Articles by Tommy Mackay

Top Of The Popstock Vol.3

Third volume of Mark E Smith colliding with pop hits. Tracks: Ghost In My Housemartins They Might Be Frightened 50 Year Old Manfred Mann Mother Shakespeare’s Sister Pumpkin Soup And Mashed Persuaders Pat-Trip Dispencer Davis…


Rudy

words: @Tucker5Law   It’s not Putin he said, it’s Joe Biden instead And there’s so little else occupying his head There is nothing he needs, ‘cept an oligarch’s greed And he might just be fucked,…


Fiery Jackson Five

  From the album Top Of The Popstock Vol. 2 here’s Mark E Smith singing along to the Jackson Five’s ‘I Want You Back.’   see also: Married Two Kids On The Block  


Athlete Cure

  Mark E Smith meets The Cure. From the album Top Of The Popstock Vol.2 see also:


Top Of The Popstock Vol.2

Latest volume of Top Of The Popstock where Mark E Smith meets the pop stars. Tracks: X Enduction Hip Judas Priest Open The Boxtops Athlete Cure Janet, Johnny And James Brown Black Sabbath Monk Bournemouth…


Drenched Gados

When the Delgados played an open air gig at the Kelvingrove Bandstand on 12 August 2023, the heavens opened, giving an eery glow to the occasion. Here we imagine four of their songs sung over…


Dundee Oh!

  Living on the east coast, babe In an Angus paradise Where they call a spade a spade And it’s a peh not a pie The home of Macgonagall And the silvery Tay Dens Park…



Sporán Sporán

An evening of Scottish songs as you’ve never heard them before with Sporán Sporán and Half Bam Half Whisky for one night only at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe of the Fringe.  Come one, come all…


Public Image (feat. Sam Fox and Lemmy)

  Hello! Hello! Hello! Samantha Fox and Lemmy do their best to accompany Public Image Ltd. from the album This Is Memorial Nightmare   see also: If I Ruled The World (Secombe Hill mix) Married…