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diff --git a/www/text.causal.agency/030-discs.7 b/www/text.causal.agency/030-discs.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..df73a750 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/text.causal.agency/030-discs.7 @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +.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 index e3438b93..798d73ff 100644 --- a/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile +++ b/www/text.causal.agency/Makefile @@ -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} |