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5. Original Pirate Material - The Streets
2002. My 18th year.
I’m in uni. I was balancing that with hanging out with mates I’d made at my first job.
Our schedules were chaotic, between night shifts, early morning shifts, split shifts and everything else in between.
But we’d still manage a few nights a month, indulging in our shared interests — namely beer, pizza and video games.
4. Alabama Pines - Jason Isbell
After I started my business — after moving on from the suburban stockbrokers I was in during the GFC — times were tough.
It was much more difficult to find people to work with, things were more expensive than projected and it took far, far longer to find my feet.
Like, years.
3. Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance - Patterson Hood
Night fell.
The strips of lights strung through the rafters and the umbrellas and around the railings lit up
It was warm — it’s the south, I suppose it’s always warm — and it was t-shirt weather.
We stopped talking for a while, just sitting in a comfortable silence, both off in our thoughts.
I looked over the railing, watching a boat idle down the river and seeing the trees blow in the breeze.
When I saw a flash, off in the distance.
1. Moment in the Sun - The Living End
Late 2008.
The GFC is in full swing and dominating the news.
Banks are collapsing, shares are crashing, governments are trying not to panic.
2. Elephant - Jason Isbell
It’s a song about a friend supporting another friend through cancer — the ‘elephant in the room’.
But it is, of course, so much more than that.
