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King Ken.
Orange variant.
From Amos Toys.
Upfront.
In the middle.
Upcoming.
Introduction.
Aidan Kelly.
Adidas.
Amos.
Asbestos.
D.A.D.D.Y.
Festivals.
Frankenstyles.
Non-Format.
The Redneck Manifesto.
Tiger Beer.
Pony.
Sites for sore eyes.
Sweet sounds.
Watchlist.
Competition.
Submissions.
Next Issue.
Introduction.
Welcome to the first edition of Candy, a
(hopefully) new regular newsletter devised to
showcase the best in Irish and international
culture, creativity and God knows what else.
Over the coming issues I’m sure this thing will
evolve into something of worth so until then
please bear with us. Actually, rather than wait,
why not tell me what’s floating your boat at the
moment or has you wet waiting and let’s put it in.
If you’re up for it or have any comments or
suggestions fire them through to
richard.seabrooke@dynamo.ie and let’s get it on.
Hope the following doesn’t bore you to death,
maybe next time you’ll be on board.
Richard
Roisin Murphy.
Ex-Moloko lead singer who flys solo this Summer
at Sonár in Barcelona.
The Legal Bit
All informations and visuals contained within this document
remain the copyright of the creators, they are simply being shown
for the purpose of presentation. Should any credits be wrong,
please contact Candy and we’ll set it right next issue. Game On.
©2005 Me&Eye www.meandeye.com
Upfront.
Aidan Kelly.
I’ve been a fan of Aidan’s work for many a year,
mostly by default though as he’s a longtime
collaborator of the brilliant graphic designer Peter
Reddy, aka Redman. If you’ve been in Dublin for
the last 10 years you can’t have escaped this guy’s
work as it adorns everything from flyers (POD,
Choice Cuts, Electric City, etc.) to album covers
(Turn, Gemma Hayes, etc.) and a lot more
besides. Everyone else bought the soundtrack it
seems, Aidan has the motion picture and stills.
Anyhoo, seems about time then that he got his
own site up and running so get yourself round
to www.aidan-kelly.com and you won’t be
disappointed. The work is beautiful and the site
works perfectly to show it off. Better still, you can
buy limited edition prints off if so no more excuses
for the flock wallpaper looking so bare.
Also, watch out for future issues of Candy coz I
got exclusive unseen images which are well worth
waiting for... Just form an orderly queue.
Adidas.
In 1969 Adi Dassler designed the first Superstar
(The ‘Shelltoe’) for the use of basketball players to
better their game through better cushioning and
added comfort. 35 years on and the Superstar is
worn by all kinds of people all over the world, not
just ball players.
So what better way to celebrate this that enlist the
talents of some of the world’s most recognised
designers (Disney, Andy Warhol, Project
Playground, Undefeated, etc.) and musicians
(Run Dmc, Ian Brown, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Missy Elliot, etc.) to have had a crack (with some
varying degrees of success) on 35 limited edition
versions of one of the most enduring sports shoe
designs of all time.
What’s more, why not get the Adidas fanatics to
run the streets of 7 cities worldwide chasing
golden tickets Willy Wonka style for the ultimate
Superstar set, limited to 300 pairs worldwide
To read more on the phenomenal underculture of
Adidas and also this celebration check
www.adidas.com/originals
To see how much these limited editions are
changing hands for check www.ebay.com
(better bring a cheque book!)
Adidas.
Superstar Anniversary Edition
Number 35
Limited to 300 pairs in the
world these were given to the
people who found the winning
tickets after completing a
treasure hunt around seven
cities worldwide.
The winner’s then were invited
to gala events where they were
given their presentation boxes.
Adidas.
Superstar Anniversary Edition
Beastie Boys Edition
This pair which was designed in
association with The Beastie
Boys never got produced, the
districts of New York are
detailed on the the stripes while
details relating the group are
stitched all over.
These recently went up for
charity auction on Ebay and
fetched over £1,000, that’s
about 400,000 Euro I think.
Images courtesy of
www.crookedtongues.com
Amos.
King Ken Grey.
The original, there has also been an orange
variant and also a rarer albino version.
Summer 2005 sees a flock version released.
Amos Toys set up in 2002 with James Jarvis, Sofia
Prantera and Russell Waterman. James had
previously been illustrating for the likes of The
Face magazine, the Holmes clothes label (from
Slam City Skates) and The Idler aswell as
designing toys and graphics for cult fashion brand
Silas, beginning with the now legendary Martin
figure, released back in 1998. Along with Bounty
Hunter in Japan, Silas unwittingly became one of
the pioneers of the soft vinyl designer toy
revolution. Martin was unleashed on an
unsuspecting world and the work of James Jarvis
reached a whole new audience.
For the following 5 years, Silas continued to
pander to popular demand and release James'
designs under both the Silas banner and as part of
his World of Pain project. The Silas figures were
Martin, Evil Martin and Bubba, Tattoo Me Keith
and The Bearded Prophet. The WoP figures were
the Policeman and Lars. All of these figures have
become very collectable and some trade hands
for exorbitant sums on eBay.
Because of the success of these figures, and to
stop Mr. Jarvis selling his soul to The Man (he also
produced the set of Juvenille Delinquents for the
Sony Capsule Toy project), James and the two
directors of Silas decided to create a new
company. Amos was set up to independently
produce and distribute James' figures; to take his
work out of a "fashion" context and open up his
designs to a wider audience; and to develop new
projects and offer new opportunities to other
artists whom they had worked with. So far Amos
has released the successful In-Crowd series and
King Ken, all designed by James.
Future plans include a new James Jarvis project,
beginning with the release of part one of a comic
adventure titled 'Vortigern's Machine'. Also there
are plans to release a comic and vinyl figures
designed by Will Sweeney, another Silas
collaborator. 'Tales from Green Fuzz' and Helmut
the Hot Dog Man. Examples of all these follow on
the following pages. There’s also plans for a
flocked version of King Ken and the In-Crowd 10
will be an homage to wrestling but I ain’t got pics
of them yet.
For more informations visit www.amostoys.com
http://homepage.mac.com/james.jarvis/index.htm
and www.silasandmaria.com
See the original Silas WoP toys at
http://www.whywebshop.com/silas.htm
Nokia Office Archetypes.
Commissioned by Nokia USA
as a corporate gift for their business
clients. Unbelievably limited edition.
Top Row :
Torturous Trevor the Technoholic,
R.O. Ida the Chief Financial Officer,
Metro Mel, Never-in-the-Office Nora
Bottom Row :
Mr. "I Have Security Issues", Workingfrom-Home Walter, Time Zone Tim
To buy Amos toys check out
www.hanon-shop.com, www.wellgosh.com or
www.magmabooks.com
Amos.
New releases.
Left:
Major Moulty's Amazing
Magical Plastic Band.
Middle:
Mr. Vortigern
(2 variants)
Right:
Tales from Greenfuzz presents
Helmut The Hot Dog Man
MMAMPB were part of the second wave
of the 1960's British Invasion. Unlike their
contemporaries, Moulty's Psychedelic Pop
music was in no way drug induced and
they most definitely were not "Turned On".
In fact, in their groundbreaking concept
LP "The Thoroughly Interesting Life of Mr.
Jones" they introduced the counter
counter-culture phrase "Application,
Concentration, Moderation"
A cutting edge study, chronicling a group
of everyday kids who roam the suburban/semi-rural mean streets of a fictional
town and are dramatically sucked into a
psychedelic vortex of fantasy adventure.
Their travels feature run-ins with a talking
dog and an angry gorilla called King Ken,
and they manage to answer one of life's
modern philosophical conundrums in the
process. All this and a slide machine. Stay
tuned for the complete Vortigern's
Machine comic by James Jarvis.
Will Sweeney is best-known for his work
designing T-shirts for super-hip clothing
line Silas as well as designs for Stussy,
Gimme 5, Levi's and Beams in Japan.
Now you can enjoy the travails of various
food-based homunculi that dwell within
the artist's distorted universe and figure
out exactly what the deal is with Helmut
the Hot Dog Man. Trippy.
Asbestos.
Over the last couple of years you may have
noticed the emergence of a new art form on the
streets of the world, including Dublin. Taking it’s
sensibilities from graffiti ‘street art’ has become a
valid and important form of expression of
creativity. Leading the charge in Dublin are
Asbestos and Frankenstyles (mentioned later).
These two guys have taken the streets as their
gallery space and worked within it accordingly.
Asbestos himself has gained worldwide notoriety
for his Lost posters aswell as his other projects.
He’s exhibited across the world, both officially and
unofficially, and also is at the heart of the global
community having recently devised a Christmas
swap shop affair, where artists all over the world
signed up to do a piece which then got sent to
another artist picked at random by Asbestos.
Check out the results of this project and also all
the other amazing work at the deadly
www.theartofasbestos.com
D.A.D.D.Y.
Forget your Dom&Nic’s, Spike Jonze’s and
Shynola’s for a moment, it’s time to give some
props to the Dublin based production
powerhouse that is D.A.D.D.Y. (Design Animation
Design Design Yay!) who do some of the best
videos anywhere at the moment. Their attention
to detail, original concepts and execution have to
be seen and heard to be believed.
With amazing work for Bell X1, Autamata, David
Kitt, Halite and their own music / performance
project Warlords Of Pez already in the can aswell
some amazing commercials you really shouldn’t
be reading this but rather should be over at
www.teamdaddy.com with some popcorn, M&Ms
awaiting the feast of film sitting their waiting for
your perusal. Also, watch out for the short films
series on TV3 which they did the titles for aswell
as featuring work, check www.tv3.ie for info.
Roll on the DVD, the petition starts here.
Festivals.
Woohoo!
Summer’s coming so grab the lotion, the ham
sandwiches and the blanket, we’re going out into
the countryside for lots of six packs, rugs and
rock’n’rolling hills. Yep, the big gigs and festivals
are acoming so best we plan in advance...
With more choice than you can shake a big stick at,
all aiming for your wallet, best you get organised,
get down the Credit Union and get begging.
Not only are U2 bringing the noise to Croker for
3, yes 3, nights but Coldplay come to Marlay Park,
The Black Eyed Peas, Faithless and (ahem) Paddy
Casey play Dublin Castle (Heineken Green Energy
Festival) and Eminem and his Detroit crew roll in
to rise some hassle at the castle at Slane.
Add to these the 3 big festivals that roll into town
over the coming months, all with line-ups to die
for, it’s time to sell a kidney and get stuck in...
Here’s to 5-0 for why we should go...
Oh yeah, speaking of sun lotion, just thought I’d
include Sonar in Barcelona and rub it in.
Budrising.
Dublin. June 1st - 7th.
www.budrising.ie
Pumping up the volume across Dublin City Centre
the Budrising festival brings an unrivalled line-up
to the streets (literally!) and venues of Dublin for
the second year running.
Going live from the 1st - 7th June in just about
any venue they could find (going for a widdle in
your own home could even be a hassle i reckon),
Budrising boasts the best in new and established
acts, including Beck, Echo and the Bunnymen,
Weezer, Dizzee Rascal, The La's, Buck 65, The
Hives, The Matthew Herbert Big Band and Roots
Manuva aswell as local talent including Joe
Chester, Mainline, Nylon DJs and “the next best
thing’ local band The Chalets. Also, aswell as the
ticketed affairs, there are a number of other free
events organised to take place across Dublin
during the week of the festival - outdoor gigs,
buskers and some special surprises!
Tickets are now on sale from Ticketmaster.
For more information best you grab a six pack
and get yourself over to www.budrising.ie
Line-Up :
Afronova / Art Brut / Arveene / Ashley Beedle /
Beck / Black Twang / British Sea Power / Buck 65 /
Bugge Wesseltoft Trio / Chromeo / Conor G / D1 /
Daddy G (Massive Attack) / Dizzee Rascal /
DJ Ease (Nightmares On Wax) / DJ Marky /
DJ Scratch (The Roots) / DJ Wool / DJ Yoda /
Dominique / Echo + The Bunnymen / Electric
City Presents / Husky Rescue / Jacques Lu Cont /
Jesse N Layla / Jimmy Cliff / Joe Chester / Jose
Gonzalez / Justin Robertson / Magic Numbers /
Mainline / Marlena Shaw / Masters At Work /
Medicine 8 / Nikki Hayes / Nylon DJs / Paddy
Sheridan / Patrick Wolf / Psychotic Reaction /
Rahzel / Richard Dorfmeister / Roots Manuva /
Sean Harley / Sons And Daughters /
Stephen Fretwell / The Chalets / The Departure /
The Duke Spirit / The Editors / The Engineers /
The Glimmers / The Glass (NYC) / The Heavenly
States / The Hives / The Kills / The La's / The
Matthew Herbert Big Band / The Mighty Stef /
The Rakes / The Things / Tom Vek / VHS Or BETA /
Weezer / Whitey / Phew!
Oxegen.
Punchestown.
July 9th & 10th.
www.oxegen.ie
Oxegen is the mother of all Irish festivals with a
huge crowd, loads of stages, millions of bands and
a whole ton of other stuff to do all being crammed
into the Punchestown site for your enjoyment.
It really doesn’t get bigger than this. And while
size matters, style does too so rather than rest on
their laurels this year sees an incredibly diverse
line-up hit Kildare on the two days. A veritable
feast of full-on festival frivolities, a buffet of
brilliance, a menagerie of madness... okay, I’ll stop
now. Get down there and, eh, get down!
Line-Up:
Green Day / The Frames / The Prodigy / Snoop
Dogg / Queens Of The Stone Age / Kaiser Chiefs /
Ian Brown / Kasabian / Razorlight / Bloc Party /
The Bravery / Foo Fighters / Keane / The Killers /
Doves / New Order / The Streets / Jimmy Eat World /
Audioslave / James Brown / The Beautiful South /
Josh Ritter / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Erick Morillo /
Mylo / 2 Lone Swordsmen / Slam / Black Strobe /
Fish Go Deep & Tracey K / Brother J / Frank Jez /
Hugh Scully / Deep Dish / LCD Sound System /
Jacques Le Cont / Death in Vegas / Silicone Soul /
Infadels / Nic Fanciulli / Brother J / Paul Taylor /
Scott McNaughton / Al Gibbs / The Tears /
Super Furry Animals / And millions more TBC
Electric Picnic.
Stradbally House, Laois.
September 3rd & 4th.
www.electricpicnic.ie
Billed as ‘the boutique festival’ last year’s sell out
saw 15,000 people descend on Stradbally House
for a big day out filled with fun and frolics.
Despite a few teething problems the gig was
amazing. From the sun-drenched performances of
Arrested Development, Super Furry Animals and
Soulwax to the full-on frenzy that was Mylo, Eric
Morillo and the local crews of Backlash and
Bodytonic it was a big day out with a big
headache the next morning. Oh, and Groove
Armada were brilliant to ease you into the night!
This year promises even more of the same with
the site extended to hold 25,000 punters over two
days, there’s even camping this year for those
inclined. This year also sees the inclusion of a
cinema, a larger food market and the premier of
the ‘silent disco’, a concept launching at this
year’s Glastonbury, where the festivalgoers get a
pair of wireless headphones each which get sent
live mixed music throughout the night. A brilliant
concept considering the rules that concerts
generally have to shutdown their soundsystems to
reduce public noise pollution in the wee hours.
Line-Up:
Kraftwerk / Fatboy Slim / Flaming Lips /
Damien Dempsey / Arcade fire / Royskopp /
Laurent Garnier / Stereo MC's / Mixmaster Mike /
Toots & the Maytals / Amp Fiddler / Asian Dub
Foundation / Backlash DJs / Nick Cave and the
Bad Seeds / Mercury Rev / 2 Many DJ's /
De La Soul / Kruder & Dorfmeister /
Human League / Nouvelle Vague / Mr Scruff /
Bodytonic DJs / Plus many more TBC
For more on the silent disco check
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/29/glastonbury.silentdisco.reut/
Sonár 2005.
Barcelona, Spain.
June 16th - 18th.
Miss Kittin.
Playing for the third year in a row
so the claws will be well and truly out.
Meeeeeeeeoooowwww!!!
Picture a music festival held in a venue not unlike
the National Museum by day and in a venue the
size of 3 Point Depot’s by night (1/3 outdoors).
Add to this blistering Summer sun, a relaxed
knowledgable crowd and the World’s finest djs,
musicians and image makers and you’re getting
close to the annual spectacle that is the Sonár
festival held in Barcelona. Add to this cheap beer
and cava and looks like we’ve got a fun-in-the-sun
party on your hands!!
Now in it’s twelfth year this year’s festival sees a
huge move away from the electronica and hiphop bias that have been quite prevalent over the
last few years towards what they term ‘organic’
music (see below). Whatever they call it, you can
be assured that this festival is going to rock with
Soulwax, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, The Battles
and many more letting rip over the 3 days in June.
More information at www.sonar.es
Ellen Allien
Sonar 2005 : Press Release
The founder of Berlin label B-Pitch Control whose
approach is corrosive electro bass and highly
imaginative techno. If it’s too loud, you really should
get yourself down The Late Late.
Over the last few years, many acts involving the experimental
sound discourse of electronic music have made use of more or less
conventional instruments to realize their aims. Portable computers,
or laptops, which predominated in the past, have in numerous
cases been replaced by guitars, basses, drums and traditional
instruments on the stage.
In this edition of Sónar, one finds a notable return to the organic
and physical in the creation of live music. An impressive cluster of
bands with a focus on electronic music, be it a means or an end,
will perform on the different stages of the festival. Such
unorthodox acts as LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Soulwax, Hood,
Radian, Mouse On Mars, Efterklang, The Battles and To Rococo
Rot seek to diminish the space between acoustic, electronic and
popular music.
Traditional instrumentation is also evident in the alliance between
the Brazilian group Hurtmold and American cornet player Rob
Mazurek, as well as in the sound of two very different bands that
revive, in their own special way, a kind of avant-garde pop of the
1980s: the veteran and respected Durutti Column and Norwegian
newcomer The Beautiful People.
Sonár Line-up 2005.
You’ll find more information on Sonár 2005 which is being held
in Barcelona June 16th - 18th at www.sonar.es
Best to book your flights (www.aerlingus.com fly direct,
Ryanair drop you in Gerona) and accommodation soon
as it gets more expensive closer to the date.
LIVE & DJS : 2 MANY DJ'S // 2020 SOUNDSYSTEM // BATTLES //
CUT CHEMIST // DE LA SOUL // DJ RUPTURE // DJ YODA //
DJ99 // GUTTORM ANDREASEN plays WASABI // DOSEONE //
DUPLEX aka EDAN & INSIGHT // ELLEN ALLIEN // FERGIE //
GOODIEPAL // HOT CHIP // JAMES MURPHY // JAMIE LIDELL //
JEFF MILLS // JOE ENGLISH plays NOISE FACTORY RECORDS //
JORIS VOORN // LAURENT GARNIER // LCD SOUNDSYSTEM //
LE TIGRE // M.I.A. // MARK ONE + VIRUS SYNDICATE // MISS
KITTIN // MOCKY // MOUSE ON MARS // MU // NOAH23 //
PARAL-LEL plays BEE RECORDS // PELLARIN & MYLLEAGER
play STATLER & WALDORF // PETER GEBERT plays LUX NIGRA //
RADIAN // RICHIE HAWTIN // ROISIN MURPHY // SIMON
RUSSELL plays ROUGH TRADE SHOPS // SÓLO LOS SOLO //
SOULWAX // SOUND-INK // SUBTLE // THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
// THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS // THE DURUTTI COLUMN // THE
SOFT PINK TRUTH // TOWATOM: ATOM TM vs TOWA TEI ||
SHOWCASES : AREAL presenta ADA // BASTEROID :
AUTOPILOT PUBLISHING presenta FS BLUMM // GUIDO
MÖBIUS // VERT : BARCELONA, ALIMENTACIÓ, CUINA I
GASTRONOMIA 2005-2006 presenta CUISINE CONCRÈTE +
JORDI VILÀ // MATTHEW HERBERT - PLAT DU JOUR : CIRCUS
COMPANY presenta NÔZE // SETY : COMPOST presenta ALEX
ATTIAS // BEN MONO // GENERAL ELECTRICS : DOMINO with
EAT YOUR OWN EARS presenta HOOD // TO ROCOCO ROT :
ELETRONIKA presenta BRASIL UNDERGROUND // ARTIFICIAL //
HURTMOLD + ROB MAZUREK // M. TAKARA : GET PHYSICAL
presenta BOOKA SHADE // DJ T : GOMMA presenta HILTMEYER
INC & TOMBOY // MUNK // WHOMADEWHO : HÄPNA presenta
TAPE // MINUS // MARC HOULE // MATHEW JONSON // RICHIE
HAWTIN // TROY PIERCE vs MAGDA : PLATFORM MUSIC
presenta DJSOS KROST // EFTERKLANG // PHARFAR & NED
FLANDERS : REGULAR presenta IÑAQUI MARÍN // JAUMËTIC :
STUDIO RAREKWAI presenta NOROSHI-BEATS FROM THE EAST
// AFRA // DJ BAKU+MSC // DJ JIFROCK // TATSUKI :
SUBTERFUGE presenta CYCLE : THIRD EAR presenta MADe IN
JAPAN // REI HARAKAMI & SHIRO TAKATANI // WORLD'S END
GIRLFRIEND // YAMAUCHI : TYPE REC. presenta KHONNOR //
MIDAIRCONDO // XELA & AEIOU (GB) ||
That’s sleep out the window then I reckon.
Frankenstyles.
As mentioned earlier the street art scene is
thriving here in Dublin and this is helped in no
small way by the efforts of Frankenstyles.
Whether it’s his sticker based graphics which find
their homes in strategically placed areas round
town or his wooden sculptures this guy’s work is
both conceptual and clever. While you’re
probably aware of his work you might as well pop
down to www.frankenstyles.com and see what
else he’s been up...
Frankenstyles ‘Clouds’.
‘Pipe’, ‘Woodhead 1’ & ‘Woodhead 2’.
All by Frankenstyles.
Non-Format.
If you buy rather than nick music (good work
fella!) and if you’re into the alternative (weirdy
beardy some would say) scene chances are
you’ve come across and probably bought some of
the work of the these two UK based designers.
Famed for their work for the alternative music
bible The Wire, which they’ve recently given up
designing after 5 years, their creative output is
consistently second to none.
To see what all the fuss is about check
www.non-format.com
To subscribe to The Wire hit www.thewire.co.uk
It’s worth checking out anyhow as they do limited
edition guest designer tees. Yum!
Red Snapper ‘Redone’.
CD Cover by Non-Format.
Lo Editions.
Design by Non-Format.
The Wire.
Cover & Spread.
Design by Non-Format.
The Redneck Manifesto
/ Johnny Kelly.
I must admit I only bought the Redneck’s latest
album ‘I Am Brazil’ relatively recently but this
purchase was sealed once I saw the amazing
animation made to promote the ‘We still got it’
track. Done by designer Johnny Kelly as a college
project this piece is simply sublime. It seems I’m
not the only person who thinks so either as it
went on to be exhibited at the world renowned
DOTMOV festival which is held in association
with the mighty Shift magazine.
Here’s what the people (Diesel Virtual
Department) who selected it had to say about it:
“The motivation for selecting this as our choice
was for a combination of reasons. The piece
benefits from a strong and simple concept and
well thought out story. Putting the viewer in the
shoes of a designer charged with designing the
album cover for a band. The chosen visual style is
interesting and relevant. Reinterpreting the style
of cut out paper collage techniques using digital
animation, employed in such a way that the
techniques and technology used remains
transparent, aiding the design, rather than
overpowering it. The design is strong, bold and
confident, with excellent use of colour and
composition. The animation related well to the
music and was full of fun elements and a twisted
sense of humour which is something that the
Diesel creative team really appreciate. The piece
both captures and maintains the viewers attention
until the end of the animation, and succeeds in
clearly communicating the intended story.”
To see the video get along to
http://www.trustmeimathief.com/press_packs/rednecks_002/video/redh.mov
and make sure to buy the album too.
To see more about the DOTMOV festival check
http://www.shift.jp.org/mov/2004/en.shtml
And finally, to see more of Johnny’s work,
check http://www.mickeyandjohnny.com/
The calendar design is a must-see.
Tiger Beer wall.
Every been sitting / hovering in a pub toilet
feeling the urge to leave your mark, and not just
in the bowl? Ever wanted to get stuck in and
rather than do a ‘Micko 4 ‘Tasha 4ever’-esque
scrawl actually design a wall which others would
see and go “Wow-weeeee!!!!” to?
Well now’s your chance...
Tiger Beer, Mongrel Magazine and Hogan’s bar
have come up with a great competition offering
you the chance to design and paint our own wall
in Hogan’s. ‘The Writer’s Block” is a monthly
competition open to artists of all types to submit
their designs and, if they win, produce. The
resulting masterpiece will then be left on display
for a month until another lucky winner is picked.
Nice.
To ease the hurt of the redecoration every winner
will win an opening night’s drinks party courtesy
of Tiger Beer and the overall winner bags
themselves a brand spankin’ new iMac. Nice Arís.
To be in with a chance submit your designs to
thewritersblock@mongrel.ie by the 30th of each
month and who knows? Right, where’s me
markers, crayons and pipe cleaners, me’s feeling a
Blue Peter moment coming on!
A wall.
Image courtesy of Tiger Beer.
Pony.
One of Ireland’s most prolific creative exports,
Niall Sweeney left Ireland (and a lecturer stint in
Dun Laoghaire) a couple of years ago to further
his education in London Town. Since then he has
graduated and also set up his own company, Pony.
But that wasn’t before he had left an indelible
mark on the capital and the visual culture of this
island.
Whether it was his involvement in the legendary
Elevator, H.A.M. or Powderbubble club nights or
his design work for D1 recording and it’s Dublin
Electronic Arts Festival (D/E/A/F/), the now
defunct Suffolk Street clothing emporium
Makullas, CODE magazine, Alternative Miss
Ireland, Emigre magazine, The George and much
more besides, you cannot have been touched in
some way by his vast portfolio of work...
If you’re not sure, visit www.ponybox.co.uk where
many sweet treats await your perusal.
Pony promotional posters.
Dublin Electronic Arts Festival 2002 promotional media.
Designed by Niall Sweeney www.ponybox.co.uk
In the middle.
Sweet sounds.
While I typed I listened to...
Halfset ‘dramanalog’
Was given a copy of this by a friend and what a
friend they turned out to be... It’s a beautifully put
together album, dreamy in places and intense in
others. Well worth a trip to Tower for.
More at http://www.halfset.com/
LCD Soundsystem ‘LCD Soundsystem’ (2 disk set)
New York’s finest prove they’re more than a flash
in the pan with this brilliant album and bonus
disk. Yes, ‘Daft Punk is playing at my house’ and
‘Losing my edge’ are brilliant but you just try
stand still for the rest... Go on, try... See, you can’t!
The Redneck Manifesto ‘I am Brazil’
As mentioned earlier I got into this only recently
but man, this album’s brilliant. I’m not usually a
man for music with no lyrics but with this you
don’t miss them a bit. Supposedly amazing live so
that’s on the things to do... Buy yours now at
http://www.trustmeimathief.com/ and while you’re
at it, check http://www.theredneckmanifesto.com/
Erlend Oye ‘DJ Kicks’
This has been in constant rotation with me now
for over a year and despite the since-released
Daddy G and The Glimmers attempts this really
does reign supreme. Easily the best mix CD you
could do yourself a favour of and buy. Exceptional.
Backlash mix numero 4
If you’re ever around South William Street in
Dublin on a Thursday night you could do a whole
lot worse than get yourself along to Backlash, held
in the intimate surroundings of Wax, under Spy.
Now running for around 18 months this gig is run
by a more than passionate crew with the record
boxes to prove it... A prove it they do if the
following is to be believed, it’s episode 4 in their
mix sets so kick back, crank it up and Jesus man,
have some fun. Download the future from here...
http://www.backlash.ie/audio/backlash_mixtape_04.mp3
DJ Format
Just found this video link for DJ Format’s new
single and reckon on the basis of this it may be
worth buying the album, regardless of that though
you just gotta check out the video... Cool.
http://www.keithschofield.com/djformat-video/11-02-final.mov
Sites for sore eyes.
http://www.2ktshirts.com/
The best place on the web to get designer tees for
less than some Dublin emporiums would have
you believe they cost. New designs from
Experimental Jetset, Etsu Meusy, Rinzen and Co.
will have you looking dapper in no time.
http://www.fakecake.com
The personal site of brilliant illustrator Etsu Meusy.
http://www.scrollingbuckle.com/
Endless Daft Punk fashion antics guaranteed.
http://www.marcusjames.co.uk/
Regular Silas collaborator launches his own site.
http://www.maxalot.com/
If ever you need anything to cover over the flock
wallpaper, here’s the place to find something.
They’re about to launch designer wallpaper
designed by, eh, designers like Eboy, Phunkstudio
and Build. It’s a long way from Heatons.
http://www.picturesonwalls.com/
Limited edition prints by the likes of Banksy, Jamie
Hewlett, Pete Fowler and many more.
Pete Fowler
illustration.
www.monsterism.net
The site of illustrator Pete Fowler and his
Monsterism project (see across) made famous by
his work for the brilliant Super Furry Animals.
If you like what you see get along to
www.playbeast.com and invest in some of the
great bits and pieces. Hey, tell them I sent ya.
Check out the Cardboy’s if you’re there.
http://www.daftpunk.com/
Well worth a visit just to see the ‘Human after all’
video from their new album. Better still, the next
single is rumoured to be ‘Technologic’ so looks
like we’ll be back too.
http://www.showstudio.com/
This fashion site was set up by Peter Saville and
friends and 2 years on is still innovating with
world class collaborators lining up to be involved.
http://www.pepsi.co.jp/campaign/nintendo/cap.html
Can’t imagine Club Orange doing anything like this.
http://psyop.tv/main.php
Amazing motion graphics company worth giving
a lunchtime to.
http://www.thedirectorsbureau.com/
And if that’s your lunch gone, here’s the whole
afternoon as what we got here is a fair aul slice of
the spoils of Shynola, Geoff McFetridge and a
whole load more’s hardworked hours.
http://www.dimension7.ch/
Order one-off tees unique to you.
www.nikeid.com/
And sure while you’re at it, get some trainers too.
http://80.237.207.52/funcup
As Billy Ocean says, get out of my dreams and
into my car. Unbelievably addictive.
http://www.typedifferent.com/
Loads of free and cheap fonts from the brilliant
Buro Destruct design agency. Check them in
action at www.burodestruct.net
http://www.gorillaz.com/
Back with a new album which, from what I’ve
heard, is well worth the wait. A great site to boot.
http://www.fabriclondon.com/
The London club releasing some of the best mixes
available. Better still, become a subscriber and
they’re about as expensive as a Xtravision video.
http://www.netbabyworld.com/
Finally, some more games to get stuck into. Enjoy.
Upcoming.
Watchlist.
The stuff we didn’t have time to
put in properly, next time though,
promise, swear, etc.
Angry go global.
Seems there’s no stopping the Dublin based
‘Crew-Of-Cool’ in their evil (not really!) campaign
for world domination as they plan to sell their
wares and a whole load else on the virtual
boutique that is the world wide web. Due to go
online in the near future keep checking by
www.angryretail.com to ensure you’re sorted for
Summer. Better still, it ensures you don’t look like
you been dressed by your other half. I don’t care
if you couldn’t give a FCUK, get stuck in and
support these guys.
The Chalets’ new site is online.
There’s definitely something in the water as it
seems the world can’t get enough of the brilliant
Irish talent emerging at the moment. Be it Hal,
Bell X1, Snow Patrol, Damian Rice or Donna &
Joesph McCall (Yeah, the Eurovisioners!) Irish
music is giving the world plenty to rock too. None
more so than The Chalets who are, as we speak,
busily working on the first single off their new
album ‘Check In’. The single’s called ‘Feel the
machine’ and it’s due out real soon on CD and
good aul vinyl. If it’s anything like the last two
releases best you get your folks out of the house
because these bright young things rock hard.
It’s not wonder everyone from Elton John to MTV
are calling them the next big thing. More at the
wonderful www.thechalets.com
Semi-Permanent hits London.
The Design is Kinky crew have really outdone
themselves this year as not only have they held
two ultra successful conferences in Sydney and
Auckland but plans are afoot to bring SemiPermanent to both London and New York in the
coming months. The London version is on the
10th and 11th of June with the NY one to be
announced but if the speaker list is anything like
previous SP’s down under there’ll be something
for everyone. More at www.semipermanent.com
or www.designiskinky.net
DP-MHI revamp their site.
If you’re not familiar with the name Hardy
Blechman you’re okay but you would aware of his
clothes. Designed under the name Maharishi,
Hardy’s designs have adorned every major
celebrity star (Jennifer Aniston is a famous fan of
his embroidered pants) aswell as the street smart
since setting up in the mid 90’s. Taking their
influence mostly from camoflage (Hardy has the
largest collection of camoflage patterns and
related items in the world) his clothing empire
now brings in millions every year and has
diversified into bespoke clothing, streetwear, toys
and also art... Anyhoo, Maharishi have recently
revamped their streetwear eTail site so grab your
wallet and get yourself down www.dp-mhi.com
and get buying.
Budrising returns in August.
Just as I’m about to put this puppy to bed word
comes from the East that Budrising is coming right
back at us this August with more killer line-ups.
Get your laughing gear around these...
The Pixies & Kings of Leon
Lansdowne Road, 23rd August /
Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand & Maroon 5
Lansdowne Road, 24th August /
Chemical Brothers
Marley Park 19th August /
Basement Jaxx, Underworld & Mylo
Marley Park 20th August
Competition.
As mentioned earlier Amos are due to release set
10 of the In Crowd series. One of the earlier series
was called Ages of Rock (pictured below) which
took it’s inspiration from famous icons of rock and
roll. We have some of these little guys up for
grabs if you can answer the following question:
Q: Name the 6 real life rock gods that the Ages of
Rock In Crowd are based on?
Answers should be sent before the end of May to
richard.seabrooke@dynamo.ie who will pull the
winners at random from the correct entries
received. Turn it up to eleven and get it on!
Just so you know these are extremely rare but for
some unknown reason there’s still some full sets
available at www.hanon-shop.com
Go figure! (literally)
Submissions.
Over the coming issues of Candy I hope to bring
you more and more cool things including bigger
competitions, actual interviews, indepth profiles,
guides to this or that and lots more in-between.
If you’re into it though, why not get involved
yourself? “Why?” you say. Well, you get to spread
your word, you get your work credited and hey, if
there’s any money to be made, you’re right up
the top of that line too... If you are interested fire
an email my way and let’s get it on and get you in.
Speaking of which, if you’re a potential advertiser
and want to speak directly to the type of people
who you reckon are going to get this then why
not also contact me to see what we can do for
you and also, what you can do for us.
Next issue.
Due July 2005.
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