Dave’s Gone By #634 (12/31/2017): UNC RADIO NEW YEAR V – Hello 2018!

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Here is the 634th episode–a New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio and Facebook Dec. 31, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, writers Lisa Arata and Bruce Kluger, Chicago expert Bill Endsley, musician Brian Gari, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, Dave’s mom and dad Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz.

Featuring: New Year’s Eve celebration with Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #152 (2017 Farewell), Inside Broadway, Best of Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Passings, In the News), Guest call-ins.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:03:00 GUEST: Esther Brower
00:16:30 GUEST: Bruce Kluger
00:26:00 GUEST: Brian Gari
00:46:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:14:30 GUESTS: Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz
01:17:30 SUNDAY SEGUE – Farewells
01:38:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #152 (2017 Farewell)
01:44:00 GUEST: Bill Endsley
02:15:00 GUEST: Lisa Arata
02:28:30 Sponsors
02:29:30 SUNDAY SEGUE – Passings
02:52:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:15:00 Friends
03:23:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 31, 2017 Playlist: “President” (01:18:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “Hurricane” (01:21:30; Leona Naess). “Fight Fire” (01:25:00; The Golliwogs). “Eclipse” (01:27:30; John Denver). “Age of Consent” (01:33:00; New Order). “Big Balls” (02:31:00; AC/DC). “Let Yourself Go” (02:34:00; Tom Petty). “William Wilson” (02:38:00; The Smithereens). “Books About UFO’s” (02:40:00; Husker Du). “What a Party” (02:43:00; Fats Domino). “Every Day We Rock and Roll” (02:45:00; Chuck Berry). “For Forever” (03:10:30; Dear Evan Hansen 2017 Broadway cast w/ Ben Platt). “I’m 18” (03:20:00; Alice Cooper). “I Think “Heroes” {live} (David Bowie).




(pictured: Esther Brower, Bruce Kluger, Brian Gari, Brenda & Philip Lefkowitz, Bill Endsley, Lisa Arata, the Lighting of the Lefkowitz)
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2017): PHILIP & BRENDA LEFKOWITZ

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Best wishes for the new year from Dave Lefkowitz’s mom and dad, Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz

Topics include: New Year’s Eve.
Segment aired Dec. 31, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program (birthday special) hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By #542 (1/23/2016): 52 PICKUP

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Here is the 542nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 23, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave celebrates his 52nd birthday with friends & family. Plus: Inside Broadway, Dylan – Sooner & Later (birthday), Saturday Segues (passings, recent favorites), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (nightclub)

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, writer Lisa Arata, broadcaster Joe Salzone, Dave’s mom & dad, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, Dave’s mother in law, Rosemary, friends Wendy Highby & Fred Cleaver, and Dave’s oldest friend Ozer Teitelbaum

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:02:00 GUEST: Esther Brower
00:13:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Dave’s birthday, Joyce’s camera)
00:26:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:40:30 GUEST: Lisa Arata
00:53:00 MORE GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:25:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Nightclub
01:29:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Passings
01:53:30 GUEST: Mama Weil
01:55:00 Sponsors
02:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 
02:10:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
02:42:00 GUEST: Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz 
02:49:00 MORE INSIDE BROADWAY
03:18:00 GUEST: Joe Salzone
04:01:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (birthday)
04:17:00 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum
04:38:00 Friends
04:45:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Recent Favorites
05:06:30 Weather
05:09:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 23, 2016 playlist: “Ice Cream Man” (01:10:30; Jonathan Richman). “Arnie, Ice Cream Sergeant” (01:14:30; Billy Childish & Sexton Ming). “Shitting On the Dock of the Bay” (01:35:00). “Baby, Let Me Do it to You” (01:40:30) & “The Sperm is Gone” (01:45:00; Blowfly). “Take it Easy” (01:37:00; The Eagles). “All the Young Dudes” (01:41:30; Mott the Hoople). “Some People” (03:15:00; Gypsy 1993 TV cast). “Farewell Angelina” (04:02:00; New Riders of the Purple Sage). “Not Dark Yet” (04:05:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “My Back Pages” ({live}; 04:08:00; Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Neil Young, George Harrison etc.). “Airborne” (04:46:00; Wussy). “What’s in it For” (04:49:30; Avi Buffalo). “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards” (04:55:00; Tame Impala). “Plundered My Soul” (04:58:00; Rolling Stones).

Brenda & Philip Lefkowitz
Rosemary Weil & Dave
Joe Salzone
Ozer Teitelbaum
Esther Brower
Lisa Arata
Joyce, Dave, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/23/2016): PHILIP & BRENDA LEFKOWITZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his mom and dad, Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz

Topics include: birthdays.
Segment aired Jan. 23, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program (birthday special) hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/7/2015): PHILIP & BRENDA LEFKOWITZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his dad and mom, Philip and Brenda Lefkowitz

Topics include: family, air force, military.

Segment aired March 7, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 500th Anniversary Special radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By #500 (3/7/2015): INDIE 500

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Here is the 500th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 7, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave’s 500th episode: 500 minutes plus 1 hour to grown on! Dave plays classic bits, novelty numbers, interview clips and more from years gone by. Plus: chats with return guests, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Dave’s 500th, musician Christine Lavin, actress Carole Demas, radio legend Dr. Demento, Greeley Crime Beat, visits from UNC Radio general manager Thomas Hoffman, UNC Radio programming director Matthew Davis, UNC Mirror journalist Will Costello, UNC Radio host Alex Kirschner and friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby. Also: Calls from former programming director Sam Wood, singer Carole Demas, Dave’s mom & dad Philip and Brenda Lefkowitz, Dave’s friend Ozer Teitelbaum, and former guest co-host Jeff Goodman

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: radio host Dr. Demento, musician Christine Lavin, actress Carole Demas, UNC Mirror journalist Will Costello, UNC Radio general manager Thomas Hoffman, UNC Radio programming director Matthew Davis,, UNC Radio former general manager Sam Wood, radio personality Joe Salzone, friends Wendy Highby, Fred Cleaver, Ozer Teitelbaum and Jeff Goodman, Dave’s mom & dad (Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz), Dave’s wife Joyce.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (#500!, Purim narwhal)
00:24:30 GREELEY CRIME BEAT, pt. 1
00:27:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby (new!)
00:52:00 GREELEY CRIME BEAT, pt. 2 w/ Will Costello
00:58:00 GUESTS: Will Costello
01:04:00 GREELEY CRIME BEAT, pt 3
01:14:30 GUESTS: Will Costello, Alex Kirshner, Thomas Hoffman (new!)
01:36:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN
01:51:00 GUEST: Bonnie Franklin (aired 10/1/11)
02:00:30 SKIT: The Giving Chimp (aired 11/3/02)
02:07:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #3: Taco Bell (aired 1/29/11)
02:21:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #26: Autopsy (aired 2/21/15)
02:23:00 SONG: Take Your Underoos Down (aired 7/19/14)
02:32:30 GUEST: Karinna Kittles-Karsten (aired 2/11/07)
02:50:30 SONG: Jeopardy Ken (aired 10/14/04)
02:53:30 Sponsors
03:01:30 GUEST: Joe Franklin (aired 4/1/07)
03:06:30 SKIT: Pre-Tampered Yummies (aired 10/27/02)
03:12:00 GUEST: Tom Paxton (aired 9/2/04)
03:20:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’s RABBINICAL REFLECTION #11: Circumcisions (aired 4/2/11)
03:31:30 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #23: Screenwriter (aired 2/7/15)
03:37:30 More Sponsors
03:40:30 GUEST: Jill Sobule (aired 9/22/05)
03:52:00 SKIT: Blarney O’Bunions (aired 3/12/06)
03:57:30 GUEST: Christine Lavin (new!)
04:39:00 GUEST: Al Aronowitz (aired 1/20/05)
04:46:00 GUEST: Dr. Demento (new!)
05:14:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #20: Beatles (aired 1/10/15)
05:11:00 Emails & Epistles
05:21:00 SKIT: Handyman Yoni (aired 7/29/04)
05:26:30 GUESTS: Brenda & Philip Lefkowitz (new!)
05:44:30 GUEST: Joe Salzone (new!)
05:56:30 GUEST: Carole Demas (new!)
06:15:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION: Jewish GPS (aired 1/27/12)
06:20:30 GUEST: Sam Wood (new!)
06:48:30 GUEST: Gilbert Gottfried (aired 12/17/11)
06:59:00 SONG: A Dingo Ate My Baby (aired 1/26/03)
07:00:00 GUEST: Matthew Davis (new!)
07:16:00 More Emails & Epistles
07:22:00 Excerpt: First Show – opening (aired 10/6/02)
07:32:30 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum (new!)
07:34:30 SONG: Undies (aired 8/24/13)
07:59:00 SKIT: Buttboink Mountain w/ Peter Fitzgerald (aired 1/22/06)
08:06:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #119: Dave’s 500th (new!)
08:15:30 Thanks
08:18:30 GUEST: Jeff Goodman, pt. 1
08:42:30 A Call from Joyce
08:46:00 Sponsors
08:47:30 SKIT: Bob Dylan for WaxVac
08:49:00 Excerpt: First Show – closing (aired 10/6/02)
08:54:00 GUEST: Jeff Goodman, pt. 2
09:19:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 7, 2015 Playlist: “Buckets of Rain” (01:44:00; Bob Dylan). “Take Your Underoos Down” (02:23:00), “Jeopardy Ken” (02:50:30) & “A Dingo Ate My Baby” (06:59:00; Dave). “I Hold Your Hand in Mine” (02:26:00; Tom Lehrer). “Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You `Round” (03:17:30; Tom Paxton). “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” (03:33:30; The Rolling Stones). (03:49:00; Jill Sobule). “Never Go Back” (04:28:00; Christine Lavin). “Shaving Cream” (05:11:00; Benny Bell). “Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich” (06:43:00; Art Paul Schlosser). “Across the Universe” (08:50:00; The Beatles). “`Heroes'” (09:22:00; David Bowie).

Fred Cleaver
Wendy Highby
Christine Lavin
Dr. Demento
Dave & Philip Lefkowitz
Joe Salzone
Carole Demas
Sam Wood
Ozer Teitelbaum
Jeff Goodman
Matthew Davis
Will Costello
Thomas Hoffman
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #429 (6/29/2013): JAYTALKING

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Here is the 429th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 29, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with comic actor Jay Rogers (When Pigs Fly). Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (mom’s birthday), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (momma), Rabbi Sol on taking his stage show to Greeley, CO.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: comic actor Jay Rogers

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:46:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:11:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jay Rogers
01:50:00 Sponsors & Weather
01:57:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Momma
02:24:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #72 – Shalom Dammit! in Greeley, CO
02:30:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Mom’s Birthday
02:56:30 Thanks & Friends
03:06:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Devil Dogs
03:11:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 29, 2013 Playlist: “Mama” (00:11:00; Electric Light Orchestra). “Mama” (00:18:00; The Sugarcubes). “Momma, Momma, Momma” (00:21:00; I Can Get it for You Wholesale (1962 Broadway cast w/ Elliott Gould). “Now I’m Your Mom” (00:24:00; David Byrne). “I Love My Mom” (00:28:30; The Roches). “Mother’s Day” (00:32:30; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010 Broadway cast w/ Sherie Renee Scott). “Mother Dear” (00:37:30; The Divine Comedy). “Rush” (01:09:00), “Cupid’s Arrow” (01:28:00) & “Laughing Matters” (01:37:00; When Pigs Fly off-Broadway cast w/ Jay Rogers). “Eat, Drink and Be Mary” (01:46:00; Jay Rogers). “Tell Me, Momma” (01:58:00), “Pretty Peggy-O” (02:02:30), “Ain’t Talkin’ ({alternate version} 02:06:00), “Call Letter Blues” (02:12:00) & “Highway 61 Revisited” (02:16:00; Bob Dylan). “Party Doll” (02:28:30; Buddy Knox). “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (02:35:00; Perry Como). “Earth Angel” (02:38:00; The Penguins). Chopin’s “Prelude in E Minor” (02:40:30; Carmen Dragon Hollywood Symphony Orchestra). “Borchi Nafshi” (02:45:00; Shlomo Carlebach). “Come On a My House” (02:47:30; Mickey Katz).

Jay Rogers
Bob Dylan and his mom
mom’s manna from heaven

Dave’s Gone By #285 (8/3/2008): NEW YEAR’S 2008 III – THE COUNTDOWN

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Here is the 285th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Aug. 3, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
co-host: Dave’s wife Joyce

Guests: Jeff Goodman, Dave’s wife Joyce, WGBB hosts Elder Trevor Vassell & Mark Torres.  

Featuring: Part three of Dave hosting the WGBB New Year’s Special (recorded 12/31/07- 1/1/08), featuring Dave’s wife Joyce, his parents (Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz) special guests from the radio station, and a call-in from Jeff Goodman

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:03:00  GUEST: Rich
00:12:00  GUESTS: Divina, Rose & Leora
00:17:00  GUEST: WGBB staffer Elder Trevor Vassell
00:22:00  GUESTS: Philip and Brenda Lefkowitz
00:31:00  THE COUNTDOWN!
00:39:00  GUEST: Michelle
00:40:00  GUEST: WGBB host Mark Torres
00:48:00  GUEST: Patty
00:51:00  DAVE GOES OUT

August 3, 2008 Playlist: “Auld Lang Syne” (Guy Lombardo).

Trevor Vassell
Mark Torres
Jeff Goodman & Dave

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/29/2008): ESTHER BROWER

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews his aunt, Esther Brower

Topics include: Dave’s mom’s birthday

Segment originally aired June 29, 2008 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2007): PHILIP & BRENDA LEFKOWITZ

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Joined by co-host Jeff Goodman and Dave’s wife Joyce during the special New Year’s Eve broadcast, Dave Lefkowitz chats with his parents, Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz

Topics include: New Year’s.

Segment originally aired live Dec. 31, 2007 and was then rebroadcast Aug. 3, 2008 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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