About Lannie

Lannie in a nutshell:

    31 . married . (post-)bachelors degree . dutch . software trainer . writer . internetfreak . agnostic . leo . concert goer . festival lover . rock chick . enfj . anosmic .

Things Lannie thinks are totally awesome:

    rainbows . music with guitars . the internet . (rock) festivals . caipirinha cocktails . blogging . Popmundo . butterscotch chocolate . my laptop . my mp3player . sunsets . nanowrimo . my iphone . apfelkorn . hoegaarden . sunshine . reading . guitar hero & rock band . cider . novelwriting . shiney things . my bass guitar . fluffy things . sushi . tapas . bagels & beans . coke zero . raspberry juice . reiki .  the beach . irish pubs . hanging out with friends . friends in general . Olli <3 …

Lannie’s opinion on:

Best Music

    System of a Down . Matthew Good (Band) . Soilwork . Slipknot . Killswitch Engage . All That Remains . Enter Shikari . Stone Sour . Ghost Brigade . Feeder . Snow Patrol . Editors . The Killers . Explosions in the Sky . God Is An Astronaut . And So I Watch You From Afar . Steak Number Eight …

Song awards as awarded by Lannie:

- Best use of doublebass drums in a song: Soilwork – “Soilworker’s song of the damned”
- Song that makes me want to learn how to play bassguitar most of all: In Flames – “The Chosen Pessimist”
- Song with the most heartbreaking lyrics: Killswitch Engage – “Rose of Sharyn”
- Song that tears my heart to pieces, period: Steak Number Eight – “The Sea Is Dying”
- Best outro to a song: Still Remains – “Avalanche” / Matthew Good – “Mercy Misses You”
- Most satisfying use of a guitar riff: Biffy Clyro – “Bubbles” (album version)
- Song with the cutest lyrics: Air Traffic – “Shooting Star”
- Song that is most likely to make me cry: Editors – “The Weight of the World” / Funeral for a Friend – “Walk Away”
- Best song to dream away to: Explosions in the Sky – “The Only Time We Were Alone” / God Is An Astronaut – “Snowfall”
- Most haunting piece of music: Godspeed! You Black Emperor – “East Hastings”
- Best screaming in a song: All That Remains – “Six”
- Most wicked drumming in a song: Soilwork – “The Pittsburgh Syndrome”
- Most wicked guitar riff in a song: And So I Watch You From Afar – “Search:Party:Animal”
- Best use of profanity in a song: Slipknot – “Eyeless” / System of a Down – “Soil”
- Best keyboardsample/guitar sequence in a song: Enter Shikari – “Return to Energiser” / Daft Punk – “Aerodynamic”
- Catchiest tune that is least likely to EVER get out of your head: The Killers – “All These Things That I’ve Done”
- Most Fun To Play On Guitar Hero: Rise Against – “Prayer Of The Refugee”
- Song That Is Most Likely To Make Me Want To Jump The Singer’s Bones: Stone Sour – “Omega”
- Gives Me The Fuzziest Feeling: Pearl Jam – “Just Breathe”

A Trip Down Memory Lane, Music-Wise

End of Year songs so far:

2001: Delerium ft Tiesto – “Silence”
2002: System of a Down – “Peephole”
2003: Matthew Good – “21st Century Living”
2004: A Perfect Circle – “The Outsider (Renholder Remix)”
2005: Explosions in the sky – “The Only Moment We Were Alone”
2006: The Killers – “When You Were Young”
2007: Enter Shikari – “Return To Energiser”
2008: Soilwork – “As The Sleeper Awakes”
2009: Biffy Clyro – “Bubbles”
2010: Ozark Henry – “This One’s For You (LIVE)”
2011: Steak Number Eight – “The Sea Is Dying”

Best Movies

    Donnie Darko . The Matrix . Fight Club . Cube . Requiem for a Dream . V for Vendetta . American History X . Southland Tales . Lord of the Rings . Big Fish . Paranormal Activity . Crank . Kill Bill . Inception …

Best TV Series

    Lost . Fringe . Supernatural . Battlestar Galactica . Dr. Who . Misfits . Firefly . Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles . Spartacus: Blood and Sand . Game of Thrones . Being Human . True Blood . Breaking Bad…