I did give him a copy of Street Level Superstar though

RIP the great Sly Stone. Sly Stone at 80: ‘Everyone has some Riot in them’ www.thetimes.com/article/d7d2...

Budgie speaks! On the Banshees, the Creatures, the shadow of his mother’s death and his crazy life with Siouxsie Sioux in a crumbling pile in France. www.thetimes.com/article/d995...

A month to go South London: Lawrence, @willhodgkinson.bsky.social & @sian-superman.bsky.social Street-level Superstar, The Ivy House Nunhead 🎟️ tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...

Spoke with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, one of the only bands of over 50 years’ standing still making great records, like the forthcoming and appropriately titled MAD! www.thetimes.com/article/d3e2...

“Bruce Springsteen review — stadium protest for the America he loves: The rock legend was on a mission, decrying the authoritarianism of Donald Trump in an impassioned yet hopeful performance” @willhodgkinson.bsky.social for The Times

South London folks. We’re heading to the Ivy House Nunhead with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Lawrence and @sian-superman.bsky.social 19 June - join us. tinyurl.com/StreetLevel-...

A New Kind of Wilderness is one of the most moving docs I have seen in years - a tale of grief, alternative living and the challenge of holding onto your ideals. And the Payne family’s choice to go off grid chimed with my own odd, albeit more suburban childhood. www.thetimes.com/article/0f22...

My Dad - a very cool man in his eighth decade - is taking a cruise around the Mediterranean. His holiday reading companion is ‘Street Level Superstar’ by @willhodgkinson.bsky.social. I am receiving regular updates on the pilgrims progress

Fame at last for cult indie-pop singer who never hit the big time @willhodgkinson.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/84f4...

Well this is lovely. A huge and deserved congrats to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social - and Lawrence - for winning the Penderyn Book of the Year prize. And if anyone’s counting, that’s two wins in a row for Nine Eight Books

Street Level Superstar, A Year With Lawrence has won the 2025 Penderyn Prize. Thanks to everyone who has helped on the crazy journey, with extra special thanks to @peteselby.bsky.social for all he has done.

The mighty Tom Sheehan talks to @willhodgkinson.bsky.social about photographing Oasis. ‘They got more flash but really they stayed the same’: Tom Sheehan on Oasis www.thetimes.com/article/59c0...

“It ended up being the ruin of the band, the nail in the coffin.” @willhodgkinson.bsky.social

Yes it is in the possession of the Scottish artist Jim Lambie - who promises to wheel it out next time Mozart Estate do a Glasgow gig

Will Hodgkinson: “Diría que, más que querer ser una estrella famosa del pop, Lawrence prefiere representar ese papel” José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista musical @willhodgkinson.bsky.social por “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”, de los mejores libros de 2024.

The real story of Charli xcx’s Brat, from its producer and co-mastermind A.G. Cook www.thetimes.com/article/6c4f...

. @willhodgkinson.bsky.social dedicó doce meses de su vida a desvelar el enigma tras la máscara de Lawrence (Felt, Denim, Go-Kart Mozart y Mozart Estate). El resultado de semejante hazaña es el libro “Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence”. José Manuel Caturla habla con el periodista.

Just heard the news about Roberta Flack. So many nights spent listening to this masterpiece.

Happy Release Day for @brookecombe.bsky.social “Dancing At The Edge Of The World” produced by @jamesskelly.bsky.social Been eager to hear the entire album on an early Friday morning, just great songs start to finish rooted in soul. Highly recommended music.apple.com/us/album/dan... #MusicSky 🎧

Google spent billions of dollars on this shit.

Spoke to Noel G, Shaun Ryder, Bez and Zak Starkey about their new group Mantra of the Cosmos. Bez: ‘I was trying to start a revolution and tell everyone to live without money. Nobody got it.’ Shaun: ‘You were doing it while wearing a Rolex.’ www.thetimes.com/article/ca68...

Great news and well done to everyone on the list. Happy to be in such good company.

Well that was wonderful. Thanks @nineeightbooks.bsky.social, @willhodgkinson.bsky.social and of course Lawrence. What a tale. #feltband #gokartmozart #mozartestate

Tambourines at the ready people, Joel Gion is heading to Walthamstow... Celebrating his acclaimed book IN THE JINGLE JANGLE JUNGLE in paperback with @rnrbook-club.bsky.social, in conversation with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social + guest DJs Tickets on sale now eventbrite.co.uk/e/joel-gion-...

Eager to hear this 🎤 @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Can I learn to sing like Bob Dylan? My lesson with Timothée Chalamet’s voice coach www.thetimes.com/article/b412...

It almost happened… but never did.

I’ll never tell! Thank you Richard James Foster for your kind words and omelette curiosity

Happy new year everyone! Miracles can happen!

These are the books, old and new, I most enjoyed reading in 2024, or those I judged to be the best, or both. Might do a thread. NB. I go into a few in more depth on the next episode of Backlisted, our ’Winter Reading’ special. @backlisted.bsky.social

You wait all year for one book on maverick, outsider musician freaks and three come along at once. Merry Christmas righteous weirdos. @lukehaines.bsky.social @willhodgkinson.bsky.social @tedkessler.bsky.social

Find out more about Lawrence’s quest to find a home for a giant sculpture of his head on Music Maps Podcast with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social - listen: rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/musicmaps/ #lawrence #felt #streetlevelsuperstar

Street Level Superstar - A Year With Lawrence - Music Book of the Year across the board - hear more with @willhodgkinson.bsky.social on Music Maps Podcast - listen: rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/musicmaps/ #Lawrence #felt

Street Level Superkings King Charles got a great idea from reading Street Level Superstar*, to have his King’s Speech in the same place as the unveiling h of the Lawrence head. Fitzrovia Chapel! * probably

Merry Christmas and a happy new year from Street Level Superstar

Great evening in E17 last night for @rnrbook-club.bsky.social ‘s Santa Level Superstar - Lawrence and Will in conversation with Jeremy Deller @willhodgkinson.bsky.social @sian-superman.bsky.social @peteastor.bsky.social

Brilliant evening at @rnrbook-club.bsky.social in Walthamstow, celebrating the success of @willhodgkinson.bsky.social’s book Street-Level Superstar with Lawrence, Jeremy Deller and most of the groovy people I follow on here. Also, see that artist’s maquette on the table next to Will? Well…

Wonderful night at @rnrbook-club.bsky.social in E17 with Lawrence, @willhodgkinson.bsky.social and Jeremy Deller discussing Street-Level Superstar - the year's best music book. Plus we were treated to top sounds from DJ Mark Green, and a quiz and raffle with prizes generously provided by Lawrence

Fab night at the @rnrbook-club.bsky.social celebrating Xmas and @willhodgkinson.bsky.social Lawrence book - fucking nightmare getting home but sod it, was worth it - extremely fun bumping into Stuart from Silverfish and catching up with the INSANE goss. Fuck me - there's nowt so queer as folk

The New European has chosen Street Level Superstar alongside its proper, grown up books of the year. Could not have imagined any of this happening as were trudging the streets of Welling, being shouted at by the kids at the bus stop.

Great to see two of ours in fine company here, as Questlove and Vivien Goldman make Guardian's pick of the five best music books of 2024…

Superb news! Pete created something special with Nine Eight and had the vision to allow @wadeywade.bsky.social and myself to pursue our mad ideas

Thanks Pete!

Superb moment

Charli xcx take note - you need a Christmas hit

Recomendamos efusivamente ‘Superestrella de las calles. Un año con Lawrence’, de @willhodgkinson.bsky.social. El sorprendente retrato de uno de los artistas más inclasificables del pop británico. www.indienauta.com/superestrell...

Friends! Drop by Foyles tomorrow to say hello to me and Lawrence as we sit and try to look all literary and intelligent behind copies of Street Level Superstar.