Articles by Tommy Mackay

Chemical Weapons

Theresa May gives a press conference where she says the phrase ‘chemical weapons’ over twenty times. Here are all the instances of it set to The Fall’s ‘Repetition.’ from the album Questionable Times by Half…



Hair Tonic

  Uh huh, look at that sheen So lustrous,so clean Maybe it’s Maybelline So clean, so clean Uh huh, does he use creams? It gleams, it gleams Oh, Trump’s hair is beautiful Oh, what’s his…


Resilient

  The Skripals continue to be surprisingly resilient in the face of life destroying poison Novochok. Amazing. Here we hear a track originally from the album 666 Great Junction Street, a song about a misanthropic…


Tiny Gulls

As seagulls attack various Scottish towns across the nation, it is time to reflect on that time Iggy Pop relocated to Scotland… Well, the day begins You don’t want to live Cos the seagulls scream…


Mind Control

  This is how mind control sounds to me This is what it sounds like in the land of the free This is what it sounds like on every TV This is extremely dangerous to…



Imagine

Richard Dawkins performs John Lennon’s Imagine, ably accompanied by Stephen Hawking.


Silly Nob Gags

  You’d think that people would have had enough of silly nob gags I look around me and I see it isn’t so Some people want to fill the world with silly nob gags And…


Keir Hardy (sic)

  Keir Hardie He founded the Labour Party But they can’t spell Hardie now It’s embarassing It’s not a hard one H.A.R.D.I.E Not Laurel and Hardy We’re the kings of the gaffe Don’t you draw…