Dave’s Gone By #80 (6/10/2004): BAY AREAS

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Here is the 80th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio June 10, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave’s trip to San Francisco. Plus: the satirical News Gone By and Dave Says Bye to Ronald Reagan and Robert Quine.
00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN: Reagan’s Funeral
00:13:00  DAVE REMEMBERS: Ronald Reagan
00:21:00  NEWS GONE BY: Burying a Vegetable; Chimpanzeros; Polish Jolt; Unheard Benatar; Ahnuuld the Mentholater; No Sex, Please, We’re Stupid; D’oh Yes!; VIPatients
00:31:00  SAN FRANCISCO: Dave Takes a Trip
00:48:00  DAVE REMEMBERS: Robert Quine
00:52:00  DAVE GOES OUT

June 10, 2004 Playlist: “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” (Tony Bennett); “Downtown Train” (Tom Waits); “Waves of Fear” (Lou Reed).

Robert Quine
Ronald Reagan
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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 #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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