#Go Kart Mozart

[nicklloydnow]

“Three decades ago, Lawrence (just Lawrence, no surname) was midway through a carefully measured plan for his band, Felt: release 10 albums and 10 singles in 10 years. That part was a success, generating a unique blend of glowing guitars and shimmering textures that sit somewhere between Television and the Cocteau Twins.

But Felt’s final release and farewell tour fizzled out with little fanfare, allowing the band to dissolve into the ether of cult status. That was also part of the plan, Lawrence claims. It’s just that there should’ve been a bit more glory along the way.

“I wanted Felt to be the best-ever underground band in England,” says the 56-year-old, a hint of his West Midlands accent still creeping through. “A band that would break into the charts as well as be countercultural.”

Lawrence is one of the last true enigmas left in the industry. His relationship to music, and his reason for getting into it, is not like most people’s. “Being in a band is not a pastime you could call fun,” he says dryly.

“I didn’t join a band to have fun; I don’t want to have fun. Fun doesn’t exist in my life. I didn’t want to have a laugh on the road and pick up girls – that was completely outside of our remit.”

Instead Felt was constructed to be pristine and professional. “Being happy with music that sounded like a demo?” he says, referring to the scrappy sound of mid-80s indie pop. “That was the opposite of what I wanted. I despised that whole aspect of making music.”

(…)

For Lawrence is, he believes, a pop star. With no computer, smartphone or online presence, he does lead the life of a reclusive genius – just minus the fame. “To me, a pop star is someone you never really know,” he says, touching his lips with the grey flannel. “You think you know, but you don’t.”

That said, Lawrence is open about his shortcomings. He rarely sleeps, instead staying up late watching TV and smoking cigarettes out on his balcony, where he comes up with his best ideas. Now that Felt’s first five albums are being reissued on Cherry Red, he can admit that there are a handful of mistakes he agonises over, and that a sense of preciousness hindered the band.

“I couldn’t loosen up. The perfect word to describe Felt to me was ‘uptight’. You had to have a certain plectrum to play in the band, that’s how detailed it was. Things like that prevent you from obtaining any big goal you may have because you’re always questioning everything. We were heading for a brick wall right from day one… But I knew the end of Felt was just the beginning. Sometimes to build a myth, you have to disappear.”

(…)

After Felt, Lawrence moved on to a more pop-focused band called Denim, putting out three albums on three different labels (Charlie Brooker recently picked one for his Desert Island Discs). And with an appearance on Jools Holland as well as a stadium tour supporting Pulp, the big time finally beckoned.

“With the third record [Denim Take Over] I achieved a life goal, which was to be on [the label] EMI,” he says. “I wrote ‘Summer Smash’ and they said, ‘That’s going to be a hit, we’ll sign you.’” The song was named ‘single of the week’ on Radio 1 and was due for release on 8 September 1997 – just nine days after Princess Diana died in a car crash. The label swiftly deemed the title insensitive, scrapping its release. The CDs were melted, the project abandoned and Denim were dropped.

“My whole life collapsed because of Princess Diana dying,” he says. “It affected the rest of my life in such a massive way – it’s crazy… I had some kind of breakdown. I just fell through a hole and only crawled out of it years later.”

The period that followed saw Lawrence grapple with drug addiction – something he doesn’t wish to discuss – and he eventually became homeless. Songs and lyrics still sprang up, but his workrate suffered and the opportunities disappeared. Then filmmaker Paul Kelly offered a lifeline by proposing a documentary about Lawrence (2011’s Lawrence of Belgravia).

(…)

The documentary focused on a new phase of Lawrence’s career, going by the moniker Go-Kart Mozart. New album Mozart’s Mini Mart reflects a less difficult but still frugal time in his life. He’s gone from paying someone £50 a week just to roll his joints, to utilising bargain stores. “I never even knew what Poundland was,” he says softly. Making the album required calling in favours to record for free, in stages, over several years.

(…)

“It’s not a safe environment at all and I love that; that’s why I’m in it. When you write a song, it’s like you’ve written a lottery ticket. You don’t know when it’s going to hit the jackpot. It’s really hardcore and if you don’t deliver, they terminate your contract. It’s so cool – so horrible and heartless – but I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Yet despite that enthusiasm, Lawrence doesn’t feel part of the musical landscape – at least not by the standards he’s set for himself. “I feel like I’m still on the outside of the industry, waiting to be let in,” he says. “I’m still knocking on the window saying, ‘Let me in, let me in’ and they’re saying, ‘Not quite yet. Soon, maybe…’””

“Nick Gilbert, who was the bass player, he left Felt in the middle of recording the first album in Leamington Spa. He rang me up a couple of days later and he went, “I’m leaving. Look, Lawrence, this is really ruining our friendship, me being in the band with you, and I don’t want to spoil it. So I’m gonna leave.”

And I thought, “So what if it’s gonna spoil or friendship? So what? We’re gonna be in a band, we’re gonna be famous, we’re gonna be millionaires, we’re gonna be pop stars. Who cares if it ruins our friendship?”

He was talking on a very, very deep level which at that point, I couldn’t understand the logic in that at all.”

Because your friendship with him was not that important to you?

“Not as important as being famous and rich, no.”

And now?

“Um… Now I’d still forego a friendship for the band, absolutely. I mean, my friend is the band. You know? My friend is that nebulous thing called “the band”. Called “the group”. That’s who I’m married to. Any friendship can go by the wayside. Um, and he was the only best friend I’ve ever had in my life so it was quite a big deal.”

“So to say that Lawrence of Belgravia perfectly captures the enigma that is Lawrence is to pay tribute to Paul Kelly, who in his first full-length feature has made one of the great rock documentaries. It concentrates on the eight years since the last Go-Kart Mozart album; the non-more ironically titled Tearing Up the Album Chart. Kelly had initially imagined the film would take a year to make but this was to reckon without his subject matter going missing for months at a time, living in constant fear of eviction (at the beginning of the film Lawrence actually is evicted) and there being zero financial backing for a third Go-Kart Mozart album.

Lawrence’s mental health problems and heroin addiction are only ever alluded to in a collage about halfway through the film but there can be little doubt of the toll they have exerted both upon the man and his creativity; this is someone, after all, who released ten albums and ten singles in ten years with Felt. The Lawrence of those years always cut a deeply stylish figure, excelling in perfect, art rock haircuts. By contrast, the Lawrence we meet in this film appears ashen and drawn, his long, greasy hair topped off by an equally greasy and ever present, baseball cap (there are times, alas, when he calls to mind Andy Serkis playing Gollum.)

If all of this sounds depressing then it both is and it isn’t. When I first saw the film at Chapter late last year, the general consensus of the audience in the following Q&A with Paul Kelly seemed to be that the film was a tragi-comic documentary about a deluded, failed pop star; with Lawrence cast as a kind of real life, indie David Brent. This was clearly to miss the point – Lawrence is a very important artist who has made some of the most important records of the eighties and early nineties. What is sad about the film is Lawrence’s continuing lack of recognition and the hand to mouth life he is living as a result; at one particularly heartbreaking moment in the film he sells his famous ‘Felt’ emblazoned guitar for £600.

(…)

Lawrence of Belgravia is a film made up of such apparent contradictions. Paul Kelly has given us a portrait of a forgotten genius, which for all its downbeat moments, is both hilarious and inspiring. As Lawrence says at one point, ‘no one has ever gone this far without making it.’ It may even be that this film changes all that.”

[guessimdumb]

Go-Kart Mozart - When You're Depressed (2018)

Go-Kart Mozart, now Mozart Estate, are the brainchild of Lawrence (Felt, Denim).  Here’s a cheerful pop song about depression! A theme song for Tumblr users, maybe.

You really can't imagine why You used to care, you used to try

[telarama]

Hand woven hand-stitched FELT band cushion pillow by Telarama

[emodanascully]

in other news all the people who say that bruce springsteen put too many words into the songs on his first two records have no taste and are quite frankly crazy

[ham1lton]

hi hehe it’s me again with another singer yn headcanon. she releases bed chem and lewis is in public the first time he hears it (he knows it’s abt him) and when he hears “come right on me, i mean camaraderie” he’s like 😧🫣🫨🙂‍↕️😌

- 🐰

JUNO!

pairings: lewis hamilton x popstar!yn

summary: writing songs about your alleged situationship with an f1 legend is one thing. watching the internet connect the dots and expose your soft launch in real time? that’s a whole other story.

warnings: very vague mentions of sex. if you can listen to the song, this’ll be okay.

author’s note: i kinda just did my own thing with it bunny anon i’m sorry :((

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yourinstagram: my newest album short n sweet is out this weekend. including my #1 single espresso!!! (still pinching myself) and my collab with thee sza. love her sm. please go check it out. maybe give it a stream. i would like that.

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user2: fav song??

-> yourinstagram: that’s like asking me to choose a favourite child :( i can’t do that. (it depends on the week and my mood).

sza: i love u :(

-> yourinstagram: LOVE U MORE 🩷🩷🩷

user1: YASSSSS!!!! WE WON!!!!

lewishamilton: so proud of you. you worked so hard for this.

-> user3: fav song future mr yn? 😊

-> lewishamilton: i’m a little partial to bed chem. can’t wait for you all to hear the album. it’s incredible.

-> user18: purr thank you current mr yn <3

user4: crying throwing up shaking i’m so ready for this

-> user5: real i’m already in shambles and it’s not even out yet

user6: yn x sza is actually the collab of the century idc. my mozart and beethoven.

user7: espresso is my religion and yn is my prophet

user8: she really said short n sweet just like me 🥹🫶

-> user9: we love a self-aware queen

user10: if short n sweet doesn’t heal my seasonal depression i’m suing

georgerussell63: loved espresso!!! such a hit 😃 excited for the album!!

user11: yn pls drop the sza collab early i’m begging on my knees

-> user12: same but make it the live version of espresso too i need both for survival

oscarpiastri: need a signed copy when it comes out for my gf and my sisters and my mum 😅

user13: yn dropping albums like this is her villain origin story and i’m here for it

billieeilish: ready to stream 🤩

user14: espresso literally changed my brain chemistry so i’m ready for the rest

user16: yn you don’t understand i have a midterm this week why would you do this to me

-> user17: yn said no academics just vibes

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r/YNYLN

Discussion Thread: “Soft Launch or Just a Coincidence? yn’s Espresso and Bed Chem Have Fans Losing It”

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u/caffeinatedqueen: “say you can’t sleep, baby, i know / that’s that me espresso” … lewis is DEFINITELY the sleepless baby here. no one can convince me otherwise.

u/oversizedandobsessed: honestly, this whole album is just yn is just dragging this man through the mud of infatuation, and he’s happily letting her do it.

u/softlaunchdetective: the way she says “too bad your ex don’t do it for ya, walked in and dream-came-trued it for ya” like ??? is this shade at one of lewis’ exes??? 👀

u/nintendoswitchitup: “move it up, down, left, right, oh / switch it up like nintendo” … idk if it’s just me but this sounds like an inside joke. lewis definitely spilled to her about playing mario kart that one time or something, and she ran with it.

u/spillthepollen: LEWIS LITERALLY HAVING A PROD CREDIT ????

u/espressoenthusiast: can we talk about how lewis called bed chem his fave and now he’s out here reposting espresso lyrics on his story?? like sir, do you want us to know that you down bad???

u/ynsbathrobe: lewis flying across time zones just to have yn calling him “sleepless” is sending me. they are not even trying to hide it anymore.

u/girlnamedcamaraderie: okay but the real tea: did she write this while they were “just friends” or after things escalated 👀 bc espresso feels like early-days crush and bed chem feels like… post-crush lmao.

u/carbonfiberqueen: the way “holy shit, is it that sweet? i guess so” is the cockiest line ever, and lewis was out here blushing on that Monaco dinner date. yn KNOWS she’s got him wrapped around her finger.

u/ynluvr69: not my queen begging him not to embarrass her. like yes he’s thee lewis hamilton but he’s also just a man 😭

u/racecarroman: the album rollout being this obvious is killing me. yn drops espresso, juno and bed chem, lewis goes “yeah this is my fave”, and now they’re gonna post a joint vacation pic in a week. mark my words.

u/manifestoversized: the taste music video is so hot im so serious i want her.

u/proofitsscientific: she gave us the words “say you can’t sleep, baby, i know” and then turned around and said “are you free next week?” … yn, we are all begging for mercy.

u/bedchemmessy: at this point, just let lewis confirm he’s the sleepless baby. he’s BEEN soft-launching yn through his spotify likes anyway.

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ham1ltonshaderoom: i think we have an idea of the cute boy with the white jacket and thick accent is. singer songwriter yn yln released her newest album ‘short n sweet’ to both critical and commercial success the past weekend with five songs slotting themselves in the top ten. she also set twitter alight with the loudest soft launch of her alleged relationship with f1 legend lewis hamilton according to eagle-eyed fans. what do we think about the album and the couple ham1ltons?

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user1: yn writing bed chem and espresso about lewis is honestly too much for me. this is their pr team’s magnum opus.

user2: idk why people are surprised. we BEEN knew when she was randomly at that Monaco GP last year “just for vibes” 💀

user4: not y’all hyping them up like yn didn’t expose their entire situationship in bed chem… miss girl is wild for “arrive at the same time”

user3: idc about the relationship but short n sweet ATE and left no crumbs. five top ten hits? she’s THAT girl.

-> user25: cause juno, taste, espresso, bed chem and please please please??? she’s crazy!!

user5: the only thing louder than this “soft launch” is lewis’ exhaust pipes and yn’s lyricism.

user8: yn really said “i will not post him but i WILL write about what we’re doing at 3 a.m.” and i respect it

user9: “thick accent” got me crying bc we KNOW it’s lewis but yn made it sound like she pulled a victorian love interest 😭

user7: not a fan tbh… lewis is too much of a legend for this oversharing energy. like, does everything need to be in a song?

-> user10: girl it’s called being a songwriter… he knew what he signed up for.

user13: yn’s fans are delulu. they’re literally never gonna post each other publicly and y’all are gonna be analyzing vibes forever 💀

-> user11: LMFAOOOO

-> user12: feel like the dummy you are yet?

user14: short n sweet is a whole love letter to lewis and i’m here for it. she’s in her main character era, and he’s just happy to be here.

-> user26: she wants his baby 😭 like writing a whole song about a breeding kink is insane… #needthat

user15: lewis reposting espresso lyrics like “that’s that me espresso” was the confirmation i needed. boy, we KNOW it’s about you.

user16: the album is fire but yn’s “soft launch” strategy has me cackling. just post a selfie together and call it a day!!!

user17: imagine lewis on the pit wall like “yeah i’m the sleepless baby yn’s talking about” 😭😭

user18: i’m not saying lewis dating yn is a marketing strategy but it’s giving world domination vibes and i fear i love it.

-> user19: PR relationship or not, if yn pulls up at another GP this season, i’m throwing hands.

-> user19: CAUSE THAT SHOULD BE MEEEE 😓

user20: yn u did your thing with this album!!!

user21: i just KNOW lewis is on her close friends story hyping her up with “🔥🔥🔥” emojis and we’ll never see it.

user22: yn soft launched a relationship and a top-tier album simultaneously. queen of multitasking.

user23: lewis is too old for this tbh. my guy should be manifesting a championship, not blowing out his pop star gf’s back.

user24: yn and lewis got me believing in love again. bed chem is my anthem. i’m free next week if they’re hiring a third.

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Do you know any sterek fics that are like ocean's eight please? Thank you for everything youre doing <3

Here's some heist fics!

Code 594 - Malicious Mischief by thegirlnamedcove

(1/1 I 1,454 I Mature)

“I’m not helping you steal a laptop!”

“It’ll be fun, sourwolf, think of it as stealth practice.”

“I’ll think of it as a misdemeanor you little shit.”

the thing with the guy in the place by ceserabeau

(1/1 I 3,326 I General)

“Let me guess, you want to rob a casino?” Scott holds up three fingers and Stiles’ eyebrows shoot upwards. “Three casinos?”

Or, the Ocean's Eleven AU that no one asked for.

The Heart of the Pack by ArientheSun

(1/1 I 4,256 I Teen)

A single massive ruby, red as blood, red as the juice of the pomegranate that so ensnared Persephone, sat encased by glass on a pedestal in the centre of the small room. Its facetted, asymmetrical face threw spots of pink brilliance along the walls and floor. Stiles could have sworn he saw it pulse slightly, like a broken heart that had been resurrected as crystal. A sign above aptly named it the Queen’s Broken Heart.

Derek met Stiles' eyes, and not a single word nor smile passed between them. But Stiles could see the amusement in his dark eyes, and the reproach. You’re insane to believe we can pull this off.   Stiles just blinked slowly as Derek stepped away.

You’re insane if you think we can’t.

Oddities in Oslo by Shinigami24

(14/14 I 5,028 I Teen)

On the last leg of their European vacation, the detectives are expecting a bit more rest. Instead they get a heist. The case brings them to the point of exhaustion.

A heist a day keeps the feelings at bay by sterekanigans

(1/1 I 6,671 I Teen)

Never let it be said that being a criminal was easy. No, no, far from the glamorous life the movies would have you believe.

Throw into the equation a rival criminal who is intent on taking all your targets? Stiles’ career as a multi-million-dollar criminal has been threatened ever since Derek goddamn Hale entered the scene one long, painful year ago.

And he’s ready to set the record straight.

Or the one where everyone is a criminal and Stiles and Derek have an insane amount of sexual tension.

Mozart In A Go-Kart by AsagiStilinski

(5/5 I 58,548 I Teen)

"What about your name?"

"Stiles," he replied simply, offering the man a smile

"Stiles?" the waiter repeated, a smirk touching his lips

"Your name is Stiles?"

OR: The Baby Driver AU nobody asked for

[breezingby]

Blinded By The Light ~ Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light

Madman drummer bummers Indians in the summer With a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps As the adolescent pumps His way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder Feeling kinda older I tripped a merry-go-round With this very unpleasing Sneezing and wheezing The calliope crashed to the ground The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night

Some silicone sister With her manager mister Told me I got what it takes She said, I'll turn you on sonny to something strong Play the song with the funky break And go-kart Mozart Was checking out the weather chart To see if it was safe outside And little Early Pearly Came by in his curly-wurly And asked me if I needed a ride Asked me if I needed a ride

'Cause she was blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light

She got down but she never got tight She's gonna make it to the night She's gonna make it through the night

But mama, that's where the fun is But mama, that's where the fun is

~ ♫♪♫♪ ~

Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun But mama, that's where the fun is

Some brimstone baritone Anticyclone rolling stone Preacher from the east Says, "Dethrone the Dictaphone Hit it in its funny bone That's where they expect it least." And some new mown chaperone Was standing in the corner Watching the young girls dance And some fresh-sown moonstone Was messing with his frozen zone Reminding him of romance

The calliope crashed to the ground

But she was blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night

(Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat)

Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night

(With a boulder on my shoulder feelin' kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground)

Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night

(And now Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn up the band.)

Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night

(Some silicone sister with her manager mister told me I got what it takes She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong)

She got down but she never got tired She's gonna make it through the night

[the-firebird69]

Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light

This rocks so much I now see what he's saying this is what it is it works. And we plan to help but wow this is awesome he says it too this is intense I tell you it's it's beyond what he thought and I never thought he'd say it he said there's too many components there's too many things there's too many monsters there's too many idiots and it's hard to think. It forces you to. And what we say is there's too much all these idiots and we're gonna help but wow this is an awesome song you're never gonna believe what this is about it is intense these guys want to use extortion and he said you fake it so I can get you the information and ... don't stop everyone is going to kill these two idiots here trump and his sonl So it's very clear that they're not going to and they're idiots they keep trying these setups and they keep doing this weird stuff and it's lame and it's horrible and they get killed it is symbol it is symbolism and this is a bit of a change where it's richer and it's doing something and they're lazy **** so don't do anything and they're finding out that they could be far and far behind the Mac properties and in the stone age where they appear to be and people have been saying and laughing at them when they're in trouble too and the pseudo empires in the long trouble. This is going to have a profound change on them if it's bad we kill them all if it's good it's good if it's in the middle we still work like madness and it's probably where it'll be for a while not long. Tommy F coz nuts takes it over and gets pushed out the 31st.

Go kart Mozart Red German and he invented this crazy go kart what is electric once gas he changed the gas motor kept the electric and he's putting a bigger electric bigger battery and the aggressive tires on both and he says he should make the small one with a smaller seat and simply sell it to smaller people and elongate or enlarge the big one a little bit and he said wow that's intense and he used a little bit stiffer spring and that's it then you have two models and people would love the small one regardless of what you do but they'll keep the big one and he prayed and said that's great so he's doing it and people love it the Stiffer Springs really helped on the big one and the little

- Silicone sister deca and it's obvious why the name and what she looks like when they go out there to the circus

- Manager Mr and it's someone who wants to have our son work from Ken and our son looked into the eyes of Jesus Christ and she was telling him not to and he said this is our problem and GHWB is composing the song using a computer and you can hear it and their lives are torturing some weird but they loved it. And it is on the grounds of Barnum and Bailey Circus that they go up there and Brad is implicated our son is implicated as is Tommy F Moore for tipping over the Calliope which you saw a picture of ages ago in a video of a woman playing it with Sarah and she wants it to happen and her son thinks so too george was mean to him and was threatened him with shooting him and shooting his wife. Finally. And other people do it later.

- Laptop like a deuce they take the vehicles out there that are like them but they're not military they don't have tracks but they have six wheels and it's awesome and it's like it's not the Rolls Royce so it's smaller they're not armored but they're beefy

- They're really limousines but they're armored and they've got beefy tires.

They go up to the Cardisan which is the Barnum and Bailey Circus Museum and grounds it was a fairground OK for international fair and it had George's mansion and they put other buildings there to hold a fair and to live on the grounds all of it was where their houses and stuff they used to do that quite a bit they were showmen they were entertainers and they stayed alive by doing it. And they spread the wealth and people were happy. People started hurting them they got angry and came up with a plan to leave and you pushed them away and you pushed them down and you're very mean and our son sees who it is you guys are doing it but the max proper having you in your poor and the clans knew it and couldn't help it but they don't have support like our son does and you guys are supporting him a little too and he admits it but they could not keep doing it the way they were a period

A sun must go up there our sun must go up there and do the weightlifting and he says I think it happens before and they start doing it and he tries to implicate our son and that's Dave and they try to do it with a whole bunch of stuff the crabs and all sorts of weird they're just nuts and he goes to Lake Okeechobee and tries to say it's our son eating raw meat and it's a really a pig or something and he pushes the calliope over and it says she was blinded by the light it's not Hera and not his wife nor mother etc.  It is that they were going to be in hell forever and George has seen the song he mistook it because it's a machine that has to be deactivated but then he said we think it's the son who took over JC Jesus Christ. And he's getting messages from his daughter and he says we have a problem and said it's supposed to be by the Matt Proper and we have to work at a certain way I think and use it somehow so he got it and he said wow that's awesome so he's doing it too and he got it and we thank them for the help but they're fairly evil. And we did have to fight and we still do but he goes up there and tips it over and he sings she'll be alright meaning we're screwed but he sort of knows that it might do stuff because they're really stupid and he says it too.

Thor Freya

Olympus

I bet you thought that you would not be so involved and he's laughing and laughing and she's laughing a little bit he's laughing a lot because he says oh this little piece of poop that came out of the poop is going up there to do the job like someone from the Mafia hired him and I mean hispaniola. Is. BG. And he means BG and that's what he's saying it's really like a cheap shot that attracted his attention we hear and they're going after him and he says what would you do you're sitting out playing gay songs trying to remember it and someone has to be mad. And it's because our son wants to try and make money off them no it has nothing to do with that but he sort of gets it trying to have people shoot him or beat him up and so he got mad and said you're right and was angry and the Mac proper are encouraging it and that's probably where it ends cause they're saying the foreigners aren't there and he says oh boy and he gets it too it's about heavy and this is how it goes how would that be limited so that a lot of it would be them each other but they'd be using their bodies and he's horrified. So we're gonna get to it they say and this is great and wow that is huge it's huge to ou.... and wow that is huge it's huge to our son and daughter these are songs that really haven't been made until now and they've been listening to their whole lives and they love the sound and it's mystical and it's powerful and they can hear it is way past what these guys would be doing. It really is. The sounds are so intense it makes you want to cheer or yell or scream and I stood up today and I said I can't believe this is happening it is so rude what we're doing and they're really stupid and I hear thank God i'll tell you they are very very awful but these little boys the Mac proper are pushing and we're gonna get them.

Zig Zag

Olympus

[fitzrovianews]

Exhibition: Lawrence in Fitzrovia - Unveiling of the Marble Head

A pink marble bust of singer, songwriter and musician Lawrence, by sculptor Corin Johnson, is on show at The Fitzrovia Chapel from today. Lawrence is a former resident of Cleveland Street in Fitzrovia, and has released over 20 albums with his groups Felt, Denim, Go Kart Mozart, and Mozart Estate. Corin Johnson is a sculptor who has previously collaborated with musicians Nick Cave, Grace Jones,…

[girlyandunruly]

2023: Most important thing is family

First year I’ve felt a shift from my “forever young” lifestyle to realizing we are getting old. Our friends no longer join every big event. Both our grandmothers passed away earlier this year. We’ve also had some health problems we’ve had to manage. There’s more time spent at home with continued house maintenance and remodeling projects (and a little of relaxation when possible). I guess since we spend more time at home, we keep improving it. But overall, I’m like “what’s going on? Are we boring? Oh, we are just getting older”, blah.

The biggest focus this year has been family. Between birthdays, funerals, national holidays, and newborn family member, we traveled 8 times in the year to spend time with family. With all the life changes, I cherish the time I spend with our family.

Workwise, this year I hired three new people for my team, and it was the first time in 5 years working at Barr Engineering that I felt the workload was finally manageable. All those years of stress finally paid off; I have a solid team, way more money (ha!) and Barr did an article about me so getting some industry recognition.

Traveling to a new place or visiting family is my favorite thing to do. Here’s this year’s list, 9 different states and 3 new countries, not one full month spent in Denver.

JANUARY:

Jackson Hole, WY snowboarding with friends (Highlight: seeing a moose on the ski run!!)

FEBRUARY:

Taos, NM snowboarding trip with friends for my 38th birthday (Highlight: live music at a bar)

MARCH:

Tucson, AZ for work NAEM conference (Highlight: cucumber vodka lemonades)

APRIL:

Houston, TX for abuelita’s celebration of life

MAY:

Birmingham, MI for Luka’s birthday

JUNE:

Vienna, Austria trip with my mom (Highlights: ALL THE ART!! Absolute best and champagne breaks)

JULY:

Collbran, CO camping for 4th of July

Lake George, NY for Betty Brown’s celebration of life

AUGUST:

Nagawicka Lake, WI for grandpa Bob’s 95th birthday

Serbia and Montenegro for our 5th year wedding anniversary (Highlights: Basketball player Boban Marjanovic being at the same restaurant and all the cats in Montenegro)

SEPTEMBER:

Houston, TX for business trip (Highlight: Got to see SanJuanita and parents for a night)

OCTOBER:

Minneapolis, MN for work training

NOVEMBER:

Birmingham, MI for sisbro’s birthday and went to see Metallica (Highlight: Detroit Institute of Art with so many dutch paintings)

Tampa, FL for Thanksgiving with the Brown family (Highlights: Salvador Dali, wild dolphins and saving Sofi)

DECEMBER:

Houston, TX for Christmas with the family (Highlight: Go Karts with the siblings!)

The times I wasn’t traveling but stayed in Denver were memorable: 1- Goat yoga 2- Getting a limo to see SOFI TUKKER at Red Rocks 3- Bridgerton themed brunch with Elizabeth 4- Indoor mini golf with friends where I won :D 5- Denver Nuggets won the NBA championship and my obsession with Jokic started 6- Seeing The Book of Mormon 7- Makeup class with Kate at Sephora, and finally learning better makeup techniques (I know what to do with primer and bronzer) 8- Obsessed with Women’s World Cup games 9- Vivas Streets where Denver closed Broadway and Welton and had it open for bikers/walkers and no cars. So much fun. 10- Free outdoor movie The Goonies at Curtis Park 11- Tried something new: Hip Hop class with Holly 12- Seeing Jerry Seinfeld 13- Discovered new favorite restaurants: Jovanina’s Broken Italian and Bao Brewhouse

Relax time at home:

Creating art of any form is my favorite pastime. And this year I’ve become obsessed with creating miniatures. A few inspired by my recent travels: Mozart's home after Austria and Porto Winery after Portugal.

Favorite books I read this year: o The Blueprint for Revolution by Srdja Popovic o All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Bigger focus on skin care. I have a routine of drinking tea collagen every morning, take vitamins and use serum. The occasional face mask.

Favorite TV shows/Movies in 2023:

Shrinking

Beef

Transatlantic

Ted Lasso

Air

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

BARBIE!!

With all the art obsession this year I came up with our Halloween costume: Vincent Van Gogh and The Starry Night

Baby news!

New nephew Noah born in February 2023 and new baby announcement from Justin and Vanessa again on the same year! (another boy!)

Owen and Pearl had their baby Soren on November 7, 2023.

My 2024 wishes are for better health and continued happiness <3

[psychodollyuniverse]

Go Kart Mozart - Mozart’s Mini Mart new album 23 february 2018

Celebrate the Genius of Lawrence the most underrated british songwriter of the last 30 years. He was the mind behind a band like FELT, DENIM and is now the soul of GO KART MOZART! A man ahead of his times, or as he recently said “I’m years ahead of myself”!

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Go-Kart Mozart - Listening to Marmalade (2005)

Junkshop Glam. If you don’t recognize the name, Go-Kart Mozart were (are) led by Lawrence, formerly of Felt, as well as Denim.  Apparently he’s now doing business as Mozart Estate.

And through the shit we'll wade

[foxandhisfriends]

Lawrence from Felt/Denim/Go-Kart Mozart,  NME, 4 August  1990

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What’s On Michael Portillo’s iPod: POZI

What’s On Michael Portillo’s iPod: POZI

Here at Birthday Cake For Breakfast, we like to get to the heart of what an artist is all about. We feel the music they listen to is just as important as the music they make. With that in mind, we’re delighted to have LDN outfit POZI in the hot seat, talking us through five releases that have helped shape and inspire their debut album.

Television Personalities’ album They Could Have Been Bigger…

[nononookytv]

why did i find Lawrence though Go-Kart Mozart instead of Felt 😭 im listening to them for the first time after only knowing his novelty music