LA brand Supertrash has just arrived in Ireland with Spring Summer ensembles that are swoon-worthy. Sharp shoulders, leather, underwear as outerwear and nudes – its got all bases covered. To be found in the hawtest boutiques or 014295007 for details.
Arnie turns to eBay to earn second income for California State
Arnie says he’ll be back. And he means it. This time it’s with a winning plan to earn extra income for the state of California with ‘The Great Californian Garage Sale’, by putting state goods up on eBay to raise money to help balance the state of California’s budget which is reported to be in deficit by $31billion.
Items ranging from cars to coat racks, computers to binoculars and jewellery will be up for grabs. People from all over the world are being encouraged to bid to save the state.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is even autographing the sun visors of used cars being sold by the state to help boost their value.
Log onto www.eBay.ie to win (and help bring Arnie and California state back).
Impulse, the everday fragrance for women, is setting the scent scene for next season with a brand new project with the fashionable peeps at A|wear. The two forces have combined to create a capsule collection, inspired and modelled by MTV presenter Laura Whitmore, titled ‘Laura Whitmore’s Impulse collection for A|wear’ – a collection of 20 fashion forward pieces that celebrates the hot new trends for the season ahead.
The Impulse collection with be available in 30 A|wear stores nationwide from the 12th August. A showcase of the collection can be seen on the 19th August, mail impulse@thinkhousepr.com to get in on the fun.
Making the collection even more irresistible, fashion fans will bag a free Impulse Romantic Spark everytime they make a purchase from 12th -17th August. Impulse’s latest fragrance, Romantic Spark was developed by world renowned fragrance expert and ‘nose’, Ann Gottlieb, in collaboration with Givaudan, one of the world’s best fragrance houses. Ann has over 25 years experience in the perfume industry and has helped developed several signature scents for international perfume houses such as Calvin Klein, Caroline Herrera and Sex & the City Star Sarah Jessica Parker’s Covet.
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.
The good people at Tower Records in Wicklow Street are serving up Ham Sandwich for lunch and Le Galaxie for afters (in musical form) on Thursday June 11th for the launch of the Sparks N’ Mind compilation album which is all in aid of Irish voluntary charity Aware. The album is crammed with some cracking cover versions of songs that have inspired the crème de la crème of our little island’s talent to begin their creative journey on that busy road of musical magic. Bands that feature on the album are Bell X1, Republic of Loose, Lisa Hannigan, Cowboy X, Damien Dempsey and The Flaws to name a few. The gig kicks off at 1pm with Ham Sandwich and Le Galaxie thrashing out the tunes later on at 5pm. Pop over to Tower Records and befriend Tower Records Ireland on facebook for further info and updates!
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 …
Thinkers, Dave and Chewy, jetted to Edinburgh for the day on Saturday and enjoyed prime views of the Heineken Cup Final action.
As part of the Provon Revive team, part of the winning squads nutritional program, we’d even more reason to cheer / go crazy / cry when the final whistle blew.
It’ll be with eager eyes rugby fans log on to get Rob Kearney's thoughts from South Africa. The Diary of a Lion, Rob Kearney’s 5 week Diary powered by Provon Revive, is a blow by blow account of Rob’s thoughts on all things (from GAA to Rugby to the Sights & Sounds of South Africa) from the southern hemisphere.
The Rob Kearney Diary starts tomorrow on provorevive.ie.
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.
After a two-year gap, the pop rock quartet from Malahide - Director is back with the follow up to 2007's infectious & platinum selling We Thrive On Big Cities, remember that classic Reconnect tune?
I'll Wait For Sound is released this Friday 08 May and we can't wait to hit Tower Records for the launch. The lads play instore this Friday 08 May @ 1.00pm. Get down to grab a copy of the album and see the boys in action.
If you’ve been reading your nerd sites recently chances are you have heard of the Pirate Bay, the file sharing site that for years has been directing illegal downloaders to ill-gotten booty. By not actually hosting the files on their servers they just about managed to stay one step ahead of the law (and rub many a legal department up the wrong way). The record companies have finally caught up with them though and their long running legal case has taken another turn.
Just a week after the four people behind the torrent site were found guilty of breaching copyright law and served with a combined 3.6 million euro fine and a year each in prison, their lawyers have sought an appeal on the basis that the judge in the case is a member of the Swedish Copyright Association. The judge has come out and said that this bore no impact on his decision but lawyers for the Pirate Bay Four are pushing ahead with their appeal and Judge Norstrom isn’t doing much to calm matters, check out his quotes over on cnet along with the rest of the story.
Illegal downloading has been a problem ever since Napster came on the scene all those cyber years ago, things are changing though, as the nice people at Tower Records will testify, vinyl sales are up massively and sales of their USB turntables are also increasing. A definite backlash against the poor sound quality and risk of virus’ associated with illegal MP3’s. Ask your dad about the feeling of picking up a longed for 12” with its warmer analogue sound and perfectly sized artwork, it even beats the joy of browsing a collection of favourite CDs.
To see Tower’s latest vinyl additions, visit the Facebook page Notes or send an email to vinyl@towerrecords.ie
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
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!
Ben & Jerry's added to its green credentials recently with the launch of Fairtrade friendly Chocolate Macadamia. The handpicked collection of Fairtrade certified ingredients include cocoa from the Dominican Republic, vanilla from India, and sustainably produced Macadamia Nuts from Malawi, and Caring Dairy from the Netherlands. Everything used is certified Fairtrade which means those involved in production gets a fair price for their harvest. Chocolate Macadamia is available in a freezer near you right now and is the fourth addition to Ben & Jerry's Fairtrade flavour family that also includes Vanilla, Chunky Monkey and Vanilla Toffee Crunch. Is there anything more delicious than a clear conscious and a full belly?
Ben & Jerry’s are looking for thoughts on this new treat – Whoever writes most interesting review of the Fairtrade flavour will win a year’s supply of Ben & Jerry’s, yum! Just log onto ‘Ben & Jerry’s Ireland’ on Facebook to write a review and be in for a chance to win.
We always knew our friends at MUZU were on the up, right back from when Thinkhouse helped their launch in 2008. Good to see the people at Sunday Times Style magazine think so too (MUZU listed as ‘Going Up’ in Sunday’s lifestyle bible ). With the rapid decline in quality music available on YouTube thanks to disputes over rights and ownership of copyright material now is Muzu’s time to shine.
One positive to come from all this recession carry on is the 'do- it-yourself attitude' that seems to be gathering pace. Garage sales, the ideas campaign and even knitting circles are all lovely examples of sisters (and brothers) doing it for themselves. It's also still very much the case that one man’s junk is another’s treasure, with all this in mind there has never been a better time to have a look round the house and start turning that unwanted clutter into cash.
The massively popular online auction site eBay.ie has just made it easier than ever to get started. It’s now free to list items up to €1.49 on eBay.ie and you pay 10% Final Value Fee only when the item sells - if it doesn’t sell, there’s no fee at all. eBay has just released figures that show that savvy Irish sellers are making as much as a tenner a week from selling unwanted items so join the ranks and climb aboard the good ship eBay to cast off your unwanted booty, turning it to gold! www.ebay.ie
We have just added ebay.ie to our brand base here at Thinkhouse and we are excited! In just a few short days we’ve met tons of other regular eBay users, proving the nation’s appetite for a serious bargain.
We are currently hunting down some juicy stories for eBay – basically case-studies of ‘eBayers’ who have interesting stories to tell. If you, or someone you know, has an interesting eBay story to tell (maybe you sold your soul or put your kids through college?) we want to hear about it... So drop us a line at ebay@thinkhousepr.com
eBay.ie was launched in 2005 expanding the company to 38 markets including the U.S., eBay is both a fixed price and auction site where practically anyone can trade practically anything, with deals worth talking about. www.eBay.ie
The number of mystical importance to the Celts, of truth to the Jews, and the perfect number to the Chinese, 3 is now Irish Golf’s magic number. 3, Ireland’s fastest growing network, has demonstrated hope in restoring the Irish Open‘s glory days with the announcement of its title sponsorship of the country’s flagship Golf Championships for the next three years. The 3 Irish Open takes place at Baltray on May 14th -17th and aims to attract some of the world’s top players to Co. Louth with sweeteners such as a private plane at their disposal. A new prize fund of €3million was also announced yesterday, half a million up on last year, quite the magic number.
3 MD, Robert Finnegan said it was his intention during 3’s sponsorship, from now until 2011, to turn the tournament he referred to as ‘a sleeping giant’ into one of the PGA European Tours flagship championships. We for one are excited. www.three.ie
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