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March 2008

.Happy new year!
And now, the news on Lawrence: as writen in the Felt Messaging Board, Lawrence is preparing a new GKM record and a solo album is expected.
No news on Lawrence of Belgravia. Take a chair, sit down and wait: patience is a part of the Lawrence mystic.

.I heard Maurice Deebank had an accident in his workplace.
I hope he's recovering well and I'm sending all the best to whom was recently considered by a guitar magazine "One of the best guitar players fame forgot".

.Meanwhile, the free CD (Beloved: a treasurey of classic British indie rock) of Mojo magazine's March edition, includes Penelope Tree.


. And check out our Multimedia section! Denim live in Later with Jools Holland, fantastic Felt covers and live GKM
.We also got new articles and Reviews, specially Pol Dodu's with great insight.

November 2007

.Click in Colonel K's to read a great review on Absolute Classic Masterpieces (Review section).

.For those hoping for an old Felt live video lost in mama's attic, here's some good news: I have in my possession 2 live tracks from Greenock, Scotland.
Apart from Declaration, there isn't any live footage. At least declared. So this is the first one with some close-ups.
I have it on VHS. After digital conversion, I'll upload them on Youtube, most possibly this month.
A big thanks to Chris Davidson and Paul Barr for sharing the video and for blind trust.
Gig stills are displayed in the Pictures section.

.Deborah, music writer/reviewer from B-Rock, wrote "Beautiful losers": a remarkable essay on Felt .

.Andy Murray found out a rare 1993 interview with Lawrence in Indiecator magazine. Read it here and here (in pdf format).

.And Lawrence's thoughts on Steve Jones (Uncut Sep 2006)

September 2007

.A small update: Novas tendências lp, on Felt compilation (Discography)

.Also: I added my profile to Lasfm. They have a small Felt Message board and you can hear 30 seconds samples. Join the comunity.

.And I also recommend Discogs: a great site with album ratings, discography and detailed information. You can only update info with moderators consent.

.And finally, another daring challenge for Felt fans: I'm creating a Felt trivia and curiosities file. Yes, and I hope you can add informal, completely useless and silly information on Felt, like what's the origin of Strange Idols cover or why Lawrence destroyed all copies of Index single?!
I have one for starters: What is the monument displayed in the Cover of Goldmine trash? mail me for suggestions, tips, etc.

August 2007

Hi everybody. I recently found out these 3 sites that I trully recommend...it's worth a fast ride through these spots, where you can add some Felt info. I will!

. A nice Felt biography where you can add info.

.In Rate your music you can rate Felt music.

.Capas de culto (in portuguese) tributes Felt and Denim album covers.

..Related Lyrics: "The Osmonds" guitar chords (partial) (Back in Denim) by Rui H.

.Hear a 30 seconds sample track from Maurice Deebank's lp "Inner thought zone" (Cherry Red site)

."Official" Primitive Painters videoclip in Youtube.

July 2007

.You must read this: a nice Felt article and a great review called The Best Song Writers Ever (Corner) - Felt a.k.a Lawrence Hayward - Absolute Genius, by S-a-l K-l-i-t-a B-l-o-gg-e-r.(also available in the Review section).

. Although the Fly site is closed, recently Marco Thomas, Gary Ainge and Martin Davies rehearsed new stuff. Is this a come back?

..For those inquiring Paul Kelly's documentary on Lawrence and acording to Christopher Basterra "The film is based on an extensive interview of Lawrence, talking about music, politics and so. There will be live footage of GKM gigs and interviews of other characters. It's supposed to be titled Lawrence Of Belgravia". Rumors sugest the film is not ready yet.

.Turbonegro has a cover of Back in Denim in their latest release, Retox. Here's a sample.

.Penelope Tree live cover by C-86 All stars and Primitive Painters clip in Youtube (no id text, no logo, with different inserted images, a sort of Director's cut).

.Tony Willé played guitar in some of Felt's best albuns: "Forever breathes..." and "Poem of the river" .
I got in touch with Tony after visiting his site (here and also here) and I asked him to share his experience with Felt.
This is what he generously wishes to share with us, Felt fans. A big thanks Tony! here's the link.

.Phil King is touring with The Jesus and the Mary Chain. And you can watch them here, live at Letterman's (May 07).

.I've updated some unlinked data. Recheck bellow direct links to Natxo Jiménez and Pol Dodu's sites.

.New Chords:The day the rain cames down. Chords by 1cp.


May 2007

.Vinyl reissues info: acording to Lee McFadden "the reissues are being released through Get Back Records - wich is a subsidiary of Abraxas Records in Italy"

.Fly site's closed? Fly (Gary Ainge, Marco Thomas and Martin Davies) site is now offline. Question: is the project finished?

I DARE YOU! I'm thinking about making some changes in this site, mainly, the image logo and colours. So, I dare you, Felt fans to make sugestions and create a new image logo. The dimension must be "so so" respected, taking or giving a pixel. The best logo will be the new site's face. So grap your Photoshop and inspiration and make the new site logo and sugest a new colour.

New Chords: a010aa sent a couple of chords, "Evergreen Dazed", "Trails of colour dissolve" and Narciso "Mexican Bandits".
Die hard fans: test them!

Felt History in Spanish: Spanish article by Natxo Sobrado Jiménez: Felt, in Absolutzine (Articles). You can check it here and here.

Pol "Amateur de musique" Dodu reviews in Blogonzeureux! a bunch of Felt releases and traces a parallel to his "Felt experience" and life.
In french and beautifully writen! use Google translation if you need. You can also see them here.

EPictorial Jackson Review: An unsatisfied JC Brouchard edited (virtually) a double Pictorial Jackson Review EP (published by his virtual label Vivonzeureux! Records).
Text in english and french in Articles and sleeve in here.

Also new Photos!! Lawrence interviewed by Popnews (2006), Memorabilia and old Felt pictures!

March 2007

Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow demo, now available on mp3: Go to Multimedia and download this rarity. More info in here.

Felt's first LPs to be released: Crumbling the antiseptic beauty and Splendour of Fear are going to be reissued with it's original artwork in vinyl.
I don't know if it's a Cherry Red edition. More info given by Lee McFadden in the Felt Forum.

February 2007

New GKM bootlegs: I exchanged some bootlegs with fan Julian Ellis. I've now got 4 new GKM bootlegs. I've updated my list and add some notes to my article. Regarding news on Lawrence, nothing yet.

The Versatile Newts single is going to be reissued in Messthetics #103 : The Versatile Newts single was Shangai records second release (the first was Felt's Index). I believe Nick Gilbert already gave his ok to Chuck Warner, responsible for this much awaited reissue.

December 2006

Uncut magazine tributes Lawrence's work: In the November issue, On a building site was included on the top 10 best songs about Work.
The December issue granted Back in Denim in "Uncut's top 20 reissues in 2006".

November 2006

New Felt song version discovered: Lee McFadden found out that Penelope Tree's promo b-side is different from the already known lp versions. I'll try to convert this into mp3 and share it in the site.

Index single beats a record!: Index single (1979) has beaten a new record price in Felt items on Ebay. It was sold for 163 pounds (about 241 Euros).

New Photos: Felt fans Steve and António Narciso sent us a couple of photos (thanks!). Check them on Memorabilia and GKM live (Pictures section)

GKM are playing live: supporting Jarvis Cocker in Camden this wednesday, 15th November at Ko Ko!

Primitive Painters cover: German cover (Primitive Busfahrer) by Die Busfahrer: click here to access the site.

GKM's live photos from Stockholm (14/10/06): check out these fantastic photos from Sweden. All the beautifull people was there to see Lawrence & co. Click here. Also available thru a Pictures section link.

October 2006

27th October = GKM live in London: The Magic Numbers, Gokart Mozart, Vic Godard & Subway Sect + DJs Saint Etienne and Jeff Barrett live on ICA, London. More details in here.

GKM Gothenburg gig review for only: If you're , or if you speak , then click here (Puss Ida)

"Lawrence of Belgravia" doc on hold: Paul Kelly's documentary on Lawrence, "Lawrence of Belgravia" is not ready yet, although it was planed to be premiered in the London Film Festival this autumn. Waiting......... .... .... is the keyword.

Fresh live photos from GKM: pictures from the Gothenburg gig. Also fresh new photos in the Felt pictures (go to Pictures section).

Go-Kart Mozart live in Youtube: new Go-Kart Mozart videos in Youtube probably from the Stockholm gig.

Videos featuring Phil King in Youtube: Phil King (ex-Felt, ex-Lush) features in some old videos now available in Youtube: Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday (playing drums) and Apple Boutique - Love resistance

September 2006
Felt/ Denim/ GKM Remixes: Found a place where you can download some remixed Felt/Denim tracks: "Felt-Denim-Go-Kart Mozart remixes" (good effort but quite amateur).

.Lawrence's working on the latest GKM album! luckily/ probably it will be out this year (October)!
The album’s name will be “On the hot dog street”.

."Middle of the road" (Denim) videoclip in youtube.com!

.Reviews>Tearing up the album chart and also Ballad of the band, by Davide Ariasso (in italian)

.Articles> Felt article (in italian) by Alessandro

.Lawrence latest interview to Popnews - June 2006 (in french). (also, a copy in the Articles section)
Tip: go to Google tools and choose the page translation mode. There won't be much lost in translation, believe me!

May 2006
. Promo video from Declaration's DVD here

GOLDMINE TRASH reissued . Meant to be released in December 05, it's finally out! .Presenting the cover of the new Felt reissue: "Gold mine trash", for sale in the CHERRY RED site .Initially the cover had a design slightly different . Notice the differences in the Discography section

.Controversial article on Lawrence in this month's Uncut. It seems Lawrence has responded back and propose an interview to post his position.
Read it here (thanks for the scan, Steve!)

.I've upgraded the Pictures section. Now you can visit the my Kodak Gallery page to see recent pics.

Cherry Red reissued Back in Denim.
Ease your spirit: as expected, no bonus tracks, just the same (with a slightly different inner layout with some unreleased Lawrence pics) with a new date: 2006.
For sale at the Cherry Red site. The Guardian reviewed.

.The new reissue of Goldmine trash is out of stock at the Cherry Red site (sorry, but was this ever released??)

April 2006
.Wake up you english fans!!!! GKM are playing in London on the 5th of May! (entry 7£)
Here's the adress: Workingmensclub (42 Pollard Row, E2) between Shoreditch and Bethnal Green).
For extra info go to www.myspace.com/legaltenders (thanks for the tip Christophe)
Be there, write a review, film it, take some pics and send all to our site.


.Indiepop Top 100 revealed! Italian website Indiepop.it have compiled what they consider to be the Top 100 indiepop albums of all-time.
As you can imagine there's plenty of Creation releases featured, Biff Bang Pow's 'The Girl Who Runs The Beat Hotel' is at #4 and Felt's 'Forever Breathes The Lonely Word' is at #7 (source indiepop.it and Creation records site).

.On the Message board there's a link to some Paris photos. Go-Kart Mozart played 2 sets in Paris on the 27th of March in a place called La flèche d'Or.
.The gig was filmed by Paul Kelly (Ex-East Village), who's working on a documentary on Lawrence called "Lawrence of Belgravia".
Acording to Lee McFadden, the film will be finished by October/Nobember 2006 and will be presented at the London Film Festival.

March 2006
. Also, Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart in Myspace (includes 4 tracks each). Go to Links!
. Some extra info displayed in the Creation records site, concerning GKM's gig in Paris.

>Here's some names Lawrence sugests to forthcoming bands: Cynthetic ceiling - Taz Wrapper - Alf Tomkinson's bicycle party - KKN (Korruption Kollusion Nepotism) - Len bright and his folding paper - Canada Briggs and her problems down there - Rocket cottage - Babi yar.

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