User:Rosenborg BK Fan

Rosenborg BK Fan
	— Wikipedian —
	'Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day [...]'
Education and employment
Occupation	Show/hide Writer and blogger (2008–present) Musician (2008–present) Wikipedian (2011–present) ;
Education	Central School of Bucharest (2012–2016) ; Edmond Nicolau Technical College (2016–2017) ; Aalborg University (2017–2020) ; Yousician (2018–present) ; Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (2020–present) ; Coursera (2020–present) (also autodidact by nature, kinaesthetic learner, and supporter of the liberal arts and the Waldorf system)
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs
Babel user information
en-5	This user has professional knowledge of English.
ro-5	Acest utilizator contribuie folosind un nivel profesional de română.
fr-3	Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances avancées en français.
de-3	Dieser Benutzer beherrscht Deutsch auf hohem Niveau.
it-2	Questo utente può contribuire con un livello intermedio in italiano.
es-2	Esta persona tiene un conocimiento intermedio del español.
pt-2	Este utilizador tem um nível médio de português.
da-2	Denne bruger har et godt kendskab til dansk.
no-2	Denne brukeren har nokså god kjennskap til norsk (bokmål).
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Contact info
Website	The Dockyards; The Rockpedia
LinkedIn	victor-rouă

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Institutions of higher education attended online

Passed various MOOCS from the following institutions of higher education through the Coursera e-learning platform:

Most favourite radio stations

Martial arts to try

Favourite trading card games

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This user knows that
Empathy Matters

This user knows that
Respect Matters

This user supports the colonization of the cosmos.

🐦	This user is the stuff that dreams are made of.

This user is entering a martial arts tournament of epic proportions.

Fear does not exist in this user's dōjo!

This user watches Netflix

This user loves documentaries.

This user enjoys films.

This user enjoys the films of Andrei Tarkovsky.

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KB DJ

　This user loves TARANTINO FILMS.

This user thinks that
Orson Welles is the greatest
director of all time.

This user thinks that Ed Wood is the worst director of all time.

“If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal... you become something else entirely. A legend, Mr. Nolan, a legend!”. This user considers Christopher Nolan to be one of the best directors, period

This user loves films by
Stanley Kubrick

Kurosawa

This user loves Akira Kurosawa movies.

This user admires Tom Hanks.

This user admires Meryl Streep.

All work and no play makes this user a dull boy

Pizza, anyone?

This user is an Indiana Jones fan.

This user eats way too much Quiche

This user loves to eat pizza.

This user likes to eat
Greek cuisine

This user totally enjoys Italian cuisine

This user's favourite meal is fish 'n' chips.

This user eats Peanut butter

This user loves cheesecake.

This user loves crème brûlée.

This user eats Apple pie.

This user likes pumpkin pie.

This user is interested in space exploration.

This user is a programmer.

60s

This user is a fan of Sixties music.

This user is thankful to Bob Dylan for going electric.

This user drinks cider.

This user believes that one should never stop feeding one's brain.

This user loves knowledge.

This user enjoys the subject of astronomy.

This user is interested in
Science.

23

This user is 23 years, 7 months, and 4 days old.

This user is old enough
to know better!

YA

This user is a young adult.

This user loves to drink
Root Beer.

This user drinks Earl Grey tea.

This user says that kiwi birds are not fruits.

This user says that Amazon parrots do not work at Amazon. (they have nothing to do with amazon.com)

🤔

This user wonders what will happen if a polar bear meets a penguin.

On the Internet no one
knows you're a dog.

This user is interested in recycling.

This user studies ecology.

This user loves the environment and wants to protect it.

This user likes Tasmanian Devils.

This user likes both cats and dogs

This user cares about animals.

This user is interested in
European dragons.

This user collects Seashells

This user stays within the top three sections of Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement.

This user is an advocate of open research and open access.

This user is a Monty Python fan.

This user does not smoke.

This user loves rainy days.

This user likes foggy days.

This user is really fascinated by the weather.

This user prefers cold weather.

This user really enjoys dark and stormy nights.

This user is a BSc student at university.

This user is autodidactic.

This user believes in logic.

This user is a gentleman who strives to inspire.

This user is an advocate of open research and open access.

This user loves libraries
and appreciates librarians

This user is interested in philosophy.

This user greatly admires
Abraham Lincoln.

This user is a Leo.

This user is visiting from an alternate universe.

This user reads New Age/Occult books.

This user likes to read reference books, like encyclopedias and atlas.

This user has published a book.

This user is a book collector.

This user listens to
audio books.

This user is interested in the
Middle Ages.

This user is interested in the Early Middle Ages.

This user is interested in Late Antiquity.

This user is interested in ancient civilizations.

This user loves History!

This user is interested in historical events.

This user is interested in the Roman Kingdom.

This user is interested in the Roman Republic.

This user is interested in
ghost towns.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 6 years, 5 months and 8 days.

Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby.

This user maintains a blog.

This user enjoys illustration, visual arts, and graphic design.

This user appreciates progressive rock.

This user enjoys jazz-rock fusion.

All in all, this user's just another brick in The Wall.

This user knows that there is no dark side of the moon really — matter of fact it's all dark.

This user is most likely listening to Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, or Roger Waters right now at this very moment.

This user is a fan of
Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd

Money, so this user says, is the root of all evil today

This user is a fan of
The Beatles.

Are You Experienced?

The Who

This user won't get fooled again.

Yes

This user is the owner of a lonely heart.

JT

This user is thick as a brick.

"People Are Strange."
- Jim Morrison, The Doors

This user knows
When the Music's Over.

This user revisits Highway 61 from time to time.

This user is still freewheelin’.

This user sees the answers blowin’ in the wind.

This user is interested in the counterculture of the 1960s.

This user is a fan of the Odyssey.

This user is a fan of the Iliad.

This user appreciates the works of Umberto Eco.

This user appreciates the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

This user feels the urge to buy just one more copy of The Catcher in the Rye.

This user is a fan of
The Lord of the Rings.

This user enjoys the works of
Rudyard Kipling.

This user enjoys the works of
Charles Dickens.

This user enjoys the works of
Mark Twain.

This user's hero is Isaac Asimov.

This user enjoys the works of George Orwell.

This user enjoys the works of Aldous Huxley.

This user reads science fiction.

STAR WARS

This user is a Star Wars fan.

This user is interested in the ancient Celts.

This user is interested in the
Middle Ages.

This user is interested in the Early Middle Ages.

This user knows that space is the future.

This user is interested in astronomy.

This user is interested in the space age.

This user promotes efforts to counter
climate change

This user supports protection of the environment.

This user is really fascinated by the weather.

This user wants to visit Antarctica.

This user enjoys karting.

This user likes Electric motorcycles.

This user would rather drink tea than coffee.

Selected spiritual, esoteric, and occult literature, topics, and symbols

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Alchemy (magnum opus)
Gnosticism
Hermetic Qabalah
Rosicrucianism
Elysian fields and The Summerland (Aaru)
Starseed, light language, channelling, and guided meditation
Nosso Lar by Chico Xavier
E a Vida Continua... by Chico Xavier
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Paradise Regained by John Milton
Visio Tnugdali by Tnugdalus
The 12 spiritual laws of the universe
The 48 laws of power
The Occult: The Ultimate Guide for Those Who Would Walk with the Gods by Colin Wilson
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman
Binaural beats
The Art of Mysticism by Gabriyell Sarom
The Art of Occultism: The Secrets of High Occultism & Inner Exploration (The Sacred Mystery) by Gabriyell Sarom
The Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall
The Pineal Gland: The Eye of God by Manly P. Hall
Inferno and Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Heaven and Hell by Emanuel Swedenborg
Corpus Hermeticum by Hermes Trismegistus
The Kybalion by Hermes Trismegistus
Emerald Tablets by Hermes Trismegistus
Egyptian Book of the Dead
The Creation Book of Ra
The Ra Material: An Ancient Astronaut Speaks (Law of One)
The Book of Thoth - The Secret Teachings
Ars Magica Arteficii (1557) by Gerolamo Cardano
The Sacred Symbols of Mu (1933) by James Churchward
The Book of Signs by Rudolf Koch
Bringers of the Dawn: Teachings from the Pleiadians by Barbara Marciniak
Earth: Pleiadian Keys to the Living Library by Barbara Marciniak
The Secret of Dreams by Yacki Raizizun
The Urantia Book
Rebel Angels series by Timothy Willie
Bardo Thodol
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
Philosophy of the Unconscious by Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann
Book of Kells
Book of Taliesin
The Book of Giants
Book of Enoch
Book of Soyga
De vita libri tres
De rebus sacris et ecclesiasticis exercitationes XVI by Isaaci Casauboni
Fama Fraternitatis
Myths of the World: A Thematic Encyclopaedia by Michael Jordan
Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder
The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter by Allan Zola Kronzek and Elizabeth Kronzek
DMT & My Occult Mind - LITE: Investigation of Occult Realities Using the Spirit Molecule by Dick Khan
The Art of the Occult: A Visual Sourcebook for the Modern Mystic by S. Elizabeth
Encyclopaedia of Fantasy by Judy Allen
Tarot. The Library of Esoterica by Jessica Hundley
Renaissance magic
Ankh
Solomon's knot
Flammarion engraving
Ouroboros
Endless knot
Triskelion
Triquetra
Mandala
Kundalini yoga
Mantra
Dharma
Maloik
Philosopher's stone
Akashic records
Tarot (Minor Arcana/Major Arcana)
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Welsh Triads
Triads of Ireland
Yellow Book of Lecan
Book of Leinster
Fibonacci number
Library of Alexandria

Music: solo discography

This section consists of an organized table which highlights my semi-professional solo discography, enlisting all the LPs (i.e. long plays or studio albums), EPs (i.e. extended plays), and compilations that I have been independently recording, producing, and releasing on different digital platforms, since late 2010 onwards. In addition, the recording equipment (including, most notably, the various musical instruments that I had been using to this date, the vast majority of which were purchased from the Thomann store based in Burgebrach, Bavaria, southern Germany) is also enlisted below.

Recording equipment

iPad 2 (briefly during 2011)¹
iPad 4 (2020)
iPad Mini 2 (2020–present)
iPhone 3G (2010–15)²
iPhone 5S (2019–present)²
MacBook Mid 2010 (2010–16)
MacBook Pro Early 2011 (2014–present)
iMac Late 2009 (2020–present)
Marshall Model Major II Bluetooth (2017–2020)
Nohro headphones (2020–present)
The Torch - Sound One Bluetooth speaker (2020)
Marshall MG15GFX (TBD)
Røde NT-USB (TBD)
Krator Neso 4 speakers (2014–present)
Alesis Q49 keyboard controller (2018–present)
Yamaha green semi-acoustic (briefly during 2011)
Vigier Black Excalibur Floyd Rose (briefly during 2011)
Acoustic Harley Benton D-120VS (2018–present)
Acoustic-electric Harley Benton D-120TB (2019–present)
Electric Harley Benton HB-10G (2019–present)
Harley Benton amplifier (2019–present)
Hohner harmonica (2019–present)
Dunlop picks (2018–present)
Dunlop slide bars (2018–2019)
Fender slide bars (2019–present)
Otto Musica/Artino violin bow (2019–2020)
Moog theremini theremin (TBD)
Millenium guitar stand (2019–present)
Quiklok guitar stand (2019–present)

Notes:

¹ Solely used for a limited number of recording sessions and rehearsals.
² Used solely for recording voice memos and acoustic/studio performances.

Timeline of devices

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Legend

Denotes studio album

Denotes extended play

Denotes compilation

Solo discography
Nº	Title	Type	Genre(s)	Year released	Length	Recording software	Platform released
1	Teenage Vol. 1	Studio album	Experimental/alternative rock	2011	44 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
2	The Rock Cabin Recordings	Studio album	Experimental/alternative rock	2012	32 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
3	Dive Into The Unknown	Studio album	Progressive/electronic rock	2013	57 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
4	Skyline	Studio album	Progressive/blues rock	2013	54 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
5	A Spiral Of Illusions	Studio album	Progressive/electronic rock	2013	166 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
6	Back To Roots Vol. I	Studio album	Progressive/blues rock	2013	72 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
7	Teenage Vol. 2	Studio album	Alternative/blues/jazz	2013	93 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
8	Transition	Studio album	Progressive/electronic rock	2014	41 minutes	Logic Pro X¹	iCompositions.com
9	Back To Roots Vol. II	Studio album	Alternative/electronic rock	2014	43 minutes	Logic Pro X²	iCompositions.com
10	Solitude	EP	Electronic rock	2015	20 minutes	Logic Pro X³	iCompositions.com
11	Back To Roots Vol. III	Studio album	Electronic rock	2016	57 minutes	Logic Pro X⁴	iCompositions.com
12	Demos & Sketches (2010–2016)	Compilation	Various	2016	300 minutes	Logic Pro X⁵	iCompositions.com
13	Teenage Vol. 3	Studio album	Electronic/experimental rock	2017	64 minutes	Logic Pro X⁶	iCompositions.com
14	New Paths	Studio album	Instrumental/blues rock, and electronic rock	2018	56 minutes	GarageBand	iCompositions.com
15	Crossroads	EP	Blues rock, instrumental rock	2018	22 minutes	GarageBand	SoundCloud
16	Acoustic Covers	EP	Instrumental rock	2019	18 minutes	GarageBand	SoundCloud

Notes:

^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6} Logic Pro X was used in addition to GarageBand.

Favourite quotes

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‘What got me through four years of high school was the radio in Chicago. Rhythm and blues stations. The real stuff. Al Benson all afternoon and early evening. Big Bill Hill from nine o’clock ‘till well beyond midnight. I’d come home from school, turn on the radio, and there they were. My heroes. The men. The giants.’ — Ray Manzarek

'There’s an opposite to deja vu. They call it jamais vu. It��s when you meet the same people or visit a place, again and again, but each time is the first. Everybody is always a stranger. Nothing is ever familiar.' — Chuck Palahniuk

'We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.' — Carl Jung

'Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.' — Carl Jung

'The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.' — Carl Jung

'Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.' — Carl Jung

'The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.' — Carl Jung

'Remember, information is not knowledge; knowledge is not wisdom; wisdom is not truth; truth is not beauty; beauty is not love; love is not music; music is the best.' — Frank Zappa

'If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.' — James Dean

'Only the gentle are ever really strong.' — James Dean

'The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.' — James Dean

'I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.' — James Dean

'To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.' — James Dean

'Sometimes you have to play the role of a fool to fool the fool who thinks they're fooling you' — Anonymous

'Roses are red/Violets are blue/Willie Dixon sued Jimmy Page/For Led Zeppelin II' — Anonymous

'The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.' — Isaac Asimov

'Can you imagine a world without music?!' — Eddie Van Halen

'Musicians want to be the loud voice for so many quiet hearts.' — Billy Joel

'Find what you're best at and exaggerate it.' — Steve Vai

'Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.' — Jimi Hendrix

'When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.' — Jimi Hendrix

'Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel.' — Jimi Hendrix

'I dig Strauss and Wagner. Those cats are good.' — Jimi Hendrix

'Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.' — Jimi Hendrix

'In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.' — Paul McCartney

'I think that's what it is with rock music. It helps you hang tough, I guess.' — Angus Young

'Blues is a big part of rock and roll. The best rock and roll got its birth in the blues. You hear it in Little Richard and Chuck Berry.' — Angus Young

'Rock and roll is here to stay.' — Neil Young

'I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.' — George Harrison

'Music is the only thing keeping the planet together.' — Jaco Pastorius

'Deep Purple is a damn good band and we've made a niche in rock 'n' roll history. Maybe not a huge one but enough to be very proud of.' — Jon Lord

'Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.' — Plato

'Rock won’t eliminate your problems. But it will let you sort of dance all over them.' — Pete Townshend

'Keith Moon, God rest his soul, once drove his car through the glass doors of a hotel, driving all the way up to the reception desk, got out and asked for the key to his room.' — Pete Townshend

‘I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer.’ — Keith Moon

'There is no friend as loyal as a book.' — Ernest Hemingway

'The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.' — John Steinbeck

'There are things known and there are things unknown and in between are the doors of perception.' — Aldous Huxley

'If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.' — William Blake

'Every man's memory is his private literature.' — Aldous Huxley

'So many books, so little time.' — Frank Zappa

‘There are no rules at a rock concert. Anything is possible.' — Jim Morrison

'I’m a kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists and writers.’ — Jim Morrison

'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'
— Hamlet to Horatio

'Music is the simultaneous sonic representation of the feeling of moment and the movement of feeling.' — Novel with Cocaine by M. Ageyev

Favourite food and beverages

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Dishes

Beverages

Favourite authors

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To read:

Light music

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Pink Floyd (Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Richard Wright, Nick Mason)
Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr)
The Who (Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, Keith Moon)
The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Brian Jones)
Deep Purple (Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Ian Paice)
Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward)
Cream (Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce)
Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon)
Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham)
Pentangle (Jacqui McShee)
The Zombies
Gerry and the Pacemakers
The Spencer Davis Group
The Fortunes
Anne Briggs
Bert Jansch
John Renbourn
Nick Drake
Paul Brady
Donovan
Adrian Legg
Terry Reid
Herman's Hermits
Roy Harper
Derek and The Dominos
The Shadows (Hank Marvin)
Them (Van Morrison)
Fairport Convention
The Animals (Eric Burdon)
Ten Years After
The Kinks
The Troggs
The Yardbirds
Procol Harum
Foghat
Rainbow
Uriah Heep
Bad Company (Paul Rodgers)
Free
Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra
Manfred Mann/Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Gentle Giant
Soft Machine
Yes (Jon Anderson)
King Crimson
Colosseum
The Buggles
Paul Young
Asia
Supertramp (Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies)
Genesis (Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett)
Mike and the Mechanics
The Pogues
Kate Bush
Sade
Camel
Caravan
Marillion
Status Quo
Snowy White
Al Stewart
Mike Oldfield
Chris Rea
Joe Cocker
Jethro Tull (Ian Anderson)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Powell
Argent
Electric Light Orchestra
The Alan Parsons Project
Henry Cow
Porcupine Tree (Steven Wilson)
Talk Talk
Tears for Fears (Curt Smith, Roland Orzabal)
Depeche Mode
New Order
Big Country
Simple Minds
A Flock of Seagulls
The Stranglers
The Smiths (Morrisey)
The Cure
Ultravox
Howard Jones
Black
Simply Red
UB40
10cc
The Cult (Ian Astbury)
The Clash
The Undertones
Public Image Ltd
The Psychedelic Furs
The Police (Sting)
Rod Stewart
Katrina and the Waves
The Ting Tings
Radiohead (Thom Yorke)
Muse
Oasis (Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher)
Beady Eye
Coldplay
Keane
The Fratellis
Manic Street Preachers
Blur
Gorillaz
Jamiroquai
The Verve (Richard Ashcroft)
James
The La's
Pulp
Skunk Anansie
Kaiser Chiefs
Katie Melua
Holly Golightly
Tanita Tikaram
Stiltskin
Gun
Stealers Wheel
The Proclaimers
The Sisters of Mercy
Massive Attack
Faithless
The Prodigy
Fatboy Slim
Paul Oakenfold
alt-J
Ronny Jordan
Mr Scruff
Billy Idol
Def Leppard
Therapy?
KT Tunstall
Slade
Sweet
Quiet Riot
Mott the Hoople
T. Rex (Marc Bolan)
Two Door Cinema Club
Quatermass
Eddy Grant
The Waterboys
Rupert Holmes
The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell)
Paul McCartney and the Wings
Traveling Wilburys
Fleetwood Mac
The Monkees
Foreigner
Billy Thorpe
Harry Nilsson
Gary Wright
The Doors (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore)
Manzarek–Krieger
Johnny Mandel
David Hasselhoff
Simon & Garfunkel (Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel)
Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty, Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook)
Bob Acri
Norah Jones
Richard Stoltzman
Moby Grape
Duane Eddy
Ricky Nelson
Del Shannon
Tommy James & The Shondells
The Kingsmen
Classics IV
Neil Diamond
America (Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, Gerry Beckley)
Bread
Gregory Alan Isakov
James Taylor
George Benson
Jake Holmes
Bobby Darin
Stan Getz
The Ventures
The Ink Spots
The Lovin' Spoonful
Santo & Johnny
Tex Williams
Harry Chapin
Jackson C. Frank
Tim Buckley
Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa)
Zappa Plays Zappa (Dweezil Zappa)
Earth, Wind & Fire
Sly and the Family Stone
The Cash Box Kings
Kool & the Gang
Adrian Belew
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
The Byrds
The Mamas & the Papas
Peter, Paul and Mary
The Cowsills
Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company
Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Marc Cohn
Tim Buckley
Seals and Crofts
The Doobie Brothers
Jefferson Airplane
Canned Heat
Grateful Dead
The Allman Brothers Band
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Steely Dan
The Druids of Stonehenge
Mountain
Sugarloaf
Outlaws
38 Special
Zepparella (Gretchen Menn)
Chickenfoot
Larkin Poe
Alice Cooper
Steppenwolf
Dave Matthews Band (Dave Matthews)
Eagles
Grand Funk Railroad
Bob Seger
Stevie Ray Vaughan/Double Trouble
Blue Öyster Cult
Ram Jam
Toto
Van Halen (David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen)
Kansas
Boston
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Marshall Tucker Band
ZZ Top
Ted Nugent
Lenny Kravitz
Bruce Springsteen
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Joe Bonamassa
Eric Johnson
Andy Timmons
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Meat Loaf
Scatman John
Mr. Mister
George Thorogood
Santana (Carlos Santana)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Tom Petty)
Steve Miller Band
Gary Wright
The Bangles
Suzanne Vega
Vanessa Carlton
Chris Isaak
Bruce Hornsby
John Denver
Bonnie Raitt
Billy Joel
R.E.M.
The B-52's (Kate Pierson)
Prong
Mother Love Bone (Andrew Wood)
Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor)
Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron)
Alice in Chains (Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell)
Stone Temple Pilots (Scott Weiland)
Soundgarden (Chris Cornell)
Mudhoney
Nirvana (Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic)
Sonic Youth (Kim Gordon)
Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl)
Jewel
L7
Jane's Addiction
Kyuss
Queens of the Stone Age
Filter
Temple of the Dog
Mad Season
Audioslave
Candlebox
Toad the Wet Sprocket
10,000 Maniacs
Ugly Kid Joe
Green Jellÿ
Incubus (Brandon Boyd)
A Perfect Circle
The Breeders (Kim Deal, Kelley Deal)
Veruca Salt
Sixpence None The Richer (Leigh Nash)
Grant Lee Buffalo
Dishwalla
Deep Blue Something
Counting Crows
Collective Soul
Live
Maroon 5
Matchbox Twenty
Spin Doctors
4 Non Blondes
The Black Crowes
Soul Asylum
Faith No More (Mike Patton)
Pixies
Beastie Boys
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Modest Mouse
Beck
The White Stripes (Jack White, Meg White)
The Raconteurs
The Dandy Warhols
Rage Against the Machine
Queensrÿche
Tool
Pantera
Megadeth (Dave Mustaine)
Anthrax
Dio (Ronnie James Dio)
Talking Heads (David Byrne)
Johnny Cash
Tom Waits
Lou Reed
The Stooges (Iggy Pop)
Jeff Buckley
The Connells
The Blues Brothers
Berlin
Moby
Weather Report (Joe Zawinul, Wayne Shorter, and Jaco Pastorius)
David Pastorius
Chet Baker
Thelonius Monk
Memphis Slim
Charlie Parker
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea
Benny Goodman
Louis Armstrong
Ben E. King
Frank Sinatra
Chuck Berry
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Bobby McFerrin
Bill Withers
Dave Brubeck
B.B. King
Albert King
The Temptations
Blind Willie Johnson
Kansas Joe McCoy
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Brownie McGhee
Sonny Terry
Bo Diddley
Bobby Bland
Fats Domino
Ersel Hickey
Buddy Guy
Sunny Boy Williamson
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
Willie Dixon
Scrapper Blackwell
Sam Myers
Lead Belly
Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
Huey "Piano" Smith
James Brown
Otis Redding
Lionel Richie
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Wild Cherry
Flogging Molly
U2 (Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.)
Liam Clancy
Thin Lizzy (Phil Lynott, Gary Moore)
The Boomtown Rats (Bob Geldof)
Sinéad O'Connor
Enya
Sally Oldfield
The Cranberries (Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan)
The Dubliners
Rory Gallagher
The Clancy Brothers
The Corrs
Andy Irvine
AC/DC (Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Bon Scott, Phil Rudd)
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Tame Impala
Jet
Savage Garden
Goanna
Men at Work
Midnight Oil
INXS (Michael Hutchence)
The Church
Tal Wilkenfeld
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Nick Cave)
Lisa Gerrard
John Farnham
Kirin J Callinan
Jimmy Barnes
Empire of the Sun
Carson
Crowded House
Natalie Imbruglia
Gotye
Kimbra
Buffalo Springfield
The Band
Alanis Morissette
Leonard Cohen
The Guess Who
Neil Young
Joni Mitchell
Rush
Bryan Adams
Crash Test Dummies
Arcade Fire
The Mahones
Tom Cochrane
Anvil
Our Lady Peace
Warpig
Bonnie Dobson
Ioan Gyuri Pascu
Alexandru Andrieș
Celelalte Cuvinte
Transsylvania Phoenix
Curtea Veche nr. 43 (Sorin Chifiriuc)
Roșu și Negru
Sfinx
Valeriu Sterian
Timpuri Noi
Talitha Qumi
Nightlosers
Semnal M
White Walls
Blazzaj (Florin Barbu)
Urma
Kumm
byron
The Amsterdams
Alternosfera
Gândul Mâței
Zdob și Zdub
Eloy
Rammstein
Helloween
Die Toten Hosen
Knorkator
Die Ärzte
Nena (Gabriele Susanne Kerner)
Guano Apes
Tangerine Dream
Scorpions
Fools Garden
Christa Päffgen (Nico)
Kraftwerk
Trio
Unheilig
Einstürzende Neubauten (Blixa Bargeld)
Henrik Freischlader
Enigma
Jan Garbarek
Erlend Øye
A-ha
Röyksopp
Todd Terje
Hanna Paulsberg
Esbjörn Svensson Trio (Esbjörn Svensson)
The Cardigans
Bo Hansson
Ace of Base
Teddybears
Laid Back
Kashmir
Jakob Bro
Lukas Graham
Louise Fribo
Manu Chao
Noir Désir
Air
Deep Forest
Pascal Obispo
Stone Rebel
Manau
Afterhours
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Il Teatro degli Orrori
Elio e le Storie Tese
Héroes del Silencio
Duncan Dhu
Paco de Lucia
Mecano
Texta
Falco
Opus
Parov Stelar
Focus (Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer)
Shocking Blue
Golden Earring
Harry Belafonte
Bob Marley and the Wailers (Bob Marley)
Carl Douglas
Inner Circle
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Kitarō
Björk
Eivør Pálsdóttir
Vangelis
Andreas Vollenweider
Jan Hammer
Soda Stereo (Gustavo Cerati)
Los Prisioneros
Buena Vista Social Club
DRC Music
Jorge Ben

Favourite genres

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Caspar David Friedrich Ludwig Vogel Franz Marc Vincent van Gogh Rembrandt van Rijn Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Edvard Munch Salvador Dalí Caravaggio Sandro Botticelli Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci Sandro Botticelli Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Alphonse Mucha

Favourite TV series

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Favourite films and documentaries

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Legend

Denotes rockumentary or rock-associated film

Denotes film series

Denotes animation

Title	Notes	Year
The Doors: Feast of Friends	Documentary film by and on The Doors	2014
Jaco	Documentary on the life of jazz-fusion bassist Jaco Pastorius	2014
Woodstock	Documentary film on the Woodstock festival from 1969	1970
Let It Be	Concert documentary concert film on and by The Beatles	1970
Magical Mystery Tour	Television film on and by The Beatles	1967
The Story of Wish You Were Here	Direct-to-video documentary on Pink Floyd's 1975 Wish You Were Here	2012
The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story	Television documentary on Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett	2001
Pink Floyd – The Wall	Starring Bob Geldof	1982
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii	Concert documentary film by and on Pink Floyd	1972
Easy Rider	Starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Jack Nicholson	1969
It Might Get Loud	Starring Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White	2008
The Doors	Starring Val Kilmer	1991
When You're Strange	Documentary on The Doors narrated by Johnny Depp	2009
The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition	Three films compilation on The Doors	1999
The Kids Are Alright	Concert documentary film by and on The Who	1979
Tommy	Rock opera by The Who	1975
Hair	Musical directed by Miloš Forman	1968
School of Rock	Starring Jack Black	2003
Detroit Rock City	Comedy film on a rock cover band	1999
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus	Concert film organised by The Rolling Stones	1996
1991: The Year Punk Broke	Documentary film on the downfall of punk music and the rise of the grunge movement	1992
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and others	2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and others	2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, and others	2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penélope Cruz, and others	2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, and others	2017
The Point!	Starring Dustin Hoffman and Ringo Starr	1971
Finding Nemo	Starring Willem Dafoe	2003
Ice Age	Starring Denis Leary	2002
Shrek	Starring Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, and Mike Myers	2001
Antz	Starring Woody Allen, Sylvester Stallone, and Christopher Walken	1998
Rango	Starring Johnny Depp	2011
Madagascar	Starring Ben Stiller and Chris Rock	2005
Corpse Bride	Starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter	2005
Kung Fu Panda	Starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, and Angelina Jolie	2008
Despicable Me	Starring Russell Brand	2010
The Nightmare Before Christmas	Starring Chris Sarandon and Catherine O'Hara	1993
Alvin and the Chipmunks	Starring Justin Long	2007
9	Starring Elijah Wood	2009
Frankenweenie	Starring Winona Ryder	2012
Forrest Gump	Starring Tom Hanks and Gary Sinise	1994
Casablanca	Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman	1941
From Here to Eternity	Starring Frank Sinatra	1953
North by Northwest	Starring Cary Grant	1959
Rebel Without a Cause	Starring James Dean	1955
Breakfast at Tiffany's	Starring Audrey Hepburn	1961
Cool Hand Luke	Starring Paul Newman	1967
The Mackintosh Man	Starring Paul Newman	1973
Five Easy Pieces	Starring Jack Nicholson	1970
The Last Detail	Starring Jack Nicholson	1973
Chinatown	Starring Jack Nicholson	1974
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Starring Jack Nicholson	1975
The Shining	Starring Jack Nicholson	1980
About Schmidt	Starring Jack Nicholson	2002
The Big Lebowski	Starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore	1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Starring Vinnie Jones	1998
Fight Club	Starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton	1999
Snatch	Starring Brad Pitt	2000
Seven Years in Tibet	Starring Brad Pitt	1997
Star Wars	Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher	1977
A Clockwork Orange	Starring Malcolm McDowell	1971
Batman	Starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton	1989
Batman Returns	Starring Michael Keaton	1992
Batman Forever	Starring Val Kilmer	1995
Permanent Vacation	Starring Chris Parker	1981
Stranger Than Paradise	Starring John Lurie, Eszter Balint, and Richard Edson	1984
Down by Law	Starring Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni	1986
Mystery Train	Starring Steve Buscemi and Joe Strummer	1989
Night on Earth	Starring Winona Ryder, Roberto Benigni, and others	1991
Dead Man	Starring Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, and others	1995
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	Starring Forest Whitaker	1999
Coffee and Cigarettes	Starring Roberto Benigni, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Steve Buscemi, and others	2003
Broken Flowers	Starring Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, and Jessica Lange	2005
The Limits of Control	Starring Bill Murray, Isaach de Bankolé, and others	2009
Edward Scissorhands	Starring Jonny Depp and Winona Ryder	1990
Ed Wood	Starring Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, and others	1994
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro	1998
The Tourist	Starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie	2010
The King's Speech	Starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter	2010
Last Vegas	Starring Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Douglas	2013
A Bronx Tale	Starring Robert De Niro	1993
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow	Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren	1963
Straight Time	Starring Dustin Hoffman	1978
Kramer vs. Kramer	Starring Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman	1979
Serial Teachers	Starring Christian Clavier	2013
Maladies	Starring James Franco	2012
Good Bye, Lenin!	Starring Daniel Brühl	2003
Run Lola Run	Starring Franka Potente	2003
Enter the Dragon	Starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon, and Jim Kelly	1973
Men in Black	Starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith	1997
Planet of the Apes	Starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall	1968
Beneath the Planet of the Apes	Starring Charlton Heston and Linda Harrison	1970
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	Starring David Bowie and Ryuichi Sakamoto	1983
The Man Who Fell To Earth	Starring David Bowie	1976
Barfly	Starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway	1987
Sin City	Starring Bruce Willis, Benicio del Toro, Mickey Rourke, and Elijah Wood	2005
Meet Joe Black	Starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani	1998
Spy Game	Starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford	2001
Accepted	Starring Justin Long	2006
The Candidate	Starring Robert Redford	1972
My Life to Live	Starring Anna Karina	1962
Breathless	Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo	1960
Le Grand Bleu	Starring Jean Reno	1988
La Strada	Starring Anthony Quinn	1954
The Sting	Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford	1973
Cloud Atlas	Starring Tom Hank, Hugh Grant, and Hugo Weaving	2012
Inception	Starring Leonardo DiCaprio	2010
Excalibur	Starring Liam Neeson and Patrick Stewart	1981
Charade	Starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn	1963
Eternity and a Day	Starring Bruno Ganz	1998
Never So Few	Starring Frank Sinatra	1959
Von Ryan's Express	Starring Frank Sinatra	1965
Out of Africa	Starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep	1985
Croupier	Starring Clive Owen	1998
The Outlaw Josey Wales	Starring Clint Eastwood	1976
Beetlejuice	Starring Winona Ryder	1988
Naked Lunch	Starring Peter Weller	1991
The Passenger	Starring Jack Nicholson	1975
The Postman Always Rings Twice	Starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange	1981
Ironweed	Starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep	1987
Goin' South	Starring Jack Nicholson and Mary Steenburgen	1978
Prizzi's Honor	Starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner	1985

Favourite video games

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Favourite games

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Denotes spin-off

Table comprising all time personal favourite video games
Nº	Title	Year released	Genre
1	Age of Empires I	1997	RTS
—	Age of Empires I: The Rise of Rome	1998	RTS
2	Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings	1999	RTS
—	Age of Empires II: The Conquerors	2000	RTS
—	Age of Empires II: The Forgotten	2013	RTS
3	Age of Mythology	2002	RTS
—	Age of Mythology: The Titans	2003	RTS
4	Age of Empires III	2005	RTS
—	Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs	2006	RTS
—	Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties	2007	RTS
5	Fallout 1	1997	RPG
6	Fallout 2	1998	RPG
—	Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel	2001	TRPG
7	Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos	2002	RTS
—	Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne	2003	RTS
8	StarCraft	1998	RTS
—	StarCraft: Brood War	1998	RTS
9	Tortuga: Pirates of the New World	2003	RPG
10	Mario Kart: Double Dash	2003	Racing
11	Captain Claw	1997	Platform
12	Armies of Exigo	2004	RTS
13	Final Fantasy I	1987	RPG
14	Final Fantasy II	1988	RPG
15	Chicken Invaders	1999/2002/2006¹	STG
16	Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood	2002	RTT
17	Rune	2000	Action-adventure
18	Geist	2005	Action-adventure
19	Spore	2008	RTS
20	FIFA 12	2011	Sports
21	PES 2011	2010	Sports
22	PES 2012	2011	Sports
23	Formula 1 97	1997	Racing
24	0 A.D.	2017	RTS
25	War Gods	1997	Fighting
26	Temple Run	2011	Platform
27	Angry Birds	2009–present	Puzzle
28	SuperTux	2003	Platformer
29	Zuma	2003	Puzzle
30	Celtic Kings: Rage of War	2002	RTS
31	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II	2006	RTS
—	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king	2006	RTS

¹ Refers to the following titles: 'Chicken Invaders' (1999)/'Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave' (2002)/'Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk' (2006).

Video games to try

Additionally, below is a table comprising games that I would like to try at some point in the near future.

Legend

Denotes expansion pack

Video games to try
Nº	Title	Year released	Genre
1	Don't Starve	2013	Action-adventure
2	Luigi's Mansion	2002	Adventure
3	Knights of Honor	2004	RTS
4	Saga: Rage of the Vikings¹	1998	RTS
5	The Battle for Wesnoth	2005	Turn-based strategy
6	Final Fantasy III	1990	Role-playing
7	Final Fantasy IV	1991	Role-playing
8	Doom	1993	FPS
9	Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds	2001	RTS
10	Rise of Nations	2003	RTS
—	Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots	2004	RTS
—	Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends	2006	RTS
11	Need for Speed II	1997	Racing
12	Super Mario Strikers	2005	Sports
13	Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader	2002	Action
14	Need for Speed: ProStreet	2007	Racing
15	Cossacks: European Wars	2000	RTS
16	Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars	2005	RTS
17	Cossacks 3	2016	RTS
18	American Conquest	2002	RTS
19	Dune 2000	1998	RTS
20	Dune II	1992	RTS
21	Caesar III	1998	City building
22	Heroes of Might and Magic	1990–present	Turn-based strategy
23	Diablo II	2000	ARPG
24	Baldur's Gate	1998	Role-playing

Notes:

¹ Link redirects to French Wikipedia.