13, 2004, with layered high and low harmonies.

    Lyric: “I FEEL YOU... CAN YOU HEAR ME?”

  2. Dear BobNot online today

    A power pop ballad for a dear friend, dedicated “TO SIR WITH LOVE.”

    Lyric: “’cause this is me slippin’ away...”

  3. Get the Picturelength 3:06

    Written as an internet dating personal ad: “I wrote this song to ‘SELL MYSELF,’ as if I were a product!” She strung together 5 and 6 syllable rhyming words.

    Lyric: “Get the Picture?”

    Watch it live on Videos

  4. Watcherlength 3:31

    Sung by a “wall flower” whose time has come: “Beware the quiet ones... They ARE watching YOU.” She says she was that wallflower, “holding up the wall” at her favorite bar.

  5. StalkerSoundCloud (opens in a new tab)

    A “COMIC POP EPIC ADVENTURE” about a girl who thinks she’s in love. “He thinks she’s inSANE...”

  6. Painlength 3:24

    One of her most personal songs: the private thoughts of a woman at a turning point, about keeping your independence inside a serious relationship. She pitched it as “SUSAN VEGA CROSSED WITH NIRVANA.”

    Lyric: “Pain... I know you feel it...”

    Verified: Rolling Stone #997, p. 66Watch it live on Videos

  7. Jumperlength 3:56
  8. Other Girls DoSoundCloud (opens in a new tab)

    “This is guitar rock with GIRL POWER!” A rock anthem against double standards.

    Lyric: “I don’t care what the other girls do.”

  9. Jennylength 4:01

    A response to Jill Sobule’s “I Kissed A Girl”: a college girl in a “normal” relationship who flirts with the narrator behind closed doors.

    Watch it live on Videos

  10. Holdin’ the Doorlength 3:20

    About the guy who no longer wants you but doesn’t want anyone else to have you.

    Lyric: “Just come in or stop holdin’ the door.”

  11. Without YouNot online today

    A surf pop song about not wanting to let go.

    Lyric: “I can’t stand to start over... without you.”

  12. JulianNot online today

    A pop ballad lullaby “inspired by my muse,” and the closing song.

Liner notes

Billed as
Julian. The cover reads “Julian / Cookie Cutter Girl”.
The idea
A concept album. Her song page calls it a rock opera and promises “ALL SONGS on this CD are TRUE STORIES!”
Released
March 2005, per the NorthEast In-Tune article she reprinted on her site.
Recorded
2004 sessions at the Root Cellar in Hallowell, Maine, with engineer and co-producer Bob Colwell (her studio journal).
Label
Cookie Cutter Records, self produced. Songs published by Cookie Cutter Publishing.
Comic insert art
Reece Friesen, Aspire Comic Book Art.
Collector’s note
A limited edition came with hand-set rhinestones in the spine.

Ham For The Holidays

Lynn “JULIAN” a.k.a. Cookie Cutter Girl2005, 5 songs plus a hidden 6th

“Holiday Hijinx by a Turkey, a Fruitcake & a Snake!”

The Ham For The Holidays CD cover: a plush turkey in a chef’s hat and an “EAT MORE Pork!” apron sits in tall grass. A red star warns that some listeners have not been able to stop laughing.

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From the 2005 site

Song notes from her old CD pages, with her own words in quotes.

Howdy Folks! My name is Tommy. I’m a ten year old turkey trying to educate humans about alternatives to their typical holiday feast this Thanksgiving: ME!
Tommy Turkey, the CD mascot, on her Ham page

Tracklist

In the order the album streams today.

  1. Ham for the Holidayslength 4:22

    Tommy Turkey’s plea for pork, sung in the voice of a pre-pubescent turkey fighting with a young pig over who should be Thanksgiving dinner, “ala ‘Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.’”

    Watch the music video

  2. I Tricked Nicklength 3:03

    A coming of age song about stealing kisses from Santa’s hot young nephew Nicky. Recorded Oct 25, 2004 with engineer and co-producer Bob Colwell, who turned it “surf-pop.” Stevie Jones added a “twisted lead” on Dec 7.

    Lyric: “Nick, Nick, kiss me quick.”

    Watch the music video

  3. Fruitcakelength 4:31

    How lonely it is to be the fruitcake on the holiday buffet, “sung by a real fruitcake!”

    Watch the music video

  4. If Farts Were Made Out of Superball Stufflength 2:48

    A humorous song “with super sound effects that glorify gas!”

  5. Artlength 4:07

    A friendly, yet misunderstood, reptile who just wants to be loved.

  6. The Fart Song (hidden track)Not online today

    Secret track #6, “with SUPER COOL fart sounds!”

Liner notes

Billed as
Lynn “JULIAN” a.k.a. Cookie Cutter Girl, as the cover reads.
Format
A CD with 5 songs plus a hidden 6th.
Mascot
Tommy Turkey, whose “Trouble With Turkey” campaign pushes ham: “it’s juicier for roasting, turkey’s dry.” In November 2004 she adopted a 12 foot inflatable Tommy as the CD mascot.
Label
Cookie Cutter Records. (p) 2005 Lynn Julian.

Get the CDs today

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Radio, contests and compilations

From the 2005 site

All of this comes straight from her old pages and was not checked independently, so it wears the stamp. The one item we could confirm, the Area Code 207 CD on Discogs, gets a receipt.

On the radio

“Cookie Cutter Girl” has airplay on 500+ RADIO STATIONS! 7 SONGS from the CCG CD are featured on 30+ Compilation CDs!

The count grew with the years: 10 compilations in 2005, then 15, 25, and 30+ by 2008.

  • 92 Moose
  • WABK
  • WKIT
  • WTOS
  • WERU
  • WMPG
  • WCLZ 98.9
  • WFNX

Stations named on her radio pages, most of them in Maine, plus WFNX in Boston.

Contests and honors

  • “Ham for the Holidays” played on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento Show two weeks in a row, Nov 21 and Nov 27, 2004 (her studio journal).
  • Billboard Song Contest, a songwriting contest (results June 2007): “Get the Picture” honored as “1 of the Top 10 POP SONGS” and “Jenny” as “1 of the Top 500 POP SONGS” out of 18,000 entries.
  • “Ham For The Holidays” awarded Honors in the Great American Song Contest (2005).
  • “I Feel You” awarded 2nd place on the IIA 3 compilation “Songwriters & Storytellers” (2007).

“Lynn JULIAN is making everyone take another look at their Holiday Feast!”

Dr. Demento, as quoted on her Ham page

Compilation CDs

  1. 2004Glowboy7RecordsMusic“Jenny”
  2. 2005Re-Fuel Your SoulMo Phunk Records & Fresh Tracks“Get the Picture”
  3. 200504347top artists in Central Maine“Julian”
  4. 2005Media Factory Records Vol 5“Other Girls Do”
  5. 2005Go Girls Music Fest 05GoGirls Music“Get the Picture”
  6. 2005Planet Muse: Uncharted TalentsMuses Muse“Get the Picture”
  7. 2005Greetings from Area Code 20798.9 WCLZ, Portland, Maine“Get the Picture”Listed on Discogs (opens in a new tab)
  8. 2006MMC10Millennium Music Conference“Get the Picture”
  9. 2006Media Factory Show Vol 8“Pain”
  10. 2006Indie Grrl 2006 CD box set“Get the Picture”

A sample from 2004 to 2006. Her discography page lists many more through 2008.

Records before the Pop Superhero

Her old discography page lists her on these records.

  • 1995“Where You Get Your Sugar”, Eddie Kirkland (listed as 1995 on one page, 1998 on another)
  • 1998“Potholes and Speedbumps”, Sunday Driver, her folk duo with Bob Bachand
  • 2002“Pop Tart”, Jane Loves Maine
  • 2004“Lots of Moxcey”, Jeff Moxcey (later “Whole Lotta Moxcey”)