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Eric Ho's avatar

I'm glad you're sharing your gems about music. Even though I like the atmosphere the Pet Shop Boys "driven by clever lyrics, an orchestra, and lots of synth", I wouldn't have come across this album if you hadn't!

I loved Loneliness!

There's some serendipity here for me because success + loneliness is something I work with my clients on A LOT.

I haven't explored the whole album yet, but I'm wondering if one of the antidotes that I see helping (rediscovering joy) will come up!

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Matt Tillotson's avatar

Thanks for sharing Eric. Very interested to hear if you see that theme of joy coming through (I didn't, but that doesn't mean you won't!).

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Rick Planos's avatar

Another good one Matt. Thanks for showing me a music memory and update I would have missed otherwise! I still need to share my Stones story w you someday….

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Matt Tillotson's avatar

Thanks Rick--we will chat soon! A few things have me off my normal schedule at the moment.

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Rick Planos's avatar

hey Matt, happy holidays. I was just thinking about you and your transition to your next chapter. Curious where you’re at with that anything I can do to help please let me know also I guess I need if you don’t mind send me your email. I don’t have an email for you and the one I just sent to write a passage. Mine is lowercase. rick@rickplanos.com

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Oleg Kagan's avatar

That's interesting about your music writing imposter syndrome. When I started reading SB, it was pretty much all fitness and a tiny bit of music. Now it's just as much or more music. I'm here for both even though I don't really care about 80s music or fitness. Moreover, I'm not here for musicology, so your level of musical reflection is just right.

I'm here because I enjoy your writing and opinions.

Keep up the good work!

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Rick Lewis's avatar

My imposter syndrome is suffocating. : ) Now that's some grizzly sounding good news. Congrats.

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