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Novelty Songs about the "South Sea Islands" from the 1920s and 1930s.

Two novelty tunes from the 20s and 30s performed by singer and songwriter Michael Cooney.

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Other segments from the episode on December 4, 1987

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 4, 1987: Interview with Denise Levertov; Interview with Michael Cooney; Interview with Bill Viola; Review of new home video releases.
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Bill Viola's "Video Art."

Video artist Bill Viola. His work draws on his extensive travel throughout Northern India, the Sahara, the American West and Europe and strives to establish video as an art independent of film and television. Viola has been working with video since 1970, including stints as an artist-in-residence at WNET's Artists' Television Laboratory, and as a Guggenheim Fellow.

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Pop Songs of the 1920s

Folk singer Michael Cooney says that several classic songs from the early 20th century have verses that never made it onto recordings or sheet music. He joins Fresh Air to sing some of those forgotten words.

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