Ian's Profile

OCCUPATION:	Applications Engineer, with XSIL Ltd. (Laser micromachining for microchips)
INTERESTS & PASTIMES:	Football (GAA) with St. Vincents Hurling Soccer Golf Actually pretty much any sport Films Computer Games Drinking :)
FAVOURITE FILM(S):	In no particular order: Heat Godfather I and II Goodfellas Zoolander Happy Gilmore Memento The Matrix Bullitt The Great Escape ....there are way too many to name, I have no definite favorite I do have two, make that three films which I really really hate Titanic Con Air Speed (P.S. these 3 are Don's favorite films he has them all on collectors edition, directors cut, extended version)
FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME(S):	I like Stargate, Star Trek type stuff Most Comedies, father ted, faulty towers, blackadder, only fools and horses, most are finished and the only comedies i like that are around now would be Scrubs, and others like that. As like Don, I'll watch anything on Discovery or National Geographic
COOL PLACES I'VE VISITED:	(These are the places I've visited not all cool) US Italy Switzerland France Germany Austria Scotland Wales England ...I've been to more than that but I can't remember
PLACES I'D STILL LIKE TO VISIT:	South America Parts of Africa (the safe ones) Austraila New Zealand Asia (china, japan, thailand) Actually anywere I havent been
FAVOURITE ALBUM(S):	Hard one again....Here's a few: Air - Moon Safari Coldplay - Parachutes Coldplay - A rush of blood to the head Daft Punk - Discovery (Excellent) Leftfield -Leftism Massive Attack...all their albums especially(sp.?) Blue Lines Neil Young - Harvest Orbital...where do I start, all of them Prodigy - Experience Radiohead - Kid A/Amnesiac/OK Computer... Sasha - Air Drawn Dagger :) Sasha - Involver The chemical Bros. - ALL the albums U2...everything Thats a lot and i've only picked a few out of my collection
FAVOURITE TUNES(S):	Tunes......Of late: Ulrich Schnauss - On My Own (from Involver - Sasha) Bloodlock - Sasha (from Air Drawn Dagger) One Perfect Sunrise - Orbital For a long time: No Good (start the dance) - Prodigy Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin Wheres Jack the Ripper - Grooverider Orange Theme - Cygnus X Punk - Ferry Corsten For an Angel - Paul Van Dyke On - Aphex Twin Dr Who - Orbital (Absoultely Amazing) Halcyon, the box, belfast - all Orbital The Horn Track - Luke Slater's Khufu Mix U2 - Beautiful Day Old Man - Neil Young Intergalatic - Beastie Boys The Scientist - Coldplay and sorry but you can't beat a bit of JT-Rock Your Body ;) (P.S. no.2: Don's favorite band is Spice Girls)
FAVOURITE BAR IN DUBLIN (why?):	Dunno they all suck, I dont like drink ;) I'll split this into catogories: Decor: Ron Blacks....sorry I know I worked for them but I think its the best looking bar around. The Pint (Guinness): There's 2, Kehoe's (South Anne's St.) The Gravediggers (Glasnevin) Price: Vinne's (St. Vincents GAA..my club) less than a minutes walk from the front door and ?2.90 for a pint of Beemo (Beamish Stout). Ya can't go wrong. Atmosphere: Metropoliton (Eden Quay) or Messr. Maguires (Opposite Quay to Metro :) ) I know messrs has gone shitty of late but it still has atmosphere or The Cobblestone (Smithfield) had a great night there, good bit of banter as they say. Service: Hands down its the bar in the Four Seasons Hotel in Ballsbridge, it does help to know the manager but its still brilliant *you do pay for brilliance though Best Cocktail: Easily it was Ron Blacks when I worked there.... Now its the four seasons again. If your ever bringing a girl for a date bring her here and buy her a couple of cocktails, you'll be the best thing since sliced bread. (you'll probably have to live on sliced bread for dinner for the next month though seeing as you spent your months wages in one night;) )
FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK:	Fat frogs... ;) yeah right Pint bottle of bulmers when I'm thirsty Then: Hoeggarten Corona Guinness Heineken Havana Club (Reserve...7 Year) and club lemon Mohito's (sp.?)
TEA OR COFFEE?:	Neither really, started drinking both recently though
BEST GIG I'VE BEEN TO:	Theres a few: The Prodigy in the point with Nige years ago....remember the white levi's :) Godskitchen with Donny boy. I remember we had no drink before we went, there were young people everywhere, out of the game, but me and Don were there to have a good time, as we were walking in this savage track was starting....The Horn track and the DJ was Mistress Barbara (Is that right don?) anyway there was this amazing build up and then it kicked in, thud thud thud.....Superb. Then Ferry Corsten came on and played Punk........brilliant U2 in Wien (Vienna) in Austria, absolutly amazing atmosphere Oxygen festival with Enda, I saw probably Orbital's last ever Irish Gig, they were ....words cant actually describe how good they were.
PET HATES:	People who talk shite about things they really havent a clue about, I do it a bit but i'm allowed ;)