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Last Updated: 21/08/2008 14:45:04
Michelle Dee is a hugely talented writer who's contributions to thisisUll.com include Humber Mouth reviews, music, theatre and art reviews, opinions and many poems.
Michelle is also a contributor to www.thisistheWorld.com
Michelles contributions are listed below..
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Music Reviews - 18th/19th June 05 - Under The Influence Big Weekender at Adelphi and Welly By Michelle Dee
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On a weekend that saw John Hassal's new band Yeti headline at Silhouette, local promoter
Dean Shakespeare of U.T.I. but together an equally good mix of home grown and out of
town musical talent.
Saturday saw new local talent The Black Outs supporting Blue Sand and The Landaus.
Hogboy had to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances so the Landaus got
bumped up the billing.
The Black Outs
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Music Reviews -
Monday 2nd May 05 - Sweet n Sour All Day Indie Fest Featuring Top Local Bands By Michelle Dee and a Massive 30 Page Photo Gallery by Darren Rogers
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On Bank Holiday Monday Silhouette hosted a twelve-band extravaganza organized by James Applewhite
featuring one of the best local line-ups since some small scale gathering of Hulls finest in January.
There were also various festival stalls, with clothes and accessories from NSO and
politically motivated campaign stalls from the Green Party and the Legalize Cannabis Campaign.
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People - Jim Muir Slideshow By Michelle Dee
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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
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Music Reviews - Pozition Night Club Rock Night - Wednesday 18th May 05 By Michelle Dee
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After witnessing another fantastic performance by Ernest at the Adelphi last Wednesday I
decided to accept an invitation to the Pozition night club on George Street.
I paid the three pounds entry fee and received in return a little ticket informing
me that I was female; so far so good.
I walked into a large industrial style arena
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Music Reviews - Saturday 14th May 05 - Power Metal UK at Ringside - Pitiful Reign, Soulflame, Infobia, Humanity and Deliverance. By Michelle Dee
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I shan't try and compare the acts that performed at the Power Metal UK night with any other well-known bands of similar genre. I have no desire to try and talk authoritatively on a school of music I haven't followed since the early days of Terrorvision and Silverchair.
However, Deliverance the headlining band, from Italy, have definite
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Music Gig Gallery - Wednesday 30th March 05 - Break Even, The Vultures and Soulflame at The Ringside By Michelle Dee
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Sometimes we get photographs of a Gig in without a review.
This 3 page Photo Gallery of Break Even, The Vultures and Soulflame at
The Ringside Hull
Wednesday 30th March 05 by By Michelle Dee.
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Music Reviews - Monday 4th April 05 - Musicians Night at the Adelphi By Michelle Dee
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First up was Ruth Stalker.
I was very interested to see whether she had grown in confidence since appearing at the
Access To Music event last month.
She has played before, at the now famous open mic night at the Adelphi Club, but
not in front of such a packed house.
It was her birthday so the whole club sang a rousing rendition of
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People, Interviews - Interview with Tokyo Dragons By Michelle Dee
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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
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Music Reviews - Thursday 21st April - Ernest, Rumpus, Scaramanga Six and Fonda 500 at the Adelphi Happy as a Sandman By Michelle Dee
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What a fantastic night.
No really, if you weren't there then you missed out on seeing some of the finest
bands the other side of sanity.
The monthly local music magazine, oft slated in its own backyard landed a
winning formula tonight.
Ernest, who everyone should experience, continue to be spine
tingling and achingly beautiful.
Last night they grabbed
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Music Gig Gallery - Tuesday 22nd February - Thee Unstrung, Park and Ride, 59 Violets and Blue Slide Circle at
Under The Influence at the Adelphi Club By Michelle Dee and Cilla
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Sometimes we get photographs of a Gig in without a review.
This 6 page Photo Gallery of Thee Unstrung, Park and Ride, 59 Violets and Blue Slide Circle at
Under The Influence at the Adelphi Club
Hull Tuesday 22nd February 2005 by By Michelle Dee and Cilla.
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Music Reviews - 17th March 05 - Ernest Conquer Camden Underworld By Michelle Dee
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On a Thursday afternoon I stood outside Debenhams in town waiting for the minibus to arrive from Hedon.
Today I was travelling to London to see Ernest headline in Camden.
The ten-seater minibus arrived at around half three and I was ushered inside by
some rather excited
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Music Reviews -
Access To Music UK Tour at the Welly Club 2005 By Michelle Dee - Updated 4 Page Photo Gallery.
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Tuesday, the first day of March, saw as many as three hundred students from all over the
region come together to flex their musical muscle.
Colleges from Scarborough, York, Lincoln and Hull gathered at the Welly: on Beverley Rd to
take part in a four and a half hour long musical showcase.
The event
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Music Gig Gallery - Sunday 13th March - Red Line To Exit and The Johnsons at The White Room By Michelle Dee
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Sometimes we get photographs of a Gig in without a review.
This 3 page Photo Gallery of Red Line To Exit and The Johnsons at
The White Room Hull
Sunday 13th March 05 by By Michelle Dee. Check it out...
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People - Sleaze Queens - Inside Story, Outside World at Dukes March 3rd 05.By Michelle Dee
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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
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Music Gig Gallery - Monday 26th January 05 - This et al, Little Miss Machete and Blue Sand at Under The Influence at The Adelphi By Michelle Dee
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Sometimes we get photographs of a Gig in without a review.
This 3 page Photo Gallery of This et al, Little Miss Machete and Blue Sand at
Under The Influence The Adelphi Hull
Monday 26th January 05 by By Michelle Dee. Check it out...
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Music Reviews -
Saturday 12th March 05 - Soulflame at the White Room By Michelle Dee
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Soulflame have strong Puddle of Mudd influences in both sound and song construction.
The E.P. is more melodic and measured than the live performance.
Nic's vocals are at times quite balladic. He reaches for the high notes with a fresh
enthusiasm
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Music Reviews -
Sweet n Sour 26 Feb The Glitterati and The Landaus By Michelle Dee
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Why the hell do I do these things, it's not to get my skirt pulled up by some drunken goat
called Mark that's for sure.
If this had been in an office and not a nightclub then I would have you up for sexual
harassment make no mistake. Did I see you go around lifting up other girls' apparel?
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People, Interviews - Fifty Nine Violets at the New Adelphi By Michelle Dee
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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
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People, Interviews - The Johnsons - A Band Is Born By Michelle Dee
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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
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Articles - Samaritans By Michelle Dee
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Late 2003 our editor wrote an article about the invaluable work done by the local
branch of the Samaritans.
The piece called, A Friend In Need
, featured the then manager of the Hull branch Wendy.
Since the article was written a new
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Food and Drink - Food Glorious Food By Michelle Dee and Jane Foster
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This Saturday I will be mostly eating orange and whisky marmalade, spicy potato wedges
and ginger sponge pudding, washed down with Elderberry wine.
The 12TH of February saw the arrival of over fifty purveyors of fine food and
drinks to the Vulcan Arena in Hull. Many of the long
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Music Reviews -
Saturday 12th February - Last People on Earth and The Morphines at Sweet n Sour, Silhouette Club By Michelle Dee
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Sweet n Sour has a new home, a new night and a different feel. In order to take advantage of the Saturday night crowd the Sweet n Sour promoters have moved to Silhouette on Park Street.
As I walked up Princes Ave I heard shouting then saw in the distance a brawl breaking out.
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Reviews, Books - One Man and his Bog - 20 Years of The Adelphi Reviewed By Michelle Dee
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I have just returned home from a Monday night at the Adelphi club on De Grey Street clutching
a prized copy of the unique One Man and his Bog. (The History of the Adelphi)
I had new dark Kit Kats to eat but I didn't spare them a thought, until I had read
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People - Computerman at Fairview Recording Studios By Michelle Dee
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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
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People - Alan Raw: A Man of Many Talents By Michelle Dee
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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
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Music Reviews - Wednesday 2nd February 05 - M.J. Hibbett at The Lamp By Michelle Dee
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Tonight the Lamp is filled with an eclectic crowd all anticipating the return of M.J. Hibbett to Hull.
He has brought a Validator with him this time, in the shape of the violinist Tom Mc Clure who appears
on many of the Hibbett Recordings.
Looking around
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Music Reviews - Saturday 29 January - ThisisUll 'avin' it large in Liverpool with Blue Sand and Park and Ride, Courtesy of Under the Influence By Michelle Dee
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The last Saturday in January 2005 is sure to become one of the most treasured days of my life.
Long before we arrived in Liverpool, the excitement was overflowing.
Owing much to all the fun and great atmosphere that my fellow Park and Riders
created
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Music Reviews - Thursday 3rd February - Ernest with Park and Ride, Dirty Dreamers and Steve Reed at Thee Box, Asylum By Michelle Dee
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In, what has been a busy week, I had a date with The Asylum pencilled in.
I arrived in good time, and queued with a few others, eventually we were all let in.
Tonight's admission was £4 very reasonable for four acts.
For those not in the know The Asylum is a large venue
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Single Reviews - Still Life at the wheel By Michelle Dee
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After a promising start, a distinctive vocal, which can only be described through emotions rather than words,
tells a story of a road trip gone sour.
Short chords punctuate the verse and, at the wheel, gathers pace.
The chorus kicks in followed by rolling guitars.
One or two of the backing vocals seem superfluous but
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Album Reviews - Silence Kit - Pieonear By Michelle Dee
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Imagine my surprise when I received a disc from Moscow to review.
It was attractively packaged with what I think may be a crude representation of a pangolin;
possibly a polar bear but I favour the pangolin idea, constructed from snow and ice.
The cover folds out to reveal
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