Candy*

Premiere Issue.May / June 2005.

Candy* Upfront.

Introduction.Aidan Kelly.Adidas.Amos.Asbestos.D.A.D.D.Y.Festivals.Frankenstyles.Non-Format.The Redneck Manifesto.Tiger Beer.Pony.

In the middle.

Sites for sore eyes.Sweet sounds.

Upcoming.

Watchlist.Competition.Submissions.Next Issue.

*Stuff to do with people like you.

King Ken.

Orange variant.From Amos Toys.

Welcome to the first edition of Candy, a(hopefully) new regular newsletter devised toshowcase the best in Irish and internationalculture, creativity and God knows what else.

Over the coming issues I’m sure this thing willevolve into something of worth so until thenplease bear with us. Actually, rather than wait,why not tell me what’s floating your boat at themoment or has you wet waiting and let’s put it in.If you’re up for it or have any comments orsuggestions fire them through torichard.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

The Legal BitAll informations and visuals contained within this documentremain the copyright of the creators, they are simply being shownfor 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

Roisin Murphy.

Ex-Moloko lead singer who flys solo this Summerat Sonár in Barcelona.

Introduction.

Upfront.

Aidan Kelly. I’ve been a fan of Aidan’s work for many a year,mostly by default though as he’s a longtimecollaborator of the brilliant graphic designer PeterReddy, aka Redman. If you’ve been in Dublin forthe last 10 years you can’t have escaped this guy’swork as it adorns everything from flyers (POD,Choice Cuts, Electric City, etc.) to album covers(Turn, Gemma Hayes, etc.) and a lot morebesides. Everyone else bought the soundtrack itseems, Aidan has the motion picture and stills.

Anyhoo, seems about time then that he got hisown site up and running so get yourself roundto www.aidan-kelly.com and you won’t bedisappointed. The work is beautiful and the siteworks perfectly to show it off. Better still, you canbuy limited edition prints off if so no more excusesfor the flock wallpaper looking so bare.

Also, watch out for future issues of Candy coz Igot exclusive unseen images which are well worthwaiting for... Just form an orderly queue.

Adidas. In 1969 Adi Dassler designed the first Superstar(The ‘Shelltoe’) for the use of basketball players tobetter their game through better cushioning andadded comfort. 35 years on and the Superstar isworn by all kinds of people all over the world, notjust ball players.

So what better way to celebrate this that enlist thetalents of some of the world’s most recogniseddesigners (Disney, Andy Warhol, ProjectPlayground, Undefeated, etc.) and musicians(Run Dmc, Ian Brown, Red Hot Chili Peppers,Missy Elliot, etc.) to have had a crack (with somevarying degrees of success) on 35 limited editionversions of one of the most enduring sports shoedesigns of all time.

What’s more, why not get the Adidas fanatics torun the streets of 7 cities worldwide chasinggolden tickets Willy Wonka style for the ultimateSuperstar set, limited to 300 pairs worldwide

To read more on the phenomenal underculture ofAdidas and also this celebration checkwww.adidas.com/originals

To see how much these limited editions arechanging hands for check www.ebay.com(better bring a cheque book!)

Adidas.

Superstar Anniversary EditionNumber 35

Limited to 300 pairs in theworld these were given to thepeople who found the winningtickets after completing atreasure hunt around sevencities worldwide.

The winner’s then were invitedto gala events where they weregiven their presentation boxes.

Adidas.

Superstar Anniversary EditionBeastie Boys Edition

This pair which was designed inassociation with The BeastieBoys never got produced, thedistricts of New York aredetailed on the the stripes whiledetails relating the group arestitched all over.

These recently went up forcharity auction on Ebay andfetched over £1,000, that’sabout 400,000 Euro I think.

Images courtesy ofwww.crookedtongues.com

Amos. Amos Toys set up in 2002 with James Jarvis, SofiaPrantera and Russell Waterman. James hadpreviously been illustrating for the likes of TheFace magazine, the Holmes clothes label (fromSlam City Skates) and The Idler aswell asdesigning toys and graphics for cult fashion brandSilas, beginning with the now legendary Martinfigure, released back in 1998. Along with BountyHunter in Japan, Silas unwittingly became one ofthe pioneers of the soft vinyl designer toyrevolution. Martin was unleashed on anunsuspecting world and the work of James Jarvisreached a whole new audience.

For the following 5 years, Silas continued topander to popular demand and release James'designs under both the Silas banner and as part ofhis World of Pain project. The Silas figures wereMartin, Evil Martin and Bubba, Tattoo Me Keithand The Bearded Prophet. The WoP figures werethe Policeman and Lars. All of these figures havebecome very collectable and some trade handsfor exorbitant sums on eBay.

King Ken Grey.

The original, there has also been an orangevariant and also a rarer albino version.Summer 2005 sees a flock version released.

Because of the success of these figures, and tostop Mr. Jarvis selling his soul to The Man (he alsoproduced the set of Juvenille Delinquents for theSony Capsule Toy project), James and the twodirectors of Silas decided to create a newcompany. Amos was set up to independentlyproduce and distribute James' figures; to take hiswork out of a "fashion" context and open up hisdesigns to a wider audience; and to develop newprojects and offer new opportunities to otherartists whom they had worked with. So far Amoshas released the successful In-Crowd series andKing Ken, all designed by James.

Future plans include a new James Jarvis project,beginning with the release of part one of a comicadventure titled 'Vortigern's Machine'. Also thereare plans to release a comic and vinyl figuresdesigned by Will Sweeney, another Silascollaborator. 'Tales from Green Fuzz' and Helmutthe Hot Dog Man. Examples of all these follow onthe following pages. There’s also plans for aflocked version of King Ken and the In-Crowd 10will be an homage to wrestling but I ain’t got picsof them yet.

For more informations visit www.amostoys.comhttp://homepage.mac.com/james.jarvis/index.htmand www.silasandmaria.com

See the original Silas WoP toys athttp://www.whywebshop.com/silas.htm

To buy Amos toys check outwww.hanon-shop.com, www.wellgosh.com orwww.magmabooks.com

Nokia Office Archetypes.

Commissioned by Nokia USAas a corporate gift for their businessclients. Unbelievably limited edition.

Top Row : Torturous Trevor the Technoholic,R.O. Ida the Chief Financial Officer,Metro Mel, Never-in-the-Office NoraBottom Row :Mr. "I Have Security Issues", Working-from-Home Walter, Time Zone Tim

Amos.New releases.

Left:Major Moulty's AmazingMagical Plastic Band.

MMAMPB were part of the second waveof the 1960's British Invasion. Unlike theircontemporaries, Moulty's Psychedelic Popmusic was in no way drug induced andthey most definitely were not "Turned On".In fact, in their groundbreaking conceptLP "The Thoroughly Interesting Life of Mr.Jones" they introduced the countercounter-culture phrase "Application,

Concentration, Moderation"

Middle:Mr. Vortigern(2 variants)

A cutting edge study, chronicling a groupof everyday kids who roam the sub-urban/semi-rural mean streets of a fictionaltown and are dramatically sucked into apsychedelic vortex of fantasy adventure.Their travels feature run-ins with a talkingdog and an angry gorilla called King Ken,and they manage to answer one of life'smodern philosophical conundrums in theprocess. All this and a slide machine. Staytuned for the complete Vortigern's

Machine comic by James Jarvis.

Right:Tales from Greenfuzz presentsHelmut The Hot Dog Man

Will Sweeney is best-known for his workdesigning T-shirts for super-hip clothingline Silas as well as designs for Stussy,Gimme 5, Levi's and Beams in Japan.Now you can enjoy the travails of variousfood-based homunculi that dwell withinthe artist's distorted universe and figureout exactly what the deal is with Helmutthe Hot Dog Man. Trippy.

Asbestos. Over the last couple of years you may havenoticed the emergence of a new art form on thestreets of the world, including Dublin. Taking it’ssensibilities from graffiti ‘street art’ has become avalid and important form of expression ofcreativity. Leading the charge in Dublin areAsbestos and Frankenstyles (mentioned later).These two guys have taken the streets as theirgallery space and worked within it accordingly.

Asbestos himself has gained worldwide notorietyfor his Lost posters aswell as his other projects.He’s exhibited across the world, both officially andunofficially, and also is at the heart of the globalcommunity having recently devised a Christmasswap shop affair, where artists all over the worldsigned up to do a piece which then got sent toanother artist picked at random by Asbestos.

Check out the results of this project and also allthe other amazing work at the deadlywww.theartofasbestos.com

D.A.D.D.Y. Forget your Dom&Nic’s, Spike Jonze’s andShynola’s for a moment, it’s time to give someprops to the Dublin based productionpowerhouse that is D.A.D.D.Y. (Design AnimationDesign Design Yay!) who do some of the bestvideos anywhere at the moment. Their attentionto detail, original concepts and execution have tobe seen and heard to be believed.

With amazing work for Bell X1, Autamata, DavidKitt, Halite and their own music / performanceproject Warlords Of Pez already in the can aswellsome amazing commercials you really shouldn’tbe reading this but rather should be over atwww.teamdaddy.com with some popcorn, M&Msawaiting the feast of film sitting their waiting foryour perusal. Also, watch out for the short filmsseries on TV3 which they did the titles for aswellas 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 hamsandwiches and the blanket, we’re going out intothe countryside for lots of six packs, rugs androck’n’rolling hills. Yep, the big gigs and festivalsare 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 for3, yes 3, nights but Coldplay come to Marlay Park,The Black Eyed Peas, Faithless and (ahem) PaddyCasey play Dublin Castle (Heineken Green EnergyFestival) and Eminem and his Detroit crew roll into rise some hassle at the castle at Slane.

Add to these the 3 big festivals that roll into townover the coming months, all with line-ups to diefor, 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’dinclude Sonar in Barcelona and rub it in.

Budrising.Dublin. June 1st - 7th.www.budrising.ie

Pumping up the volume across Dublin City Centrethe Budrising festival brings an unrivalled line-upto the streets (literally!) and venues of Dublin forthe second year running.

Going live from the 1st - 7th June in just aboutany venue they could find (going for a widdle inyour own home could even be a hassle i reckon),Budrising boasts the best in new and establishedacts, including Beck, Echo and the Bunnymen,Weezer, Dizzee Rascal, The La's, Buck 65, TheHives, The Matthew Herbert Big Band and RootsManuva aswell as local talent including JoeChester, Mainline, Nylon DJs and “the next bestthing’ local band The Chalets. Also, aswell as theticketed affairs, there are a number of other freeevents organised to take place across Dublinduring 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 packand 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 / ElectricCity Presents / Husky Rescue / Jacques Lu Cont /Jesse N Layla / Jimmy Cliff / Joe Chester / JoseGonzalez / Justin Robertson / Magic Numbers /Mainline / Marlena Shaw / Masters At Work /Medicine 8 / Nikki Hayes / Nylon DJs / PaddySheridan / 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 HeavenlyStates / The Hives / The Kills / The La's / TheMatthew 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 ahuge crowd, loads of stages, millions of bands anda whole ton of other stuff to do all being crammedinto the Punchestown site for your enjoyment.It really doesn’t get bigger than this. And whilesize matters, style does too so rather than rest ontheir laurels this year sees an incredibly diverseline-up hit Kildare on the two days. A veritablefeast of full-on festival frivolities, a buffet ofbrilliance, a menagerie of madness... okay, I’ll stopnow. Get down there and, eh, get down!

Line-Up:Green Day / The Frames / The Prodigy / SnoopDogg / 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 outsaw 15,000 people descend on Stradbally Housefor a big day out filled with fun and frolics.Despite a few teething problems the gig wasamazing. From the sun-drenched performances ofArrested Development, Super Furry Animals andSoulwax to the full-on frenzy that was Mylo, EricMorillo and the local crews of Backlash andBodytonic it was a big day out with a bigheadache the next morning. Oh, and GrooveArmada were brilliant to ease you into the night!

This year promises even more of the same withthe site extended to hold 25,000 punters over twodays, there’s even camping this year for thoseinclined. This year also sees the inclusion of acinema, a larger food market and the premier ofthe ‘silent disco’, a concept launching at thisyear’s Glastonbury, where the festivalgoers get apair of wireless headphones each which get sentlive mixed music throughout the night. A brilliantconcept considering the rules that concertsgenerally have to shutdown their soundsystems toreduce 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 DubFoundation / Backlash DJs / Nick Cave and theBad 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 checkhttp://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 rowso the claws will be well and truly out.Meeeeeeeeoooowwww!!!

Picture a music festival held in a venue not unlikethe National Museum by day and in a venue thesize of 3 Point Depot’s by night (1/3 outdoors).Add to this blistering Summer sun, a relaxedknowledgable crowd and the World’s finest djs,musicians and image makers and you’re gettingclose to the annual spectacle that is the Sonárfestival held in Barcelona. Add to this cheap beerand cava and looks like we’ve got a fun-in-the-sunparty on your hands!!

Now in it’s twelfth year this year’s festival sees ahuge move away from the electronica and hip-hop bias that have been quite prevalent over thelast few years towards what they term ‘organic’music (see below). Whatever they call it, you canbe assured that this festival is going to rock withSoulwax, LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, The Battlesand many more letting rip over the 3 days in June.More information at www.sonar.es

Sonar 2005 : Press Release

Over the last few years, many acts involving the experimentalsound discourse of electronic music have made use of more or lessconventional instruments to realize their aims. Portable computers,or laptops, which predominated in the past, have in numerouscases been replaced by guitars, basses, drums and traditionalinstruments on the stage.

In this edition of Sónar, one finds a notable return to the organicand physical in the creation of live music. An impressive cluster ofbands with a focus on electronic music, be it a means or an end,will perform on the different stages of the festival. Suchunorthodox acts as LCD Soundsystem, Le Tigre, Soulwax, Hood,Radian, Mouse On Mars, Efterklang, The Battles and To RococoRot seek to diminish the space between acoustic, electronic andpopular music.

Traditional instrumentation is also evident in the alliance betweenthe Brazilian group Hurtmold and American cornet player RobMazurek, as well as in the sound of two very different bands thatrevive, in their own special way, a kind of avant-garde pop of the1980s: the veteran and respected Durutti Column and Norwegiannewcomer The Beautiful People.

Ellen Allien

The founder of Berlin label B-Pitch Control whoseapproach is corrosive electro bass and highlyimaginative techno. If it’s too loud, you really shouldget yourself down The Late Late.

Sonár Line-up 2005.You’ll find more information on Sonár 2005 which is being heldin Barcelona June 16th - 18th at www.sonar.esBest to book your flights (www.aerlingus.com fly direct,Ryanair drop you in Gerona) and accommodation soonas 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 // MISSKITTIN // MOCKY // MOUSE ON MARS // MU // NOAH23 //PARAL-LEL plays BEE RECORDS // PELLARIN & MYLLEAGERplay STATLER & WALDORF // PETER GEBERT plays LUX NIGRA //RADIAN // RICHIE HAWTIN // ROISIN MURPHY // SIMONRUSSELL plays ROUGH TRADE SHOPS // SÓLO LOS SOLO //SOULWAX // SOUND-INK // SUBTLE // THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE// THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS // THE DURUTTI COLUMN // THESOFT PINK TRUTH // TOWATOM: ATOM TM vs TOWA TEI ||

SHOWCASES : AREAL presenta ADA // BASTEROID :AUTOPILOT PUBLISHING presenta FS BLUMM // GUIDOMÖBIUS // VERT : BARCELONA, ALIMENTACIÓ, CUINA IGASTRONOMIA 2005-2006 presenta CUISINE CONCRÈTE +JORDI VILÀ // MATTHEW HERBERT - PLAT DU JOUR : CIRCUSCOMPANY presenta NÔZE // SETY : COMPOST presenta ALEXATTIAS // BEN MONO // GENERAL ELECTRICS : DOMINO withEAT YOUR OWN EARS presenta HOOD // TO ROCOCO ROT :ELETRONIKA presenta BRASIL UNDERGROUND // ARTIFICIAL //HURTMOLD + ROB MAZUREK // M. TAKARA : GET PHYSICALpresenta BOOKA SHADE // DJ T : GOMMA presenta HILTMEYERINC & TOMBOY // MUNK // WHOMADEWHO : HÄPNA presentaTAPE // MINUS // MARC HOULE // MATHEW JONSON // RICHIEHAWTIN // TROY PIERCE vs MAGDA : PLATFORM MUSICpresenta DJSOS KROST // EFTERKLANG // PHARFAR & NEDFLANDERS : 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 INJAPAN // REI HARAKAMI & SHIRO TAKATANI // WORLD'S ENDGIRLFRIEND // 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 isthriving here in Dublin and this is helped in nosmall way by the efforts of Frankenstyles.Whether it’s his sticker based graphics which findtheir homes in strategically placed areas roundtown or his wooden sculptures this guy’s work isboth conceptual and clever. While you’reprobably aware of his work you might as well popdown to www.frankenstyles.com and see whatelse he’s been up...

Frankenstyles ‘Clouds’.

‘Pipe’, ‘Woodhead 1’ & ‘Woodhead 2’.All by Frankenstyles.

Non-Format. If you buy rather than nick music (good workfella!) and if you’re into the alternative (weirdybeardy some would say) scene chances areyou’ve come across and probably bought some ofthe work of the these two UK based designers.

Famed for their work for the alternative musicbible The Wire, which they’ve recently given updesigning after 5 years, their creative output isconsistently second to none.

To see what all the fuss is about checkwww.non-format.com

To subscribe to The Wire hit www.thewire.co.ukIt’s worth checking out anyhow as they do limitededition 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 latestalbum ‘I Am Brazil’ relatively recently but thispurchase was sealed once I saw the amazinganimation made to promote the ‘We still got it’track. Done by designer Johnny Kelly as a collegeproject this piece is simply sublime. It seems I’mnot the only person who thinks so either as itwent on to be exhibited at the world renownedDOTMOV festival which is held in associationwith the mighty Shift magazine.

Here’s what the people (Diesel VirtualDepartment) who selected it had to say about it:“The motivation for selecting this as our choicewas for a combination of reasons. The piecebenefits from a strong and simple concept andwell thought out story. Putting the viewer in theshoes of a designer charged with designing thealbum cover for a band. The chosen visual style isinteresting and relevant. Reinterpreting the styleof cut out paper collage techniques using digitalanimation, employed in such a way that thetechniques and technology used remainstransparent, aiding the design, rather thanoverpowering it. The design is strong, bold andconfident, with excellent use of colour andcomposition. The animation related well to themusic and was full of fun elements and a twistedsense of humour which is something that theDiesel creative team really appreciate. The pieceboth captures and maintains the viewers attentionuntil the end of the animation, and succeeds inclearly communicating the intended story.”

To see the video get along tohttp://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 checkhttp://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 toiletfeeling the urge to leave your mark, and not justin the bowl? Ever wanted to get stuck in andrather than do a ‘Micko 4 ‘Tasha 4ever’-esquescrawl actually design a wall which others wouldsee and go “Wow-weeeee!!!!” to?Well now’s your chance...

Tiger Beer, Mongrel Magazine and Hogan’s barhave come up with a great competition offeringyou the chance to design and paint our own wallin Hogan’s. ‘The Writer’s Block” is a monthlycompetition open to artists of all types to submittheir designs and, if they win, produce. Theresulting masterpiece will then be left on displayfor a month until another lucky winner is picked.Nice.

To ease the hurt of the redecoration every winnerwill win an opening night’s drinks party courtesyof Tiger Beer and the overall winner bagsthemselves a brand spankin’ new iMac. Nice Arís.

To be in with a chance submit your designs tothewritersblock@mongrel.ie by the 30th of eachmonth and who knows? Right, where’s memarkers, crayons and pipe cleaners, me’s feeling aBlue 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 inDun Laoghaire) a couple of years ago to furtherhis education in London Town. Since then he hasgraduated and also set up his own company, Pony.But that wasn’t before he had left an indeliblemark on the capital and the visual culture of thisisland.

Whether it was his involvement in the legendaryElevator, H.A.M. or Powderbubble club nights orhis design work for D1 recording and it’s DublinElectronic Arts Festival (D/E/A/F/), the nowdefunct Suffolk Street clothing emporiumMakullas, CODE magazine, Alternative MissIreland, Emigre magazine, The George and muchmore besides, you cannot have been touched insome way by his vast portfolio of work...

If you’re not sure, visit www.ponybox.co.uk wheremany 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 afriend they turned out to be... It’s a beautifully puttogether album, dreamy in places and intense inothers. 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 flashin the pan with this brilliant album and bonusdisk. Yes, ‘Daft Punk is playing at my house’ and‘Losing my edge’ are brilliant but you just trystand 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 recentlybut man, this album’s brilliant. I’m not usually aman for music with no lyrics but with this youdon’t miss them a bit. Supposedly amazing live sothat’s on the things to do... Buy yours now athttp://www.trustmeimathief.com/ and while you’reat it, check http://www.theredneckmanifesto.com/

Erlend Oye ‘DJ Kicks’This has been in constant rotation with me nowfor over a year and despite the since-releasedDaddy G and The Glimmers attempts this reallydoes reign supreme. Easily the best mix CD youcould do yourself a favour of and buy. Exceptional.

Backlash mix numero 4If you’re ever around South William Street inDublin on a Thursday night you could do a wholelot worse than get yourself along to Backlash, heldin the intimate surroundings of Wax, under Spy.Now running for around 18 months this gig is runby a more than passionate crew with the recordboxes to prove it... A prove it they do if thefollowing is to be believed, it’s episode 4 in theirmix 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 FormatJust found this video link for DJ Format’s newsingle and reckon on the basis of this it may beworth buying the album, regardless of that thoughyou 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 forless than some Dublin emporiums would haveyou believe they cost. New designs fromExperimental Jetset, Etsu Meusy, Rinzen and Co.will have you looking dapper in no time.

http://www.fakecake.comThe 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 flockwallpaper, here’s the place to find something.They’re about to launch designer wallpaperdesigned by, eh, designers like Eboy, Phunkstudioand Build. It’s a long way from Heatons.

http://www.picturesonwalls.com/Limited edition prints by the likes of Banksy, JamieHewlett, Pete Fowler and many more.

www.monsterism.netThe site of illustrator Pete Fowler and hisMonsterism project (see across) made famous byhis work for the brilliant Super Furry Animals.If you like what you see get along towww.playbeast.com and invest in some of thegreat 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 nextsingle is rumoured to be ‘Technologic’ so lookslike we’ll be back too.

http://www.showstudio.com/This fashion site was set up by Peter Saville andfriends and 2 years on is still innovating withworld class collaborators lining up to be involved.

http://www.pepsi.co.jp/campaign/nintendo/cap.htmlCan’t imagine Club Orange doing anything like this.

http://psyop.tv/main.phpAmazing motion graphics company worth givinga lunchtime to.

http://www.thedirectorsbureau.com/And if that’s your lunch gone, here’s the wholeafternoon as what we got here is a fair aul slice ofthe spoils of Shynola, Geoff McFetridge and awhole 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/funcupAs Billy Ocean says, get out of my dreams andinto my car. Unbelievably addictive.

http://www.typedifferent.com/Loads of free and cheap fonts from the brilliantBuro Destruct design agency. Check them inaction at www.burodestruct.net

http://www.gorillaz.com/Back with a new album which, from what I’veheard, is well worth the wait. A great site to boot.

http://www.fabriclondon.com/The London club releasing some of the best mixesavailable. Better still, become a subscriber andthey’re about as expensive as a Xtravision video.

http://www.netbabyworld.com/Finally, some more games to get stuck into. Enjoy.

Pete Fowlerillustration.

Upcoming.

Watchlist.The stuff we didn’t have time toput 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!) campaignfor world domination as they plan to sell theirwares and a whole load else on the virtualboutique that is the world wide web. Due to goonline in the near future keep checking bywww.angryretail.com to ensure you’re sorted forSummer. Better still, it ensures you don’t look likeyou been dressed by your other half. I don’t careif you couldn’t give a FCUK, get stuck in andsupport these guys.

The Chalets’ new site is online.There’s definitely something in the water as itseems the world can’t get enough of the brilliantIrish talent emerging at the moment. Be it Hal,Bell X1, Snow Patrol, Damian Rice or Donna &Joesph McCall (Yeah, the Eurovisioners!) Irishmusic is giving the world plenty to rock too. Nonemore so than The Chalets who are, as we speak,busily working on the first single off their newalbum ‘Check In’. The single’s called ‘Feel themachine’ and it’s due out real soon on CD andgood aul vinyl. If it’s anything like the last tworeleases best you get your folks out of the housebecause these bright young things rock hard.It’s not wonder everyone from Elton John to MTVare calling them the next big thing. More at thewonderful www.thechalets.com

Semi-Permanent hits London.The Design is Kinky crew have really outdonethemselves this year as not only have they heldtwo ultra successful conferences in Sydney andAuckland but plans are afoot to bring Semi-Permanent to both London and New York in thecoming months. The London version is on the10th and 11th of June with the NY one to beannounced but if the speaker list is anything likeprevious SP’s down under there’ll be somethingfor everyone. More at www.semipermanent.comor www.designiskinky.net

DP-MHI revamp their site.If you’re not familiar with the name HardyBlechman you’re okay but you would aware of hisclothes. Designed under the name Maharishi,Hardy’s designs have adorned every majorcelebrity star (Jennifer Aniston is a famous fan ofhis embroidered pants) aswell as the street smartsince setting up in the mid 90’s. Taking theirinfluence mostly from camoflage (Hardy has thelargest collection of camoflage patterns andrelated items in the world) his clothing empirenow brings in millions every year and hasdiversified into bespoke clothing, streetwear, toysand also art... Anyhoo, Maharishi have recentlyrevamped their streetwear eTail site so grab yourwallet and get yourself down www.dp-mhi.comand get buying.

Budrising returns in August.Just as I’m about to put this puppy to bed wordcomes from the East that Budrising is coming rightback at us this August with more killer line-ups.Get your laughing gear around these...The Pixies & Kings of LeonLansdowne Road, 23rd August /Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand & Maroon 5Lansdowne Road, 24th August /Chemical BrothersMarley Park 19th August /Basement Jaxx, Underworld & MyloMarley Park 20th August

Competition. As mentioned earlier Amos are due to release set10 of the In Crowd series. One of the earlier serieswas called Ages of Rock (pictured below) whichtook it’s inspiration from famous icons of rock androll. We have some of these little guys up forgrabs if you can answer the following question:

Q: Name the 6 real life rock gods that the Ages ofRock In Crowd are based on?

Answers should be sent before the end of May torichard.seabrooke@dynamo.ie who will pull thewinners at random from the correct entriesreceived. Turn it up to eleven and get it on!

Just so you know these are extremely rare but forsome unknown reason there’s still some full setsavailable at www.hanon-shop.com

Go figure! (literally)

Submissions. Over the coming issues of Candy I hope to bringyou more and more cool things including biggercompetitions, actual interviews, indepth profiles,guides to this or that and lots more in-between.

If you’re into it though, why not get involvedyourself? “Why?” you say. Well, you get to spreadyour word, you get your work credited and hey, ifthere’s any money to be made, you’re right upthe top of that line too... If you are interested firean email my way and let’s get it on and get you in.

Speaking of which, if you’re a potential advertiserand want to speak directly to the type of peoplewho you reckon are going to get this then whynot also contact me to see what we can do foryou and also, what you can do for us.

Next issue.Due July 2005.

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