Corporate Anthems was the subject of a segment on NPR’s “On the Media” this past weekend; I believe it was a rebroadcast of this segment from 2001. I linked to the IBM Songbook a while back. Now “On the Media” has revealed to me the wonder of Industrial Musicals. Way back when, Broadway veterans were hired to create glamorous theatrical events for sales meetings and executive gatherings. Often a recorded album was presented to attendees so they could relive the songs over again in the comfort of their homes, or perhaps play them at office morale events. Through these recordings, we can relive such garish wonders as the songs from the American Standard musical entitled “The Bathrooms Are Coming” which included the lyrics “My bathroom, my bathroom is a private kind of place.”