Topics include: A Walk in the Woods, Eleemosynary, theater, TV, A User’s Guide to Hell.
Segment aired Sept. 7, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 437th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 7, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Dave’s chat with playwright Lee Blessing. Also: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Aimee Mann & Chrissie Hynde), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (love & theft under the hard rain), Rabbi Sol Solomon on fast-food strikers & more!
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: playwright Lee Blessing, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 Pre-show 00:00:45 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:09:30 DAVE & JOYCE – Uncle Grandpa (00:10:00), Alzheimer’s Walk (00:24:00), Potato Day (00:31:00) 00:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Aimee Mann 01:22:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:35:00 GUEST: Lee Blessing 02:19:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – love & theft under the hard rain 02:43:00 Weather & Friends 02:48:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #76 – Fast- Food Strikers 02:55:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Chrissie Hynde 03:06:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Sept. 7, 2013 Playlist: “That’s the Way You Are” (00:53:00), “Nightmare Girl” (01:04:30) & “Just Like Anyone” (01:11:30; Aimee Mann). “Rip in Heaven” (00:57:30), “Angel on Vacation” (01:01:00), “Voices Carry” (`Til Tuesday). “Give Me Your Face” (01:08:30; The Young Snakes). “I Don’t Care Much” (Cabaret 1998 Bway cast w/ Alan Cumming; 01:32:00). “Under the Red Sky” (02:21:00), “High Water” (02:25:30), “Shelter from the Storm” ({live, Hard Rain version}, 02:29:30), “10,000 Men” (02:35:00) & “I Threw it All Away” (02:39:00; Bob Dylan). “My Baby” (02:55:00), “Tattooed Love Boys” (02:59:30), “You Didn’t Have To” (03:02:00) & “The English Roses” (03:10:00; The Pretenders).
RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #75 (9/1/2013): Egypt Again
Aired August 31, 2013 on Dave’s Gone By. Youtube clip: http://youtu.be/6jZy0FXcg1E
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of September 1st, 2013.
Oy, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt. Doesn’t it figure that the one country in the Arab world that seemed stable, the one place that wasn’t a scary mess of Islamic Jihad and anti-West anti-Semitism, Egypt, would collapse into chaos?
Forty years ago, Anwar Sadat made a brilliantly savvy political move – albeit a lousy personal one since it got him shot – but for the good of Egypt, he signed a peace treaty with Israel. And against all odds, it lasted! It was real. There was peace, there was economic and cultural exchange, there was falafel everywhere. Israel had a million things to worry about in the Middle East, but Egypt, which had been our worst military enemy, wasn’t one of them.
And Egypt took a Western approach to its politics. So Western, that they ended up copying our own runaway corruption. Hasni Mubarak, who succeeded Anwar Sadat – about the only thing he succeeded in – ran the country for 30 years until being deposed by the military. And then, for his replacement, they hold democratic elections. Great, right?
Not so great; the winner is Mohamed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood. Which is basically Al Qaeda Lite. Young Egyptians hate this, because with radical Muslims in charge, Egypt is destined to slide into the same soul-crushing totalitarianism that made Afghanistan and Iran such glorious vacation hotspots. So what happens? There’s an uprising, the people protest and riot, and the Egyptian military pulls Morsi out of office and takes over.
This does not sit well with the Muslim Brotherhood, so they show their brotherly love by rioting, pillaging and forcing the army to crack down and make a police state. Meanwhile, the military are busy trying to drum up some kind of revised constitution and figuring out how to hold elections before the whole country implodes. In Egypt, every day is like the night the Steelers win the Super Bowl; if you weren’t in the car when they were overturning it and setting it on fire, you’re ahead of the game.
Now, the Egypt situation is more complicated than others in the Middle East because they were getting along with America and Israel. Mubarak was no great shakes as a leader, but he held to the treaties and kept things on an even keel. I’ve been on an uneven keel, and let me tell you, I got so nauseous, I almost keeled over. Of course, in those situations, it’s keel or be keeled, but I digress.
Egypt holds free and democratic elections, and the last guy in the world America wants in there wins. So, we’re happy when the army discards him, but at the same time, what kind of democracy is it when the people elect a leader, and a year later, the army says, “Ehhhh, Do over, do over!”
I mean, imagine if in this country, we have an election, the popular vote goes to one candidate, but there are problems and miscounts and shenanigans, so the Supreme Court takes over and appoints the president based on the judges’ political leanings rather than the actual voting. Thank God, something like that could never happen here.
So both America and Israel are mired in wait-and-see limbo when it comes to Egypt. If we support the army, that means we rejected the election process. If we support the Morsi Muslims, well, we might as well just send over pilot-training manuals so they can get started on the next 9/11. We’re shtupped either way.
Whatever happened to the good old days when the CIA would muscle into a country, assassinate the dictator, and prop up some crooked but pro-Western puppet with billions of our tax dollars? What’s the point of being a Superpower if you can’t be superpowerful? We used to look out for number one. Now all these countries submerge us in number two.
That said, I do really wish the Egyptians well, and I hope – against all hope – that they can somehow form a coalition government. One that puts modernized moderates in charge but allows right-wingers a voice and the freedom to worship as they please – which, since it’s the exact opposite of what they allow, will cause their heads to explode. Hey, a guy can dream.
Until then, we would do best to recall that twice the Egyptians have done the impossible: they built the pyramids, and they stunned the rest of the Arab world by making nice-nice with Israel. So is it too much to ask for another miracle? Oh wait, I’m still hoping for that one about the Jets winning another Super Bowl. Quel dommage.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.
Here is the 436th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 31, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Dave’s chat with silent-film accompanist Ben Model. Also: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Loudon Wainwright III & Van Morrison), Rabbi Sol Solomon on Egypt, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (another self portrait) & more!
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: silent-film enthusiast & accompanist Ben Model, Dave’s wife Joyce.
00:00:01 Pre-Show w/ Joyce 00:02:30 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:26:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Loudon Wainwright III 00:48:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:08:30 GUEST: Ben Model 02:02:00 Sponsors & Weather 02:05:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (another self portrait) 02:25:30 Friends 02:31:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #75 – Egypt Again 02:37:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Van Morrison 02:45:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Aug. 31, 2013 Playlist: “The Swimming Song” (00:27:00), “B-Side” (00:29:30), “Whatever Happened to Us” (00:32:00), “Westchester County” (00:34:00), “Carmine Street” (00:37:00), “No Knees” (00:40:00) & “You Can’t Fail Me Now” (00:42:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “Alone with Me” (01:04:00; Hands on a Hardbody 2013 Bway cast w/ Mary Gordon Murray & Keith Carradine). “Untitled” (00:01:07 & 01:33:00; Ben Model). “Allegro Agitato” (01:50:00) & “Gaiety” (01:58:30; Arthur Kleiner). “Went to See the Gypsy (Demo)” (02:08:30), “Annie’s Going to Sing her Song” (02:11:30), “This Evening So Soon” (02:14:00), “Pretty Saro” (02:18:30) & “Time Passes Slowly #1” (02:21:00; Bob Dylan). “Youth of 1000 Summers” (02:37:00) & “Redwood Tree” (02:41:00).
Dave Lefkowitz interviews silent film accompanist & enthusiast, Ben Model
Topics include: silent movies, NYU, preservation, Modern Times
Segment originally aired Aug. 31, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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At last, Joey Eugene Gallegos, the Greeley Underwear Bandit, has been apprehended, and here is his song.
For the backstory on this song: http://www.denverpost.com/2013/08/21/greeley-police-arrest-suspected-underwear-thief/
Song aired Aug. 24, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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UNDIES
by David Lefkowitz
(sung to the music of “Dandy” by The Kinks)
Undies Undies
Sittin’ in the laundry
Puts me in a quand’ry
The women in this town
Will bring their laundry down
They’ll leave their clothes on spin
Then I’ll sneak in for
Undies Undies
Beautiful selection
Just for my collection
It’s wrong to be a thief
But I need some relief
I know I’m breaking laws
To steal the bras and
Panties Panties
When nobody watches
I sniff the crotches
I’ve got 300 pair
Of ladies’ underwear
It’s wrong, but I don’t care
Because I long for
Undies Undies Undies.
Panties
It’s just a bit of naughty fun
Panties
And now they keep me on the run
Panties
Well, I’m not hurting anyone
`Cause when I get them home I take them from my gunny sack
And once I’ve shot my load in `em, they’re welcome to them back
Oh, Undies Undies
Beautiful selection
Gives me an erection
And when I’m put away
No longer will I play
I’ll sit and dream all day
Of undies all my life
All my life
All my life
All my life . . .
Here is the 435th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 24, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with composer David Friedman. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Elvis Costello, back to school), the News Gone By, Dylan – Sooner & Later (no direction to the gaslight highway).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: composer David Friedman; Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 Pre-show w/ Joyce 00:06:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:41:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Back to School 01:07:00 DAVE GOES OFF – UNC Radio 01:21:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:44:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews David Friedman 02:36:30 Weather & Sponsors 02:40:30 NEWS GONE BY (w/ Dave’s “Undies” song) 02:52:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (no direction to the gaslight highway) 03:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Elvis Costello 03:36:00 Friends & Thanks 03:40:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Aug. 24, 2013 Playlist: “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (00:28:00), “From a Buick 6” (02:55:00), “When I Got Troubles” (02:58:00), “Handsome Molly” (03:00:00), “She Belongs to Me” (03:03:00), “No More Auction Block” (03:06:00) & “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” (03:09:00; Bob Dylan). “School Days” (00:42:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl” (00:45:30; The Yardbirds). “Be True to Your School” (00:48:00; The Beach Boys). “What Did You Learn in School Today?” (00:50:00; Tom Paxton). “We Rule the School” (00:52:00; Belle & Sebastian). “Bright College Days” (00:55:30; Tom Lehrer). “Is College Necessary” (00:57:30; Benny Bell). “School Song” (01:00:00; James Taylor). “Back to School Again” (01:01:00; The Four Tops). “Let it Be” (01:31:00; The Beatles). “It’s You” (01:39:00; Dames at Sea, 1968 off-Broadway cast w/ Bernadette Peters). “Help is on the Way” (01:41:00), “We Can Be Kind” (02:15:30) & “My Simple Wish” (02:33:00; David Friedman). “Rhode Island is Famous for You” (01:47:30; Nancy LaMott). “I Have a Fire” (Scandalous 2012 Bway cast w/ Carolee Carmello). “Undies” (02:46:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “New Amsterdam” (03:19:00), “New Lace Sleeves” (03:21:30), “Veronica” (03:25:00), “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself” (03:28:30), “Sunday’s Best” (03:30:30) & “I’ll Wear it Proudly” (03:43:00; Elvis Costello).
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Broadway & film composer David Friedman
Topics include: Alan Menken, Disney, Midder Music, Nancy LaMott.
Segment aired Aug. 24, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of August 18th, 2013.
A judge in Newport, Tennessee – and I think just by the location, you know this is going to be good – a judge in Newport, Tennessee took it upon herself to re-name a baby. The parents were in court to change the tyke’s last name, and they couldn’t agree which to use: the father’s last name or the mother’s last name. So Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew – and I think just by that name, you know this is going to be really good – Judge Lu Ann Ballew had to make the call on this seven-month-old infant.
She gets distracted, however, by the baby’s first name; the parents have named the kid Messiah. Apparently this is a very popular choice. According to Social Security, it’s one of the fastest-rising baby names. It’s rising so fast, you could actually escape with it out of Egypt while other names had to stay flat and unleavened.
I don’t know what that means, but the point is: they named the kid Messiah, and the judge is not pleased. So Heronor took upon herself to change not the baby’s last name – well, she changed that, too, to include the names of both parents, very wise – but she also changed the infant’s first name, to Martin. Why? Because, gavel girl said, “The word Messiah is a title that has only been earned by one person, and that one person is Jesus Christ.” Unquote.
I told you, it’s Tennessee. Leaving aside religion for a moment – which is tough because I’m a Rabbi, or at least I’ve played one on TV – what business is it of this judge to be changing a name that the parents agreed upon for their zygote? If I go into traffic court to fight a ticket, is she gonna tell me I gotta fix my garage door, too?
Judge Ballew said she was doing the name switch for the benefit of the child who is too young to have any control over a name that might bring him difficulty with his peers. Really? So tell that to every kid named Irving, Bertha, Dick, Scott – which he learns very early rhymes with “snot” – Luke, which rhymes with puke, Regina, Yussel and Mulva. I wonder, if this judge had been around 50 years ago, would the biggest pop superstar in the world be named Millicent instead of Madonna?
This judge is letting Christianity affect her sanity. What about all the millions of Hispanics who go around naming their kids “Jesus”? That’s a pretty damn big burden to live up to, and I don’t even believe in the guy. Why is Madonna acceptable, why is Jesus kosher – well, he probably was – why is Moshe (Moses) perfectly common for a name, and God knows there isn’t a Muslim driving a taxi who isn’t named Mohammed, but Messiah is off limits?
I can understand why some baby names are seen as borderline child abuse. A couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their child, Talulah Does the Hula from Hawaii. A Chinese mom and dad tried to name their kid the @ symbol. And let’s not forget that New Jersey couple who named their offspring Adolf Hitler and Aryan Nation before – big shock – losing custody.
But Messiah? Who could object to that? The goyim think he’s already come; the Jews are worried he’ll never come – either way, it’s a hopeful, happy name. If I and my dear wife Miriam Libby decide to have another baby – to add to our 21 and a half mostly beautiful children we have now – I’d be proud to name him Moshiach. First of all, we need another M because my great uncle Melchy just died, but also because naming your child something that means leader or savior seems a lot more promising than calling them Apple, or Laquisha, or Moon Unit, or the Artist Formerly known as Blanket.
The mother of Martin – fka Messiah – is appealing the name change, and I hope she wins. The ACLU is in her corner because the courts have no more right to tell women what to name their babies than Southern politicians have to force women to deliver babies. Uncle Sam, stay out of the bedroom, stay out of the nursery and stay out of the kitchen, too, unless you can cook a brisket, in which case: come by Friday night, we’re having people, and go easy on the paprika because my wife’s allergic.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, aka Flora does the Hora in Bora Bora, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.
Dave Lefkowitz interviews Theater World publisher Ben Hodges
Topics include: Theater World annual, Broadway, John Willis
Segment scheduled to air Aug. 17, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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At last, Joey Eugene Gallegos, the Greeley Underwear Bandit, has been apprehended, and here is his song.
