Articles by Tommy Mackay

Nicola Sturgeon Stole My Skiing Holiday

  Nicola Sturgeon stole my skiing holiday From underneath my nose and silver spoon Now Humza wants to keep My extra earnings, what a creep He thinks I should just give up To feed the…


The Possible Presence Of Moths

  If you want stuffing I’ll tell you this for nothing Get to Tesco’s Cos anything goes With the possible presence of moths With butterflies in your stomach Taste the lice in their Tunnocks Jack…


Reet Foto

  Jackie Wilson meets The Residents. From The Reckless Residents Xmas Album. see also: The Fastest Sleighman in the West  



Three Hoarse Men

  When Iggy Pop invited Tom Waits onto his radio show and they played Captain Beefheart, the growling was overwhelming. So I mixed them all together in the Captain’s ‘Bat Chain Puller.’ see also:


Die Little Boys

  ‘Two Little Boys’ mixed with The Residents’ ‘Die! Die! Die!’ Merry Christmas! from The Reckless Residents Xmas Album



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…


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: