Articles by Tommy Mackay

This Is Memorial Nightmare

An album of truly horrific collaborations and abominations. Listen with extreme prejudice. Tracks: Mouldy Old Dough (feat. Chris Martin) Autobahn (acoustic) Public Image (feat. Sam Fox and Lemmy) Happy Talk (feat. Van Morrison) Chirpy Chirpy…




Top Of The Popstock

A unique blend of Mark E Smith and various pop artists. Tracks: Married Two Kids On The Block The Beat Descendant British People In Hot Weather Girls Lie Dream De La Casino Soul Super Bury…


Fantastic Track Record

  Rishi meets The Fall. Check the record, check the record, check the guy’s track record. Fantastic. He is not appreciated. see also:


Edinburgh Dream Machine

  As this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival kicks off, here’s Mark E Smith in a pub in Edinburgh singing along to David Essex’s ‘Silver Dream Machine.’ from the album Top Of The Popstock see also:



Defunct Boy 3 – The Comeback Tour

The Defunct Boy 3 reform (with no original members left) for one last desperate comeback. Tracks: Sir Kid Starver Fedrullizzzummm I’m Opposed To What You’re Doing Anas Sarwar Keircaldy Elected 21 You’ll Have Had Your…


Raymond Mearns

  Raymond Mearns had a strange hobby Frightening bears In California Hear him say Oh, Raymond Mearns Scarer of bears, Does Paddington know, Paddington know, Paddington know Paddington know? Raymond Mearns, Raymond Mearns, Raymond Mearns,…


Stay And Spread The Virus

As online images of Taylor Swift were said to have contained the Tay Tay sexy virus, Swifty nevertheless encouraged her fan base to spread the code. From the album Red Eyed And Reckless by Cabaret…