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+.Dd January  8, 2022
+.Dt DISCS 7
+.Os "Causal Agency"
+.
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm Desert Island Discs
+.Nd we're doing three in this one
+.
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+In typical fashion
+I'm going to write about something
+completely different instead.
+Something short and simple.
+I got thinking about this
+after reading a little interview thing
+this week.
+The question is
+which three albums would you want to have
+if you were stranded on a desert island.
+What could you listen to
+for the rest of time?
+It's surprisingly easy
+to take this question very seriously.
+.
+.Pp
+My immediate thought was
+.Em Music for 18 Musicians.
+I've literally said this about it
+in conversation before.
+That's an album
+I'd want to have on a desert island.
+I find it incredibly soothing,
+almost hypnotic.
+I really do feel like
+I could listen to it forever.
+And then maybe I could finally determine
+which of its eleven sections
+is the best.
+.
+.Pp
+My next thought was
+.Em Soundtracks for the Blind .
+We already know I'm a huge SWANS fan.
+Despite what I've written about
+.Em Swans Are Dead ,
+I instead jumped to SFTB.
+I still think that
+.Em Dead
+has better tunes,
+but
+.Em Soundtracks
+is definitely the better cohesive album.
+It has such atmosphere and mood on it.
+Like
+.Em 18 ,
+it's an album that sucks me in.
+Also,
+either SWANS album
+is an economical choice
+in this hypothetical
+since they're each 2 hours and 20 minutes long.
+.
+.Pp
+Choosing a third album is a lot harder.
+There's so much other music I like
+and only one slot left.
+There's no other single album
+that stands out above the rest
+like the previous two,
+for me.
+.Em Wildlife ,
+maybe?
+Or 
+.Em Jane Doe ?
+Perhaps a classic like
+.Em Aeroplane ,
+or a boomer classic like
+.Em The Wall .
+But would I really want to
+listen to any of those
+to the exclusion of everything else?
+They're too mood-dependent.
+.
+.Pp
+Then I realized the perfect choice
+for third album.
+.Em Mouth Moods .
+A mashup album is the perfect wildcard,
+and
+.Em Moods
+is just fun as hell to listen to.
+I get songs from it stuck in my head
+instead of the originals.
+The final track,
+.Em Shit ,
+always gets me moving.
+It's a masterpiece.
+.
+.Bl -enum
+.It
+Steve Reich Ensemble \(em
+.Em Music for 18 Musicians
+.It
+SWANS \(em
+.Em Soundtracks for the Blind
+.It
+Neil Cicierega \(em
+.Em Mouth Moods
+.El
+.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An june Aq Mt june@causal.agency
+.Pp
+Listening to Steve Reich Ensemble \(em Music for 18 Musicians.
diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile
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--- a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile
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@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ TXTS += 026-git-comment.txt
 TXTS += 027-openbsd-linode.txt
 TXTS += 028-names.txt
 TXTS += 029-topics.txt
+TXTS += 030-discs.txt
 
 all: colb ${TXTS}