Tommy Mackay
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Editor of The Daily Reckless www.dailyreckless.com MD ANT. Author of 40 Odd Years Of The Fall: https://gregmoodie.com/product/40-odd-years-of-the-fall/ DJ - https://www.dailyreckless.com/radio
🎶 You're going home in an avalanche of alliteration 🚑 🎶 Brentford(2) v Darlington(0) at the Old Griffin Park, April 22, 1978
Copping flak from the rock grandads today. I don't write those old angsty Auteurs songs anymore. I was 25. I'm 58. I do what I want. Do you? Still scrapping it out for 200 words and £50? If you like the old angsty stuff you could get into BBR - like the kids (200 mil streams and counting, dad)
"Like the dopey insufferable cunt that I am, I once crashed a $75 million rocket into the moon"
Just saw where John Douglas, guitarist and founding member of Trashcan Sinatras, passed away yesterday, just a few days after their new album release. Here’s him performing Weightlifting on his solo acoustic tour back in 2024 that feels appropriate now. m.youtube.com/watch?v=y1aK...
Weightlifting, John Douglas (Trashcan Sinatras), The Lost Church San Francisco, October 2, 2024
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The shark evolves and goes on Blind Date simply because their theme tunes are similar.
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As noted by Small Robots, the Blind Date and Jaws theme are basically the same song, but in different keys. see also:
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weinberg@weinbergs.bsky.social · 7mo agolet's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
Part 36 of A Drunk Man Looks At Throbbing Thistle:
The Form And Purpose Of The Thistle | Daily Reckless
I love to muse upon the skill that gangs To mak’ the simplest thing that Earth displays, The eident life that ilka atom thrangs, And uses it in the appointit ways, And a’ the endless brain that nocht ...
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Song of the day in the Daily Reckless. #songoftheday
Andy Burnham Devolute | Daily Reckless
...english glasnost... ...from the mouths of those.... ...who use air rifles on their friendly.... ...why is the truly skint never ssssss-scotch ridden... ...embrace...negate... ...how does... ....dev...
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The Reckless Fifty updated for July. Highest new entry in the singles - Blind Jaws at No.6. World Cup 2026 straight in at No.1 in the album chart.
Reckless Fifty 2026 | Daily Reckless
The most played songs of 2026 so far by Tommy Mackay AKA Half Bam Half Whisky, The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band, The Foul, The Plagiarist, They Might Be Gannets, Phineas Freak & The Smooth Pe...
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Given that I believe '69 Love Songs' is one of the greatest albums of all time, I am particularly delighted that my guest on #stevesmixtapes this week is Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields. www.stevesmixtapes.com/mixtape-081-...
Steve's Mix Tapes - MixTape #081 (Stephin Merritt)
My guest this week is Stephin Merritt Stephin is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has, over the last 35 years, produced some truly remarkable music; in particular, he was the man be...
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While between #ArtSonnetChain sonnets, we at #NewBootsAndPantisocracies sit, inert as hollow persons, heads stuffed with strawdust, but occasionally we get caught up in rewriting the lyrics of ‘Andy Warhol’ for #DailyReckless as follows: newbootsandpantisocracies.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/a...
Andy Burnham/Devolute!
In this chance collaboration with the excellent Daily Reckless, we have a glimpse into the mind-melting and/or -melding mandorla formed by overlapping ‘Devolute!’ by the late Mark E. Smith with ‘An…
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Hey, thanks New Boots and Pantisocracies!
Andy Burnham/Devolute!
In this chance collaboration with the excellent Daily Reckless, we have a glimpse into the mind-melting and/or -melding mandorla formed by overlapping ‘Devolute!’ by the late Mark E. Smith with ‘An…
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Most lyrics are just word salad interpreted as poetry by fans and critics which then allows the artists go "yeah, that's what we meant yeah".
lil miss big boy@lighter.bsky.social · 5d agoPost your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
I offered them Jammy Smears and they rejected me. The fools.
Stop Calling Me Frank@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 5d agoYou have a month to write a 33 1/3 book about the album of your choice. Which record are you going to write about? (No previously covered albums allowed; new shit must come to light: see below.) (For all books in the series: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_1/3) (H/t @monostich.bsky.social
Go Alasdair! Go Hugh! Go Jack!
Yank Oot Your Orra Boughs | Daily Reckless
Yank oot your orra boughs, my hert! God gied man speech and speech created thocht, He gied man speech but to the Scots gied nocht Barrin’ this clytach that they’ve never brocht To onything but sic a B...
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The Alasdair Gray Archive@agrayarchive.bsky.social · 3w agoSharing another fantastic student outcome: a beautifully researched Alasdair & Others biography of Hugh MacDiarmid by Jack Anderson. Discover how MacDiarmid shaped Alasdair Gray's creative vision. Read now via the link in bio.
Because an Andy Burnham/Andy Warhol crossover was the next obvious step.
Andy Burnham Devolute | Daily Reckless
...english glasnost... ...from the mouths of those.... ...who use air rifles on their friendly.... ...why is the truly skint never ssssss-scotch ridden... ...embrace...negate... ...how does... ....dev...
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#AndyBurnham to the tune of ‘Devolute’ by #TheFall cut with #Bowie’s #Warhol: wonderful and frightening, all on a #FallFriday too.
Tommy Mackay@tommyreckless.bsky.social · 5d agoWell, I gave it a shot. Quite the mindfuck. #fallfriday
Song of the day in the Daily Reckless. #songoftheday
Yank Oot Your Orra Boughs | Daily Reckless
Yank oot your orra boughs, my hert! God gied man speech and speech created thocht, He gied man speech but to the Scots gied nocht Barrin’ this clytach that they’ve never brocht To onything but sic a B...
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