Lawrence "Lawrence" Hayward, formerly of Felt and Denim, and currently of Go-Kart Mozart, turns 48 today! The screening of last year of Lawrence of Belgravia, a still incomplete documentary, elicited the following observation: "Memorably described as 'a victim of his own experiment'... and a casualty of Britpop's hedonistic game-playing with street-level drugs in the mid 90s, the once teetotal Lawrence now looks like some forsaken wraith, the ashen ghost of juvenile pop dreams thwarted." Hopefully he's much better now! A couple of videos follow.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
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The idea that Lawrence, of all people, has (had?) a hard drug problem is really odd. I think he was always into the acid though.
Anyway, here's my contributions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3keoT8A7yjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dzdHl6nrJk
'Back In Denim' is one of the best albums ever made.