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Here is the 449th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 21, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with theatrical producer Larry Kaye; Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (Frank Zappa); Dylan – Sooner & Later (Xmas); Rabbi Sol on the passings of 2013.
Guests: producer Larry Kaye, Dave’s wife, Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (BYOC, TV Trade-In, Velocity, Sponsors, Going Gaga) 01:07:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Frank Zappa 01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & obits (01:52:00)) 01:59:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Larry Kaye 02:55:00 Sponsors 02:57:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Xmas) 03:18:30 Weather 03:22:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #85 – The Passings of 2013 03:49:00 Thanks & Friends 03:53:30 Upcoming 03:56:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 21, 2013 Playlist: “Applause” (00:56:00; Lady Gaga). “Little House I Used to Live In” (01:13:30), “Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus” (01:18:00), “How Could I Be Such a Fool” (01:22:30), “Would You Like a Snack” (01:25:30), “Sharleena” (01:26:00) & “Sofa No. 1” (01:30:00; Frank Zappa). “I Was a Teenage Maltshop” (01:21:00; Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa). “I Wanna Be a Producer” (01:57:00; The Producers 2001 Bway cast w/Matthew Broderick). “Brotherhood of Man” (02:17:30; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2010 Bway cast w/ Daniel Radcliffe). “Christmas Island” (02:58:30), “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (03:01:00), “Arthur McBride” (03:04:00), “She Belongs to Me” (03:10:00) & “Must Be Santa” (03:13:30; Bob Dylan). “Santa Quits” (03:32:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “The Twelve Complaints of Christmas” (03:37:30; Rabbi Sol Solomon). “The Only Thing I Want for Christmas” (03:58:00; Eddie Cantor).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Carol Lawrence
Topics include: West Side Story, Handle with Care, Robert Goulet, Saratoga, Shangri-La, Mickey Katz.
Segment aired Dec. 14, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com
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Here is the 448th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 14, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with actress Carol Lawrence; Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (Spike Jones); Dylan – Sooner & Later (Wright Flight).
Guests: actress Carol Lawrence, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (swants, wrestling options, real singing) 00:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Spike Jones 01:20:30 Sponsors 01:23:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:39:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Carol Lawrence 02:39:00 More Sponsors 02:42:00 Friends 02:50:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Wright Flight) 03:20:00 Weather 03:22:30 Upcoming 03:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 14, 2013 Playlist: “Cocktails for Two” (00:58:00), “I Dream of Brownie with the Light Blue Jeans” (01:01:00), “Holiday for Strings” (01:04:00), “Der Fuehrer’s Face” (01:07:00), “The Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer” (01:09:30), “Jones Polka” (01:12:30) & “As Time Goes By” (03:29:00; Spike Jones). “Here Come the Fleece Geese” (01:37:00; Sexton Ming & Billy Childish). “Come Away with Me” (01:40:00) & “Warm All Over” (01:56:30; Carol Lawrence). “She’ll Be Coming `Round the Katzkills” (01:46:00; Mickey Katz). “I Feel Pretty” (02:06:00) & “Tonight” (02:34:00; West Side Story 1957 Broadway cast). “Saratoga” (02:13:30; Saratoga 1959 Bway cast). “Girls Like Me” (02:17:00; Subways are for Sleeping). “Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)” (02:53:00), “Jet Pilot” (02:56:30), “One More Weekend” (03:00:00), “You’re a Big Girl Now” ({live Hard Rain version}; 03:03:30; Bob Dylan). “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Al Right” (02:57:00; Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons). “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova).
Joined by guest co-host Joyce, Dave Lefkowitz chats with Chicago theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge
Topics include: theater, Chicago.
Segment aired Dec. 31, 2013 as part of a New Year’s special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews dancer-actress Donna McKechnie
Topics include: A Chorus Line, Michael Bennett, Company, Stephen Sondheim, State Fair, arthritis
Segment aired Dec. 7, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com
Here is the 447th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Dec. 7, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
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Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Donna McKechnie. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segue (Tom Waits), Dylan – Sooner & Later (slavery) & Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Ronnie in Benghazi.
Guests: actress Donna McKechnie, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (library book, teaching, Chica, getting older, Dylan’s guitar & slavery) 01:16:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Slavery 01:42:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:01:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Donna McKechnie 03:11:30 Sponsors 03:15:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #84 – Ronnie Smith in Benghazi 03:22:00 Friends 03:33:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Waits 04:00:30 Thanks, Upcoming & Weather 04:08:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 7, 2013 Playlist: “Trust Yourself” (01:17:00), “Long Ago Far Away” (01:20:30), “Band of the Hand” (01:23:00), “Tombstone Blues” ({alternate version}; 01:27:30) & “Maggie’s Farm” ({live at Newport version}; 01:31:00; Bob Dylan). “The Sound of Music” (The Sound of Music 2013 TV version w/ Carrie Underwood; 01:55:00). “One (Reprise)” (01:59:00), “At the Ballet” (02:11:00) & “The Music and the Mirror” (02:23:30; A Chorus Line 1975 Broadway cast). “Don’t Look at Me” (02:04:00; Follies 1998 Paper Mill cast w/ Donna McKechnie). “Leave it to the Girls” (02:39:30; Annie Warbucks 1993 off-Broadway cast). “Turkey Lurkey Time” (02:45:00; Promises, Promises 1968 Broadway cast). “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” (02:51:00; Company 1970 Broadway cast). “You Never Had it So Good” (State Fair 1996 Broadway cast). “More Than Rain” (03:35:30), “Make it Rain” ({live}; 03:39:30), “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart” (03:43:30), “Anywhere I Lay My Head” (03:52:00) & “Come On Up to the House” (04:09:00; Tom Waits). “Mockin’ Bird” (03:48:00; Tindersticks).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews The Cheese Lady! Sarah Kaufmann
Topics include: carving cheese and carving more cheese
Segment originally aired Nov. 30, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 446th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 30, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cheese sculptor Sarah Kaufmann. Plus: Inside Broadway, Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Thanksgiving Meeting Chanukah, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (grateful), and Thanksgivukkah Saturday Segue.
host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: cheese sculptor Sarah Kaufmann, Dave’s wife Joyce
Note: Because of recording difficulties, some of the spoken portions of this episode are of less-than-optimal audio quality
00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (football, nostalgia & New Orleans) 00:54:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Thanksgivukkah 01:18:00 Sponsors 01:21:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:50:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sarah Kaufmann 02:12:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (grateful) 02:35:00 Friends & Thanks 02:41:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #83 – Thanksgiving Meets Chanukah 02:48:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Current Events 02:56:00 Upcoming 02:59:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Nov. 30, 2013 Playlist: “Give Thanks and Praise” (00:55:00; Bob Marley). “Chanukah” (00:58:00; Lewis Black). “I Have a Little Dreidel” (01:03:00; Groovebarbers). “Thanks to You” (01:04:00; Chris Smither). “Grateful” (01:06:30; Blake Babies). “Thanks” (01:09:30; Pere Ubu). “Thanks for the Memory” (01:12:00; Bing Crosby). “Julie Taymor & Bono in Spider-Man” (01:33:30; Forbidden Broadway – Alive & Kicking!). “Question and Answer” (01:43:30; Violet 1997 off-Broadway cast). “The Cheese Alarm” (01:46:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “The Cheeky Cheese” (02:10:30; Sexton Ming & Billy Childish). “Covenant Woman” (02:13:00), “Tough Mama” (02:19:00), “One More Cup of Coffee” ({live 1975 version}; 02:23:00) & “We Better Talk This Over” (02:28:30; Bob Dylan). “Shir Amami” (03:00:30; Jane Siberry).
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of November 17th, 2013.
I’m not exactly a spa kind of guy. Relaxation frightens me, and if you’re gonna put me on a massage table, you better have huge boobs and a latex glove because I ain’t leaving without my money’s worth. If I were the spa type, however, one place I would hesitate to visit is the Crystal Sauna Wellness Park in Thuringia, Germany. By all accounts, it’s a lovely place: gourmet food, heated pool, sauna, live entertainment, cozy rooms. They really should promote the place more.
Or maybe they shouldn’t. An advertising agency came up with a print ad for Crystal Park that went on the spa’s website. The copywriter wanted to marry the theme of romance and relaxation with the name of the venue. Something that said, “spend a memorable evening here at the Crystal Spa.” However, those were not the words they used. Instead they said – and I’m not making this up – quote, “Enjoy the evening hours in candlelight and relax, in a long, romantic Kristall-Nacht.”
You’d think a German would know that putting the words “Kristall” and “nacht” together is the opposite of romantic. It’s like a cruise ship promoting itself by saying, “Come with us on a journey of titanic proportions!”
An employee of the spa said the advertisement was, quote, “a misunderstanding,” one that stemmed from the park’s name, Crystal. It certainly had nothing to do with the beginnings of the Holocaust. But all we can wonder is how a German ad exec could not know that November 9th, 1938 was the beginning of Hitler’s final solution. That was the night of the broken glass – “crystal night” – when German-Jewish store owners were beaten, their windows smashed, ethnic slurs painted on their bricks – the first wave of the Holocaust. Most importantly, it proved to the Nazi regime that they could get away with state-sanctioned brutality without anyone trying to stop it.
It’s like when the first West Coast rapper said, “Hey, the album is a little short. Maybe I’ll do a duet with someone else on the label. How bad could it be?” He tries it, and two years later, every other song on a rap CD has a guest appearance. Yes, the scale of the tragedy is different, but the principle is the same.
Even as we move into the 21st century, 80 years and three generations since the Nazis took power, Germany remains a prickly pear. Grandchildren carry the moral burden for something completely alien to them, and yet some of those guilty grandparents still walk the earth. It’s illegal to be a white supremacist there, or to own or display Nazi memorabilia or even give the “Heil Hitler” salute. Which is probably as it should be. There are silly aspects to the censorship, but consider this: in 1945, the world would have had every right to set off 25 atom bombs over Germany. So even allowing that country to survive – not to mention letting them reunite – is an act of mercy for which they should be abundantly grateful.
Sure, the Holocaust is taught over there, relentlessly, I hear. So there are people who say, “it’s enough. The country can’t move forward if you grind everyone’s soul into the past.” But the reply to that is, well, this Park-Spa ad. Some product of the German school system, who went into advertising, didn’t hear the alarm bell go off in his head. He saw “Kristall,” he thought of “nacht,” and he had no compunction about slamming them together. This is why there can never be too much Holocaust education – especially over there. And the same goes for any act of savagery that we never want to see again.
I would hate to think that 60 years from now, in Saudi Arabia, or Pakistan, or Syria, there’d be a commercial on TV going, “Come to Achlabad for your bedding needs. On-sale now, our heavenly mattress and box spring – twin towers of comfort.” Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to a blooper reel.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews actress and singer Andrea Marcovicci
Topics include: Cabaret, Broadway, “The Front,” “The Hand.”
Segment aired Nov. 16, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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NEW YORK – JANUARY 12: Host Andrea Marcovicci during the 2004 Nightlife Awards Concert at Town Hall January 12, 2004 in New York City. — PHOTO CREDIT: Peter Kramer/Getty Images
