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Jul 2, 2021Liked by John Birmingham

Good points at the end. No matter that I write for fun, I still want people to like what I do. I guess it validates the work and gives me confidence that it isn’t totally shit, even though my main aim is to enjoy the writing as an escape from my work.

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Have you listened to his metal band?

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Oh yeah, and Billy Joel wrote some great songs…New York State of Mind, Allentown and Goodnight Saigon come to mind.

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"animus" was OK, had to look up "sine qua non", just a non-Twitter comment, not a critique

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I read something a few years ago that sort of said Billy Joel wasn't great, but he was good at his job of making music.

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