A reader writes:
God, how old was I when “West End Girls” came out? I had to be in high school (born in 1969). I too have listened to their music for ages, and no other musicians can beat them for helping me recall where and when I was as their music played. Anything from “Nightlife”? I was living in San Diego at the time. “Dreaming of the Queen”? How many times did I walk the south park blocks in downtown Portland OR listening to that song.
So I listened closer to “Invisible” lyrics today, since I’m now 43. And yesterday’s post, combined with the recent introvert/extrovert discussion – really, there’s no other site I visit that gives me such emotional and intellectual stimulation.
I’m a very liberal gay man living in my small hometown in northwest Georgia (thankfully, as I mentioned above, I escaped for a while, which made coming back much easier and more satisfying), and sometimes your posts hit the exact spot I needed to be touched at that moment. It’s tough living around people with whom you have hardly anything in common, so a daily reminder that there are, indeed, those who think and feel similarly is essential. As was this brief note to say thanks.
Thanks in return. You make my world less lonely too.
The Dish 