Beast From The East
Here comes the beast from the east With ten centimetres at least Those snowflakes will kick up a storm Here’s a radical suggestion Put on your wellies and scarf It’s winter – you having…
Articles by Tommy Mackay
Babies In Peril
As the snow batters down, Throbbing Thistle look back on the winter of 1962-63 when Britain froze. Stramash-up featuring snippets of a documentary at the time and Eno’s Babies On Fire… from the album…
Jackie Weaver (Boss Of Me)
You’re not the boss of me now You’re not the boss of me now You’re not the boss of me now, and you’re not so big Life is unfair
Away For A Jobby At Half Time (My Shit)
I am not throwin’ away my shit I am not throwin’ away my shit Hey yo, I’m just like my country I’m young, scrappy and hungry And I’m not throwin’ away my shit I…
Mutations Of Concern
Mutations of concern Mutations of concern Into this house were born Into this world were thrown In parliament he Is the death secretary Mutations of concern There’s a killer on the loose Aboot this…
Sturgeon Purgin’
Despite the coronavirus Somehow I made it through Didn’t know how lost I was Until I fired you I was beat Incomplete You’d been had, Alex Salmond too But you made me feel Yeah,…
Who Killed Joanna Cherry?
Identity Identity is the crisis can’t you see Who killed Bambi and Joanna Cherry? When you look in the mirror do you see yourself Do you see yourself on the T.V. screen Do you…
The More You See Me
The more you see me The less you want me Somehow this feeling just grows and grows With every trip I just enrage you But I’m screwed without you And so it goes I…
D’you Know Whit Mate?
Bawjaws comes to Scotland and Glaswegians are asked their opinion. With backing by They Might Be Giants. from the album Diving For Twirls by They Might Be Gannets
Non Essential Journey
So hard to find the inspiration To say 100,000 And try to sound as if you really care And your jokes don’t make me laugh They only make me feel like dying and in…