Articles by Tommy Mackay

Denti Alligator

  Extracts from a cold reading of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, featuring Toby Malone, Tommy Mackay and TJ Young. Backed by Bill Haley and the Comets. From the album Wake. see also:


Grifting On A Memory

  No Spa for Captain Tom’s daughter. Featuring Kevin Bridges.  Words – Captain Howdy.  With apologies to the Isley Brothers. see also:


Tractor Porn

  I drove my tractor through your haystack last night Fnarr fnarr I made a film of it and it turned out alright But some guy in the house of commons watched it online And…


We Are Bereft

  I love watching twitter fall apart The blue tick people tearing out their hearts Cadaver eyes upon me see nothing I love the sadness in their eyes More farewells, more goodbyes I never even…


Uptown Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin chooses his top ten songs on today’s Daily Reckless Radio Show on indylive.radio at 3. You can catch up afterwards here. In the meantime here’s something to keep you going. With apologies to…


Let’s Blanche LP

Another cracking album from Half Bam Half Whisky. Tracks: Still Cheers Rum Punch, Whisky, Nicotine And Glue Quell Those Celebrations Drop It Like Clem Destroy Everything, Reeves Let’s Blanche Petrification He Never Saw A GPS…


The Night, Thriller And Death

On the anniversary of the release of John Landis’s Thriller video, here’s a stramash-up of when Michael Jackson met The Fall. Vincent Price relates the grisly outcome…   see also:


Louis Louis

  Robert Louie Stevenson You got it wrong oh….. It’s Robert Lewis Stevenson His birth certificate says so oh…. I heard the news from Ian Bell Yeah, I’ve been pronouncing it wrong all my life…


Never Mind The Sex Pistols Here’s The Reckless

To commemorate the anniversary of Never Mind The Bollocks getting to No.1 in the albums chart in 1977, here’s a selection of Pistols related tracks from the Daily Reckless with copious extras thrown in as…


The Ballad Of Moody Greg

Greg Moodie chooses his top ten songs on the Daily Reckless Radio Show. In the meantime here’s a track from the Bam Glam album.   This here’s the story of Moody Greg Some people say…