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BUREAU OF AUDITORY SURVEILLANCE ★ AUDIMUS OMNIA ★ EST. 1959 Bureau of Auditory Surveillance Audimus Omnia: We Hear Everything

Public Advisories

Notices for the listening public. Compliance is voluntary, and expected.

Advisory 26-01

Citizens are reminded that a shuffle button is a setting, not a personality.

Advisory 26-04

Anyone claiming a song "gets good at 2:40" must now say what it was doing until then.

Advisory 26-07

The phrase "it's a grower" is no longer accepted as a defence.

Advisory 26-09

Listening to an album "in the background" while giving it your full attention is a contradiction and must be declared as one.

Advisory 26-11

Playlists exceeding six hours must be accompanied by a reason.

Advisory 26-14

Saxophone solos exceeding nine minutes must be reported to a supervisor.

Advisory 26-16

Citizens who rearrange their record shelves "just a bit" are advised to clear the afternoon.

Advisory 26-18

Air drumming is permitted in private. In traffic, it is a matter for the traffic authorities, and for us.

Advisory 26-21

Citizens are reminded that "deluxe edition" is not a personality.

Advisory 26-23

Saying "you had to be there" about a live album does not exempt the album from review.

Advisory 26-25

The word "underrated" may not be applied to anything with more than one million listeners.

Advisory 26-27

Persons humming the bass line instead of the tune are asked to hum quietly, and to keep their reasons to themselves.

Advisory 26-30

Fading out is an ending. Please stop asking whether the band meant it.

Advisory 26-32

Anyone who has "heard it before it was big" must produce the paperwork.

Advisory 26-35

Skipping to the last track to see how it ends is not listening. It is reading ahead, and we noticed.

Advisory 26-38

Recommending an album with the words "just trust me" voids the trust.