Dave’s Gone By #18 (2/2/2003): SEEING SHADOWS

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Here is the 18th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Feb. 2, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: theater composers David Spencer & Stephen Witkin, theater critic Jeff Goodman.

Featuring: Dave chats with theatrical composers David Spencer & Stephen Witkin. Plus: the satirical News Gone By and a Groundhog Day skit with guest Jeff Goodman

00:00:01   DAVE GOES IN
00:07:00   NEWS GONE BY
00:27:00   GUESTS: David Spencer & Stephen Witkin
00:42:00   SKIT: Groundhogs (w/ Jeff Goodman)
00:55:00   GUEST: Jeff Goodman
01:12:00   DAVE GOES OUT

February 2, 2003 Playlist: “Heads Up!” & “The Sound of My Own Voice” (The Fabulist), “Have You seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?” (Rolling Stones), “Bomb Iraq” (unknown), “Lost in Space” (Aimee Mann), “Shadows and Light” (Joni Mitchell).

David Spencer
The Musical Theater Writer’s Survival Guide
Jeff Goodman

Dave’s Gone By Skit (2/2/2003): GROUNDHOGS (w/ Jeff Goodman)

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A look at the life of groundhogs on their special day

Performed by Dave Lefkowitz & Jeff Goodman

Segment originally aired Feb. 2, 2003, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Skit (1/26/2003): MISSILE HUNTER

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The dangerous job of Steve Merwin, Missile Hunter.

Segment originally aired Jan. 26, 2003, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Song (1/26/2003): A DINGO ATE MY BABY

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Dave goes down under to sing of a tasty tragedy.

Segment originally aired Jan. 26, 2003, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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A DINGO ATE MY BABY

A dingo ate my baby
It happened late last night
He snuck into the nursery
And pulled her out of sight

He chewed her up like candy
He spit her out like phlegm
There’s other corpses in the world
And she looks just like them

A dingo ate my baby
The mangy little beast
My wife said, “Call a doctor!”
The doc said, “Call a priest.”

A dingo ate my baby
The furry little sinner
He et the head for breakfast
And he et the bum for dinner

A dingo ate my baby
There’s blood upon his snout
He swallowed all the organs
But he spat the eyeballs out

A dingo ate my baby
He ripped her with his claws
You can see it on his fangs
You can smell it on his jaws

A dingo ate my baby
He picked the ribcage clean
He barfed up her intestines
And they smell like Diaparene

A dingo ate my baby
He bashed her head on stones
And all that’s left is baby hair
And teeny little bones

My wife is going crazy
She’s always been high strung
She’s out there picking baby teeth
From lumps of dingo dung

My wife is like a banshee
She’s in a fucking snit
I’d try to give her comfort
But she stinks of dingo shit

A dingo ate my baby
We’ll never have another
I’d gladly pay the dingo
To come back and eat her mother.

©2003 David Lefkowitz

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/26/2003): KARIN COONROD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater director Karin Coonrod

Topics include: theater, Julius Caesar.

Segment originally aired Jan. 26, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #17 (1/26/2003): CHUNDER DOWN UNDER

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Here is the 17th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Jan. 26, 2003. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: director Karin Coonrod

Featuring: “Dave Goes Off” (Pete Rose); Interview w/ director Karin Coonrod; “News Gone By,” “The Missile Hunter”; “World Weird Web” (ChunderSpew!).

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:04:00  DAVE GOES OFF on Pete Rose
00:14:00  GUEST: Karin Coonrod
00:40:00  DAVE REMEMBERS: Maurice Gibb, Ian McNaughton & Barry Took
00:44:00  WORLD WEIRD WEB – Language
00:47:00  SKIT: ChunderThunder w/ Joyce (and part two at 00:72:00)
00:51:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:58:00  SKIT: The Missile Hunter
01:17:00  DAVE GOES OUT

January 26, 2003 Playlist: “Bruces” (Monty Python), “Tie Me Kangaroo Down” (Village Stompers), “Joey, the Spastic Kangaroo”  & “A Dingo Ate My Baby” (69:00) (Dave).

Karin Coonrod
Maurice Gibb
Barry Took
Ian McNaughton
Pete Rose
your host

Dave’s Gone By Song (1/26/2003): JOEY, THE SPASTIC KANGAROO

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Dave goes down under to relate the tale of a mentally retarded marsupial.

Segment originally aired Jan. 26, 2003, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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JOEY, THE SPASTIC KANGAROO

by David Lefkowitz

I’ve been a trapper since I was 13
I’ve caught animals you’ve never seen
Like six-legged tigers and cows without feet
But the greatest of all, I was destined to meet

I was on contract for Sydney’s big zoo
They asked me for wombats and wallabies, too
I hid in the bush awaiting my chance
When far in the distance I saw something dance

I waved me blowgun and stood there transfixed
He twisted so fast, nearly all my darts missed
I came up behind him and made not a sound
I jumped on the `roo and brought him to the ground.

Out in the Outback where the possums play
I saw a creature who took me breath away
Got him sedated, brought him to the zoo
We called him “Joey, the Spastic Kangaroo.”

In isolation, the roo bounced and shook
So frantic was he, it was painful to look
In less than a day, he was covered with scars
From bashing his head and his bum on the bars

We gave him drugs, but they had no effect
Built him a shelter which he quickly wrecked
We thought him the saddest we ever did see
Since Chow Chow the panda with epilepsy

Out in the Outback where Koalas climb
We got a rare one once upon a time
A danger to himself and other creatures, too
We captured Joey, the Spastic Kangaroo.

We introduced Joey into a troop
But he punched the others and sprayed them with poop
Perhaps it was puberty? Repressed desire?
So we tried to mate him with Agnes, the flyer

Agnes was ferile and ripe for a male
She bit Joey’s nuts, and he started to wail
They kicked and they thrashed and they clawed and they bled
And when it was through, the two roos were both dead

Out in the Outback where the quokkas hop
I saw a whirlwind I thought would never stop
Tears did flow that morning at the zoo
When we buried Joey, the Spastic Kangaroo

Agnes was kept on display in the lab
Her body preserved and laid out on a slab
Five weeks after that, her pouch gave a rip
Then, out popped a baby we quickly named Skip.

We crossed all our fingers and hoped for the best
`Cause Skippy looked normal at play and at rest
But soon, we saw normal was not meant to be
When Skippy the roo tried to drink his own pee

He’d stare at the sun and spend hours in a crouch
He bit his own tail, and he punched his own pouch
At first it was tempting to have him destroyed
But we felt too sorry for this mongoloid

So out in the Outback we set Skippy free
Soon as we did, he ran into a tree
Moral of the story is tragic, but it’s true:
There’s nothing you can do with a spastic kangaroo.

©2003 David Lefkowitz

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/19/2003): SCOTT RODOLITZ

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with art expert Scott Rodolitz

Topics include: The Fisch-Heads, The Moist Sheep, Long Island

Segment originally aired Jan. 19, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #16 (1/19/2003): DAVE’S SELF-INDULGENT BIRTHDAY SHOW

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Here is the 16th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on Long Island, NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Jan. 19, 2003. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: Scott Rodolitz, radio host Joe Salzone, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Dave celebrates his upcoming 39th birthday with audio & a visit from teenhood pal, Scott Rodolitz. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, Dave’s birth reenacted.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:04:00  DAVE’S STORY BEGINS
00:05:00  SKIT: Dave’s Birth (w/ Joe Salzone & Scott Rodolitz)
00:24:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:47:00  GUEST: Scott Rodolitz
01:06:00  DAVE’S STORY CONCLUDES
01:11:00  BIRTHDAY SURPRISE (w/ Joyce)
01:15:00  DAVE GOES OUT

January 19, 2003 Playlist: “Kids” (Bye Bye Birdie), “The Ballad of Pete Townshend” (music/lyrics: Dave; performed by Scott Rodolitz), “The Enema Blues” (written & performed by Dave Lefkowitz & Scott Rodolitz).

Joe Salzone
Scott Rodolitz
Pete Townshend
inspiration

Dave’s Gone By Song (1/19/2003): ENEMA BLUES

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Joined by Scott Rodolitz, Dave Lefkowitz sings the Fisch-Heads song, “Enema Blues.”

Segment originally aired Jan. 19, 2003, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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“Enema Blues” (c)1978 David Lefkowitz.

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ENEMA BLUES

My baby went and left me
She’s gone without a doubt
But even worse than that, you know,
She really cleaned me out

I got the enema blues
Ever since we been apart
You know she flushed out my whole life
And now she’s trying to flush out my heart

You know that I was good to her
I never treated her mean
I even let her use my bathroom
And now she’s flushed me clean

I got the enema blues
Ever since we been apart
You know she flushed out my whole life
And now she’s trying to flush out my heart

She ran off with my bowling shoes
My car, my house and my kid
I told her, “Blow it out my ass!”
And that’s exactly what she did

I got the enema blues
Ever since we been apart
You know she flushed out my whole life
And now she’s trying to flush out my heart

©1978 David Lefkowitz