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People - DJ Chris Plant Heads for the States
	DJ Chris Plant is heading to America in an effort to make his dream come true. Chris, 23, a former resident DJ at Fuel and various other nightclubs, has a quite breathtaking CV. He worked for Sunshine Radio in Ibiza, has commentated on live football matches in Chicago and was Agent X on Foxy & Tom's Viking FM breakfast show. However, after trying to crack Read more...

People - An Interview With Edwina Hayes By Steve Rudd
	Edwina Hayes is an acoustic singer-songwriter currently enjoying success opening Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues band tour. Dublin born and raised in Lancashire, Edwina now resides in Yorkshire. Here she talks to Steve Rudd about her music. Hi Edwina, how are things? Hi Steve, really well thank you! What have you been up to lately, and how has 2005 been in general? Read more...

People - Interview with Bob Sinclar by Toni Tambourine
	Bob Sinclar is the French DJ currently making his mark with the Defected label. Toni Tambourine took some time out to interview the man known as 'music's premier playboy superstar..' What were your initial ambitions and dreams for Yellow Production? Do they remain the same, or if not, how and why have they changed? It's amazing having people asking me to do promotion! Read more...

People, Interviews - Interview With The Paddingtons By Joe Hakim. Photos By Ray Ribeiro and Darren Rogers
	I've had to bite the bullet and start working again. It has to be done, and there are two reasons for this. Firstly, starting any new job means starting at the bottom again, which is a good method for keeping the ego in check. Secondly, it brings cash back into your life, which after nearly two months of bumming off people is a welcome relief. You can only live on luck alone for so long; take the piss and you burn it all up. Read more...

People - Introducing The Kipper Kids by Jane Foster
	The Kipper Kids are a performance art duo consisting of Brian Routh and Martin V. Haselberg. Brian now lives in Hull and Martin is married to Bette Midler. The two met while at England's experimental, avant-garde East 15th School. Taking their name from a fellow student nicknamed Kipper Face, the duo started performing their 'scatological slapstick' Read more...

People - An Interview with Black Wire By Caroline Murphy
	A month ago, Dan Tom and Si (AKA Black Wire) were simply three hot guys in a picture, who also played damn good music. Now however, they're still three hot guys in a picture, but in reality they're larger than life and a million times hotter than you could ever dream! Their set was simply awesome, and more than a fitting support to The Cribs. Read more...

People - Interview with John Hassall By JG Photos by Michelle Dee
	Surely everyone's heard of The Libertines, but it seems like so far, only a fortunate few have heard about Yeti. With their debut single Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder receiving very little radio airplay, there are bound to be a lot of people left wondering who they are and what they sound like. John Hassall may be better known as being the bass player in one of Read more...

People - An Interview with Joesolo by Nick Quantrill
	Joesolo is the alter ego of Paul Thompson, formerly of Hull guitar-pop outfit Lithium Joe. As the band's songwriter and vocalist, Paul played in excess of 350 gigs as the group released a string of self-funded records through their own label, Resolve Records. After a musical hiatus, 2004 saw Paul commence recording as a solo artist with his Read more...

People - An Interview with Jeff Caudill By Nick Quantrill
	After reviewing Jeff Caudill's latest album, Album Reviews - Jeff Caudill - Here's What You Should Do (Fortunate Son Records) By Nick Quantrill (Fortunate Son Records) Nick Quantrill also interviewed Jeff via email. Thanks to Jeff for kindly agreeing to take part. Nick: You're probably best known for your work with American punk-pop band Gameface. What has been Read more...

People - An Interview With Carol Ann Kerry-Green (Arthur C. Clarke Judge) By Lynne Taylor
	By day Carol Ann Kerry-Green works for the local authority writing up reports and having meetings but by night she can be time travelling to the distant future or experiencing life in a colony on another planet - all because of her passion for science fiction novels. Carol, who has been fascinated by the what if' from her teens, began her career in British Science Fiction more than Read more...

People - An Interview with Neils Children By Caroline Murphy
	Ok, so it's official, Neils Children rocked Cari's World! Yup, the Earth moved, and all that stuff... and that was just the sound check. I caught up with John, James and Brandon on their first visit to Wolverhampton from the Big Smoke, as they headlined at the Little Civic (All those of you who went to see Papa Roach Read more...

People - Jim Muir Slideshow By Michelle Dee
	It's the packaging that catches the eye first that and the fact you have to slice open the CD envelope with a sharp implement. Due to the popularity of the first EP, I have only the second two before me. The Slideshow are storytellers first and foremost. Jim Muir began writing the songs during 2000 and 2001. He says that he writes to Read more...

People - Short Back and Sides - The Life and Times of Walter Oglesby, Gentlemen's Hairdresser By Jane Foster
	Walter Oglesby is a local character with a rich stock of experiences and memories. Now 82, Walter only retired from his trade as a barber six years ago. During his time he worked for 40 years on Hull's docks, being not only a hairdresser to the local docker population, but a friend and confidante too. When the docker's trade started to wane, he began collecting their tools of the trade and exhibiting them Read more...

People, Interviews - Interview with Tokyo Dragons By Michelle Dee
	Tokyo dragons are definitely not like The Smiths, lets just clear that one up. They play a brand of loud ballsy U.S. rock circa 1995, maybe like G.n'R. or Aerosmith with a bit of Kiss thrown in. It's been a while since I checked out the mainstream rock scene. These guys have been going for four years and hail from N.W. London Read more...

People, Interviews - Interview With The Paddingtons By John-Paul Nicholas. Photographs - The Paddingtons at The Adelphi By Darren Rogers
	They look like The Clash used to. They look like The Stone Roses' evil twins. They look like a gang. And they are as tight as a gang, finishing each other's sentences and putting across their points individually, knowing that they speak for the band as a whole. Acting as spokesman Lloyd says What I fuckin' hate about music magazines is Read more...

People - Ellie Beill - Move In Direct
	My name is Ellie Beill. When asked by thisisUll.com to write an article on myself I was unsure. But here goes ... The property market has always fascinated me. I think it comes from moving house eight times before I was 18 (that averages a move every 2.25 years!). So I guess Read more...

People - Sleaze Queens - Inside Story, Outside World at Dukes March 3rd 05.By Michelle Dee
	Two bright, young, rock n roll girls, are bidding to become the best Djs in town. They have been making a name for themselves at the Sweet n Sour night, on alternate Saturdays at Silhouette for a number of months. Sparkly Mel and Sultry Kat bring a selection of tantalizing tunes Read more...

People - Interview with John Robb By Steve Rudd
	John Robb: is a legendary figure in punk-rock circles, having been at the forefront of making some fantastic music since the age of sixteen, when he co-founded The Membranes in Blackpool. Since then John has been involved in allsorts of interesting projects Read more...

People, Interviews - Fifty Nine Violets at the New Adelphi By Michelle Dee
	Their Christmas card lists run to half a dozen names, they have a penchant for blowing up amps; they are a thrilling live experience; they are of course the Fifty Nine Violets: from Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire. For the majority of Read more...

People - DJ Chris Plant
	DJ Chris Plant started his professional musical career back in 1996, although his passion for music began when he was just seven years old. The 22 year old from Kirkella has wanted to be a DJ for as long as he can remember and has travelled the globe Read more...

People - Interview with The Ga*Ga*s at Asylum By Andy Dykes
	I walk into Asylum in the middle of a soundcheck. There are people all over the place, any number of whom look like they could be a roadie, or the member of a band, or a vagrant. Never before having met any of the people I am about to interview, figure a bit of Read more...

People, Interviews - The Johnsons - A Band Is Born By Michelle Dee
	Once upon a time, in a garage not far away, four young men came together and began to play rock and roll music. In eight days they had a show to do. Time was of the essence and if they could only withstand the pressure, the ambitious Read more...

People - An Interview With Torso Horse By Steve Rudd
	Torso Horse, for those people who don't know, are a Goth-Metal band from Bridlington. They have been plying their trade for about five years now, and in the past couple of years in particular they have become very well known indeed: both in and around Read more...

People - Computerman at Fairview Recording Studios By Michelle Dee
	Computerman are a Nottingham band, who have been on the scene since January 2004. They recently came to Hull, specifically to Fairview Studios in Willerby, to record an eight-track demo CD. The demo will include tracks: Increasingly so, No recover Read more...

People - An Interview with Jim Eldon - Local Enigma By Jane Foster
	Jim Eldon is a musician living in East Hull who, I'm told, doesn't normally do interviews .... so a rare request it was that was received by thisisUll.com, from Andy his agent, for someone to do the deed. This email was passed on to me, as Jim is a singer Read more...

People - Caz Meets The Walnut Dash By Caroline Murphy
	And now to the Walnut Dash. So who are these people who text me at the eleventh hour and expect me to drop everything and come and interview them! Well actually they're extremely entertaining people, and their music is bloody brilliant! Read more...

People - Caz Meets Active-M By Caroline Murphy
	The last time I was in London, I chanced to meet Donny Osmond and Will Young. This time, however, by design, I met two bands far more closely aligned to my own musical taste, in the form of Active-M and The Walnut Dash. Read more...

People - An Interview With Steve Hamilton By Steve Rudd
	If you like reading novels that are packed with an exhilarating sense of action, adventure and intrigue, then you might already have heard of Steve Hamilton. Steve is a hugely respected and genuinely talented author who has Read more...

People - Alan Raw: A Man of Many Talents By Michelle Dee
	Most readers of this site will know that Alan Raw is a music radio presenter championing unsigned artists. Through his show Raw Talent - broadcast on local radio - he has, for the past three years, been doing just that. By using his extensive Read more...

People - An Evening with Michael Palin at The Institute of Education in London By Steve Rudd
	To say that Michael Palin is one of my all-time heroes is one hell of a serious understatement. Ever since I saw his epic TV travels in the form of Around The World in 80 Days and Pole To Pole I have been totally captivated by everything he does and says. Read more...