FELT (Go Kart Mozart, Denim)... Lawrence is amazing!

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It's extremely pleasing to report that Back In Denim will be back out on CD on 24 April - hopefully this means that Denim On Ice and Novelty Rock will also reappear in the fullness of time.

In the meantime, as an intro for the uninitiated, here's what I wrote about the record nearly four years ago (gasp!).

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:31 (twenty years ago)

Will there be extras, do you know?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:36 (twenty years ago)

commentaries, bloopers, trailer.

― Real Goths Don't Wear Black (Enrique), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:43 (twenty years ago)

Sadly not.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:50 (twenty years ago)

any word from his recent show in paris? in fact any good rumours or apocryphal rales at all?

― cw (cww), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:00 (twenty years ago)

stuff/dreams/madeof. The Lawrence piece in the current Uncut is even more heartbreaking than these things usually are, though.

― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Sunday, 9 April 2006 21:48 (twenty years ago)

how come?

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Sunday, 9 April 2006 21:53 (twenty years ago)

they make a particularly big deal of the whole isolated-straggly-tramp-abject-poverty-facing-eviction thingo. the Lawrence-film is apparently scheduled to be screened in November, what are the chances of this deadline being met?

― Alex in Rotherham (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 10 April 2006 07:45 (twenty years ago)

Hey!
The gig in Paris was really impressive! The band played two sets, the venue was packed.
GKM are playing in London on the 5th of may.
As for the film, it's quite sure it will be screeening arounbd november. It will be a 90 minutes film. The guys were in Paris to film the show.
All the best

― christophe, Thursday, 13 April 2006 06:16 (twenty years ago)

5th of may!!!
where? where?
i am bloody excited.

― cw (cww), Thursday, 13 April 2006 07:12 (twenty years ago)

Here comes the address!
Bethnal Green WorkingMensClub
44 Pollard Row, Corner Pollard St.
(Off Bethnal Green Road)
Bethnal Green
London E2 6NB

tube: Bethnal Green
buses: 8, 388

― christophe, Thursday, 13 April 2006 07:51 (twenty years ago)

ha perfect! just around the corner! thanks christophe

― cw (cww), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:00 (twenty years ago)

I want to go to this.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:27 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

i avoided getting tearing up the album charts til now through some morbid fear to disappointment, i found wigwam pretty depressing listening, but boy was i wrong. this is the most succinct pop record he's done since denim on ice, like an lp of great ape hangers!, it's fab. still very excited by the bethnal green show. god i hope it's well promoted i haven't seen much publicity.

― cw (cww), Friday, 28 April 2006 10:59 (twenty years ago)

good for you! one of my fave 2005 albums - "D.E.E.B.A.N.K." among the most poignant tunes of the year.

I'm planning a Lawrence spotlight feature at Tower U.S. - too bad Denim On Ice and Novelty Rock aren't reissued (yet?) so I could hint at the joys of "Brumburger" and "The New Potatoes" (and other tunes that irritated as b-sides but became brilliant as a great crap comp). probably build the feature around the core of Strange Idols, Forever Breathes, Back In Denim and Tearing Up (latter also read as choking up, making you blub).

current spotlights: Comsats and Rob Wratten (thanks lovely reissue labels).

― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 28 April 2006 11:38 (twenty years ago)

I got forwarded this yesterday - http://www.monkeon.co.uk/potato/

You may or may not find it amusing.

― reclusive hero (reclusive hero), Friday, 28 April 2006 11:54 (twenty years ago)

god, my son rufus loved that new potato video when he was a toddler a couple years back. it's nice to know that it's still there.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 28 April 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

at the tender age of 37, i'm still tempted to get a felt tattoo. but what felt font? part of me wants to go hardcore and use the font from the index single.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 28 April 2006 12:51 (twenty years ago)

you could always get " during the eighties felt released 10 lps and 10 singles here are some highlights from the creation years" tatooed on your belly, or classic upstarts. might be a bit painful though.

alternatively ankle tattoo, i think lawrence would dig that

― cw (cww), Friday, 28 April 2006 12:58 (twenty years ago)

or i could get the first line of black ship in the harbour tattooed on me. felt fanz will know what i'm talking about!

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 28 April 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

wish i could remember what the first line actually is...that might not be a bad idea though.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 28 April 2006 13:05 (twenty years ago)

you're on a felt tip

― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 28 April 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

i was a moment that quickly past

or is that the second line...

― cw (cww), Friday, 28 April 2006 13:27 (twenty years ago)

you could have check spine for tracklisting tattooed somewhere, that would be quite funny

― cw (cww), Friday, 28 April 2006 13:30 (twenty years ago)

I've got Denim's performance from "Later With Jools Holland" on vhs - "Middle of the Road" & "The Osmonds". I'll faff about with vcr/dvdr/pc etc and upload the clips to YouTube this weekend.

― scorzonera, Saturday, 29 April 2006 07:47 (twenty years ago)

Hooray!

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 06:39 (twenty years ago)

so is anyone else excited by tomorrow's bethnal green blow out? what are they going to play? did anyone see them play with b & s? does he play any denim?

― cw (cww), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

Tomorrow? Blimey, that was quick. Is it sold out?

Yes, I saw them. So did Mooro and (possibly against her will) Lixi McLixi AKA Raston Warrior Robot.

No, there was not any Denim. It was very loud.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:44 (twenty years ago)

i think you pay on the door, theres been no talk of tickets anyhow, doors open at 9, i imagine it'll be pretty busy.

― cw (cww), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:50 (twenty years ago)

Cheers.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:57 (twenty years ago)

part of me wants to go hardcore and use the font from the index single.

That would be great, do it!

― The Mercury Krueger (Ex Leon), Thursday, 4 May 2006 12:57 (twenty years ago)

after some pretty serious thought i'd say the penelope tree type would probably work best, tattoo wise. having said that i don't think i've ever seen the index sleeve

― cw (cww), Thursday, 4 May 2006 13:13 (twenty years ago)

the "index" type is sorta stencil-ish. more crass records-like. i could go for the penelope tree era.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 4 May 2006 13:20 (twenty years ago)

KILL

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

No Reporting Back from Bethnall Green?

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 17:49 (twenty years ago)

I like the way he only said two things all night. One was "It's too bright in here", the other was "It's too hot in here. I'm boiling" I think I saw him smile when he said that. He was wearing a really heavy biker jacket (with 'Kill' written in studs on the back). The band were worryingly balding mid 30's, but the new stuff stands up. I must listen to that last album more.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Friday, 12 May 2006 08:22 (twenty years ago)

Back in Denim was apparently reissued monday anyone know if it's any different to previous versions. not that i mind i haven't been able to get me a copy for years.

― pscott (elwisty), Friday, 12 May 2006 08:57 (twenty years ago)

no extras on back in denim from what i hear

the working mens club show was great. the set was a bit short and lawrence's voice could have been higher in the mix. it was all pretty together. the band were oddly reminiscent of earl brutus in their loud blokey glam stompiness. but earl brutus with lawrence singing, which is fine by me. i never saw denim mind. let alone felt.

― cw (cww), Friday, 12 May 2006 11:28 (twenty years ago)

'denim on ice', but not 'back in denim', is on itunes.

― Enrique IX: The Mediator (Enrique), Saturday, 20 May 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

"The Osmonds" is my new favorite song. Is it wrong to think that Lou Reed would have tried this and failed, would have tried to write a song about a decade and put in weird little details about that decade but instead would get derailed in put in lots of uninteresting details about Lou Reed instead?

― Ruud Haarvest (Ken L), Thursday, 10 August 2006 03:15 (nineteen years ago)

it's a great song. truly epic. bell records!

i still haven't gotten my felt tattoo. but i still wanna do it. just gotta wait for the right time.

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 10 August 2006 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

Any liggers going to see Go Kart Mozart at Windsor Racecourse? It costs £60.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 10 August 2006 05:59 (nineteen years ago)

Seconding the love for "The Osmonds"- brilliant, and a healthy antidote to all the "I love the 70s" nostalgia stuff that those of us in the UK can find hard to escape sometimes.

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Thursday, 10 August 2006 08:34 (nineteen years ago)

Er, sorry that should be "thirding" above!

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Thursday, 10 August 2006 08:35 (nineteen years ago)

did anyone see the go kart mozart show at bloomsbury bowling lanes the other week? i can only imagine lawrence mortification at playing in a sweltering fun factory teeming with hen parties bowling (BOWLING!) noisily away ...that was a terrible booking decision

― cw (cww), Thursday, 10 August 2006 09:46 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

Lawrence talks to Girls.

― fit and working again, Wednesday, 9 December 2009 20:07 (sixteen years ago)

Oh my god! I've been obsessed with Lawrence for about 14 years but I've never heard him be interviewed before. He's so awkward and sweet, it just made me love him even more.

One day someone will write about a book about his life and he will finally get the recognition he deserves.

― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 9 December 2009 22:52 (sixteen years ago)

You should read the book 'Song Man' by Will Hodgkinson.

― fit and working again, Thursday, 10 December 2009 18:25 (sixteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

We're currently working on a Felt/Lawrence fanzine, due out early this spring - the release will be announced on our blog at http://foxtrotecholimatango.blogspot.com.

At the moment contents include essays, memoirs (reliable and unreliable), portraits of Lawrence, unanswered emails, previously unseen photographs, a Felt family tree, tour posters and other more oblique offerings!

― foxtrotecholimatango, Friday, 1 January 2010 21:16 (sixteen years ago)

xpost, the lawrence parts of the 'song man' book are pretty depressing. he's sort of a wreck in there, attending NA meetings, on the verge of eviction, still dreaming about writing his #1 hit though. it was written in 2007 so maybe he's in a better situation now.

(oddly enough i just mentioned that book on a different thread i just started up)

― NI, Saturday, 2 January 2010 13:46 (sixteen years ago)

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