Articles by Tommy Mackay

The Reckless Residents Xmas Album

The Residents versus old Christmas No.1s. Tracks: I Hear You, Santa Dog The Fastest Sleighman in the West Save Your Clown Mull Of N Er Gee Lonely This Ego Plum Mary’s Dog Child Only Santa…


Ain’t No Boat

  He says “It’s not you – it’s me I need a little time, a little space a plane to fly myself away you know?” Oh yes, I know a liar when I hear one…


Christmas Broccoli

  Christmas broccoli, Christmas broccoli That is cauliflower Christmas broccoli, Christmas broccoli Vegetable power Fluffy and white like Santa’s beard And it tastes ‘Just right!’ Perfect for your christmas dinner Save a piece for Santa…


Jesus, This Is Ziggy

  Iggy Pop introduces everyone’s favourite kitten, Ziggy. With backing from David Bowie, Cousines Like Shit and David Thorne. see also: Iggy Pop’s Parrot Schrödinger’s Referendum (Can I Get A Reset​?​)


Margaret Thatcher Y Fronts

  Here come the “free speech” columnists Making profit for their boss Flexing their unsubtle wrists Tossing off some right wing toss In a national newspaper You’ll hear their constant moan Screaming out “Where’s our…


Unholy Trinity

📷Bleddyn Butcher An imagined recording of when Mark E Smith, Nick Cave and Shane Macgowan got together for an NME pop summit in 1989. “Officer! Policeman!” see also: Horrortale In New Yoker


Yanis Varoufakis

  Realign yer chakras Realign yer chakras Realign yer chakras With Yanis Varoufakis He has a new vision Of capitalism Technofeudalism No more neoliberalism Mad Men take The sizzle not the steak Everything’s fake Nobody’s…


Return the Elgin Marbles

  Ambassador Extraordinary of His Majesty And Minister Plenipotentiary To the Sublime Porte of the Sultan of Turkey Lord Elgin, Lord Elgin, Lord Elgin, Lord Elgin Lord Elgin, Lord Elgin, (That filthy piece of toerag),…


You’ll Always Be In Our Hearts

  Heart of Midlothian, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County and the rest There is one man who played for them all Not just one man, but the best Dave Mackay – you’ll always be in our…


The Out There Mixes 2

More kerrrazy kollaborations like you’ve never heard before. Tracks: Useless Fuckpigs I’m The Urban Ice Cream Man Whose Head Expanded Einstuerzende Neuwaddywaddy Patrick Life The Cunt Come Back Artificial Insemination The Great Skittish Shake Off…