Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Jessica Molaskey
Topics include: John Pizzarelli, Joni Mitchell, Broadway, Cats, Dream.
Segment scheduled to air May 30, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Karl Wallinger of World Party
Topics include: World Party, aneurysm.
Segment scheduled to air May 30, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Karl Wallinger, who passed March 12, 2024.
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The 38th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired May 30, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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38. Before he became president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel ran a small theater out of a convent in Prague. They had no money, so everything they needed, he had to swap for. If they required furniture for a set, Havel would trade eggs and homegrown produce for the loan of a couch and chairs. If a show needed stagehands, Havel and the sisters would offer to do housecleaning in kind.
Havel became so good at these arrangements, the theater company came out way ahead on every deal. This left him plenty of time not only to write and direct shows, but even create the costumes.
One time, during rehearsals for a Greek tragedy, Havel is backstage fitting the women for masks when in storm the government police to harass him for his political views.
“You can’t arrest him,” cries the Mother Superior. “We need him to run our theater.”
“You’ll just have find someone else,” says the cop.
“There is no one else! He’s the only one.”
“Really?” says the policeman. “The only theater director in Prague. What’s so special about him?”
“Can’t you see?” the woman replies. “He’s a Czech of all trades, and a masker of nuns.”
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Here is the 511th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired May 30, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with songstress Jessica Molaskey and musician Karl Wallinger. Plus: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Havel), My Sick Mind (Miley), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Groovy), Saturday Segue (Wesley Willis).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (nose kazoo, crushed cars, joni, dan crow, fortune cookie) 00:36:30 Weather 00:42:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:05:30 Sponsors 01:18:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Karl Wallinger 02:39:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #38 – Havel 02:41:30 Friends 02:52:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jessica Molaskey 03:55:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (groovy) 04:21:30 MY SICK MIND – Miley 04:24:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Wesley Willis 04:53:00 Thanks & Upcoming 04:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT
May 30, 2015 Playlist: “Gravy and Potatoes” (00:25:30; Dan Crow). “Take it Up” (01:18:00), “Ship of Fools” (01:32:30), “My Pretty One” (01:39:00), “All the Love That’s Wasted” (01:49:30), “Waiting Such a Long Time” (01:56:00), “All We Need is Everything (demo)” (02:02:30), “And I Fell Back Alone” (02:14:00), “Way Down Now” (02:22:30) & “She’s the One” (02:29:00; World Party. “Happy Habit” (02:52:00), “Isn’t He Something” (03:23:00), “Heart’s Desire” (03:50:00) & “Bye Bye Blues” (05:01:30). “Another Woman” (03:03:00; Weird Romance 1993 off-Broadway cast w/ Jonathan Hadary & Jessica Molaskey). “Tea for Two” (03:13:00) & “Perdido” (03:38:00; Jessica Molaskey & John Pizzarelli). “Shenandoah” (03:58:30), “Rank Strangers to Me” (04:02:00) & “Silvio” (04:05:00; Bob Dylan). “Pablow the Blowfish” (04:17:00). “Electric Eel” (04:30:00), “Chronic Schizophrenia” (04:32:30), “Steve Albini” (04:39:30) & “Shoot Me in the Ass” (04:42:30; Wesley Willis). “Simple” (04:36:00; Katy Perry).
Karl WallingerJessica MolaskeyWesley WillisDylan’s Down in the GrooveMiley Cyrusa blowfish (not Pablow)
Topics include: Golden Palominos, weddings, Pink Velour, Surprise.
Segment scheduled to air May 23, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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The 37th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired May 23, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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* 37. College student Wang Chow is starting to see his grades slip and his GPA threatened because of his terrible problem with sex addiction. The more he promises to study, the more he finds himself compulsively chasing women, watching porn and giving himself over to pleasures of the flesh.
Ashamed, he confesses to his academic advisor, who suggests that religion might be a solution. Wang Chow tries Buddhism, but that doesn’t work. He then studies to be a Catholic, but no luck there, either. He goes through a half-dozen different religions before turning to Orthodox Judaism. For weeks, Wang Chow concentrates on keeping Kosher, studying Torah, going to synagogue—leaving him no time to sink back into addiction.
However, whenever he gets a few minutes free, Wang Chow still feels urges, so he finds the nearest private place and starts masturbating, several times a day. At first, he keeps his weakness a secret, but he feels so guilty that one day he visits the Rabbi in his study and says, “Rabbi, I no good. I do bad thing.”
“What do you mean?” says the Rebbe. “You’ve so sincere on the road to conversion. What’s wrong?”
Wang Chow whispers his dirty secret. “And you can’t control it?” says the Rabbi. The young man shakes his head.
“Wait,” says the Rebbe. “In the main office I have the book, `Kosher Sex,’ and there’s sure to be a chapter in there that’ll help.”
So the Rabbi excuses himself and heads to the office. After a minute, Wang Chow starts getting antsy. After two minutes, he’s breathing heavily and his heart is pounding. By the third minute, his pants are down around his ankles, and he’s rubbing one out to a poster of Jerusalem.
The Rabbi comes back just in time to see this and says, “Oy! I know you warned me, but this is too much. Even though you follow all our customs, you’re not ready to convert if you’re always doing this!”
“I know,” sobs Wang Chow, “I sorry! I Beat Off More than I Good Jew.”
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Here is the 510th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 23, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Syd Straw. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Wang Chow), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Harry Shearer), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Letterman), Saturday Segue (John Fogerty).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: singer-songwriter Syd Straw, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (coupon, The Madding Crowd, Straw, WKRP, kazoo) 00:31:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – John Fogerty 01:28:00 Sponsors 01:33:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #125 – Harry Shearer 01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:59:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #37 – Wang Chow 02:02:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Syd Straw 03:29:00 Promo – The Miracle of Long Johns 03:38:30 DAVE GOES OFF – David Letterman 03:47:00 MY SICK MIND – David Letterman 03:49:30 Friends 03:59:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later 04:26:00 Thanks 04:29:30 Weather 04:32:00 DAVE GOES OUT
May 23, 2015 playlist: “Rain” (00:07:00; Terence Trent D’Arby). “Whole Lotta Love” (01:02:00; Temple City Kazoo Orchestra). “The Fragile Child” (01:15:00; The Golliwogs). “Down on the Corner” ({live}; 01:17:30) & “Who’ll Stop the Rain” (01:23:30; Creedence Clearwater Revival). “Long as I Can See the Light” (01:20:00; Ted Hawkins). “One Jump Ahead” (01:57:00; Aladdin 2014 Bway cast w/ Adam Jacobs). “The Toughest Woman in the World” (02:02:00) & “Angels” (02:14:30; The Golden Palominos w/ Syd Straw). “Kind of True” (02:23:00), “CBGB’s” (02:35:30), “Pink Velour” (02:52:30), “Marry Me” (03:11:30), “My Ship Comes In” (03:23:30) & “Golden Dreams” (04:34:30; Syd Straw). “7 1/2 Cents” (02:48:00; “The Pajama Game” {soundtrack} w/ Jack Straw). “Jokerman” ({live}, 04:04:00), “Like a Rolling Stone” ({live Isle of Wight version}, “Don’t Start Me Talking” (04:15:00) & “The Night We Called it a Day” (04:17:30; Bob Dylan).
Syd StrawJohn FogertyHarry Shearer & co.David LettermanBob Dylan & David Letterman–the night they called it a daykazoo
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of May 17, 2015.
I’m just wild about Harry, but he’s not wild about us . . . anymore. Last week was a sad time for television viewers–not a tragic one, just sad–because the producers of The Simpsons announced that one of their main voices, a crucial shard of their audio mosaic, Harry Shearer, would not return for the last two seasons of this legendary program. I know, I know. The Simpsons without Harry Shearer is like The Dick Van Dyke show without Mel Cooley. It’s like an all-you-can-eat buffet without a salad bar. It’s like a rabbit vibrator without those extra ears on the bottom. Or sure, it still does a competent job, but your clitoris knows something’s missing.
Harry Shearer, a nice but strange Jewish boy, will always hold my allegiance, not just because of Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind, and The Simpsons, but because he was also a devoted fan of the early Chabad Lubavitch telethons. He would hold parties for friends and cheer for John Voigt, and presumably do a shot every time the Rabbis started dancing. That kind of mockery blended with admiration is something I aspire to every day.
I also aspire to make $7 million a year, something that will never happen unless I hit Lotto and get in Bill Gates’s will. Harry Shearer could make $7 million for the next two years. All he has to do is continue voicing characters on The Simpsons: Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Kent Brockman and the goyische Reverend Lovejoy. If a studio offered you $14 million to stand in front of a microphone and say funny things once a week, would you turn it down? My God, for $14 million, I would bite off the penis of a live goat three times a day and five on Shabbos.
But Harry Shearer is above all that. Negotiations may not completely be finished, but Shearer has so far turned down the opportunity to make a paycheck so astronomical, Stephen Hawking couldn’t count the zeroes. And Shearer turned it down on principal. Principal and interest. If you believe his tweets, Shearer is mad because his contract doesn’t allow him the leeway to do other projects. Which is weird considering he’s done bunches of small movie roles, a stage play on the West End, and a weekly podcast for NPR.
On their side, the Simpsons producers still hope for a change of heart. They say Shearer’s contract is the same as all the other major players, and there’s only so much they can bend before they start looking like Mr. Burns.
The weird news is that showrunner Al Jean has stated that instead of retiring characters, as they did when Phil Hartman kicked the bucket, The Simpsons will keep Shearer’s menagerie and just recast them with different voices. Really? Ask yourself, has Kermit really been Kermit post-Jim Henson? Don’t we still feel trauma about the two Darrens in Bewitched? And can you watch later episodes of Cold Case without wondering “Whatever happened to that pretty blonde actress who starred in the show?” before realizing, “Oh, it’s still her”?
I certainly hope Harry Shearer reconsiders and brings us two more seasons of “oodley doodleys” and “Smithers” and “Boo-urns.” But if he must be sprung from Springfield, leave his people be. It’s a big city. You can have new neighbors and school administrators and evil bosses—just as in real life. And all those fans who bitch on the internet, “Oh, The Simpsons has been in a rut since the third season” – now they’ll say, “Oh, The Simpsons has sucked since the third season, but at least they’re not in a rut.”
And you know, if they’re looking for new faces in Homer’s neighborhood, this does coincide with the last season of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. So there’s a meatball, a French fry and a shake that are busy house hunting. Just keep Lisa away from Carl. No good can come of that.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews the daughter of Spanky McFarland, Betsy McFarland
Topics include: Our Gang, The Little Rascals, Stymie, cancer, Michael Jackson
Segment scheduled to air May 16, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 16, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Betsy McFarland, Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (Baby Names), The Wretched Pun of Destiny, My Sick Mind (Amtrak), Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (In the News, Jonathan Richman), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Blonde on Blonde).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Betsy McFarland, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (fat Dave, Long Johns, chock full) 00:31:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 00:58:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (new logo, critic v. critic, csc, crowd funding, trio album) 01:21:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jonathan Richman 01:37:30 Sponsors 01:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #124 – Baby Names 01:51:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:23:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Betsy McFarland 03:38:30 Friends 03:47:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Blonde on Blonde) 04:14:30 MY SICK MIND – Amtrak 04:20:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #36 – Salk 04:22:00 Weather 04:26:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:59:30 DAVE GOES OUT
May 16, 2015 Playlist: “I’m a Little Airplane” (01:24:00), “The Sea was Calling Me Home” (01:26:30), “She Cracked” (01:28:00), “Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow” (01:31:00) & “Buzz Buzz Buzz” (01:33:30; Jonathan Richman). “Welcome to the Renaissance” (02:18:30; Something Rotten! 2015 Broadway cast). “Pledging My Time” (03:52:30) & “Absolutely Sweet Marie” (03:56:30; Bob Dylan). “Just Like a Woman” (04:01:30; Nina Simone). “Electric Chair” (04:28:30; The Scottsboro Boys 2010 Bway cast). “Song for David” (04:32:30; Joan Baez). “Loco Man” (04:37:30; “A Mighty Wind” soundtrack w/ Harry Shearer). “Casey Jones” (04:39:30; The Grateful Dead). “There Must Be a Better World Somewhere” (04:44:00) & “I’m Movin’ On” (05:02:00; B.B. King).
Betsy McFarland
Jonathan RichmanDylan’s Blonde on BlondeJonathan SalkAmtrak
