Dave’s Gone By #48 (10/20/2003): TEN TWENTY, SIX THIRTY

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Here is the 48th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Oct. 20, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: actor Robert Clohessy, theater critic Jeannie Lieberman.

Featuring: Dave chats with actor Robert Clohessy and theater critic Jeannie Lieberman. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, a musical birthday tribute to poet Arthur Rimbaud, and Dave’s song, OxyContin Rush.

Note: Alas, this show had some technical problems, including missing the first couple of minutes and some audio over-modulation in a segment or two. It’s livable. – Dave

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments, introducing the guests.
00:10:00  DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: Actor Robert Clohessy
00:27:00  DAVE’s GONE CULTURAL: Theater reviews (Avenue Q, Little Shop of Horrors, Omnium-Gatherum) w/ critic Jeanne Lieberman.
00:40:30  NEWS GONE BY: Scary Ferry; Gaza Oops; Mother Theresa; China in Space; “I Have Amtrak”; Shoot Me in the Ass; Silicone Returns; OxyContin Rush; Bartman vs. The Marlins; Topless Roy; Ghettopoly; “School’s Food Sickens Pupils”; Punishing KISS.
01:08:00  DAVE GETS POETIC: Torn Down a la Rimbaud.
01:22:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous & best wishes.

Oct. 20, 2003 Playlist: “The More You Love Someone” (Avenue Q), “OxyContin Rush” (Dave, 42:00), “In the Ghetto” (Nick Cave), “End of the Night” (The Doors), “Babelogue” (Patti Smith), “Torn Down a la Rimbaud” (Van Morrison), “Shoot Me in the Ass” (Wesley Willis).

Robert Clohessy
Jeannie Lieberman
Arthur Rimbaud
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Dave’s Gone By #47 (10/13/2003): HELLO COLUMBUS

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Here is the 47th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM Oct. 13, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

guests: Lenora Campos of the Toto Company, Rabbi Sol Solomon (spiritual leader of Temple Sons of Bitches, Great Neck, NY.

Featuring: Dave chats with Toto’s Lenora Campos about washlets! Plus: Dave Goes Off on the governator, Rabbi Sol Solomon on Christopher Columbus, and Dave’s song,  “Makin’ Poopies.”

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments on time, exploration and urination.
00:15:00  DAVE GOES OFF: Ahhnuuuld, the Governator
00:27:00  GUEST: Lenora Campos, of the Toto company, discusses their new advance in toilet-making: “The Washlet.”
00:50:00  SKIT: “Rabbi Columbus.” Rabbi Sol Solomon explains, in verse, why Columbus was obviously Jewish.
01:07:00  NEWS GONE BY: Obscene Principal; Rap the Vote; Taking Bananas for Granite; Finicky Eaters; Soccer Astronomy; Cannibalism – The Milky Way; Daddy Really Long Legs; Hola Almiqui; Gettin’ FluMist.
01:16:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous, best wishes, and an October Project tune.

Oct. 13, 2003 Playlist: “Makin’ Poopies” (00:40:00; Dave), “Columbus Discovers America” (Stan Freberg), “Eyes of Mercy” (October Project).

Lenora Campos
the Toto Washlet
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Dave’s Gone By #46 (9/29/2003): BAND OF OUTSIDERS

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Here is the 46th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Sept. 29, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: sideshow performer Todd Robbins and Wisconsin-based musician Art Paul Schlosser

Featuring: A tribute to outsider musicians and artists, featuring sideshow performer Todd Robbins and musician Art Paul Schlosser. Plus: Tributes to Wesley Willis and Shooby Taylor.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments
00:10:00  GUEST: Todd Robbins (off-Bway’s “Carnival Knowledge”)
00:28:00  NEWS GONE BY: Hillary’s Book in China; Goodbye Grasso; A Stoning!; All Thumbs; The Scion Sets on Manischewitz; LIRR Step-Up Flair; The Mepham Football Fight Song; He Came in Through the Bathroom Window; Captain Nemo’s Revenge.
00:45:00  GUEST: Singer-Songwriter Art Paul Schlosser (“Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich”)
01:09:00  MUSIC: Adieu to Wesley Willis & Shooby Taylor
01:22:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous & best wishes.

Sept. 29, 2003 Playlist: “The Mepham Football Fight Song” (00:38:00; Dave), “Love, Love, Love,” “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich,” “Vote for Me,” “Maybe You Think I’m Weird,” Three Short Songs (Art Paul Schlosser), “The Termites Ate My House Up” & “Curt Cobain” (Wesley Willis), “Lift Up Your Hearts” & “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You” (William “Shooby” Taylor).

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Art Paul Schlosser
Shooby Taylor
Wesley Willis
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Dave’s Gone By #45 (9/22/2003): FALL GUY

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Here is the 45th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Sept. 22, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave greets the fall with autumn songs, the satirical News Gone By, and a look at Long Island Haiku. Plus a Nick Cave tribute and Professor Yoni Huttenanni Explaining Folk Music.

00:00:01  SKIT: A Suburban Home Companion
00:02:00  DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments
00:06:00  MUSIC: Autumn’s Child. A tribute to fall’s return
00:23:00  NEWS GONE BY: Hurricane Isabel, The Clinton Cookbook, Clinton n’ Clooney, Subway Announcements, Mas Mexicans, Cutting Yoko, Caught Weeding, Gravel Hoppin’, Team Spirit for Mepham, Tooth Soup, The Zirconia Switch, Bee Careful (Bad Pun of the Week), Cafeteria Food, Hard to Handel, Moon Power, Marathon Monk
00:51:00  SKIT: Long Island Haikus
00:57:00  SKIT: Folk Music (w/ Prof. Yoni Huttenanni)
01:08:00  MUSIC: Nick Cave Birthday Tribute
01:17:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Dave remembers Sheb Wooley & Judge Theodore Kupferman. Get wells & thank yous.

Sept. 22, 2003 Playlist: “Autumn’s Child” (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band), “September Song” (Lou Reed), “Autumn in New York” (Frank Sinatra), “September Girls” (Bangles), “Sorrow’s Child” & “The Mercy Seat” (Nick Cave), “The Purple People Eater” (Sheb Woolley).

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Dave’s Gone By #44 (9/15/2003): THE STORY SO FAR

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Here is the 44th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Sept. 15, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave’s trip to San Francisco. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, and Dave Remembers Johnny Cash and Warren Zevon.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: First show of the second season. New time/day: Mondays, 6:30-8pm. A look back and an explanation of what the show is.
00:11:00  DAVE GOES OFF: What Dave did on his summer vacation, plus the blackout & 9/11.
00:23:00  NEWS GONE BY: 9/11 Again; Bad Air Day; Bona Fide News; NoSir Yassir; Mepham Football; Healthcare Sickness; Spamelot; Hippo Lagoon; Blaine in a Box; Cargo Boy; Twins Go Head-to-Head; Saturn’s Tilts (Bad Pun of the Week); RIAA Extortion; Simon & Geritolfunkel; Slip n’ Slide (Frivolous Lawsuit Time); Chong’s Bongs; Espresso Taxo; A Nose for Nuts.
01:11:00  DAVE REMEMBERS: Tributes to John Ritter, Johnny Cash & Warren Zevon.
01:22:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Final remarks; a nod to Wesley Willis.

Sept. 15, 2003 Playlist: “Bring Out Your Dead” (“Monty Python & the Holy Grail” {excerpt}); “I’m Gonna Mail Myself to You” (Earl Robinson); “The Gift” ({live} 00:34:00; Velvet Underground); “Old Friends” (Simon & Garfunkel); “Let’s Make a Dope Deal” (Cheech & Chong); “The Man in Black” (Johnny Cash); “Wanted Dead or Alive” (Warren Zevon).

Johnny Cash
Warren Zevon
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Dave’s Gone By #43 (8/3/2003): THE MUSIC MAN

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Here is the 43rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which was pre-taped and then aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Aug. 3, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Note: an all-music show while Dave’s out of town

00:00:001  DAVE GOES IN: Out of town for the week, Dave’s prepared an all-musical program, including (see Playlist below):
00:57:00   DAVE GOES OUT: How to keep in touch with Dave’s Gone By.

Aug. 3, 2003 Playlist: “The Golden Age” (00:02:00 Beck); Morningless Dreamer (00:07:00; Mary Lorson w/ St. Low); “Want To” (00:09:00), “Raging Child” (00:36:00) & “Annie, Roll Down Your Window” (00:46:00; Mary Fahl). “Miss Sarajevo” (00:13:00; Passengers {aka U2}); “Vanilla Sun” (00:20:00; Trish Murphy); “I Will Take Care of You” (00:22:00; Susanna Hoffs). “Bad Luck” (00:30:00; Royal City). “I Love the Unknown” (00:33:00; Clem Snide). “Bittersweetheart” (00:42:00; Ed Harcourt). “It’s Not” (00:50:00; Aimee Mann).

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Dave’s Gone By #42 (7/27/2003): THE 42 OF SUMMER

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 Here is the 42nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, July 27, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: broadcaster Joe Salzone and satirist Bruce Kluger

Featuring: Dave chats with satirist Bruce Kluger. Also: the satirical News Gone By and a birthday salute to Jerry Garcia.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Dave pontificates pseudo-intellectually.
00:06:00 NEWS GONE BY: Gunfight at City Hall; Tongue Transplants; Sillycones; No Toe; Prostate of the Union; Purple Polar Bear; Betsy the Blasted Giraffe; Electrifying Basketball (w/ Bad Pun of the Week); Pay to Pee; Big River & Roger Miller; Duck!; Stink Weed; Speedy Geezers; Obits: David “Six Degrees” Hampton, Uday & Koosay, the Hussein boys, and (prematurely) Idi “Salty” Amin; Bye Bye Blackbird.
00:34:00  DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: columnist and satirist, Bruce Kluger
00:48:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Jerry Garcia’s birthday; Dave’s thank yous.

July 27, 2003 Playlist: “Guv’ment” (Big River original cast), “Bye Bye Blackbird” (Elizabeth Welch), “Wharf Rat” (Grateful Dead).

Bruce Kluger
Joe Salzone
Jerry Garcia
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Dave’s Gone By #41 (7/20/2003): CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME BACK

Here is the 41st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, July 20, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave’s trip to Santa Monica. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, Driving While Old, and a farewell to musician Compay Segundo.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: The latest on WGBB’s webstreaming situation, plus Dave’s vacation in Santa Monica, including exquisite mojitos, extravagant buffets, unbalanced bums, unafraid entertainers, midlife friends and maniac drivers.
00:28:00  NEWS GONE BY: The 148th Soldier, 12+31=Manhunt, Lucille Roberts, Banzai!, Home Schtupping Network, Celia Cruz & Compay Segundo, Beat on the Bratwurst (Bad Pun of the Week), Kobe’s Konduct.
00:49:00  SKIT – “Well, Well, Weller”: WGBB’s Joe Salzone interviews Russell Weller, the 86-year-old man whose Buick LeSabre plowed into 60 people at a Santa Monica Farmer’s Market.
00:55:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Banter w/ Joe Salzone about his show, French email and old drivers.

July 20, 2003 Playlist: “Celluloid Heroes” (Kinks, 15:00), “Transfusion” (Nervous Norvus), “Chan Chan” (Compay Segundo), “Beat on the Brat” (Ramones).

George Russell Weller
Compay Segundo
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Dave’s Gone By #40 (7/6/2003): CALIFORNIA, HERE I GO

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 Here is the 40th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, July 6, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: Joe Salzone

Featuring: Dave heads to L.A. and goes off on Criminal Writers and Comedy Central. Plus: the satirical News Gone By (w/ Joe Salzone) and remembering Buddy Hackett.

0:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Dave surveys the new station and dreams of Californication.
00:11:00  Heading to L.A.
00:22:00  NEWS GONE BY: Bye Bye Bethlehem, Iraq vs. The New York Mets, Smashing Porches; The Hot Dog Champ, Acid Foam, The Kennedy Curse, Pig-boats n’ Pinata Cats, Barry White, Kate Hepburn and Buddy Hackett (00:29:00), adieu.
00:44:00  DAVE GOES OFF: Columnist Criminals and Comedy Central.
00:51:00  DAVE GOES OUT: California Here I Go.

July 6, 2003 Playlist: “Come to California” (Matthew Sweet, 9:00), “Dr. Freud” (I Had a Ball, original cast), “Kyle’s Mom is a Bitch” (South Park), “California” (Beach Boys).

Joe Salzone
Buddy Hackett
South Park
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Dave’s Gone By #39 (6/29/2003): GOODBYE, AND HELLO

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Here is the 39th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, June 29, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: Peter Fitzgerald, Vice President of WGLFAR (Woodmere Gay/Lesbian Front…and Rear)

Featuring: Dave bids farewell to WGBB’s Merrick studio and then goes off on Deregulation and Napster. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, gay pride with Peter Fitzgerald, some July 4th patriotism, a song for David’s mom, and Da-Doo My Buns.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: The state of WGBB.
00:09:00  NEWS GONE BY: Baby drop, Schatty tests, kid nudists, sodomy laws, goodbye Lester Maddox & Strom Thurmond, cancer-free powerlines & Cheney’s Angels.
00:25:00  DAVE GOES OFF – The FCC Deregulates + the RIAA Litigates = Radio Deteriorates.
00:42:00  SKIT – “Happy And…”: Special guest Peter Fitzgerald sings a special love song for Gay Pride Day: “Dah-Doo Bun-Buns.”
00:51:00  DAVE GOES OUT: 4th of July, Mom’s birthday.

June 23, 2003 Playlist: “Da-Doo My Buns” (Peter Fitzgerald, 45:00), “M-O-T-H-E-R” (Dave, 52:00), “The Man Who Owned The World” (Nirvana), “America” (Lou Reed), “Rednecks” (Randy Newman, 17:00).

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