On the eve of tomorrows second test in South Africa we are delighted to get Rob Kearney latest diary entry- “Well it’s been worth waiting for as they say; I’m absolutely delighted to be starting on Saturday in my preferred position – 15!”
We’re sure there are many delighted fans too Rob….!
So tomorrow will surely be another bout of blood sweat and hopefully not tears in the hostile arena that is - Loftus Versfield, Petoria… Rob may fear not though as he will have six more of his Irish compadres on board to cool any nerves. You have to go back to the 1938 Lion tour for the last time there was so many Irish out in force on the tour.
This is a game that the Lions just can’t lose or the series is out the window and It’s fantastic to see so much faith placed with so many Irish grand slammers and this surely really underlines the strength of Irish rugby which has been tirelessly documented already. Irish eyes will have more of an incentive to watch tomorrow and there’s a feeling that Rob’s siege-gun left boot will flourish at high altitude and give us the edge… that we have no doubt!
Check out his latest Provon Revive diary entry to find out what went down behind the scenes this week…
We grabbed some footage of the recent Sparks N' Mind release gig down at Tower Live, Ham Sandwich performed a few tracks including their cover of Stay by Shakespeare's Sister which featured on the album. It's up on Tower's Muzu channel alongside a few other classic performances. Check it out below. For more info on Tower Records instores and special offers, visit www.facebook.com/towerrecords.
Eager rugger nutters can now log on to provonrevive.ie/diaryofalion to keep up to see the British & Irish Lions tour through the eyes of our Leinster legend Rob Kearney.
The five week diary is powered by Provon Revive and is a pretty sweet opportunity to see what’s going down behind the scenes on the tour. This week we get the low down on his new roomie and preparation for the first showdown with Highfield Lions XV in Rustenburg …
We just heard Tubridy’s the new Late Late Show Presenter.
To celebrate, we worked Late Late into the night here at Thinkhouse HQ, to whip up a tub of Ben & Jerry’s in his honour. It’s called ‘Late Late Tub-ridy.’ Naturally it’s low-fat, smooth and just a bit nutty.
To create your very own flavour check out http://www.benjerry.ie/. The winning Irish flavour goes to the Dominican Republic this November for an icecream-off with the GodFathers of Ice Cream, Ben & Jerry themselves. The ultimate winner will have their very own favour created and launched next year.
Well ok, *we’re prone to exaggeration sometimes just for headlines. However, the Sporty Team @ Thinkhouse has been working with Provon Revive, a sports nutrition supplement developed by whiz kids in Glanbia Nutritionals and the Leinster Lads have been lovin’ it.. We like to think it was Provon that made them nail semi-final.. Here’s the lads view on the game, before that stunning victory. Roll on Leinster V Leicester.
How ecstatic are we to find out our Provon Revive (Glanbia Nutritionals) ambassador Rob Kearney made it into the British & Irish Lions along with 13 other grand slam winning Irish legends this week!
At only 23 Kearney is a class act not to mention a complete gentleman so no better man for the job and will surely be one of the stars of the tour. Whether he’s used at full back or on the wing the man with surely the sweetest left boot in world rugby will be a winner for the Lions on their tour of S. Africa.
Provon revive is a unique nutritional sports recovery drink designed to give athletes that extra 15 mins during exercise, check out the new video from the launch of this year’s series of partnerships to support sports nutrition in sporting communities.
From tomorrow (April 22nd) pizza lovers can get a taste of the underworld as cult New Zealand gourmet pizza chain Hell opens its gates to the first Irish hellhole on Dublin's Wexford Street. The Hellish experience, far from any other pizza encounter Ireland has ever seen, will excite even the most devilish soul.
Although coming from Hell and named after the seven deadly sins, the pizzas are far from evil. Fresh, fast and healthy, all pizzas are made from scratch onsite daily with only the best gourmet ingredients.
Hell caters for all vices including vegetarianism & vegans without forgetting the red blooded creatures with its best selling meat lover's pizza aptly named 'Lust'. Coeliacs can even now get in on the pizza game with gluten free bases available in Hell.
Pizza fans can begin their descent into Hell by registering @ www.hell.ie
Here at Thinkhouse we have been scouting for a fresh thinker for Internship and luckily, amongst an amazing army of applicants, have shortlisted the right person. This placement starts in May, so are no longer accepting submissions for this date.
However, we’re always on the lookout for talented youth communicators. If you want in for Thinkhouse’s September internship or just think Thinkhouse is for you, please let us know why on jobs@thinkhousepr.com
Weather aside, this week we just can’t hide our excitement about working with Tower Records in support of the second annual World Record Store Day
This amazing idea was founded in the US and was set up to celebrate the art of music and the unique culture surrounding independently owned record stores.
Get your vinyl groove on this coming Saturday 18th April and head down to the Wicklow Street store to sample serious musical treats including guest appearances from Mundy, Neil Hannon and some amazing local bands who are supporting the day…
There will also be extra special vinyl releases including Tom Waits 7", New Order 7", a Sonic Youth & Beck split 7" and many more, see full line up for the day:
Heathers Hooray For Humans 202's Story of Hair The Laundry Shop One Day International Neill Hannon Mundy
We have been working with Easi-Singles recently on its partnership with Vyvienne Long whose song 'Happy Thoughts' was used in the recent 'cloud' TV ad. The Easi-Singles offices were inundated with requests of the singers identity, internet gossip was rife and the ad received hit after hit on youtube. Spurred by this, Easi-Singles decided to see the track released for download and we were charged with spreading the word.
To this end, Vyvienne was on Ian Dempsey's breakfast show yesterday, we have a recording of the slot here or you can watch the whole thing below thanks to the Today FM website.
You can see Vyvienne live around Ireland this month.
Thurs 16th April, 8pm Kilkenny Cleere’s Theatre
Fri 17th April, 8pm Limerick The Belltable
Sat 18th April, 7pm Cork The Crane Lane Theatre
Thurs 23rd April, 7pm Galway St.Nicholas’ Collegiate Church
Sat 25th April, 8pm Dublin The Village, Wexford St
Thinkhouse is a youth communications specialist agency that’s always on the lookout for fresh thinkers.
We have developed an internship programme to attract the best, talented creatives to experience Thinkhouse and learn with us. If you enjoy getting stuck in, fancy yourself as a youth communications expert and reckon Thinkhouse is for you - we’d love to hear from you, email us and tell us why you should get a shoe in.
We have been busy collecting testimonials from our Movember campaign for movember.com. It's great to hear the different experiences people had and the ways in which Movember changed people’s lives. Here is one from TTV's Liam McCormack that speaks for itself.
I had never grown a full moustache before, not because I couldn’t but because I never felt the urge to do so. That was until I heard the call from what would soon become my Mo Bros. It was reminiscent of that scene in Field of Dreams, I was Kevin Costner and stood in my corn field, what did I hear? “If you grow it, they will come!” Thinking I was moderately insane but knowing what must be done, I proceeded in growing a MO. It was a month filled with itches, stitches, and some very tasty dishes, most of which attached themselves to my monster ‘tache, which could come in handy at a later stage if I needed a snack on the go! It was a time when men were men, and cars were bicycles, and women ran in fear crying; “Dear God, what is that Beast a top o’er your lip, that while disgusts me overwhelms me with longings I never thought possible!” And when the growing was complete and the month had almost come to an end, myself and my fellow Mo Bros, known only as the Tashmanian Devils made our way to a Super Secret location where we had what would go down in infamy as the Movember Ball! Every man if he’s honest wants to look like a 1970’s ‘fillum’ star and that night the stars were out in full hairy force!! And so we Bug-a-looed ‘til half past two, I was there, were you?
Before I leave you, I’ll let you know this, if you Moust-ash-me a question, go right a head!
We’ve been fans of Tower Records for ages. Now we can be fans in cyberspace too…lucky. The Tower Facebook Fan Page has just gone live packed with video’s, pics and the latest news and free gig listings from the store as well as RSS feeds for some of the best music sites out there. There will be reviews going on there soon too, from the muso staff and music fans alike! Do it. Become a fan… you know you want to. Tower Records Ireland Fanpage Tower Records on Youtube Towerrecords.ie
The results are in from Ireland's first all star roar off. We pitted Cork legend Sean Óg O' Hailpin against Leinster Rugby star Rocky Elsom to help launch Lynxroar.ie, an interactive online competition to find Ireland's ultimate caveman. Sean Óg out-roared Rocky giving GAA fans and Corkonians a bit of good news in these turbulent times. Stunning cavewoman Jenny Lee Masterson was also at hand to referee the clash, with Sean Óg roaring an impressive 72.3 dB (Decibels) compared to Rocky's close 69.3 dB. A very close call.
We are dead excited about the next installment of Tea With. We know it will be hard to top the last one with Graham Rawle (pics up on the facebook) but as the song says.. we've got high hopes. This time round we have teamed up with our friends at Bodytonic to bring over Greg Wilson, a true music pioneer who has done so much for music as we know it, and in particular dance to it, that he deserves way for fame than most DJs out there.
Through the early 80's Greg was pioneering a sound known as electro funk, a combination of Hip-Hop, Dance, Disco, and Electric Boogie mostly coming from the states. It was a completely underground movement, initially quite specific to the North of England where local b-boy crews started popping up and Greg cut his teeth. He was one of the first DJs in the UK to actually 'mix' records (the technique is now industry standard). He also appeared on Jools Holland doing the same way back in 1983. Not long after this he retired for 20 years but decided after much pressure to step back into the ring in 2003 to great response. Since then he has done remixes for Grace Jones and Groove Armada and more recently recorded an Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1.
We really can’t wait for this one, so if you would like to join us and Greg for a cup of Barry's Tea, come down to the Twisted Pepper on the 21st of February from 6pm. You can also hear the man do his thing straight after.
Spring is in the air and all through the land birds are singing, lambs are bleating and cavemen are roaring. Yes that's right, don't be alarmed if the men in your office slip back to their caveman roots all of a sudden, it's all down to Instinct, the new scent from Lynx. Made from a mix of cardamom, amber and atlas cedar wood, Lynx Instinct has a scent that appeals to your primordial instinct and will have the ladies going back to their roots, grunting and salivating at your feet. Test your manliness over at the Lynx Roar Off at lynxroar.ie.
Part two of the Barry's ‘Tea With…..’ cultural series takes place at the end of this month. We covered fashion last time round (see below for a reminder). This time we’ve come over all arty and Barry’s Tea teams up with those creative kids at Monstertruck Gallery and Studio, Francis St to bring the very talented Graham Rawle to Dublin. Graham is most well renowned for his farcical illustrated series ‘Lost Consonants’, in The Weekend Guardian for over 15 years but has also published a few amazing illustrated novels too.
Don’t miss this opportunity for ‘Tea With…. Graham’ in the relaxing environs of the RHA on Ely place, on Thursday 29th from 6.30pm. There will be delicious Barry’s Tea to warm you up and the exclusive tea cocktails will also make a popular return...delish! See the Barry’s Tea Facebook fan page for more details and while you are at it, swing by the Thinkhouse group for all our latest news.
At Thinkhouse we know how much Ben & Jerry’s loves planet earth. So, in a move that hopefully more brands will follow, we’ve just announced that we will offset all PR activity for the Ben & Jerry’s brand. So here it is, our official promise to make all our PR exercises for Ben & Jerry’s completely climate neutral. Since its inception in 1978, Ben & Jerry's has always made efforts to be socially responsible with activites including Fairtrade ice cream, the Greyston Bakery where all the brownies are made, which trains and counsels the homeless and Cool Your Jets, an offsetting website. In Ireland, a shining example of social responsibility is the Ben & Jerry’s Climate Change College, an initiative that has gained worldwide recognition since its launch in 2007. Check it out here.
In news equally as delicious, new low fat versions of B&J's favorites Chocolate Fudge Brownie and Strawberry Cheesecake have just been launched. We had the arduous task of sampling them here in the office, it ain't all fun and games in the Thinkhouse office!
YAY! Thinkhouse has scooped PR blogger Piaras Kelly’s award for the Best Campaign of the Year. The award was for our charity mo growing Movember campaign with highlights including the gala party and the ongoing support of our media partner Metro. It really was a pleasure to work on, the Movember team are great fun and we are already planning an even bigger 2009 campaign. Start preparing those upper lips boys!
Piaras's blog is a great old read, check out his links to some of the better marketing/pr and advertising blogs in Ireland, up now. www.pkellypr.com/blog
A big thanks to Svenja and Yoske for sharing their golden moments with us last night. Thanks to all of you who came down too, it was a really lovely evening, the setting was perfect for the occasion and those tea cocktails were delicious. We have some gorgeous pictures up on our facebook page, check them out over here. The next Barry's Tea With... is with Monster Truck Studio and Gallery in the new year, we will keep you posted right here.
Big shout out to to 3 who has just won the government awarded contract for the National Broadband Scheme. The scheme aims to get broadband to those remote regions of the county that have so far been without. This is a great initiative by the government, for too long Ireland has been lagging behind our European counterparts in the broadband take-up, no wonder when 10% of the country couldn’t even get it. That will all change soon though with 3 on the case. Well done lads!
Duff Man, Motallica, Magnum P.I, Stalin, the Monopoly Man and half the 1981 Liverpool European Cup squad were all on hand to celebrate the end of the growing season that was the month formerly known as Movember. History was made when the coveted Man ofMovember prize was awarded to a lady for the first time in the history of the competition. A suspiciously hairy lady who also won Miss Movember.... Check out the amazing pics over on our facebook group.
Barry's Tea has teamed up with some of the most creative and progressive Irish collectives to bring inspiring innovators to Ireland for the Barry's Tea With... cultural series. Together with Circus Store and Gallery, Monster Truck Gallery and Bodytonic, Barry's Tea fans are invited to to have 'Tea With' some of the most inspirational international creative talent. The series focuses on fashion, art and music with leading leading innovators and trend leaders showcasing their work in a relaxed, conversational way.
The Barry's 'Tea With' series kicks off next week with fashion-forward Circus Store & Gallery bringing two of Berlin's most talked about creatives to Dublin. First up is Svenja Specht, Founder of Berlin's fashion label 'Reality Studio' which now has its collections housed in Japan, Denmark, Greece, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Ireland.
Founder of Berlin's 'Koi Klub' Yoske Nishiumi will also share his Golden Moments over a cup of Barry's Tea at this intimate event. Koi Klub started out as a place where creative people could get together and later evolved into the publication of the celebrated fanzine 'Koi Mag'. Yoske's creative talents have established him internationally, as he now designs footwear for legendary Japanese sports brand Onisuka Tiger.
So join Svenja and Yoske for a cup of Barry's Tea and some delicious cocktails and hear about their Golden Moments.
The month formerly known as November is nearly at an end but not before tomorrow nights big gala party taking place in the Button Factory from 7.30pm. It's not too late to donate though, hit Movember.com to do your bit. Movember Ireland has already topped the €100,000 mark and we are expecting that figure to keep rising as the last minute donations roll in.
Tomorrow nights event will see the Button factory transformed by a sea of Magnum P.I's, bikers, Sheiks and cowboys as participants dress to suit their Mo's. Mo Bros and Sista's who have raised over €80 receive a complimentary ticket and for anyone else it's €20 (available through movember.com). There will also be prizes on the night courtesy of our sponsors Finlandia, Wilkinson Sword and Rip Curl. Check the website for more details. www.movember.com
You could even end up being crowned the Man of Movember or Miss Movember 2008!
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On the eve of tomorrows second test in South Africa we are delighted to get Rob Kearney latest diary entry- “Well it’s been worth waiting for as they say; I’m absolutely delighted to be starting on Saturday in my preferred position – 15!”
