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=v= I just found out about a Sydney Morning Herald interview with Tom Lehrer from last March. It’s long, informative, and has much to say about his tour of Australia in 1960.

Professor Lehrer, who once famously remarked that "satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize," continues in the same vein:

I’m not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn’t figure out what sort of song I would write. That’s the problem: I don’t want to satirize George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporize them.

(I’ve taken the liberty of translating the -ise words back into their original American.) I hope the good professor hasn’t been hassled by the Secret Service for that comment. It’s fortunate that he’s not Muslim.

(Via the Muted Horn)