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Lani wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:51 am
I learned a lot. At one of our annual conventions, I wanted to be closer to the stage. There was an empty chair right in front, so I joined. The others were Marshall Islanders. They were so excited when I asked if I could sit there. We had a great time. I didn't realize that my sitting there was a statement. Then I learned more. I didn't know the awful discrimination they face. BTW: "The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands" https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... l-islands/

keith wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 11:14 pm

Lani wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:51 am
Then I learned more. I didn't know the awful discrimination they face. BTW: "The U.S. Must Take Responsibility for Nuclear Fallout in the Marshall Islands" https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... l-islands/

Out of curiosity... why was it 'a statement' that you would sit with them - at a Language convention?

Now, more easily than ever, you can hear how Lehrer sings about everything else, by simply downloading his music from his web site. “All copyrights to lyrics or music written or composed by me have been relinquished, and therefore such songs are now in the public domain,” he writes. “All of my songs that have never been copyrighted, having been available for free for so long, are now also in the public domain.” In short, he adds, “I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.” We posted about the release of those songs themselves into the Public Domain a couple years ago, but last month Lehrer made the songs available online–for a limited time.

Not only is An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer free to stream or download on TomLehrerSongs.com — complete with tracks not available even on Spotify — so is its follow-up Revisited, That Was the Year That Was (featuring performances of the songs he wrote for the American version of That Was the Week That Was) and the three-disc collection The Remains of Tom Lehrer. Together these albums contain all the music Lehrer recorded before he stood up from the piano and became a professor, first of political science and later of mathematics (though he did teach some musical theater as well.)

Volkonski wrote: ↑Mon Jan 23, 2023 11:22 pm Tom Lehrer Puts His Songs into the Public Domain & Makes Them Free to Download (for a Limited Time)

https://www.openculture.com/2022/12/tom ... nload.html

Now, more easily than ever, you can hear how Lehrer sings about everything else, by simply downloading his music from his web site. “All copyrights to lyrics or music written or composed by me have been relinquished, and therefore such songs are now in the public domain,” he writes. “All of my songs that have never been copyrighted, having been available for free for so long, are now also in the public domain.” In short, he adds, “I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.” We posted about the release of those songs themselves into the Public Domain a couple years ago, but last month Lehrer made the songs available online–for a limited time.

Thanks to the University of California-Santa Barbara Cylinder Audio Archive, you can now download or stream a digital collection of more than 10,000 cylinder recordings. “This searchable database,” says UCSB, “features all types of recordings made from the late 1800s to early 1900s, including popular songs, vaudeville acts, classical and operatic music, comedic monologues, ethnic and foreign recordings, speeches and readings.” You can also find in the archive a number of “personal recordings,” or “home wax recordings,” made by everyday people at home (as opposed to by record companies).