Month: August 2025

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/30/2025): CHIP DEFFAA & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer-producer CHIP DEFFAA

Topics include: George M. Cohan, Princeton, producers, cabaret

Segment aired Aug. 30, 2025 as part of the 997th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #997 (8/30/2025): FAA LA LA

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Here is the 997th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Aug. 30, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews producer Chip Deffaa; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Calumet), Dave’s Big Dictionary (protocol).

Guests: writer Chip Deffaa; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: kumquats
00:10:00 MY OLD PHLEGM
00:32:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:02:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Chip Deffaa
02:06:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: emergency training
02:15:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: protocol
02:34:00 Alumni of the Daverhood
02:41:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Calumet, CO
02:45:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Chip Deffaa
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Calumet, CO

Dave’s Gone By #996 (8/23/2025): LIVINGSTON, I PRESUME

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Here is the 996th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Aug. 23, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Linda Livingston and reads more of “Spock, Messiah!”; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned.

Guests: actress Linda Livingston; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: autumn beckons, Potato Day, hot hotel
01:03:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:29:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Linda Livingston
02:19:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Spock, Messiah!”, pt. 4
02:36:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news, review (02:45:00; Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride)
03:03:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:08:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: fingerprints redux
03:25:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Calhoun, CO
03:27:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Linda Livingston
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/23/2025): LINDA LIVINGSTON & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress LINDA LIVINGSTON

Topics include: Bloomsday, illness, theater, Prospect Theater, Jonathan Winters, David Hyde Pierce

Segment airs Aug. 23, 2025 as part of the 996th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #995 (8/16/2025): IN THE BUFF

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Here is the 995th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Aug. 16, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Carole J. Bufford and reads more of “Spock, Messiah!”; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Calhan).

Guests: singer Carole J. Bufford; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: kumquats, missing bacon, fingerprints
00:50:30 GREELEY TIMES
01:14:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Carole J. Bufford
01:58:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:05:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Spock, Messiah!” (pt. 3, Theodore Cogswell & Charles Spano)
02:27:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Calhan
02:30:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Rabbi Sol Solomon
Calhan, CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/16/2025): CAROLE J. BUFFORD & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer CAROLE J. BUFFORD

Topics include: cabaret, Too Darn Hot, musical theater

Segment airs Aug. 16, 2025 as part of the 995th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/9/2025): HENRY NAYLOR & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright HENRY NAYLOR

Topics include: Monstering the Rocketman, Edinburgh Fringe, Afghanistan, stand-up comedy, Spitting Image

Segment airs Aug. 9, 2025 as part of the 994th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2025 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #994 (8/9/2025): NAYLOR MADE

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Here is the 994th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Aug. 9, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Henry Naylor and reads more of “Spock, Messiah!”; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Calcite).

Guests: playwright Henry Naylor; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: cornhole, film titans, Ikea.
01:06:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:38:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Henry Naylor
02:29:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Spock, Messiah!” (pt. 2, Theodore Cogswell & Charles Spano)
02:57:30 Alumni of the Daverhood
03:10:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Calcite, CO
03:14:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Henry Naylor
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Calcite, CO

Dave’s Gone By Skit (8/2/2025): STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Spock, Messiah!” (pt. 1)

Dave’s Gone By Skit (6/28/2025): STORYTIME: Rabbi Sol Solomon Reads from “Spock, Messiah!” 

For this week’s StoryTime segment on Dave’s Gone By, Dave reads the beginning of “Spock, Messiah!” by Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano, Jr.

This segment aired Aug. 2, 2025 as part of the 993rd “Dave’s Gone By” video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes also available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), and on DavesGoneBy.com. 

All content (c)2025 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com.

Dave’s Gone By #993 (8/2/2025): AUGIE DOGGIE

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Here is the 993rd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Aug. 2, 2025.

Featuring: StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (“Spock, Messiah!”); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Caddoa); Dave Says Bye (Tom Lehrer).

Guest: spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: Ikea fame, Visionary art
01:37:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:08:30 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Spock, Messiah!” (Cogswell & Spring)
02:40:30 Alumni of the Daverhood
02:49:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Caddoa, CO
02:54:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: Tom Lehrer
03:26:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 2, 2025 Playlist: “I Hold Your Hand in Mine” (03:04:30) & “Alma” (03:09:30) & “L-Y” (03:17:30) & “The Vatican Rag” (03:23:00) & “We Will All Go Together When We Go” (03:29:30; Tom Lehrer).

Rabbi Sol Solomon
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Tom Lehrer
Caddoa
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