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| full name | Erik |
| age | 54 |
| location | Sweden |
| gender | male |
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When I'm not making mixtapes (which I do both here and at last.fm - my username there is the same as here), I am an avid gamer, reader, anime fan. I love exploring Stockholm for good restaurants I haven't eaten at yet - if anything, I would say that is my favorite hobby. I used to live in Denver, CO, but now I'm back in my old native Sweden. I work as a traffic engineer, but that's not who I am. It's just what I do.
Badges
The MLK Badge
Because Civil Rights rock (and roll).
awarded on 2009-03-07
The Festivus '08 Badge
Frank Costanza:
"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
Festivus For The Rest Of Us, MTC 2008
"Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
Festivus For The Rest Of Us, MTC 2008
awarded on 2009-03-07
The New Years 2009 Badge
Prophecies for 2009 by alamongordo.com:
"
- Economy will not recover but will get far worse. (Prophecy 2008)
- Second and 3rd “bailout” will not help.
- Iran will become nuclear (Prophecy 2008)
- Conflict between Iran and Israel (See Proph 2)
- Russia is “surviving” the economy (See Proph 1)
- A “weak” Barack Hussein Obama” is dangerous for the world
- Danger of Barack Obama assassination
- Conflict with / by Russia - Vladimir Poetin
- Bad will get worse in 2009
"
Here is to a tumultuous 2009!
"
- Economy will not recover but will get far worse. (Prophecy 2008)
- Second and 3rd “bailout” will not help.
- Iran will become nuclear (Prophecy 2008)
- Conflict between Iran and Israel (See Proph 2)
- Russia is “surviving” the economy (See Proph 1)
- A “weak” Barack Hussein Obama” is dangerous for the world
- Danger of Barack Obama assassination
- Conflict with / by Russia - Vladimir Poetin
- Bad will get worse in 2009
"
Here is to a tumultuous 2009!
awarded on 2009-03-07
Mixtape Contest XXIV - Hell - 1st Place
Narrator: And as the Black Beast lurched forward, escape for Arthur and his knights seemed hopeless, when suddenly, the animator suffered a fatal heart attack!
[cut to the animator shown cringing]
That's sort of like being 1st place on the losing team, right? Congratulations!
[cut to the animator shown cringing]
That's sort of like being 1st place on the losing team, right? Congratulations!
awarded on 2008-11-02
Mixtape Contest XXII - First Place
By the age of 26, Orson Welles had already created and performed some of the most important pieces in the history of Radio, Theater, and Film. He was an up and comer who was on a mountain so tall, he couldn't help but to slowly, painfully fall down it over the following 44 years.
Lets hope you can keep your balance on the icy peak of Talent Mountain.
Congratulations!
Lets hope you can keep your balance on the icy peak of Talent Mountain.
Congratulations!
awarded on 2008-09-01
Favorite Music Artists
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Deerhoof, Boris, The White Stripes
- Mogwai, God is an Astronaut
- The New Pornographers, MONO
- 65daysofstatic, PJ Harvey, Pascal
Favorite Films
- The Big Lebowski
- Dogma
- City of Lost Children
- Blade Runner
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Favorite Songs in my iPod
- Boris - Starship Navigator
- Black Mountain - Evil Ways
- Adebisi Shank - Snakehips
- Deerhoof - Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back
- PJ Harvey - Dress
Favorite Anime
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
- Lucky Star
- Cowboy Bebop
- Azumanga Daioh
- Beck
Calaveth's Highest Ranked Mixtapes
Calaveth's Mixtapes
1310 points (Level 2) · 1/17/09 3:11pm
A selection of songs from my favorite releases of 2008. Inspired by a mixtape by Johnny Luddite.
The constraints of the mixtape forced me to leave a number of artists that I really wanted on here, but couldn't fit: Bardo Pond, Beats Antique, The Black Keys, Calexico, Detektivbyrån, Diplo & Santogold, Portishead, The Presets etc etc...but I still feel this selection is overall the best I've listened to this past year.
The constraints of the mixtape forced me to leave a number of artists that I really wanted on here, but couldn't fit: Bardo Pond, Beats Antique, The Black Keys, Calexico, Detektivbyrån, Diplo & Santogold, Portishead, The Presets etc etc...but I still feel this selection is overall the best I've listened to this past year.
1538 points (Level 3) · 1/11/09 3:40pm
Pretty much every time my friends hold a party, I'm asked to get the music - implied "make a mixtape, extra long". But nobody actually, explicitly says "don't bring a live show". So why not, if I could?
This is the "let's pretend I was able to pull all kinds of strings and bring the most awesomest live entertainment for the 2008/2009 New Year's party instead of just another shitty mixtape". A couple weeks belated, but hey. Think of my hangover.
Oh, and I set myself one limitation - no dead people. I'm just not a very good necromancer. Otherwise the ghosts of Elliott Smith and Jeff Buckley might have made their way into the lineup.
This is the "let's pretend I was able to pull all kinds of strings and bring the most awesomest live entertainment for the 2008/2009 New Year's party instead of just another shitty mixtape". A couple weeks belated, but hey. Think of my hangover.
Oh, and I set myself one limitation - no dead people. I'm just not a very good necromancer. Otherwise the ghosts of Elliott Smith and Jeff Buckley might have made their way into the lineup.
1725 points (Level 3) · 11/29/08 2:48pm
This may or may not resemble one birthday party right before I moved back from Denver to Sweden.
1262 points (Level 2) · 10/25/08 5:58am
Not quite how to best label this...it's mostly indie I suppose, so that should work.
It's a sample of Swedish music, mostly indie, mostly recent (though not all), for a mix trade partner. Vol 2 means just that - I've done exactly the same concept once before.
It's a sample of Swedish music, mostly indie, mostly recent (though not all), for a mix trade partner. Vol 2 means just that - I've done exactly the same concept once before.
1543 points (Level 3) · 10/22/08 2:22pm
I'm afraid I ended up with what must be considered a train-wreck, at least as far as this contest is concerned. I like my mix, but for a party? This is a mix for a wake, or a mass suicide.
The theme: A wake for all the stock brokers jumping off buildings. Dress as a mourner or a dead stock broker. Alternative methods of suicide acceptable.
The theme: A wake for all the stock brokers jumping off buildings. Dress as a mourner or a dead stock broker. Alternative methods of suicide acceptable.
1404 points (Level 2) · 10/9/08 2:35pm
Another mix for the Monthly Mixtape Group, this time the theme: Short Songs. Here, 23 songs in 40 minutes, all under 2 minutes long. It's so awesome the pope is sweating bullets.
1977 points (Level 4) · 10/3/08 6:49pm
This mixtape contest made me think of an episode when I was around 17 years old - I think it was the last year of high school. I was sick, really sick, and the fever I was running was really bad.
I've always had recurring dreams, the first memories of them are from as early as when I was five years old, and the same dream (and others) recurred time and time again, and many of these dreams took place in, appropriately enough for this contest, Hell.
This time these recurring dreams decided to line up into one big messed up fever dream.
I've always had recurring dreams, the first memories of them are from as early as when I was five years old, and the same dream (and others) recurred time and time again, and many of these dreams took place in, appropriately enough for this contest, Hell.
This time these recurring dreams decided to line up into one big messed up fever dream.
1708 points (Level 3) · 9/24/08 3:25pm
Mixes for driving is such a common concept, and even more so for me since driving is such a large part of my job. I spend hours driving from point A to point B, from point B to some dreary motel, then from said motel to work my way down the alphabet of traffic survey points, until I'm ready to return home.
Thus, this isn't for that rite of adulthood road trip, it's not for cruising downtown to pick up chicks, and not for street racing. It's for staving off the boredom of the long haul.
Thus, this isn't for that rite of adulthood road trip, it's not for cruising downtown to pick up chicks, and not for street racing. It's for staving off the boredom of the long haul.
2237 points (Level 5) · 9/21/08 1:08pm
I've found that the most amusing part of the potpourri style of mix is how dynamic it becomes by its very nature. You can't help but do these funny transitions if you're gonna follow the rules. My favorite is no doubt The Hives -> Sam Cooke -> Peaches. I'm still giggling.
1485 points (Level 2) · 9/20/08 3:07pm
Welcome to Calaveth's Zoo. You're just in time for the guided tour...
1636 points (Level 3) · 9/14/08 11:51am
I think I'll wrap up the color themed mixes here. I'm sure I could put together a few pretty wicked mixes based on Black, Green, Pink etc, but sometimes, you have to draw the line somewhere. Not to speak of sticking to the thin tricolore theme.
If you like this, check out the Red Tape and the Blue Tape as well. They be wicked.
If you like this, check out the Red Tape and the Blue Tape as well. They be wicked.
1259 points (Level 2) · 9/13/08 6:12pm
So Krzysztof Kieslowski made three films named after the tricolore, I figure I should at least match that, in mixtapes. Then we'll see, I have lots of crayons in funny colors I could make mixtapes about...
1612 points (Level 3) · 9/13/08 11:51am
First in a series of mixtapes. Guess the theme.
1444 points (Level 2) · 9/5/08 1:38pm
There was a mixtape contest long before I joined the site which required each mix to connect the songs with each other one way or another. Unfortunately I couldn't participate then, but I can still make a mix on the same theme. Actually, the reason is that the monthly mixtape group on last.fm ( http://www.last. fm/group/The+Monthly+Mixtape ) had just this concept as this month's theme.
My plan was pretty simple. There are two "all star" on and off projects in two different parts of the world in different genres of music - The Desert Sessions out of Palm Beach, and Die Haut in Berlin. I wanted to see if I could tie them together (actually, I was quite convinced I could...).
My plan was pretty simple. There are two "all star" on and off projects in two different parts of the world in different genres of music - The Desert Sessions out of Palm Beach, and Die Haut in Berlin. I wanted to see if I could tie them together (actually, I was quite convinced I could...).
1743 points (Level 3) · 9/3/08 4:56pm
Part of my job includes a bunch of business trips. Sometimes it's fun, an opportunity to see new places, meet new people, all that. But most of the time it's just rather dreary, trying to make time pass in hotel rooms that all look much the same.
This mix is put together only using the music that is on either my iPod or my laptop. I have to be able to listen to it *now*, after all.
This mix is put together only using the music that is on either my iPod or my laptop. I have to be able to listen to it *now*, after all.
2648 points (Level 6) · 8/21/08 6:00pm
I had my pretentious twat hat on when I decided the topic for my contest entry. That's my only defense for choosing to re-tool Jesus Christ Superstar with music more to my liking. That the lyrics don't always match 100% what's going on in the story, well, that's just to be expected.
Oh, and I've taken liberties with the track list - the musical has something like 30 songs going, and there's no way I'm making a mix like that. I wanted to include Mogwai - Like Herod instead of King Herod's Song, but at 11:39, I simply couldn't indulge myself like that.
Oh, and I've taken liberties with the track list - the musical has something like 30 songs going, and there's no way I'm making a mix like that. I wanted to include Mogwai - Like Herod instead of King Herod's Song, but at 11:39, I simply couldn't indulge myself like that.
1800 points (Level 4) · 8/6/08 4:01pm
I saw a mix based on the topic of "my favorite female vocalists", and knew I had to do something similar, as if I had contracted some kind of disease. Internet memes, I think they're called...
This isn't a list of "my favorite singers", just a number of female vocalists that do something to me every time I listen to them.
The mix has a side A and a side B, each fitting on one side of a C-60 - highly unusual for me, since I don't even own a cassette deck, but it just naturally worked out that way.
This isn't a list of "my favorite singers", just a number of female vocalists that do something to me every time I listen to them.
The mix has a side A and a side B, each fitting on one side of a C-60 - highly unusual for me, since I don't even own a cassette deck, but it just naturally worked out that way.
1621 points (Level 3) · 7/24/08 1:53pm
Believe it or not, but when the polar bears migrate north over the summer, there is a short window of opportunity even here in Sweden for a true to life beach party. That is, if the summer doesn't rain away. Given the rarity of the event, this mix hasn't actually been field tested, but I'll share it with you anyway. You might have a better chance to use it than I. Enjoy.
1447 points (Level 2) · 7/20/08 7:15am
I have a young couple as neighbours to one side of my apartment, which *love* raggaton, dancehall and all that, ahem, crap. I don't judge, we just don't like the same music, *at all*. And we don't share the same day cycle either, which leads to music being played at...interesting hours. I'm a polite guy, and I'm not shy of cranking up the volume at times either, so it all leads to an...interesting social dynamic.
This mix is my arsenal of weapons when it is time for mutually assured ear destruction.
(To my neighbours: I love you all. Really.)
This mix is my arsenal of weapons when it is time for mutually assured ear destruction.
(To my neighbours: I love you all. Really.)
1901 points (Level 4) · 7/8/08 9:15am
I imagined a walk through a bustling city at night, so very different from the same place in daylight.
1824 points (Level 4) · 6/13/08 6:51pm
A simple mix based on song titles consisting solely of names...
1538 points (Level 3) · 6/12/08 2:45pm
Just a mix for when being behind the wheel - it's mostly upbeat, but the pace changes from the frantic to the mellow.
Tag Board (61)
Team Robot Member
Glad you liked it. His albums are good but I think he is one of those acts best experienced live.
2/22/09 4:38pm
Team Robot Member
POh yeah. If you have any interest in White Stripes/Black Keys then I think you would enjoy him.
1/19/09 5:16pm
Team Robot Member
Have you heard the Seasick Steve/Nick Cave Duet on seasick Steve's 2nd album?
1/18/09 4:27am
Team Robot Member
actually I would have Boatmans Call up there as well. Funny thing is, my favorite Cave song does not come from any of those albums. That would be 'Let The Bells Ring' which is the most astonishing musical tribute to someone I have ever heard.
1/15/09 9:51am
Team Robot Member
Don't get me wrong, I really really like the Cave album, it is up there with the Seasick Steve and the Mogwai as probably the three favorites of the year, but it would take a lot to surpass 'From Her To Eternity', 'Kicking Against The pricks' and the sublime 'Tender Prey' but I do like it a lot and I enjoyed the link to Tender Prey material.
1/14/09 9:11pm
The Yay! Badge VII
Pagan bonfires and fireworks sound like fun. For what it is worth, Happy October 31st. I'd really like to watch Shaun of the Dead tonight, but that may not work out.
10/31/08 8:38am
The Yay! Badge VII
I found my copy of Bela Lugosi's Dead on vinyl in Denver, near the Capital. I thought you might like to know that. Does Sweden have Halloween, or something akin to it? Happy Wednesday!
10/29/08 10:03am
The Yay! Badge XII
Be patient-- I tend to be a 'tardo with files. And when I say 'tardo, I mean it in the most sincere and least demeaning way against anyone but myself.
10/27/08 10:41pm
The Lotto Badge
Yeah, it makes sense. First Copenhagen, then Malmö, right?, and then Stockholm.
10/25/08 10:16am
The Lotto Badge
Me too, but I can almost never find some one to go with, and then I hesitate and wait and try and win people over to go see them, and it's such an effort. Plus I never succeed in time. It happened so many times for me last year: Animal Collective, Stereo Total, The Used, CocoRosie (TWICE! I missed them twice in four months), Múm, Explosions in the Sky...
At the moment, I have a lot of concerts I wanna attend, but I'm afraid I will have to go alone to all of them except Mogwai. And I don't like to go alone. Boo. But I'm glad you enjoyed the show, I wish I could've been there.
At the moment, I have a lot of concerts I wanna attend, but I'm afraid I will have to go alone to all of them except Mogwai. And I don't like to go alone. Boo. But I'm glad you enjoyed the show, I wish I could've been there.
10/21/08 5:18am
The Yay! Badge XII
I know what you mean about school. I can't even think of going back to it. I would only go back if I didn't work. I would want to do it full time. Part time takes yearssssssssssss!
10/16/08 4:01pm
The Yay! Badge XII
Ever think that you could change it one day? I am at that point.
10/15/08 10:27pm
The Yay! Badge XII
Worrying about mixtapes--what a joy that would be instead of worrying if the job you were working was killing your spirit slowly--which is my dilemma, but its just a job right?
10/15/08 9:29pm
The Yay! Badge XII
Mackey expresses his thanks by punching a happy face on the hood of your car.
10/14/08 10:55am
The Lotto Badge
Tak! I don't know how that happened, but yay. That fever mix is something, I gotta tell you.
10/5/08 3:32pm
The Yay! Badge XII
Don't know what happened to your message but that empty box speaks volumes.
9/28/08 1:09pm
Mixtape Contest XXV: 1st Place
Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, and City Of Lost Children are all FUCKING AMAZING.
9/27/08 11:04am
Mixtape Contest XVII -- Third Place
That's OK. There's no way to check for repeated titles on the site, so there could be a whole bunch out there!
9/25/08 11:40am
The Valentine's Day 2007 Badge
Hey thanks! That's awesome. the middle songs in my mixes are always the most important.
9/24/08 8:27pm
The Festivus '08 Badge
Yeah, it's ridiculous. I'll finish it up later today.
9/22/08 3:37pm
The Lotto Badge
I've received files by sharebee before - I don't know why it wouldn't work this time. Anyhoo, thank you for the mix. :) Can't wait to hear it.
9/21/08 1:29am
Team Robot Member
Been busy last couple of days but I will digitise that Wray/Gordon show soon and send it to you
9/18/08 4:08pm
The Lotto Badge
The link doesn't work, I'm sorry. It keeps saying "Left-click on the link" but there is no link to left-click.
9/18/08 9:55am
Level 3
thanks a lot and thanks for the kind words on my first posted mix. much appreciated!
9/18/08 12:43am
The Lotto Badge
HI! The most belated welcome to the collective.
Dine mix är fabulous.
Dine mix är fabulous.
9/17/08 3:55pm
Team Robot Member
I have a really good live radio recording of Wray/Gordon and I will try and find it today. A lot of my older record collection is still back home in England out of reach but I know I do have that live set here.
9/17/08 5:30am
Team Robot Member
Link Wray made some pretty wonderful recordings with Robert Gordon in the 70s
9/16/08 5:14pm
Team Robot Member
And you shall hear the Link Wray track
http://www.se ndspace.com/file/m9tw8a
http://www.se ndspace.com/file/m9tw8a
9/16/08 1:02pm
The Newbie Badge
oh man, i have found a fellow neutral milk loverrr!
9/14/08 2:58pm
The Yay! Badge VII
I just posted my mix for your contest idea. Thought I'd let you know. I watched Superbad, the other night, and spent the rest of the night thinking about high school and junior high, and sending myself two tapes from my future. I posted the first one today, for junior high (1987). I'll have to get psyched up to compile the second mix, intended for graduation day (1993).
9/13/08 1:31pm
Team Robot Member
Yeah, regarding the 78rpm mix, I wasn't aware of many of those artists before I downloaded the tracks. That was why I sendspaced the mixtape so people could hear it if they want to
9/4/08 4:38pm
Mixtape Potpourri II: Third Place
Yeah i thought everyone was going to laugh at mine because it was so silly.
I hope your enjoying your badge as much as I am. Orson Welles is one of my favourite directors. I am very happy indeed.
I hope your enjoying your badge as much as I am. Orson Welles is one of my favourite directors. I am very happy indeed.
9/3/08 6:29pm
The Yay! Badge VII
It didn't dawn on me that you're older than me until you posted Exile on Main St.
Congrats on first place!
Congrats on first place!
9/3/08 10:46am
Team Robot Member
congrats on the contest win. This was a hard one
9/1/08 1:13am
Team Robot Member
As well as coming from one of my favorite movies, the picture of Jesus you used for your contest mix looks disturbingly like Dave Grohl!
8/28/08 11:13pm
The Yay! Badge VII
(second try, due to bad link - spaces were added???)
Your contest mix reminded me of my nephew's shirt that he wore to his farewell dinner, last Friday. Here's the image - http://i68.photobucket. com/albums/i22/tomaidh_mor/lemmy.jpg
Have a great weekend.
Your contest mix reminded me of my nephew's shirt that he wore to his farewell dinner, last Friday. Here's the image - http://i68.photobucket. com/albums/i22/tomaidh_mor/lemmy.jpg
Have a great weekend.
8/22/08 10:51am
The Patton Badge
i haven't been on here in quite some time and i see i missed out. you have impeccable taste :)
8/13/08 2:14am
Team Robot Member
Thanks for the nice words about the 'god created woman' mix. It's one of the ones I did for MTC that I actually play quite a lot. Looking forward to yours
8/2/08 9:43pm
The Yay! Badge VII
Thanks for you comment. Here, FTOTZ and last.fm are my favorite haunts. There is an MTC group at last.fm at http://www.last.fm/g roup/the+rejected+mtc+experience. (the period at the end, for whatever reason, is part of the address)
I'm derhay at last.fm too. Happy mixing.
I'm derhay at last.fm too. Happy mixing.
7/21/08 8:53am
The Yay! Badge IX
Yeah, I like smile but it doesnt have the staying power the others do. I would still prefer to listen to the others. I love the Sunn0)) & Boris album. I bought the live album w/ Merzbow called ROCK DREAM and was dissappointed by the mixing on it.
7/19/08 8:18pm
The Yay! Badge IX
I made that mix a few years ago when I first heard about them and have since obsessively searched for all things Boris. What of theirs is your favorite? I have to say Pink and Heavy Rocks are my absolute favorites.
7/19/08 8:10pm
The Yay! Badge IX
Yeah, I realized my Boris mistake the next time I saw them. Shes rad and i want to have her babies.
7/19/08 8:06pm
Team Robot Member
i love Cave and can't wait to see him at the Hollywood Bowl in Sept
6/22/08 1:09pm
