Dada Marie
Turns out Marie Osmond was a big fan of Dadaism, in particular Hugo Ball. Here she is reading out Ball’s 1916 sound poem ‘Karawane’ backed appropriately by Trio. see also: Psycho Horses Pruf Rock
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I’ll Be Your Sewer Tonight
Spike Milligan meets Bob Dylan whilst travelling sideways through the sewers of The Strand. Inspired by this post by Joel Morris. see also: Deep Jump Must Be Judas (Ken Barlow Heckles Dylan)
The Mind’s Ay Cradled Whan The Grave Is Near
Ye in life’s brawest spring wi’ reason clear, Wi’ eild our idle fancies a’ return, And dim our dolefu’ days wi’ bairnly fear; The mind’s ay cradled whan the grave is near For weel…
Laughtivism
Do you remember the Irony Revolution When we hilariously overthrew capitalism with our sarcastic cynicism and caustic wit The snark and the sneer at the heart of it Armed with barbed bon mots How…
Existence
Every morning my alarm goes off at the back of six and I think What the fuck is this? Every morning I join the bus queue, look out for the bus and think What…
Jocko Euro
Scotland’s entry for the Reckless Eurovision Song Contest S-C-O-T-L-A-N-D That’s how we spell This wee country From Jedburgh To John O Groats Wake up and smell The porridge oats Are we not Scots?…
Sympathy For The Reckless
To celebrate the Reckless silver jubilee, here’s my old CV. Please allow me to introduce myself I’m a man of mirth and taste I’ve been around for long, long years 50, in fact, and…
25 Years On Video
To celebrate the silver jubilee of the Daily Reckless, here’s a video of just a tiny bit of the highlights so far: And don’t forget you can get the album here: Daily Reckless Silver Jubilee
Daily Reckless Silver Jubilee
The Daily Reckless was first published on March 6 2000, so we’re celebrating its Silver Jubilee today with the release of a retrospective of 25 songs from the past 25 years. Also shown on today’s…
The Littlest Wild Rebel
When Marlon Brando and the gang met The Fall. Inspired by this pic by Eric Douglas: from the album Reckless Foul