UNEMPLOYED MIX TAPE

Well, I am currently unemployed.  The university where I teach opted not to renew my contract due to budgetary issues so I am sitting around with five days growth of beard, eating like a pig, trying to stay positive.  I have had some interviews as well as some coming up and I hope to have a new position soon.

I wrote about prior unemployment experiences here http://rgdinmalaysia.blogspot.com/2013/01/unemployment-memories.html

In the meantime, here’s a song mix I made in grooveshark.com for listening pleasure....All N All and March of the Gherkins share brass parts and fade out exactly the same way , In My Life and Tramp share keyboard parts albeit different speeds which Separate Beds also builds on melodically.  Listen to The Byrds and The Smiths back to back (Hope to blog more about Gene Clark soon) and the last three songs complement each other in meaning and sound....Time, the measurement and spending of it, is the theme here.  

SPRING HEELED JIM – Morrissey

THE BALLAD OF EL GOODO – Big Star

TOYMAKER – The Association

TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT – Spandau Ballet

ALL N ALL – Al Green

MARCH OF THE GHERKINS – Madness

BIG FOOL OF THE YEAR – George Jones

TRAMP – The Stranglers

IN MY LIFE – The Beatles

SEPARATE BEDS – Squeeze

IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

TEDDY PICKER – Arctic Monkeys

SHE DON’T CARE ABOUT TIME – The Byrds

ONE IN A HUNDRED – Gene Clark

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME – The Smiths

FOOT OF THE MOUNTAIN – Paul Weller

SHADOW OF THE SUN – Paul Weller

SOMEBODY’S WATCHING YOU – Sly and the Family Stone

BOTH ENDS BURNING – Roxy Music

PARTY GIRL – Elvis Costello