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People who have their own web sites often think their tastes are somehow special and interesting, so… <\/span><\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1986<\/p>\n

Metallica – “Master of Puppets”
\nQueensr\u00ffche – “Rage for Order”
\nMalmsteen, Yngwie J. – “Trilogy”
\nSlayer – “Reign in Blood”
\nSodom – “In the Sign of Evil”
\nKreator – “Pleasure to Kill”
\nVenom – “Possessed”
\nRacer X – “Street Lethal”
\nSatriani, Joe – “Not of this Earth”
\nRoth, David Lee – “Eat ‘Em And Smile”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1987<\/p>\n

Cacophony – “Speed Metal Symphony”
\nRush – “Hold your Fire”
\nSodom – “Persecution Mania”
\nKing Diamond – “Abigail”
\nDavid Chastain – “Instrumental Variations”
\nSavatage – “Hall of the Mountain King”
\nHelloween – “Walls of Jericho”
\nAnthrax – “Among the Living”
\nNapalm Death – “Scum”
\nSaga – “In Transit”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1988<\/p>\n

Metallica – “…And Justice for All”
\nQueensr\u00ffche – “Operation Mindcrime”
\nJason Becker – “Perpetual Burn”
\nSodom – “Mortal Way of Live”
\nJarre – “Revolutions”
\nMalmsteen – “Odyssey”
\nVangelis – “Direct”
\nFlotsam & Jetsam – “No Place for Disgrace”
\nVendetta – “Brain Damage”
\nIron Maiden – “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1989<\/p>\n

Malmsteen – “Trial by Fire”
\nRush – “Show of Hands”
\nFaith no More – “The Real Thing”
\nSatriani – “Flying in a Blue Dream”
\nSepultura – “Beneath the Remains”
\nSodom – “Agent Orange”
\nObituary – “Slowly we Rot”
\nMucky Pup – “A Boy in a Man’s World”
\nAnnihilator – “Alice in Hell”
\nJean Michel Jarre – “Live”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1990<\/p>\n

Megadeth – “Rust in Piece”
\nObituary – “Cause of Death”
\nEntombed – “Left Hand Path”
\nSteve Vai – “Passion and Warfare”
\nYngwie Malmsteen – “Eclipse”
\nQueensr\u00ffche – “Empire”
\nNapalm Death – “Harmony Corruption”
\nGwar – “Scumdogs of the Universe”
\nLed Zeppelin – “Remasters”
\nFields of the Nephilim – “Earth Inferno”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1991<\/p>\n

Metallica – “Metallica”
\nFear of God – “Within the Veil”
\nSlayer – “Decade of Aggression”
\nSepultura – “Arise” (their best)
\nParadise Lost – “Gothic”
\nFates Warning – “Parallels”
\nMads Eriksen – “Storyteller”
\nMy Dying Bride – “Symphonaire…”
\nEntombed – “Clandestine”
\nPearl Jam – “Ten” (the only grunge band really worth its salt)<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1992<\/p>\n

Dream Theater – “Images and Words”
\nParadise Lost – “Shades of God”
\nMegadeth – “Countdown to Extinction”
\nJoe Satriani – “The Extremist”
\nPan-Thy-Monium – “Dawn of Dreams”
\nMy Dying Bride – “As the Flower Withers”
\nWhistler Courbois Whistler – “Whistler Courbois Whistler”
\nThe Gathering – “Always…”
\nPantera – “Vulgar Display of Power”
\nRage Against the Machine – “Rage Against the Machine”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1993<\/p>\n

Anathema – “Serenades”
\nMy Dying Bride – “Turn Loose the Swans”
\nMercyful Fate – “In the Shadows”
\nParadise Lost – “Icon”
\nMetallica – “Live Shit Binge & Purge” box
\nBj\u00f8rk – “Debut”
\nRush – “Counterparts”
\nVan Halen – “Live, Right Here, Right Now”
\nGorefest – “The Eindhoven Insanity”
\nMeat Loaf – “Bat out of Hell II”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1994<\/p>\n

Septic Flesh – “Mystic Places of Dawn”
\nDream Theater – “Awake”
\nQueensr\u00ffche – “Promised Land”
\nAt The Gates – “Terminal Spirit Disease”
\nNightfall – “Macabre Sunsets”
\nMercyful Fate – “Time”
\nOrphaned Land – “Sahara”
\nNapalm Death – “Fear Emptiness Despair”
\nObituary – “World Demise”
\nAltar – “Youth Against Christ”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1995<\/p>\n

My Dying Bride – “The Angel and the Dark River”
\nOrphanage – “Oblivion”
\nSeptic Flesh – “Esoptron”
\nDream Theater – “A Change of Seasons” (EP)
\nYngwie Malmsteen – “Magnum Opus”
\nTristitia – “One with Darkness”
\nCelestial Season – “Solar Lovers”
\nThe Gathering – “Mandylion”
\nNightfall – “Athenian Echoes”
\nParadise Lost – “Draconian Times”<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1996<\/p>\n

Jason Becker – “Perspective”
\nCradle of Filth – “Dusk…and her Embrace”
\nTherion – “Theli”
\nDark Tranquillity – “The Gallery”
\nSamael – “Passage”
\nSaxon – “The Eagle has Landed Part II”
\nDeep Purple – “Purpendicular”
\nMy Dying Bride – “Like Gods of the Sun”
\nPan-Thy-Monium – “III – Khaooos and Kon-Fus-Ion”
\nOrphanage – “By Time Alone”<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 1997 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 1998 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 1999 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP 25 ALBUMS OF THE 20TH CENTURY<\/p>\n

1 Jason Becker – “Perspective”
\n2 Metallica – “…And Justice for All”
\n3 Queensryche – “Operation: Mindcrime”
\n4 Deep Purple – “Made in Japan”
\n5 Dream Theater – “Metropolis Pt. 2 – Scenes from a Memory”
\n6 Iron Maiden – “Live after Death”
\n7 Kiss – “Alive II”
\n8 Jimi Hendrix – “Electric Ladyland”
\n9 Yngwie Malmsteen – “Rising Force”
\n10 Steve Vai – “Passion and Warfare”
\n11 Rainbow – “Live in Germany”
\n12 Judas Priest – “’98 Live Meltdown”
\n13 Metal Church – “Metal Church”
\n14 Rush – “Exit…Stage Left”
\n15 Cradle of Filth – “Dusk…and her Embrace”
\n16 Black Sabbath – “Heaven and Hell”
\n17 Slayer – “Decade of Aggression”
\n18 Emperor – “Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk”
\n19 Death – “The Sound of Perseverance”
\n20 Mercyful Fate – “Melissa”
\n21 Megadeth – “Rust in Piece”
\n22 Obituary – “Cause of Death”
\n23 Venom – “Black Metal”
\n24 Entombed – “Left Hand Path”
\n25 Van Halen – “Van Halen”<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2000 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2001 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2002 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2003 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2004<\/p>\n

Disillusion – Back To Times Of Splendour
\nSacred Steel – Iron Blessings
\nMy Dying Bride – Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light
\nPaul Gilbert – Acoustic Samurai
\nExodus – Tempo Of The Damned
\nFinntroll – Nattf\u00f6dd
\nProbot – Probot<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2005<\/p>\n

Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked
\nObituary – Frozen in Time
\nEquilibrium – Turis Fratyr
\nBolt Thrower – Those once Loyal
\nPure Sweet Hell – The Voyeurs of Utter Destruction
\nOld Man’s Child – Vermin
\nJohn Petrucci – Suspended Animation
\nOrdo Draconis – Camera Obscura Pt. 1: The Star Chamber Reviews<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2006<\/p>\n

Disillusion – Gloria
\nKatatonia – The Great Cold Distance
\nIn Extremo – Raue Spree
\nRainbow – Deutschland Tournee (Box)
\nTrivium – The Crusade<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2007<\/p>\n

Candlemass – King Of The Grey Islands
\nDimmu Borgir – In Sorte Diaboli
\nVital Remains – Icons Of Evil
\nSymphony X – Paradise Lost
\nRush – Snakes And Arrows<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2008<\/p>\n

Candlemass – Lucifer Rising
\nMetallica – Death Magnetic (the Bryston mix, not the original!)
\nExodus – Let there be Blood
\nBloodbath – The Wacken Carnage<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2009<\/p>\n

Candlemass – Death Magic Doom
\nChickenfoot – Chickenfoot
\nDestruction – The Curse of the Antichrist – Live in Agony
\nDream Theater – Black Clouds and Silver Linings
\nHeaven & Hell – The Devil you Know
\nIn Extremo – Am Goldenen Rhein
\nKreator – Hordes of Chaos
\nVader – Necropolis<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2010<\/p>\n

Dimmu Borgir – Abrahadabra
\nOpeth – Live in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
\nTroll – Neo-Satanic Supremacy<\/p>\n

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2011<\/p>\n

Fleshgod Apocalypse – Agony
\nMastodon – The Hunter
\nSeptic Flesh – The Great Mass
\nSymphony X – Iconoclast
\nVader – Welcome to the Morbid Reich<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2012<\/p>\n

Kreator – Phantom Antichrist
\nRainbow – On Stage (deluxe edition)
\nRush – Clockwork Angels
\nSaxon – Heavy Metal Thunder – Live
\nVan Halen – A Different Kind of Truth<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2013<\/p>\n

ReVamp – Wild Card
\nQueensr\u00ffche – Queensr\u00ffche
\nCarcass – Surgical Steel
\nAvatarium – Avatarium
\nDeep Purple – Now What?!<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2014<\/p>\n

Bloodbath – Grand Morbid Funeral
\nMastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun
\nVader – Tibi et Igni<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2015<\/p>\n

Gruesome – Savage Land
\nSlayer – Repentless
\nSix Feet Under – Crypt of the Devil
\nGrave – Out of Respect for the Dead<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2016<\/p>\n

Metallica – Hardwired to Self-Destruct
\nSodom – Decision Day
\nVader – The Empire<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2017<\/p>\n

Cradle of Filth – Cryptoriana – The Seductiveness of Decay
\nDestruction – Thrash Anthems II
\nMastodon – Emperor of Sand
\nObituary – Obituary
\nSons of Apollo – Psychotic Symphony<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2018<\/p>\n

Dimmu Borgir – Eonian
\nBloodbath – The Arrow of Satan is Drawn
\nPhlebotomized – Deformation of Humanity
\nJoe Satriani – What Happens Next
\nSaxon – Thunderbolt<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2019<\/p>\n

Disillusion – The Liberation
\nEntombed – Clandestine Live
\nKing Diamond – Songs for the Dead
\nSons of Apollo – MMXX<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2020<\/p>\n

Deep Purple – Whoosh!
\nJohn Petrucci – Terminal Velocity
\nSix Feet Under – Nightmare of the Decomposed
\nSodom – Genesis XIX
\nVader – Solitude in Madness<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2021 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2022 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2023<\/p>\n

Metallica – 72 Seasons
\nObituary – Dying of Everything<\/p>\n

TOP ALBUMS OF 2024 (TBA)<\/p>\n

TOP BANDS<\/p>\n

Candlemass
\nCradle of Filth
\nDeep Purple
\nDimmu Borgir
\nDream Theater
\nIron Maiden
\nJudas Priest
\nKiss
\nYngwie Malmsteen (until “Alchemy”)
\nMastodon
\nMercyful Fate
\nMetallica (except St. Anger!)
\nMonstrosity
\nMy Dying bride
\nNile
\nObituary
\nReVamp
\nRush
\nSaxon
\nSlayer
\nSymphony X
\nTherion
\nSteve Vai
\nVenom
\nVital Remains<\/p>\n

TOP CDS *EVER*<\/p>\n

Abattoir – “Vicious Attack”
\nArcturus – “Aspera Hiems Sympfonia”
\nJason Becker – “Perspective”
\nBorknagar – “The Olden Domain”
\nCovenant – “Nexus Polaris”
\nCradle of Filth “Dusk…And Her Embrace”
\nCradle of Filth – “Midian”
\nDeep Purple – “Made in Japan”
\nDimmu Borgir – “Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia”
\nDisillusion – “Back to Times of Splendour”
\nDream Theater – “Scenes from a Memory”
\nEmperor – “Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk”
\nFear of God – “Within the Veil”
\nJimi Hendrix – “Electric Ladyland”
\nImmortal – “Damned in Black”
\nIn Extremo – “S\u00fcnder Ohne Z\u00fcgel”
\nKiss – “Alive II”
\nYngwie Malmsteen – “Rising Force”
\nMastodon – “Emperor of Sand”
\nMetallica – “…And Justice for All”
\nMonstrosity – “In Dark Purity”
\nNile – “Annihilation of the Wicked”
\nObituary – “Cause of Death”
\nQueensryche – “Operation Mindcrime”
\nRainbow – “Live in Germany 1976”
\nVader – “Litany”<\/p>\n

TOP UNUSUAL\/UNIQUE\/DIFFERENT\/AVANT GARDE\/INTERESTING BANDS<\/p>\n

Elend
\nIn Extremo
\nNile
\nOpeth
\nOtyg
\nPan-Thy-Monium
\nSikth<\/p>\n

TOP “WHY-DID-THEY-ADD-THAT-SHITTY-TRACK-ON-AN-OTHERWISE-EXCELLENT-CD” SONGS<\/p>\n

“Speed of Love” (Rush “Counterparts”)
\n“The Silent Man” (Dream Theater “Awake”)
\n“Magnetic Fields Part V” (Jean Michel Jarre “Magnetic Fields”)
\n“Dreaming (The Romance)” (Anathema “Serenades”)
\n“Waiting for Cousteau” (Jean Michel Jarre “Waiting for Cousteau”)
\n“Glorianna” (Vangelis “Direct”)
\n“Behrial” (Pan-Thy-Monium “III-Khaooohs And Kon-Fus-Ion”)
\n…and every bit of pointless noise after x seconds\/minutes of silence at the end of a CD (like, for example, on Nirvana’s “Nevermind” and (unfortunately) countless others)<\/p>\n

TOP SCARIEST FILMS (…)<\/p>\n

“Gothika”
\n“The Conjuring”
\n“Darkness Falls”
\n“The Ring”
\n“Alien” (well, OK, I was much younger at the time)
\n“Sinister”
\n“Lights Out”
\n“The Urge” (2019)<\/p>\n

TOP WORST FILMS (…)<\/p>\n

“Cats”
\n“Green Lantern”
\n“Movie 43”
\n“Zombie Flesh Eaters”
\n“Tank Girl”
\n“Splatter: Architects of Fear”
\n“Master of Disguise”
\n“Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” (ouch!)
\n“Darkwolf”
\n“Honey”
\n“Sammy’s Adventure”
\n“Prisoners of the Ghostland”
\n“Dethklok: Army of the Doomstar”
\n“Lara Croft Tombraider: Cradle of Life” was pretty stupid, too<\/p>\n

TOP ENGLISH BOOKS<\/p>\n

Stephen King – “The Stand”
\nStephen King – “Needful Things”
\nDouglas Adams – the Dirk Gently books
\nJ.R.R. Tolkien- “The Lord of the Rings”
\nGeorge Orwell – “1984”
\nTad Williams – “Otherland” series
\nStephen Donaldson – “Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever” series
\nJohn Irving – “A Prayer for Owen Meany”
\nJohn Irving – “Son of the Circus”
\nHickman & Weis – “Dragonlance Chronicles” series
\nGuy Favriel Kay – “Fionavar Tapestry” series
\nStephen Donaldson – “The Gap” series
\nDouglas Adams – “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” series (primarily the first three instalments, and definitely not the sixth part)
\nTerry Pratchett – “Discworld” series, especially the ones starting from “Mort”
\nSebastian Faulks – “Birdsong”
\nRobert Jordan – “Wheel of Time” series (first 5 or 6 volumes)<\/p>\n

TOP DUTCH BOOKS<\/p>\n

Thomas Olde Heuvelt – “Hex”
\nWillem Brakman – “De Gifmenger”
\nThomas Olde Heuvelt – “Orakel”<\/p>\n

TOP CONCERTS I DIDN’T\/COULDN’T VISIT BUT WOULD REALLY HAVE LIKED TO<\/p>\n

Woodstock (1969)
\nDeep Purple – Japanese tour (August 1972)
\nRainbow – Congresgebouw, Den Haag (18 October 1976)
\nKiss (with Iron Maiden supporting) – Groenoordhallen, Leiden (5 October 1980)
\nFrank Zappa – Ahoy, Rotterdam (15 May 1982)
\nAardschokdag (with Metallica and Venom) – IJsselhal, Zwolle (11 February 1984)
\nVenom – Hammersmith Odeon, London (1 June 1984)
\nDavid Lee Roth – Ahoy, Rotterdam (13 December 1988)
\nDream Theater – European “Scenes from a Memory” Tour (2000)
\nMetallica – their December 30th anniversary shows at the Fillmore, San Francisco (2011)<\/p>\n

TOP DIRECTORS<\/p>\n

Stephen Spielberg
\nJames Cameron
\nRenny Harlin
\nTerry Gilliam
\nRidley Scott
\nJean-Pierre Jeunet
\nGuy Ritchie<\/p>\n

TOP VOCALISTS<\/p>\n

Sharon den Adel
\nRay Alder
\nRussell Allen
\nGlen Benton (best death metal vocalist by far)
\nDawn Crosby
\nKing Diamond
\nRonnie James Dio (up to his very final shows)
\nAnneke van Giersbergen
\nIan Gillan (up to the mid 70s)
\nJames Hetfield
\nFloor Jansen
\nDavid Lee Roth
\nVibeke Stene
\nGeoff Tate (until the early 90s)
\nEddie Vedder<\/p>\n

TOP WORST MALE VOCALISTS<\/p>\n

Graham Bonnett
\nThe Great Kat
\nIpek
\nCourtney Love
\nJeff Martin
\nDave Mustaine
\nOzzy Osbourne
\nAxl Rose<\/p>\n

TOP GUITAR PLAYERS<\/p>\n

Jason Becker
\nJohn Petrucci
\nSteve Vai
\nJoe Satriani
\nYngwie Malmsteen
\nMichael Romeo
\nJimi Hendrix
\nRitchie Blackmore
\nRon “Bumblefoot” Thal
\nBernd Steidl
\nPaul Gilbert
\nDaniele Gottardo
\nGuthrie Govan<\/p>\n

TOP GUITAR SOLOS<\/p>\n

“The Shed (Subtle)” – Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore)
\n“Back Seat Driver” – Steeler (Yngwie Malmsteen)
\n“Stargazer” – Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore)
\n“Gates of Babylon” – Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore)
\n“Moonlight Shadow” – Mike Oldfield
\n“The Villa” – Dr. Mastermind (Kurt James)
\n“November Rain” – Guns’n’Roses (Slash) (final solos)
\n“Comfortably Numb” – Pink Floyd (second solo)<\/p>\n

TOP OVERRATED GUITAR PLAYERS<\/p>\n

Eric Clapton
\nCarlos Santana
\nKirk Hammett
\nDimebag Darrell
\nJimmy Page<\/p>\n

TOP BASSISTS<\/p>\n

Stuart Hamm
\nSteve Harris
\nBilly Sheehan
\nCronos<\/p>\n

TOP DRUMMERS<\/p>\n

Neil Peart
\nMike Portnoy
\nFlo Mounier
\nRichard Christy
\nStewart Copeland
\nMarco Minnemann
\nDoc
\nDave Suzuki
\nGene Hoglan
\nBrann Dailor
\nJan Axel von Blomberg
\nGeorge Kollias
\nMike Mangini
\nNicholas (Nick) Barker
\nEl Estepario Siberiano
\nDanny Carey<\/p>\n

TOP KEYBOARD PLAYERS<\/p>\n

Jens Johansson
\nJordan Rudess<\/p>\n

TOP TV SERIES<\/p>\n

“Duckman”
\n“Red Dwarf”
\n“Walking with Dinosaurs”
\n“Walking with Beasts”
\n“The Simpsons”
\n“V” (and the 21st century re-imagining as well)
\n“Band of Brothers”
\n“The Sopranos”
\n“Friends” (my feminine side, I guess)
\n“My Name is Earl”
\n“Game of Thrones”
\n“Modern Family”
\n“Married with Children”
\n“Sherlock Holmes” (with Benedict Cumberbatch)
\n“Santa Clarita Diet”
\n“Modern Family”
\n“Westworld”
\n“Community”
\n“Dark” (well, mostly the first 2 seasons)
\n“Lupin”
\n“Paradise PD” (though it’s really quite crass)
\n“His Dark Materials”<\/p>\n

TOP DISLIKES (SOMETIMES REALLY <\/em>STRONG ONES)<\/p>\n

Gnats
\nSpam
\nBlacklight
\nModern R&B
\nComputer Viruses, Trojans, Malware, etc.
\nSmoking
\nOrganised Religion
\nTau whores in “Halflife Death Match”
\nRPG whores in “Halflife 2 Death Match”
\nBling Bling
\nJuice Channels
\nMTV culture
\n$haron O$bourne
\nTalentless media whores (e.g. Paris Hilton, the Kardashians…)
\nRepublicans
\nCreationists
\nBrexiters
\nThe NRA
\nUS Democracy
\nDonald Trump
\nSayAt
\nAuto-tune vocals
\nContemporary Dutch gangsta rap
\nTikTok
\nAnti-vaxxers
\nWasabi<\/p>\n

TOP COMMODORE 64 GAMES<\/p>\n

Wizard
\nDelta
\nFort Apocalypse
\nLode Runner (any version)
\nUridium
\nJumpman
\nRaid on Bungeling Bay
\nGyruss
\nSummer Games
\nRally Speedway
\nFrantic Freddie
\nBandits
\nCommando
\nWho Dares Wins
\nWho Dares Wins II
\nBlue Max
\nCommodore Soccer
\nDino Eggs<\/p>\n

TOP ATARI ST GAMES<\/p>\n

Blood Money
\nBubble Bobble
\nGods
\nMagic Pockets
\nLlamatron
\nRick Dangerous
\nArkanoid
\nArkanoid II (The Revenge of Doh)
\nSuper Sprint
\nLemmings
\nSuper Gridrunner
\nWizball
\nStarball
\nCrystal Castles
\nPlutos<\/p>\n

TOP PC GAMES<\/p>\n

Halflife
\nDuke Nuke’m 3D
\nGridrunner++
\nHalflife 2
\nCarmageddon
\nCarmageddon 2
\nCarmageddon Reincarnation
\nDino Eggs Rebirth<\/p>\n

TOP PC APPS<\/p>\n

Firefox
\nSoulseekQT
\nSTeem (Atari ST emulator)
\nGoogle Earth
\nDropBox
\nMP3Tag<\/p>\n

TOP WORST PC APPS<\/p>\n

iTunes<\/p>\n

TOP iPad\/iPHONE APPS<\/p>\n

Shazam
\nGoogle Earth
\nPocket Universe
\nSplashID<\/p>\n

TOP IPAD\/IPHONE GAMES<\/p>\n

Real Racing
\nReal Racing 3
\nPlants vs Zombies
\nPlants vs Zombies 2
\nFieldrunners
\nFieldrunners 2
\nFieldrunners Attack
\nFruit Ninja
\nCut the Rope
\nAsphalt 9<\/p>\n

TOP COMMODORE 64 TUNES<\/p>\n

Knuckle Buster (Rob Hubbard)
\nMaster of Magic (Rob Hubbard)
\nParallax (Martin Galway)
\nRambo (Martin Galway)
\nMonty on the Run (Rob Hubbard)
\nDelta (Rob Hubbard)
\nSpellbound (Rob Hubbard)
\nLightforce (Rob Hubbard)
\nPanther (David Whittaker)
\nAuf Wiedersehen Monty (Rob Hubbard & Ben Daglish)
\nTrap (Ben Daglish)
\nThrust (Rob Hubbard)
\nW.A.R. (Rob Hubbard)
\nComic Bakery (Martin Galway)<\/p>\n

TOP CHARITIES<\/p>\n

Jason Becker
\nWorld Wildlife Fund
\nAny Cancer Fund
\nAny ALS Fund<\/p>\n

TOP THINGS I’D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN<\/p>\n

The design of an FPGA-based computer that can be reprogrammed via software to emulate practically any classic computer\/console 100%, entirely based on memory cards
\nThe invention of a gadget that will attract dust from your entire room, which can be easily emptied
\nThe invention of a gadget that *really* gets rid of gnats in a way that is safe for pets and humans
\nAn vaccine against viruses in general (not just Covid, but also Malaria and whatever else)<\/p>\n

TOP THINGS I’D DO IF I WERE TO WIN A GAZILLION (YAY MATERIALISM!)<\/p>\n

Stop working more than one or two days a week
\nTry my hand at creative writing again
\nBuy two “Saarloos Wolfshonden” (which actually appears to be “Saarlooswolfhond” in English)
\nLearn modern Greek, buy an airconditioned (!) place in Greece with a view of the sea (or maybe learn Italian instead, and buy a place on the Amalfi coast)
\nDonate significantly to the charities mentioned above
\nGet a 1959 “Brock\/Sapra” sunburst Gibson Les Paul guitar
\nGet the 1954 sunburst Fender Stratocaster serial #0387<\/a> from Yasuhiko Iwanade’s “The Galaxy of Strats”, or one very much like it
\nGet a 1989 Custom Shop 35th Anniversary Stratocaster<\/a>
\nGet a MIJ 1997 Ritchie Blackmore signature model Stratocaster with black plastic parts
\nGet an original 1958 korina Gibson Explorer<\/a>
\nGet a 1978 B.C. Rich Bich Koa double neck<\/a>
\nGet a Music Man John Petrucci signature guitar<\/a> in pearl redburst, with 7 strings, tremolo, JP logo at 1st fret and piezo bridge
\nGet a life-size replica or even an original of a mature T. rex skull fossil
\nGet a Volvo XC70 2.5T in Black Sapphire Metallic
\nGet a Chrysler PT Cruiser 2.4i GT Turbo in Onyx Green Pearl
\nMake a trip around the world (and at least see Grand Canyon, Taj Mahal, Potala Palace, Great Wall of China, The Shwedagon Pagoda, Mont Saint-Michel<\/del>, Machu Picchu and The Great Barrier Reef)<\/p>\n

TOP REASONS WHY I’D LIKE TO BE PAUL GILBERT<\/p>\n

He can play the guitar really, really well
\nHe seems to be rather a nice guy
\nHe is creative and has a great sense of humour
\nHe probably has enough money to be able only to do things he likes
\nHe has quite a few guitars
\nHe has more hair than me \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

TOP REGRETS<\/p>\n

Not personally witnessing the fall of the Berlin wall (I was at the Amiga Messe in Cologne, Germany, for my work at Thalion at the time)
\nNever having been to Berlin when the wall was still up
\nNot paying attention to my teachers of English while I attended secondary school (I would have learned so much)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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