http://www.metafilter.com/tags/masochismtango Posts tagged with 'masochismtango' at MetaFilter. Sat, 01 Mar 2003 22:43:50 -0800 Sat, 01 Mar 2003 22:43:50 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/23976/Tom%2DLehrer%2DIs%2DHe%2DStill%2DAlive <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/28/1046407753895.html">"I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them."</a> The unsubtle words of legendary musical satirist <b>Tom Lehrer</b> in a new interview for an Australian newspaper. (The interviewer notes: "he quickly adds: 'And that's not funny.'"...several paragraphs later.) The man who gave us "The Vatican Rag" and "The Masochism Tango", not to mention the recently MeFi-ed <a href="http://www.privatehand.com/flashanimation/elements.html">"The Elements"</a>, before being mostly quiet for 30-some years (His last interview I found on the web was with <a href="http://www.theavclub.com/avclub3619/avfeature_3619.html">The Onion in '00</a>) sounds off on the sorry state of satire, plus a look at his 'controversial' Australian tour in 1960, and some words about America's space program that a lot of y'all ain't gonna like... tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.23976 Sat, 01 Mar 2003 22:43:50 -0800 humor masochismtango satire tomlehrer vaticanrag wendell