Michael Jackson, Hull Daily Mail, VNV Nation, Aesthetic Perfection's UK tour diary and more...

Hi there guys.

The below is copied direct from my own and SPHERE's own official Myspace - hence the Myspace links when you click, all safe!!
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We have a bunch of new stuff up on the site as of today. You can check out our interview with Ronan from VNV Nation, our thoughts on Michael Jackson's passing and Aesthetic Perfection's UK diary from the 'Demons On Tour' dates in the UK.

We hope you enjoy the new stuff. We have a bunch of cool things coming our way in the next week on SPHERE.

In other news, I have a review in Rock Sound issue 124 of the Acey Slade gig at Satan's Hollow. It's only small but I thought it was worth mentioning. Also, Hull Daily Mail recently alerted me to the fact that I had something published in there on my Birthday which was around a month ago on May 23.

Incase anyone is interested, the article is below, and it's an article about a book by Hull-based author Haris-Livas Dawes.
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Former Mail columnist Dr Haris Livas-Dawes has published a book about 10 Greek islands. She spent 35 years living in the country before moving to Hull.....

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Dominic Smith ....

A CITY author has written a book about 10 small islands in Greece in the hope of inspiring people’s sense of adventure.....

Dr Haris Livas-Dawes, who lived in the country for 35 years before moving to Hull, wants her work to show people there is more to the holiday destination than sun, sea and sand.....

The former Mail columnist and her friend, Rhea Sampson, an illustrator, travelled to the islands to research the book, titled Adventures On Small Islands: A Fresh Look At Greece.....

Dr Livas-Dawes, of Westbourne Avenue, west Hull, said: "I am concerned by the amount of British people who set foot in the bigger places like Athens and Crete, because they will never discover the real Greece.....

"It’s so different now. You get on a plane with fellow Brits and you travel around with them, there’s no real sense of excitement because it is all planned for you."....

When choosing the 10 locations featured in the book, Dr Livas-Dawes picked places that were new to both her and her friend.....

She said: "We hitch-hiked with rucksacks and travelled with the friends we made on each island.....

"We would spend months on each of these islands, getting to know people and getting their thoughts on the place.....

"We would always make friends so my companion would do sketches of these people and our surroundings and I would collect our thoughts in a diary which then went toward creating the book.....

"We wanted to keep a low-style of tourism. We made sure we didn’t spend much money and we moved around like the locals.....

"It was a lot of fun."....

Dr Livas-Dawes has worked for about 30 different international publications, including The International Herald Tribune, The Ecologist and Advertising Age.....

The aim of her latest work is to give readers a "fresh" perspective on the country she loves. She said: "I would hope people still have their sense of adventure.....

"Around here many seem a little stuck in their old ways. I think they should aspire towards adventure."....

The book is available from Browns Books, in George Street, city centre.....

Links....

Browns Books....

@www.brownsbooks.co.uk....

Visit Greece....

@www.visitgreece.gr....

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Thanks for reading all! I also posted an update on the KhaoZ Media blog. So for any York-based people looking to get into volunteering, check that out.

Speak soon.

All the love in the world.

Currently listening:
Earth Song
By Michael Jackson
Release date: 2006-06-06