I've been job 'seeking' for 12 long weeks now. It's a depressing business. But at least my home life has not degenerated into Boys from the Blackstuff madness, substance & spousal abuse. Not yet anyway. Could be any week now though. I've uploaded my CV to a load of job websites and recruitment agencies mostly to very little reaction. I've grown to detest the empty pleasantries & mock cheerfulness of recruitment consultants. 'Not a great time to be looking' and 'Something will come up soon' has been the recurring advice from friends. Oh and 'Don't go mad' - that was a useful one.
Recently though things started to look up when I got an interview with a music company that went well. I liked them, they seem to like me, positive signs are forthcoming. Now I'm waiting to hear back, praying I haven't got my hopes up, that I haven't misread the signs. It's not the despair that gets to you it's the hope. One song has been going round my head the past few days: Tom Petty's The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
I've been trying to think of some 'Waiting' songs - there's fewer than I'd have thought in my collection and I wasn't going to post the Velvets or the Doors - a bit too obvious
Definitely one of my best recent discoveries, Yeasayer's All Hour Cymbals album is a mix of Brooklyn hipster indie a la TV on the Radio, and elements of African & Middle Eastern sounds, which sounds very worthy but they also remember that what's most important is the song.
A lot of (very good) classic rock taken from some superior albums, but only one track from this century! Bands nowadays just aren't interested in waiting it seems. Perhaps this is due to our gotta-have-it-now, spend now & stick-it-on-the-credit-card, consume-or-die culture. Perhaps not.
Buy Petty, Thin Lizzy, Jayhawks, da Top & Yeasayer Here's a couple of classic country waiting for train songs just as an added bonus
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Boy, I hope things tilt upward for you real soon. (Although the IPA sounds like a good deal.)
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