Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-trained mathematician whose wickedly iconoclastic songs made him a favorite satirist in the 1950s and '60s on college campuses and in all the Greenwich Villages of the country, died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97. read more
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"No love for ICE but you go where the work is."
I take your point, I think.
But, then, there's work and there's work.
The kind of work ICE is doing is, largely, thug work.
That logic let Trawnikis (en.wikipedia.org) sleep soundly.
For an indication of what's to come, see "The Worst ICE Agents Are Coming" (www.thebulwark.com)
Tom Lehrer gave away his songs, relinquishing all copyrights, claims, anything (tomlehrersongs.com).
I've been listening to Tom Lehrer's recordings since his first album was a sort of underground sensation - a very savvy older sister-in-law involved in the entertainment industry on both coasts loved playing those wickedly subversive songs so much - and over the years I came to "get" the songs. Thanks, Professor, you done good.