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THE BUREAU (2018)

by Ethan Persoff

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sandubogi I aspire to be this creative. Favorite track: THE BUREAU: 1:42pm, The Brain-Controlling Messages from the Infant Have Been Recorded on Tape. Listen at Your Own Peril..

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THE BUREAU: A Day in Your Life (9.5hr Soundtrack, 202 Tracks) — Includes PDF of Full 88 page Book + Extras

"A Unique Sonic-Comic" — Synthtopia
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Successfully funded via Kickstarter in 2019 and broadcast as two separate 9.5 hour events on KUZU Radio, THE BUREAU is a comic book and sound object intended to be an audio toy. It asks participants to consider a simple question: How are you spending the time you have in your life?
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Specifically, THE BUREAU tells a sound-based story, in 200 separate tracks, of a single day of work at your job, on what may or may not be your last day on Earth.
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Press play and enjoy a nine hour story, including modular electronics, field recordings, exploding amplifiers, Metasonix tube synths, drums, and filters, Moog, Oberheim, DSI, eurorack, and other oddity. This bandcamp edition includes a download of THE BUREAU book as an 88-page download, including a comic book with illustrations/notes for each track. An additional "First Day Pack", including office forms for your new job is included. Please fill those out and return to your supervisor promptly.
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An entire calendar block of nine and a half hours, scoring music for every moment of an entire day of work. Or it is a 9.5 hour story for whenever you'd like to press play and jump in. Play it at midnight and you'll enjoy an evening of non-repeating music til 9am. Pair it with your favorite psychedelic on a camping expedition. Or use it as background music during a day of office work.
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HELLO, EMPLOYEE. YOU ARE HIRED! Welcome to your new job as a paper shredder/collator. Press play at 8:55am and you'll have music to occupy your time through 6:30pm.
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As they say in the Bureau Dept of Reminders: "Don't Miss Lunch!"
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	1.	THE BUREAU: 8:55am, Prelude: "THE UNCONSCIOUS RIDE" (Overture) 01:20		buy track
	2.	THE BUREAU: 8:56am, "WILD HARE" (Opening Theme) 02:40		buy track
	3.	THE BUREAU: 8:59am, Clocking In and Sitting Down. 04:15		buy track
	4.	THE BUREAU: 9:03am, Dreaming of a Life without a Job. 04:33		buy track
	5.	THE BUREAU: 9:07am, Some Asshole Interrupts You and You're Stuck In a Conversation about Invoices. 01:44		buy track
	6.	THE BUREAU: 9:09am, Walking Away from Your Desk to Calmly Flood Your Head in the Sink. 03:16		buy track
	7.	THE BUREAU: 9:12am, The Light from the Bathroom Ceiling is Glaring and Controlling. 02:09		buy track
	8.	THE BUREAU: 9:14am, Wondering if the Fire Alarm Lever Really Works. 01:03		buy track
	9.	THE BUREAU: 9:16am, Remembering What Was Said to You Yesterday. 03:21		buy track
	10.	THE BUREAU: 9:19am, There is a Buzzing Inside the Supply Cabinet. 05:05		buy track
	11.	THE BUREAU: 9:24am, Quietly Flirting at the Water Cooler. 02:10		buy track
	12.	THE BUREAU: 9:26am, Walking Back to Your Desk (a Love So Warm and True) 03:24		buy track
	13.	THE BUREAU: 9:30am, THE MORNING MEETING (Carl's Got a Lot to Say About This) 04:06		buy track
	14.	THE BUREAU: 9:34am, Susan Distributes Her Handouts. Insists That You All Read in Full Before Proceeding. 04:55		buy track
	15.	THE BUREAU: 9:39am, Enduring the PowerPoint Presentation (Arrival of The Sweet Hypnotist) 05:01		buy track
	16.	THE BUREAU: 9:44am, Zoning Out During the Conference Call (The Visitor Smiles Kindly at You...and Departs) 04:39		buy track
	17.	THE BUREAU: 9:48am, Snapping Back Awake (There is a Hidden Message In the Motivational Poster) 04:51		buy track
	18.	THE BUREAU: 9:53am, Last Month's Progress is Discussed, Critiqued, Scrutinized, Compared, and Measured. 04:41		buy track
	19.	THE BUREAU: 9:58am, Meeting Concludes and You Fill with a Sense of Floating, Freedom, and Anxiety. 04:59		buy track
	20.	THE BUREAU: 10:03am, Suddenly, an Announcement: The President will be Visiting at Noon! 05:08		buy track
	21.	THE BUREAU: 10:08am, All Applaud Loudly Into the Video Camera, Smiles Clearly Visible for Inspection. 03:49		buy track
	22.	THE BUREAU: 10:12am, The Secret Service Arrive on Horseback and Gather in the Break Room. 02:26		buy track
	23.	THE BUREAU: 10:14am, We're All Told to Calm Down and Get Back to Our Work. 03:40		buy track
	24.	THE BUREAU: 10:18am, You Find Todd in the Back Office. He Tentatively Says, "I Refused My Medication." 02:50		buy track
	25.	THE BUREAU: 10:21am, Looking Down, You Realize You're Holding a Cup & Pills. You Hadn't Even Noticed. 01:48		buy track
	26.	THE BUREAU: 10:22am, "Don't Take Your Pill Today. I Hear Something is in the Works," He Says. 03:06		buy track
	27.	THE BUREAU: 10:25am, Todd Pours His Medicine Down a Nearby Soda Machine Drain and Quietly Walks Away. 02:29		buy track
	28.	THE BUREAU: 10:28am, YOUR CHOICE: Do You Pour the Medicine Down the Drain, Too, or Do You Drink It? 01:06		buy track
	29.	THE BUREAU: 10:29am, Avoiding the Guards, You Make It Back Safely to Your Designated Workstation. 01:46		buy track
	30.	THE BUREAU: 10:31am, A Sudden Loud Scream From Todd as He's Found by the Project Managers. 01:27		buy track
	31.	THE BUREAU: 10:32am, You Go Back to Your Job: Shredding Old Documents and Collating New Material for Review. 04:19		buy track
	32.	THE BUREAU: 10:37am, A Spiked Mood Fills the Room as the Medication Appears to Kick In Around You. 03:20		buy track
	33.	THE BUREAU: 10:40am, Quickly Corrected for Misconduct, the Collating Reviewer Returns to Her Tasks. 04:27		buy track
	34.	THE BUREAU: 10:44am, From a Nearby Window, You See Todd Dragged Outside and Loaded into a Waiting Ambulance. 01:06		buy track
	35.	THE BUREAU: 10:45am, The Medic Drives Away From the Building, Down the Hill, and then Disappears From View. 02:08		buy track
	36.	THE BUREAU: 10:48am, Inside the Ambulance, Todd Kicks Frantically at the Door...But Soon Succumbs to the Methoxyflurane. 03:12		buy track
	37.	THE BUREAU: 10:51am, Looking Away from the Window and Returning to Your Work. 02:33		buy track
	38.	THE BUREAU: 10:53am, The Supervisor Walks in the Room and Does a Check-In at Everyone's Desk. 01:59		buy track
	39.	THE BUREAU: 10:55am, You Receive Your Performance Evaluation. Part One: Your Paper Shredding Meets Expectations. 02:50		buy track
	40.	THE BUREAU: 10:58am, Performance Evaluation Concludes: But Part Two: Your Paper Collating Needs Improvement. 02:32		buy track
	41.	THE BUREAU: 11:01am, "Basically", he says, "You should feel pride in the paper you shred. But you need to WORK on your collating." 02:32		buy track
	42.	THE BUREAU: 11:03am, Annoyed, You Take an Early Lunch. 03:10		buy track
	43.	THE BUREAU: 11:06am, Thinking Your Supervisor is a Prick for What He Said About Your Collating. 04:01		buy track
	44.	THE BUREAU: 11:10am, Elsewhere, The Supervisor Screams, "The President is Visiting! HE WILL LOVE MY WORKERS!" 03:59		buy track
	45.	THE BUREAU: 11:14am, Your Lunch is a Delicious Homemade Sandwich with Spiced Pickled Cabbage and Fresh Mint Tea. 03:27		buy track
	46.	THE BUREAU: 11:18am, You Look up to the Sky from the Cafeteria Skylight and Marvel at the Beauty of the Universe. 02:19		buy track
	47.	THE BUREAU: 11:20am, Meanwhile, The Supervisor Grills Another Worker. "Why Aren't You SMILING About The President's Visit!??!" 04:02		buy track
	48.	THE BUREAU: 11:24am, More Secret Service Arrive, This Time on Bicycles and Hopping in Potato Sacks. 01:47		buy track
	49.	THE BUREAU: 11:26am, Peacefully Enjoying the Automatic Napkin Dispenser as You Finish Eating Your Food. 01:56		buy track
	50.	THE BUREAU: 11:28am, You Return to Your Work, Collating Five New Sets of Teal Sheets and Seven Maple Green Ones. 03:02		buy track
	51.	THE BUREAU: 11:31am, You Love Your Collating. No One Collates Better Than You. Not a Single Fucking Person. Anywhere. 05:13		buy track
	52.	THE BUREAU: 11:36am, Fuck Your Boss for What They Said about Your Collating. 03:12		buy track
	53.	THE BUREAU: 11:39am, An Urgent Text Message and Phone Call from Your Supervisor to Leave Your Room Immediately. 01:06		buy track
	54.	THE BUREAU: 11:40am, We're All Told to Cram Ourselves into the Auditorium to Await the President's Appearance. (Wrapping Rubber Around Their Necks) 02:15		buy track
	55.	THE BUREAU: 11:43am, Religious Pop Music Pipes Out of the In-Room Speakers. 02:40		buy track
	56.	THE BUREAU: 11:45am, Carl Also Has a Lot to Say about the President's Upcoming Visit. 02:05		buy track
	57.	THE BUREAU: 11:47am, The Local 4th Grade Clarinet Player Practices His Tribute to Our Country's Leader. 01:12		buy track
	58.	THE BUREAU: 11:49am, A Telegram of Support from Canada is Read Aloud: Do Not Be Afraid! 01:55		buy track
	59.	THE BUREAU: 11:51am, Quietly Waiting in Your Seat for the President's Appearance. 06:31		buy track
	60.	THE BUREAU: 11:57am, Filled with an Introverted Grief as You See Co-Workers Mingle and Chat. 05:58		buy track
	61.	THE BUREAU: 12:03pm, Noon Has Passed - The President is Late! 05:33		buy track
	62.	THE BUREAU: 12:09pm, Rumors Abound as to the President's Delay. 01:26		buy track
	63.	THE BUREAU: 12:10pm, Door Slams Open! The President's Entourage Fills the Room, Dropping Gold-Leafed Rose Petals. 01:26		buy track
	64.	THE BUREAU: 12:12pm, Custom Theme Blaring, The President Jumps Out Onstage, Grunting and Pointing at Everyone. 01:03		buy track
	65.	THE BUREAU: 12:13pm, Meanwhile, Outside, Six Small Groups Circle the Building, Inspecting Its Power Generators. 08:13		buy track
	66.	THE BUREAU: 12:21pm, State TV Provides Analysis of the President's Words, "He Appears The Strongest and Most Intelligent" 02:25		buy track
	67.	THE BUREAU: 12:23pm, Sweating Profusely, and Eager, the Owner of the Company Greets the President. 02:39		buy track
	68.	THE BUREAU: 12:26pm, With Todd Gone, the Policemen Don't Think There's Anybody Else. 03:30		buy track
	69.	THE BUREAU: 12:29pm, Outside, Others Carefully Wrap Twine Around the Building and Communicate via Encrypted Cell Phones. 05:09		buy track
	70.	THE BUREAU: 12:34pm, A Shot Fired and the Room Goes Immediately Dark. 03:06		buy track
	71.	THE BUREAU: 12:38pm, Marchers and Anarchists Outside Take to Celebratory Drumming and Tribal Chant. 02:56		buy track
	72.	THE BUREAU: 12:41pm, State TV Broadcasts News of The President Not Being Harmed, "All Other News is False Reporting." 01:59		buy track
	73.	THE BUREAU: 12:43pm, Inside, the Lights are Back On. It Feels Like Everyone is Running Past You in Slow Motion. 03:05		buy track
	74.	THE BUREAU: 12:46pm, The Podium is Empty, There is Blood on the Floor. No President in Sight. 03:53		buy track
	75.	THE BUREAU: 12:49pm, A Smell of Sulfur and Smoke. 01:18		buy track
	76.	THE BUREAU: 12:51pm, Those Remaining in the Auditorium are Forced to Leave. You're Told to Go Back to Your Work. 05:59		buy track
	77.	THE BUREAU: 12:57pm, Focusing on a Flyer's Phrasing on the Back Wall Bulletin Board, "Free Wood for Your Fire." 02:05		buy track
	78.	THE BUREAU: 12:59pm, Filled with a Sudden Unimaginable Joy. 02:58		buy track
	79.	THE BUREAU: 1:02pm, The President is Missing. His Press Agents Immediately Spin Explanations to the Journalists. 05:56		buy track
	80.	THE BUREAU: 1:08pm, The Autopsy Is Quickly Rumored on Conspiracy Radio to Have Taken Place That Day on Air Force One. 03:32		buy track
	81.	THE BUREAU: 1:11pm, Dead or Alive, the President Opens His Eyes and Is Faced with a Replay of His Life's Actions. 01:35		buy track
	82.	THE BUREAU: 1:13pm, The Weather Outside Sways with a Warm Accepting Breeze. Trees Peacefully Cascade Back and Forth. 06:33		buy track
	83.	THE BUREAU: 1:19pm, End of Act 1. 01:47		buy track
	84.	THE BUREAU: 1:21pm, Act 2: Things are Peculiar Back in the Office. You Find it Difficult to Work. 04:14		buy track
	85.	THE BUREAU: 1:25pm, You ask yourself, "Didn't the President Get Shot an Hour Ago, or Is It Just Me?" 01:14		buy track
	86.	THE BUREAU: 1:27pm, A Crack of Sound from the Clouds and It Begins Raining Outside. 01:53		buy track
	87.	THE BUREAU: 1:29pm, Outside, Tribesmen Look Up at the Building, Convinced Their Target is Still Inside. 02:14		buy track
	88.	THE BUREAU: 1:31pm, Back at His Desk, Your Boss is Getting Drunk. 02:00		buy track
	89.	THE BUREAU: 1:33pm, Interlude: (You See) "The Wooden Door" 06:15		buy track
	90.	THE BUREAU: 1:39pm, There is a Story that the President is Telepathically Controlled by a Small Infant's Mind. 02:59		buy track
	91.	THE BUREAU: 1:42pm, The Brain-Controlling Messages from the Infant Have Been Recorded on Tape. Listen at Your Own Peril. 03:42		buy track
	92.	THE BUREAU: 1:46pm, Looking for the Child that Controls the Mouth of the President. They Travel Together. 02:02		buy track
	93.	THE BUREAU: 1:48pm, One Brave Soldier Enters the Building Through Air Vents on the Roof. 01:59		buy track
	94.	THE BUREAU: 1:50pm, All Reports Show the Psychic Infant to Be Inside. He Was Abandoned During the Retreat. 01:38		buy track
	95.	THE BUREAU: 1:51pm, The Owner of the Company Weeps in His Chamber, Not Seeing the Approaching Raised Hammer Above His Head. 02:06		buy track
	96.	THE BUREAU: 1:53pm, More are Coming, Over the Hill. 01:29		buy track
	97.	THE BUREAU: 1:55pm, A Weird Break in the Day, When You Question if Your Work at the Job Really Matters? 01:48		buy track
	98.	THE BUREAU: 1:57pm, Weapons are Silently Passed Through the Ducts, Bypassing All Security Scans. 03:24		buy track
	99.	THE BUREAU: 2:00pm, Invariably, Every Day, You Think Back to Lost Loves, Odd Moments, and Missed Opportunities. 02:53		buy track
	100.	THE BUREAU: 2:03pm, Years of Neglect Have Affected the Entire City. 01:49		buy track
	101.	THE BUREAU: 2:05pm, The Most Free Thinking are Forced by Economic Law into Poverty. 02:27		buy track
	102.	THE BUREAU: 2:07pm, A Light Rain Hits the Roof of the Building, Dissipating Quickly to Reveal a Clear Glowing Sky. 04:53		buy track
	103.	THE BUREAU: 2:12pm, The Active Shooter Casually Walks By, Pretending to Work in the Kitchen. 03:42		buy track
	104.	THE BUREAU: 2:16pm, A Horrible Event. 02:00		buy track
	105.	THE BUREAU: 2:18pm, Lockdown in the Building. News of an Active Shooter Near the Cafeteria. 03:41		buy track
	106.	THE BUREAU: 2:22pm, The Gunman is Screaming "Where is the Infant! Where is the Brain-Controlling Child!" 01:41		buy track
	107.	THE BUREAU: 2:23pm, You’re Told to Huddle Down in the Back. You Watch in Slow Motion as Others Slam Random Furniture and Tables Against the Door. 01:40		buy track
	108.	THE BUREAU: 2:25pm, Ten Unusual Minutes, as the Psychic Child Presents Itself. A Giant Glowing Head Appears in the Hallway. 10:10		buy track
	109.	THE BUREAU: 2:35pm, Suddenly, The Gunman is Attacked by the Giant Glowing Head. 02:31		buy track
	110.	THE BUREAU: 2:38pm, Others Gather Quietly in the Hallway, Hoping to Surprise Their Target with Gummed Netting. 01:51		buy track
	111.	THE BUREAU: 2:39pm, Unaware of the Trap, The Psychic Baby Brain Taunts the Gunman with a Misogynist Lecture. 02:02		buy track
	112.	THE BUREAU: 2:41pm, On Their Tip-Toes, The Attackers Suprise the Infant, Covering it in Netting and Pulling it to the Floor. 01:02		buy track
	113.	THE BUREAU: 2:43pm, ATTACK THE INFANT BRAIN. THE INFANT BRAIN MUST DIE. 02:11		buy track
	114.	THE BUREAU: 2:45pm, With the Brain Incapacitated, the Attackers Promptly Begin Disassembling Their Catch. 01:58		buy track
	115.	THE BUREAU: 2:47pm, The CIA Immediately Scrambles into Discussing a Counter Plan. The Building Must be Destroyed. 02:10		buy track
	116.	THE BUREAU: 2:49pm, SAND AND PETALS: Five Bombers Leave from Whiteman AFB, All with Weapons Loaded. 08:12		buy track
	117.	THE BUREAU: 2:57pm, The Decision is to Bomb Four OTHER CITIES as a Distraction. 12:08		buy track
	118.	THE BUREAU: 3:09pm, One of These Bombs will Be Dropped Inert, Found on the Ground, Decorated with Russian Decals. 04:38		buy track
	119.	THE BUREAU: 3:14pm, THE INTERCOM: Back at the Office, the Lockdown Has Been Called Off. You Can Leave the Room. But the Walls are Being Covered in Gasoline. 01:57		buy track
	120.	THE BUREAU: 3:16pm, You Feel No Need to Collate. You Feel No Need to Shred Paper. You Feel Relief. 01:05		buy track
	121.	THE BUREAU: 3:17pm, The Intercom Messaging System Has Been Overtaken by the Intruders. 05:53		buy track
	122.	THE BUREAU: 3:23pm, You First Notice the Fire. You Then Notice the Bodies. All Around You Seem Dead. It's Time to Leave. 01:31		buy track
	123.	THE BUREAU: 3:24pm, In Shadows, In the Kitchen, You See the Infant's Brain Being Sliced Into Small Sections. 02:00		buy track
	124.	THE BUREAU: 3:26pm, The Slices are Loaded Into Sandwich Bags, Disguised with Bread, Lettuce, Cheese, and Tomato. 00:59		buy track
	125.	THE BUREAU: 3:27pm, The Fire Spreads to the Hallway. The Intruders Quickly Escape, Each Taking Their Own Piece of the Infant. 01:18		buy track
	126.	THE BUREAU: 3:29pm, Tiny Leaves of Flame Flicker Out of a Small Window, as the Building is Viewed From a Satellite Above. 01:50		buy track
	127.	THE BUREAU: 3:30pm, ON A BOAT: Setting Out to Sea, One Intruder Examines His Reward. His Piece of the Infant's Brain Glows like a Jewel. 03:27		buy track
	128.	THE BUREAU: 3:34pm, Inside the Cockpit of One of the U.S. Bombers, as It Rapidly Moves Towards its Target. 01:07		buy track
	129.	THE BUREAU: 3:35pm, The Outline of the Office Building is Clearly Indicated as a Green Dot on a Black Rotating Screen. 03:35		buy track
	130.	THE BUREAU: 3:39pm, TOTAL QUIET: You've Somehow Made It Outside. Dark Wind, Fire Everywhere. The Building Was Bombed. 03:00		buy track
	131.	THE BUREAU: 3:42pm, Medics Arrive, Begging You to Get Inside the Helicopter. Your Building Disappears in Size as You Float Away. 01:06		buy track
	132.	THE BUREAU: 3:43pm, Inside the Helicopter, a Small TV Monitor Carries a Horrifying Image: The President is Alive and Speaking. 01:11		buy track
	133.	THE BUREAU: 3:44pm, A Sudden Alarm From the Helicopter, as It Appears to Malfunction. 01:20		buy track
	134.	THE BUREAU: 3:45pm, The Next Thing You Know You Are Running Away on the Ground. The Wind is Cold and You Are Panicking. 02:43		buy track
	135.	THE BUREAU: 3:48pm, You've Got to Keep It Together. 02:55		buy track
	136.	THE BUREAU: 3:51pm, A Small Town is Visible Ahead, and You've Found a Road. 01:18		buy track
	137.	THE BUREAU: 3:52pm, You Walk Comfortably Forward. There Is No Reason to Feel Any Worry. 01:31		buy track
	138.	THE BUREAU: 3:54pm, The Town is Interesting. With Cobblestone Streets and a Disconnected Sense of Peace. 03:12		buy track
	139.	THE BUREAU: 3:57pm, Wind Picks Up and You Notice the Town Feeling Suddenly Less and Less Friendly. 01:09		buy track
	140.	THE BUREAU: 3:58pm, You Hear Whispers From Within Some of the Walls, "Brain. Is There Brain NEARBY?" 01:49		buy track
	141.	THE BUREAU: 4:00pm, You Begin Running. Folded in Your Side Pocket, You Find a Paper Sack. You Have a Slice of the Infant's Mind. 02:45		buy track
	142.	THE BUREAU: 4:03pm, "This Could All Be Easier If You Just Turned Around and Gave Me Back." You Hear the Infant Tell You. 02:04		buy track
	143.	THE BUREAU: 4:05pm, The Infant's Words are Weak, Wrapped in Plastic and Shoved in Bread. But They Still Resonate. 03:48		buy track
	144.	THE BUREAU: 4:08pm, THE STRANGER: The Early Evening News is Unkind to Todd. He is Quickly Identified as a Person of Interest Involved in the Day's Events. 07:37		buy track
	145.	THE BUREAU: 4:16pm, Meanwhile, You've Sunk Under a Tree, While the Brain Tries More and More to Convince You to Give Up. 02:05		buy track
	146.	THE BUREAU: 4:18pm, Ironically, Despite's the Brain's Insistence Otherwise, You've Never Felt More Alive and Free. 06:17		buy track
	147.	THE BUREAU: 4:24pm, You Take The Brain Out of the Ziplock Bag and Roll it Slowly Into a Tight Wrap. It Complains. 02:13		buy track
	148.	THE BUREAU: 4:27pm, Pondering a Slice of What Controls the Planet, Rolled Up Around Your Fingers. 03:44		buy track
	149.	THE BUREAU: 4:30pm, You Catch a Nearby Train. It's Heading Back to Your City. War Has Been Declared on Russia. 01:35		buy track
	150.	THE BUREAU: 4:32pm, The Ride Back to the City is Pleasant and Swift. The Train is on High Alert...But Mostly Empty. 01:02		buy track
	151.	THE BUREAU: 4:33pm, A Live Video of the President Talking Appears on a Nearby Monitor. But You Know It's a Fake. 02:52		buy track
	152.	THE BUREAU: 4:36pm, The Train Moves in a Way that Feels Like You're Pulling a Cosmic Trigger. 01:51		buy track
	153.	THE BUREAU: 4:38pm, A Stranger Sits Down and Begins Crying Immediately, "In My Heart I Know the President is Dead," They Tell You. "And Now to See Him Alive on TV?? How is This Possible." 02:44		buy track
	154.	THE BUREAU: 4:40pm, You Tell the Stranger, "I know it in my heart, too. Better Yet, I Have a Photo of Him Shot." 01:20		buy track
	155.	THE BUREAU: 4:42pm, A SECOND DRINK: As You Dial Through Your Phone, You Are Unaware of the Fighter Pilot Hovering Above the Train. 03:43		buy track
	156.	THE BUREAU: 4:45pm, "Wait I Have an Idea," You Tell The Stranger. You Hold the Rolled Up Brain Up to the Monitor to See If It Can Affect the President's Speech Pattern. 01:30		buy track
	157.	THE BUREAU: 4:47pm, You Are Satisfied the President Is Dead. Even if You're the Only One Who Knows. But You're Worried About the War. 01:59		buy track
	158.	THE BUREAU: 4:49pm, Seven Police Begin Riding Alongside the Train. Five Drones Join the One Hovering Jet. 01:01		buy track
	159.	THE BUREAU: 4:50pm, The Stranger Looks Up at You, Grabs Your Hand, and Says, "Let's Run!" 01:09		buy track
	160.	THE BUREAU: 4:51pm, You Hurry to the End of the Train. No One Seems to Notice You. You Might Even Get Out of Here Alive. 02:08		buy track
	161.	THE BUREAU: 4:53pm, You Manage to Get the Train to Stop... and Then You Both Sneak Away! 01:02		buy track
	162.	THE BUREAU: 4:54pm, You Begin to Wonder if This is the Beginning of a New Day. But You Question "How Will I Eat? How Will I Survive?" 01:38		buy track
	163.	THE BUREAU: 4:56pm, You and the Stranger Find a Small Bar and Watch the Train, Complete with Police and Military Caravan, Drift Off and Away, Out of Distance. 03:17		buy track
	164.	THE BUREAU: 4:59pm, "You're Thinking About Money, Aren't You?" The Stranger Asks You. 02:22		buy track
	165.	THE BUREAU: 5:02pm, "Money is Merely an Agreement," the Sliced Brain Utters, Its First Time Entering the Conversation. 04:00		buy track
	166.	THE BUREAU: 5:06pm, "I Could Make You the Wealthiest Human Alive. Follow that OTHER Train to the Capitol." 01:53		buy track
	167.	THE BUREAU: 5:07pm, The Stranger and The Brain Make a Proposal. "The Three of Us Might Get Along Well." 03:24		buy track
	168.	THE BUREAU: 5:11pm, DO THIS FOR ME: "I See You Can't Drink Anymore. Do This For Me. Just One Sip." 05:03		buy track
	169.	THE BUREAU: 5:16pm, YOUR CHOICE: Do You Accept This Drink, or Do You Decline It? 01:10		buy track
	170.	THE BUREAU: 5:17pm, CLEAR WATER: You Begin to Embark on Your New Chosen Path. 01:28		buy track
	171.	THE BUREAU: 5:19pm, It Feels Unfortunate to Say Goodbye to the Stranger. But You Both Understand. 02:09		buy track
	172.	THE BUREAU: 5:21pm, Time Seems to Be Distorting as You Board Another Cabin at the Station. 01:44		buy track
	173.	THE BUREAU: 5:22pm, WATER PARK: You Sink Deeper Into a Quieter, Calmer, More Colorful Truth. 04:52		buy track
	174.	THE BUREAU: 5:27pm, You Find the Ability to Revisit Early Memories, and Edit or Delete Them. 01:56		buy track
	175.	THE BUREAU: 5:29pm, Your Emotions Are Clear, Open, and Easily Accessible. The World is Wonderful. You Are Peaking. 05:26		buy track
	176.	THE BUREAU: 5:35pm... • 1. GRIEF • 03:00		buy track
	177.	THE BUREAU: 5:38pm... • 2. FEAR • 03:00		buy track
	178.	THE BUREAU: 5:41pm... • 3. SHEOL • 03:19		buy track
	179.	THE BUREAU: 5:44pm... • 4. BARZAKH (and Death) • 01:52		buy track
	180.	THE BUREAU: 5:46pm, The Train Stops, and You're Back Where You Began. But the Office is Burned to Rubble and Gone. 01:38		buy track
	181.	THE BUREAU: 5:47pm, A Banged Up Human Resources Video Terminal Plays an Archived Exit Interview on The Bombed Out Street (You Won't Come Back Tomorrow) 02:05		buy track
	182.	THE BUREAU: 5:51pm, A Trash Fire of Years of Carefully Collated Papers, Much of It Yours, Silently Mingles with Other Ignited Garbage. 01:47		buy track
	183.	THE BUREAU: 5:53pm, The Ghosts of Middle Managers Try Luring You Back Into Their Endless Purgatory. 01:56		buy track
	184.	THE BUREAU: 5:50pm, Finding Streetside Piles of Performance Reviews, Mission Statements, Memoranda of Team Outings, Other Pain. 01:41		buy track
	185.	THE BUREAU: 5:55pm, Walking down the block to find a party with music floating out a loft space window. They're Celebrating. 01:55		buy track
	186.	THE BUREAU: 5:57pm, You Hear a Voice in The Wind That Tells You, "There is No Riddle. Life's Meaning is Merely the Sum of Our Decisions." 04:00		buy track
	187.	THE BUREAU: 6:01pm, The Brain Is Inside Your Head. You Unwrap it From Your Pocket. It Tells You It Wants to Finish the President. 03:13		buy track
	188.	THE BUREAU: 6:04pm, Just Then, Your Supervisor Walks Out, Covered in Ash, Dazed and Bewildered. He Tries to Joke, "I Knew This Job Would Kill Me..." 03:08		buy track
	189.	THE BUREAU: 6:07pm, Unexpectedly, He Crumbles to Black Dust, Right in Front of You, and is Quickly Sucked Into the One Remaining Air Conditioner Intake Vent. 01:25		buy track
	190.	THE BUREAU: 6:09pm, EPILOGUE: Your Pocket Sings, "Stay, Bloody Valentine..." (It's the Brain) 02:00		buy track
	191.	THE BUREAU: 6:11pm, The Brain is Still Hungry. But the Sliced Brain is Too Weak. It Will Need Your Help. 01:03		buy track
	192.	THE BUREAU: 6:12pm, YOU MUST HELP THE BRAIN: You Have 1 Minute 39 Seconds to Bring the President Forward. CONCENTRATE. 01:39		buy track
	193.	THE BUREAU: 6:13pm, "DONE!" 01:19		buy track
	194.	THE BUREAU: 6:15pm, The Remaining Light of the Day Abruptly Turns to Night. The Wind Flows in Slow Opposite Directions. 01:04		buy track
	195.	THE BUREAU: 6:16pm, As Requested, The President Suddenly Appears Next to You on that Quiet Street, Alone. 02:19		buy track
	196.	THE BUREAU: 6:18pm, Staring Face to Face with the President and Wanting to Cut Him in the Throat. 01:17		buy track
	197.	THE BUREAU: 6:19pm, Small Flies Dart Around the President's Head as He Silently Stares Back. You Wonder about Consequences and Karma. 03:24		buy track
	198.	THE BUREAU: 6:23pm, The President Opens His Mouth, and Out Comes All of the World's Bullshit. He Then Swallows It Back In Like a Human Toilet. 03:06		buy track
	199.	THE BUREAU: 6:26pm, His Eyes Bug Out and He Begins to Malfunction. The Brain Implores You to Still Kill, Even If You Worry It's a Robot. 02:54		buy track
	200.	THE BUREAU: 6:29pm, "I Thought You Were Dead." You Finally Ask the President, Uncertain. 01:25		buy track
	201.	THE BUREAU: 6:30pm, And Between Sputters, You Hear, "Don't Matter. And It Don't Matter if I Die." Concluding: "Nothing…Can Kill…An Idea." 02:20		buy track
	202.	THE BUREAU: 6:32pm, CUT TO BLACK / CLOSING CREDITS - Thank you for Listening, Good Night. (The End) 03:00		buy track

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