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Personal Stuff

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Visit my blog: johntins.blogspot.com, where apparently I'm complain a lot! (but have not done so in a long time as is the nature of such blogs...)

I'm also on Twitter - @johntins

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Football

I love Liverpool FC. I like to go to Anfield as much as I can, time and money permitting!

Recently Attended

• Liverpool vs. Chelsea (CL Semi) - May 1 2007 - photos
• Liverpool vs. Barceolona (CL Last 16) - March 6 2007 - photos | videos
• Liverpool vs. Blackburn (league) - October 16 2006 - photos
• Liverpool vs. Arsenal (league) - Oct 28 2007
• Blackburn vs. Liverpool (league) - Nov 3 2007 - photos
• Liverpool vs. Inter Milan (CL Last 16) - Feb 9 2008 - *My flight was cancelled so I missed it :-(
• Liverpool vs. Chelsea (CL Semi) - Apr 22 2008 - photos
• Liverpool vs. Manchester United (League) - Sep 19 2010

To Attend

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Travel

I like to travel and take photos. As far as I can recall I've been to:

• Colorado Springs, CO, USA - November 2010
• Boulder, CO, USA - November 2010
• Denver, CO, USA - November 2010
• Manchester, England - September 2010
• North Antrim, Ireland - September 2010
• London, England - August 2010
• Reyjavik, Iceland - August 2010
• Bilbao, Spain - July 2010
• Nürnberg, Germany - June 2010 | photos
• Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 2010 |
• Saint-Raphael, France - May 2010 |
• Valencia, Spain |
• Chicago, USA - March 2010 | photos
• New York, USA - February 2010 | photos
• Philadelphia, USA - February 2010 | photos
• Washington, D.C., USA - February 2010 | photos
• St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria - January 2010 | photos
• Zürich, Switzerland - January 2010
• Toronto, Canada - September 2009 | photos
• Niagara, Canada - September 2009 | photos
• Ottawa, Canada - August 2009 | photos
• Montréal, Canada - August 2009 | photos
• London, England - July 2009 | photos
• London/Nottingham, England - June 2009 | photos
• Nürnberg, Germany - June 2009 | photos
• Barcelona, Spain - May 2009 | photos
• Galveston Island, Texas, USA - April 2009 | photos
• Houston, Texas, USA - April 2009 | photos
• Atlanta, Georgia, USA - March 2009 | photos
• Taxco, Mexico - March 2009 | photos
• Mexico City, Mexico - March 2009| photos (see other folders for more)
• Washington, D.C., USA - February 2009| photos (see other folders for more)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - January/February 2009 | photos (see other folders for more)
• Belgrade, Serbia - January 2009 | photos
• Girona, Spain - November 2008 | photos
• Prague, Czech Republic - November 2008 | photos
• Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - October 2008 | photos (see other folders for more)
• Valencia, Spain - August 2008 |
• Nürnberg, Germany - June 2008 | photos
• Porto, Portugal - May 2008 | photos
• Belfast, Ireland - April 2008 | photos
• North Wales, Wales - April 2008 | photos
• Athens, Greece - April 2008 | photos
• Kaunas, Lithuania - April 2008 | photos
• Luxembourg, Luxembourg - February 2008 | photos
• Paris, France - February 2008 | photos
• Cork, Ireland - January 2008 | photos
• Belgrade, Serbia - January 2008 | photos
• Bergen, Norway - December 2007 | photos
• Malmö, Sweden - September 2007 |
• Copenhagen, Denmark - September 2007 | photos
• Gothenburg/Skovde, Sweden - September 2007 | photos1 | photos2
• Galway, Ireland - August 2007 | photos
• Castellón, Spain - July 2007 | photos
• Edinburgh, Scotland - April 2007 | photos
• Valencia, Spain - March 2007 (Las Fallas) | photos
• Zagreb, Croatia - January 2007 | photos
• Belgrade, Serbia - January 2007 | photos
• Valencia, Spain - September 2006 | photos
• Xátiva, Spain - September 2006 | photos
• Basel, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos
• Geneva, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos
• Bern, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos
• Vaduz, Liechtenstein - August 2006 | photos
• Zürich, Switzerland - August 2006 | photos
• Innsbruck, Austria - August 2006 | photos
• Vienna, Austria - August 2006 | photos
• Münich, Germany - July 2006 | photos
• Berlin, Germany - July 2006 | photos
• Hamburg, Germany - July 2006 | photos
• Copenhagen, Denmark - July 2006 | photos
• Malmö, Sweden - July 2006 | photos
• Stockholm, Sweden - July 2006 | photos
• London, England - October 2005 |
• Barcelona, Spain - January 2005 | photos
• Valencia, Spain - September 2004-->2005 |
• Gran Canaria, Spain - August 2002 |
• Koblenz, Germany - April 1999 |
• Cologne, Germany - April 1999 |
• Masstricht, Netherlands - March 1999 |
• Brussels, Belgium - March 1999 |

Upcoming Trips

• Brussels, Belgium |
• Melbourne, Australia |
• Sydney, Australia |

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Music

I like music. I own four lovely guitars which I love as if they were my own... because they are. They are:

• Epiphone Sheraton II Archtop - photo
• SX Mini Jumbo Cutaway Electro-Acoustic - photo
• Valencia CG50 Classical - photo
• Gibson SG Special Faded Electric - photo

I also quite like to go to gigs.
I recently saw:

• Apocalyptica @ The Ambassador, Dublin
• Manic Street Preachers @ The Ambassador, Dublin
• Serj Tankian @ The Ambassador, Dublin
• Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Silversun Pickups @ Marlay Park, Dublin
• Rolling Stones, The Hold Steady @ Slane Castle, Meath
• Billy Talent @ The Ambassador, Dublin
• The Lemonheads, Icarus Line @ The Ambassador, Dublin
• John Cale @ The Village, Dublin
• Tool @ The Point, Dublin
• Muse @ The Point, Dublin
• Avenged Sevenfold @ The Ambassador, Dublin
• Smashing Pumpkins @ The RDS, Dublin
• Jimmy Eat World @ The Olympia, Dublin
• Björk @ The Waterfront, Belfast
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Dublin Castle
• Bad Religion - Rage Against the Machine - Metallica - Queens of the Stone Age - The Offspring - In Flames - HIM - Jimmy Eat World - Serj Tankian - Incubus - The Prodigy - The Fratellis - The Eagles of Death Metal - Kid Rock @ Rock im Park 2208, Nuremberg
• Rage Against the Machine - The Hold Steady - The Stranglers - Kaiser Chiefs - Reverend and the Makers - Eddie Grant @ Oxegen, Naas
• Rise Against @ The Academy, Dublin
• NOFX @ The Olympia, Dublin
• Slipknot - Placebo - Limp Bizkit - Korn - Marilyn Manson - Papa Roach - Billy Talent - The Prodigy - Machine Head@ Rock Im Park 2009, Nuremberg
• Faith No More @ Brixton Academy, London
• Faith No More - Korn - Limp Bizkit @ Download 2009, Donington Park
• Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction @ O2, London
• Metallica, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, Mastodon @ Marlay Park, Dublin
• Pixies @ The Olympia, Dublin
• Nick Cave @ Vicar St, Dublin
• Opeth @ The Olympia, Dublin
• Kevin Smith @ Vicar St, Dublin
• Propagandhi @ The Village, Dublin
• Propagandhi @ Speakeasy, Belfast
• The Mars Volta @ The Olympia, Dublin
• Placebo @ The Olympia, Dublin
• Rock im Park 2010 @ Nuremberg, Germany: Bad Religion, Gogol Bordello, Rammstein, Rage Against the Machine, Alice in Chains, Rise Against, Muse, Them Crooked Vultures, Kiss, Motorhead, Volbeat, Stone Sour
• Rage Against the Machine, Gogol Bordello @ The Point, Dublin
• BBKLive 2010 @ Bilbao, Spain: Faith No More (!!), Gogol Bordello, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Rammstein, Slayer, Rise Against, Dropkick Murphys, Manic Street Preachers
• Bad Religion @ Hammersmith Apollo, London
• Therapy? @ Mandela Hall, Belfast

I'll soon be seeing

• Gogol Bordello @ Mandela Hall, Belfast
• Gogol Bordello @ The Olympia, Dublin
• Volbeat @ The Academy, Dublin

Find out more about my musical tastes at Last.fm

Judo

In September 2008 I began practising Judo in DCU Judo club.

• Feb 21 '09 Irish Intervarsities in NUI Maynooth (and injured ever since!!)
• Dec 15 '08 Graded for my yellow belt
• Sep 29 '08 First training session in DCU