#john hendy

[forever70s]

London (1973)

[dadsinsuits]

John Hendy

[jerryokeefe]

ROLLING STONE | “75 Greatest Boy Band Songs of All Time” | (75/75)

East 17, “House Of Love” (1992)

“The Stones to Take That’s Beatles, these four Walthamstow boys were tough as nails and looked like they hadn’t slept in weeks. Their debut, “House of Love,” is a typical example of their output: maximalist, fast-paced and topped with rousing messages of love and unity. Songwriter/rapper Tony Mortimer told M magazine he “put the band together based on New Kids on the Block,” though East 17 had a closer musical lineage to the stadium house of the KLF. Mortimer wrote “House of Love” as an ironic take on the rave scene’s increasing commercialization, but it’s hard to see too much cynicism in lines like “We got to stop the pain and put the wars on hold.” This utopia unfortunately dissolved in 1997 when lead singer Brian Harvey was sacked for bragging about his casual ecstasy use (“like having a cup of tea”). Mortimer then left citing exhaustion and Harvey later infamously ran himself over with his own car, claiming he had eaten “too many jacket potatoes.”

[curatorsday]

Friday, June 10, 2022

We have these wonderful ledgers listing interments that go all the way back to the first burial in the cemetery - John Hendy on October 9, 1858. Hendy, the first white man to plant a field of corn in what is now Elmira (as the story goes), was originally interred in the Baptist burial grounds in 1840. After Woodlawn Cemetery was established, Hendy and the rest of the residents of the burial grounds were moved here and Wisner Park was created next to the Baptist Church.

[nofatclips]

It’s Alright by East 17 - Directors: Chris Clunn, Lawrence Watson

[90s00sscrapbook]

John Hendy, July 1996

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East(er) 17, March 1994.

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East 17 looking fresh to death in October 1992.