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In the grand tradition of Finnegans Wake, WAKE has looped back around on itself to become a self-generating machine, as we welcome back musical innovator and the most reckless of stramashers, Tommy Mackay, to talk about WAKE: the Album! Yes, this very podcast is honoured to be the inspiration for at least half the tracks on Tommy's new (stra)mash-up album of music, smashing WAKE readings into the music of Taylor Swift, Wham!, Devo, and more, with more groan-worthy dad-joke pun titles than you could possibly handle.

There's a sailor on a horse! There's an invitation to suck a sugarstick! There's Gráinne O'Malley's girl power!

Join us for a track-by-track odyssey through WAKE: the Album, in the hope that no takedown notices emerge to ruin anyone's fun.

This week's chatters: Tommy Mackay, Toby Malone, TJ Young

References

WAKE: the Album on Bandcamp

WAKE: the Album on the Daily Reckless

Album details:

A collection of stramash-ups by Tommy Mackay drawn from readings of James Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake'

Main sources:

• WAKE podcast - www.youtube.com/@WAKEpod 
• One Little Goat Theatre Company - www.onelittlegoat.org/finneganswake 

Released April 4, 2025

Clips used by permission from the WAKE podcast by Toby Malone and TJ Young and also the audio-visual book by One Little Goat Theatre Company read by Richard Harte, directed by Adam Seelig.

Individual credits in song info.

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1. Finnegan's Wake 03:38. trad. Played and sung by Kevin Kennedy from the One Little Goat theatre company production, directed by Adam Seelig. www.onelittlegoat.org/finneganswake
2. Wake Me Up Before You Goan 03:13. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production. Music - Maucoli the pianoman's version of Wham's 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.''
3. The Ballad Of Persse O'Reilly 06:31. performed by Meg Logue from the Wake podcast.
4. Thunderwords 01:58. read by Adam Harvey, Joyce Geek - joycegeek.com/thundervideos/ Music - Thunderbirds theme tune
5. Tip It! 04:37. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production. Backing track - 'Whip It!' by Devo.
6. Denti Alligator 02:43. From the Wake podcast, read by Toby Malone, TJ Young, Tommy Mackay.  Music - 'See You Later Alligator' Bill Haley and The Comets
7. Thunderslog 04:06. from the Wake podcast -Toby Malone, TJ Young. Music Steve 'n' Seagulls live cover of AC/DC's 'Thunderstruck.' Lady Macbeth - Kate Fleetwood from the 2010 Rupert Goold production.
8. Cunstuntonoplies 02:48. read by Patrick Horgan, 1985.  Music - 'Istanbul Not Constantinople' by They Might Be Giants.
9. Wake It Off 03:45. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production.  Backing track 'Shake It Off ' by Taylor Swift.
10. Respectable 03:20. Seth Austin from the Wake podcast.  Music - 'Respectable' by Mel and Kim.
11. Suck It Yourself, Sugarstick! 03:48. Toby Malone, Sarah Kane from the Wake podcast. Music - 'Suck It And See' by Arctic Monkeys.
12. Wake That 06:20. performed by Richard Harte from the One Little Goat theatre company production. Music - 'Never Forget instrumental' by Take That.

Bonus Tracks:

• Hi Ho Silver Sailor https://www.dailyreckless.com/2025/04/06/hi-ho-silver-sailor/
• Fanfare for ALP
• Olwen Fouéré’s riverrun: ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/14/riverrun-joyce-finnegans-wake-olwen-fouere-national-theatre⁠

Other references:

Allaster Mckallester: https://www.instagram.com/mckallaster/ 

ReWiggled: https://open.spotify.com/album/7pMmcRjBt41hvqnFQHqYb2 

Finnegans Dreams: https://www.dailyreckless.com/2024/08/15/finnegans-dreams/ 

McCourt, John. ‘Denti Alligator' or ‘Airtight Alligator': Reading Dante with Joyce and Beckett.

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