Nick in the Afternoon was a programming block on Nickelodeon that aired from 1995 to 1998 on weekday afternoons during the summer, hosted by Stick Stickly, a Mr. Bill like popsicle stick puppeteered by Rick Lyon and voiced by New Yorker Paul Christie (who would later voice Nick Jr. mascot, Moose A. Moose until 2012).
He has worked as a producer, and wrote songs with Andreas Mattsson for Swedish artists Peter Jöback, Titiyo, Popsicle, Jerry Williams, Space Age Baby Jane, Brolle Jr, Carola, and Ainbusk He has written movie music for the films Expectations, Big Girls Don't Cry, and SÖK.
Vanessa and the O's formed in 2003/2004 when Parisian Vanessa Contenay-Quinones (Allez Pop) got together with Swedish musical collaborators Andreas Mattsson (Popsicle) and Niclas Frisk (Atomic Swing) later joining up with James Iha (former guitarist and co-founding member of The Smashing Pumpkins) in New York.