Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2009): MARSHALL EFRON & ALFA-BETTY OLSEN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews humorists Marshall Efron and Alfa-Betty Olsen

This interview originally aired Dec. 31, 2009 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood, Marshall Efron, passed Sept. 30, 2019 at age 81.

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Dave’s Gone By #337 (12/25/2010): WASSAIL AWAY

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Here is the 337th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 25, 2010. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Dave is joined by his lovely wife, Joyce, in celebrating Festivus and other seasonal holidays via decidedly non-traditional music.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN – Festivus
00:22:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Xmas
00:38:00 GUEST: Joyce
00:59:00 Dave
01:11:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – More Xmas
01:34:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Airport Screenings
01:44:00 More News
01:47:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Xmas Continued
02:00:00 GUEST: Joyce Weil
02:03:00 Bob Dylan: “Sooner & Later” (Xmas)
02:25:30 Dave & Joyce
02:52:00 Sponsors
02:57:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 25, 2010 Playlist: “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” (00:22:00) & “Auld Lang Syne” (01:30:00 & 02:01:00) & “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (02:40:30; Flatulina). “The Lonely Jew on Christmas” (00:24:00; South Park). “Santa Claus is Watching You” (00;26:00; Ray Stevens). “My First Christmas as a Woman” (00:30:00; The Vandals). “It’s So Chic to Be Pregnant at Christmas” (00:32:00; Nancy White). “Gridlock Christmas” (00:35:00; The Hollytones). “Jingle Bells” (00:41:00; Barking Dogs). “Mr. Chicken Does Jingle Bells” (00:43:00). “Farm Animal Jingle Bells” (00:45:00) & “The Diarrhea Song” (Youtube clips; 00:50:00). “There Ain’t No Santa Claus on the Evening Stage” (01:10:00; Captain Beefheart). “I’m a Christmas Tree” (01:14:00; Wild Man Fischer & Dr. Demento). “A Terrorist Christmas” (01:15:00; James & Kling). “We Killed Santa Claus” (01:18:00) & “Santasia” (01:54:00; Baxter Holvoe), “Hanukkah Rocks” (01:19:30; Gefilte Joe & the Fish). “Christmas in Cape Town” (01:23:00; Randy Newman). “No Christmas in Kentucky” (01:27:00; Phil Ochs). “River” (01:47:00; Joni Mitchell). “There Ain’t No Santa Claus” (01:51:00; Benny Bell). “A Christmas Carol” (01:58:30) & “The Masochism Tango” 02:37:00; Tom Lehrer). “Do You Hear What I Hear” (02:03:30), “The Christmas Blues” (02:06:30), “Gospel Plow” (02:09:30), “I Believe in You” (00:39:00), “Must Be Santa” (02:16:00) & “Forever Young” (live; 02:18:30; Bob Dylan). “Where the Wild Roses Grow” (02:41:00; Nick Cave). “Never You Change” (02:45:00; Toots & the Maytals). “The Sound of Silence” (02:49:00; Simon & Garfunkel).

 

Flatulina!

Dave’s Gone By #336 (12/18/2010): MASTER CLASTER

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Here is the 336th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 18, 2010. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

guest: Bob Claster (radio host & musician)

Featuring: Dave chats with former KCRW-FM radio host Bob Claster about his interviews with comedy legends; Dave Says Bye to Captain Beefheart.  

00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN – Remembering Captain Beefheart
00:18:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Captain Beefheart
00:32:00 GUEST: Bob Claster
02:49:30 Sponsors & Weather
02:58:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 18, 2010 Playlist: “Debra Kadabra” (00:18:00; Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa), “Ella Guru” (00:25:30; XTC), “Moonlight on Vermont” (00:22:00), “Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles” (00:28:00), “The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)” (00:31:00), “Frownland” (00:43:30), “Bat Chain Puller” (00:51:00), “When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy” (02:49:30) & Veteran’s Day Poppy (03:01:00; Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band). “Mom & Pop” (01:12:00) & “Thinking of You and the Things that We Said” (02:36:00) (Bob Claster). “That’s Mathematics” (Tom Lehrer, 01:27:30).

Bob Claster
The Magic Band
Don Van Vliet

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/11/2010): KEITH NELSON of Buckcherry

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Buckcherry guitarist and songwriter Keith Nelson

Topics include: touring, songwriting.

Segment originally aired Dec. 11, 2010 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Apologies: Unfortunately, the interview recording came out noticeably overmodulated.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/4/2010): BRAD STIVERS

Dave Lefkowitz interviews UNC Radio host Brad Stivers

Topics include: music, college radio, the blues.

Segment originally aired Dec. 4, 2010 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Apologies for technical trouble: A high-pitched tone played throughout the non-musical sections of this broadcast. Sorry!

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Dave’s Gone By #334 (12/4/2010): WHO DAT!

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Here is the 334th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 4, 2010. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

guest: Brad Stivers (UNC radio host)
Featuring: Dave’s trip to New Orleans, in words & music. Plus: Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later, Dave Goes Off on airline security and UNC radio host Brad Stivers visits.

Note: Technical problems added a high-pitched electronic tone to the spoken segments on this episode. Sorry!

00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: New Orleans Songs, pt. 1
00:26:00 Dave Visits New Orleans
00:29:30 A caller w/ Joyce Weil
00:54:00 Guest: Brad Stivers
01:05:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: New Orleans Songs, pt. 2
01:20:00 More on New Orleans
01:57:00 BOB DYLAN: Sooner & Later
02:30:30 Sponsors
02:41:00 DAVE GOES OFF: Airport Security
02:47:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 4, 2010 Playlist: “New Orleans Stomp” (00:08:30; Louis Armstrong). “Planet of New Orleans” (00:09:30; Dire Straits). “New Orleans” (00:17:30; Amy Coleman). “I Just Can’t Get New Orleans Off My Mind” (00:22:30; Irma Thomas). “New Orleans Hop Scop Blues” (01:05:30; Dave Van Ronk). “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans” (01:07:00; Frankie Trumbauer w/ Bix Beiderbecke), New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 (01:10:00; R.E.M.), Down South in New Orleans (01:12:00; The Band & Bobby Charles), I Wish I Was in New Orleans (01:15:00; Tom Waits), “St. James Infirmary” (01:24:30; New Orleans Preservation Hall Jazz Band), “Kingfish” (01:37:00; Randy Newman). “Calling Professor Longhair” (01:39:30; Amy Rigby), “Memories of Professor Longhair” (01:43:00; Dr. John), “City of New Orleans” (01:46:00; Arlo Guthrie), “House of the Rising Sun” (01:57:00; Bob Dylan & Tom Petty). “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven” (02:02:30), “Chimes of Freedom (live)” (02:07:30), “One More Cup of Coffee” (02:15:30) “Po Boy” (02:19:30) & “Sitting on Top of the world” (02:22:30; Bob Dylan).
(pictured: New Orleans, Brad Stivers)

Brad Stivers
New Orleans