Dave’s Gone By #615 (7/22/2017): ME AND MY YARROW

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Here is the 615th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 22, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: musician Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary), Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Peter Yarrow, Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Snooty!, In the News), Greeley Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (PP&M).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (folk music, Snooty’s Birthday!)
00:25:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Manatees
00:48:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Potato Day)
00:51:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:25:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:56:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Peter Yarrow
03:01:00 Friends
03:10:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (PP&M)
03:23:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:02:00 DAVE GOES OUT

“I am a Manatee” (00:25:30; Christopher Cerf). “Sing About the Manatee” (00:27:00; JP Taylor). “Manatee on My Mind” (00:29:30; Michael Clanahan). “Manatee Song” (00:33:30; Corthew). “I’m a Manatee” (00:40:00; Jim Gaffigan). “Manatee Song” (00:43:00; The Whizpops). “Hangin’ Around with You” (01:46:00; Kristin Chenoweth & Jason Alexander). “Light One Candle” (01:56:30), “Blowin’ in the Wind” (02:34:00), “500 Miles” (02:42:00), “Puff, The Magic Dragon” (02:48:00), “Weave Me the Sunshiine” (02:54:30), “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” (03:12:00), “Bob Dylan’s Dream” (03:15:30), “The Times They are a-Changin’ {Live}” (03:19:00) & “Day is Done” (04:07:00) , “Don’t Ever Take Away My Freedom” (02:23:00; Peter Yarrow). “O.J.” (03:24:30; Loudon Wainwright III). “Mission Impossible Theme” (03:28:00; Lalo Schifrin). “Trouble in his Brain” (03:30:30; A New Brain 1995 off-Broadway cast). “Monsignor Romero” (03:32:00; Resilient Souls 2011 studio cast). “Too Much Spice” (03:33:00; Husker Du). “Numb” (03:36:00; Linkin Park). “Spice Up Your Life” (03:59:00; The Spice Girls).

 

(pictured: Peter Yarrow, Bob Dylan w/ Peter Paul & Mary, Corthew, Snooty!)
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/22/2017): PETER YARROW & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Peter Yarrow

Topics include: Peter Paul & Mary, politics, Judaism.
Segment airs July 15, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #614 (7/15/2017): DROOLING BANJOS

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Here is the 614th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 15, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: musician Tony Trischka, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews banjo master Tony Trischka. Plus: Inside Broadway, Sussie’s World, Saturday Segue (In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (the literary dylan)
Note: Some of the audio in the first hour is a bit muffled, sorry!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (613, hiking, humidifiers, The Gong Show, Botched!, Shark Week)
00:43:30 SUSSIE’S WORLD
01:19:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:36:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tony Trischka
02:34:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (The Literary Dylan)
03:07:30 Friends
03:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:37:00 Wakka Wakka Boom Boom!
03:49:00 Weather
03:51:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 15, 2017 Playlist: “Just in Time” (01:33:00; Karen Mason). “Fox on the Run” (01:36:00), “Purple Trees of Colorado” (01:45:00), “Gourd Banza” (02:02:00), “Ocracoke Lullabye” (02:19:30), “Say Goodbye (For KM)” (02:27:30) & “Farewell Blues” (03:52:30; Tony Trischka). “Best Love” (02:10:00; Steve Martin w/ Paul McCartney). “Ballad of a Thin Man” (02:49:00) & “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” ({live w/ The Band}; 02:59:00; Bob Dylan). “Make You Feel My Love” (02:55:00; Adele). “Have an Eggroll, Mr. Goldstone” (Gypsy 2008 Broadway cast w/ Patti LuPone). “I’m Just a Bill” (03:19:00; Deluxx Folk Implosion). “Medicare” (03:22:00; Allen & Rossi). “Murderer” (03:23:00; Low). “Give Paris One More Chance” (03:26:30; Jonathan Richman).

(pictured: Tony Trischka, Sussie, a golden wakka wakka boom boom pig)

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/15/2017): TONY TRISCHKA & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Tony Trischka

Topics include: Banjo, Steve Martin, Bela Fleck, Paul McCartney, banza, Pete Seeger.
Segment airs July 15, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By Skit: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #147 (7/9/2017): WAILING WALL

RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #147 (7/9/17): Wailing Wall

(Aired July 9, 2017 on Dave’s Gone By.  https://davesgoneby.net/?p=25857. Youtube: https://youtu.be/r32HoGBoRYY)

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Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of July 9, 2017.

It is no secret that I love Israel. If I were to make a list of things I love, Israel would be number three, right after hot pastrami sandwiches and hot Natalie Portman. What can I say? I like sex and sandwiches. But Israel comes third—higher, even, than my wife and family, who come a distant fourth. And because I love Eretz Yisroel, I have railed many times against those who criticize the country for its treatment of the Palestinians—who do not belong IN Israel if they don’t follow the rules—and against those who bitch that America spends too much money on Israel. Because, you know, Israel’s Arab neighbors are such a friendly lot and have done so much good for us.

All that said, the past week has been a painful one for Zionistas like myself. First of all, we were reminded that Israeli politicians aren’t perfect when former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, was released from prison after serving 16 months for taking bribes. Far be it from me to pass judgment on someone succumbing to the temptation of taking a money-stuffed envelope; heck, you could bribe ME with a stuffed cabbage. But we expect more of our leaders and doubly more of our Israeli leaders. If Israelis wanted to be saddled with a corrupt politician who cared only for himself, they’d move to New Jersey.

But Olmert is old news; the new news is the internal fight, in Jerusalem, over the Wailing Wall. See, everyone can pray at the wall of the great temple; they just can’t pray together. Men can daven in one section, and women can pray in a smaller area by the parking lot that’s also too close to the elevator and the ice machine.

A year and a half ago, secular leaders from the U.S. and Israel met with current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and begged him to create a nook by the Western Wall where gentlemen and ladies could pray together. Not the whole wall, just a portion that would no longer be segregated by sex or gender.

Feminists, liberals, reform Jews, reconstructionists, and deconstructionists like myself welcomed the compromise. It would keep Israel in the modern era and also make it easier for families and tourists to nag each other in the same place at the same time. So in 2017, who could object to this? The ultra-Orthodox, that’s who. This politically formidable and staunchly conservative group, who were key in keeping Netanyahu in power, will accept absolutely no compromises: women on one side, men on the other, Caitlin Jenner in the basement. The chassids forced Netanyahu to reneg on his deal, which infuriated all the moderates. As David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee put it, “The Kotel belongs to all Jews worldwide, not to a self-appointed segment.”

To be fair, Jews everywhere count on the uber-Orthodox to keep the faith—literally. With so much assimilation and intermarriage and pressure to be a nationalist first and a Jew second—it’s kind of nice to have a bunch of yidlach still living in the 19th century, resisting modernity, and reminding us there’s a core of bible-based tenets that have carried us for 5,000 years. Let’s face it, the Amish are ridiculous, but they make the best pretzels and furniture, so we’d miss `em if they all packed up and moved to rumspringa.

But Israel was not created by America and the U.N. solely as a place for black hatters to study Talmud and suck down welfare. Eretz Yisroel was founded as a refuge for all Jews, blown sideways by the diaspora, decimated by the Holocaust, and crying for a safe homeland in the place the Torah says we came from. Among all those Jews, some work on Saturdays. Some like a ham sandwich. Some even intermarry or listen to Mannheim Steamroller. To disregard the lifestyles of these people as not being Jewish enough for Jerusalem smacks of reverse discrimination. Worse, American Jewish groups worry that Netanyahu’s bowing to a tiny segment of his population could drive a wedge between secular American Jews and Israel. Already, mega-philanthropist, Ike Fisher, a real-estate tycoon and AIPAC poobah, has suspended donations to the country because of what he calls this quotes “act of contempt.” That’s millions of dollars at stake, folks. Dollars that could be paving Israeli roads, providing health care, building me a satellite shul in Haifa—hey, a guy can dream, right?

So I must join with other Rabbis of my persuasion in objecting to this reversal by Prime Minister Netanyahu and his kowtowing to an obdurate faction: a group so right wing, they make the Tea Party look like SDS. And look, in the grand scheme of things, it’s really not such a big deal to ask men and women coming to the holiest place on earth, to stand a few yards away from each other. I mean, when you go to the gym, do you share the same locker room? No! Much as I would like to. But it’s the principle of the thing. Jews are not a monolith. We come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and curves. Favoring one sex over another, however subtly, is just not in keeping with the egalitarian spirit of a people who know all too much about arbitrary separation.

So Benjamin, Benyamin, Benjy, Benihana: do what’s right for Israel, rather than just for your career: let men and women pray together in Jerusalem. If God doesn’t like it, He can shake the wall and spit out the little pieces of paper. Or just move the wall to the U.S./Mexican border and kill two birds with one stone. Well, a thousand stones, but you get my drift.

This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches, in Great Neck, New York.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/8/2017): LESLIE JORDAN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Leslie Jordan

Topics include: Robert Downey Jr., addiction, Sordid Lives, Gary Busey, Truman Capote, the South.
Segment aired July 8, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood, Leslie Jordan, passed Oct. 24, 2022 at age 67.

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Dave’s Gone By #613 (7/8/2017): AIR JORDAN

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Here is the 613th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio July 8, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actor Leslie Jordan (“Sordid Lives”), Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Leslie Jordan and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on the Wailing Wall controversy. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Beck, In the News), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (secret archive)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (crispy christie, hair weaves)
00:18:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Leslie Jordan
00:52:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Beck
01:20:30 Sponsors
01:24:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:57:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (secret archive)
02:23:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:54:30 Friends
03:08:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #147 (Wailing Wall)
03:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:01:30 Weather & Thanks
04:06:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 8, 2017 Playlist: “Profanity Prayers” (00:52:30), “Loser” (00:58:00), “Jack-Ass” (01:02:00) & “Country Down” (01:05:00; Beck). “The Man in Me” (02:01:00) & “Visions of Johanna (Take 7)” (02:10:00; Bob Dylan). “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” (02:04:30; Judy Collins). “The Ladies are Singing Their Song” (02:49:00; Baby 1984 Broadway cast). “Wrestle with the Devil” (Whistle Down the Wind 1999 London cast). “He’s on the Beach” (03:23:00; Kirsty MacColl). “Spiderman” (03:26:30; Jill Sobule). “All in the Cause of Economy” (03:29:30; Half a Sixpence 1965 Broadway cast). “The Hot Dog Song” (03:31:30; They Might Be Giants). “Dear John” (04:08:00; Norah Jones).


(pictured: Leslie Jordan, Beck, Joey Chestnut, The Wailing Wall)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/1/2017): DYLAN BRODY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author and performer Dylan Brody.

Topics include: Driving Hollywood, Los Angeles, depression.

Segment aired July 1, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #060 (7/1/2017): CRAIGSLIST

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The 60th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired July 1, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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60.

While surfing through Craigslist, a rare book collector comes across a signed first edition of a classic. He calls the seller and says, “Look, I’ve gotta have the book, but the price is high, and I’m short on cash. Would you be willing to barter?”

“Depends,” says the seller. “What can you trade?”

Immediately, the collector grabs three pop-culture items from his stash. He tells the seller, “Here are three options. I’ve got an early Johnny Cash album, on Sun Records, signed and dated by Johnny and June Carter.”

“Not bad,” says the seller. “What else?”

“I’ve also got a handwritten one-act play by Vaclav Havel. He wrote it in prison years before he became president of Czechoslovakia.”

“Very tempting,” says the seller. “Tell me about number three.”

“Third is a rare photograph of Hugh Hefner cutting the ribbon on the first Playboy Club. He’s surrounded by beautiful hostesses, many of whom ended up living with him at the mansion.”

“Wow,” says the seller. “All three are impressive. The hard part is picking which one to trade for the book.”

The collector says, “I know, but you’ve gotta choose one. So will it be Cash, Czech, or Bunny Hoarder?”

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Dave’s Gone By #612 (7/1/2017): JULY’S PEOPLE

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Here is the 612th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 1, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: humorist Dylan Brody (Driving Hollywood), Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer Dylan Brody. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Patriotism, In the News), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (craigslist), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (USA)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (thumb trauma, fangled, snooty after dark, shoes for potato, WWIV)
00:31:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:13:00 Sponsors
01:15:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:39:30 Friends
01:41:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Dylan Brody
02:25:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (USA)
02:52:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:31:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Craigslist
03:33:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Patriotism
03:53:30 Weather
03:55:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 1, 2017 Playlist: “I Love You Like a Table” (01:36:00; Waitress 2016 Broadway cast). “The Death of Emmett Till” (02:26:30) & “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” (02:37:30; Bob Dylan). “Tears of Rage” (02:32:00; The Band). “Fuel to Fire” (02:52:30; Agnes Obel). (02:58:00). “Why do the Wrong People Travel” (Sail Away 1961 Broadway cast w/ Elaine Stritch). “Plastic Surgery” (03:04:00; Phyllis Diller). “Venus” (03:06:30; Frankie Avalon). “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss her Good Bye” (03:08:30; Steam). “The Patriot Game” (03:34:00; Liam Clancy). “Patriots’ Dream” (03:38:00; Arlo Guthrie). “Patriotic” (Rocky 2014 Broadway cast). “The Patriotic Dog” (03:44:00; Benny Bell). “I am a Patriot” (03:45:00; Jackson Browne). “The American in Me” (04:03:00; Steve Forbert).

Dylan Brody’s Driving Hollywood
Happy 4th!