Is this man "arguably the greatest pop star Britain never had"? I would have to say no, because, really, where's the argument?

Lawrence "Lawrence" Hayward, formerly of Felt and Denim, and currently of Go-Kart Mozart, turns 50 today, which seems remarkably old to the me that listened to him as a teenager but seems even more frighteningly close to the me who is typing this now (don't worry, I'll never make it). Anyway, happy birthday to him. There are a few videos here.

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.