Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/5/2023): MARK STEVEN PORRO & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Dave chats with actor & author MARK STEVEN PORRO

Topics include: A Cup of Tea on the Commode, caregiving, NYPD Blue, France, Cast Away

Segment aired Aug. 5, 2023 as part of the 906th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #906 (8/5/2023): HERCULEAN PORRO

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Here is the 906th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning Aug. 5, 2023.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor-author Mark Steven Porro; Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (McCoy).

Guest: author actor Mark Steven Porro; theater critics David Sheward and Leslie (Hoban) Blake.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Jim Henson, traffic stop)
00:59:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Mark Steven Porro
01:34:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Aug. 5 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Mark Steven Porro, David Sheward)
02:30:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
02:56:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:04:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (McCoy, CO)
03:07:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Mark Steven Porro
David Sheward
Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/13/2021): RAQUEL BITTON & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cabaret singer RAQUEL BITTON

Topics include: Morocco, Edith Piaf, Tony Bennett, concerts.
Segment aired Feb. 13, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #785 (2/13/2021): ONCE BITTON

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Here is the 785th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Feb. 13, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: singer Raquel Bitton, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward, friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Raquel Bitton; Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (Feb. 13 w/ Fred Cleaver, Wendy Highby, Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Fountain); Inside Broadway.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (vacci-nation, unimpeachable)
01:01:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Raquel Bitton
01:46:30 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Feb. 13 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Fred Cleaver, Wendy Highby, David Sheward)
02:51:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:10:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:23:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:28:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Fountain)
03:31:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 13, 2021 Playlist: “I Shouldn’t Care” (01:00:00) & “La Vie en Rose” (01:46:00; Raquel Bitton). “Strange Fruit” (03:07:00; Mary Wilson).

Raquel Bitton
David Sheward
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
Fountain, CO
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #532 (11/14/2015): SIMON SAYS

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Here is the 532nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 14, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singing teacher Barbara J. Simon. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Gordon Lightfoot, Allen Toussaint), Dave Goes Off (Paris terrorism), and the new song, “Oh, Dat Ben!”.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singing teacher Barbara J. Simon, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (touchscreens, trumbone, mic trouble, the brain, malice)
00:36:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:00:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (bad patients)
01:07:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Gordon Lightfoot
01:25:00 Sponsors
01:28:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (Billy Elliot on PBS (01:44:30), An American in Paris) (01:51:30))
02:01:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Barbara J. Simon
02:42:30 Sponsors
02:47:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (The Cutting Edge)
03:13:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Allen Toussaint
03:36:30 Friends
03:48:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Ben Carson (including “Oh, Dat Ben!”)
03:57:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Paris
04:22:00 Weather
04:27:3 0 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 14, 2015 Playlist: “I’m not Sayin'” (01:10:30), “If You Got It” (01:17:00) & “Carefree Highway” (01:19:30; Gordon Lightfoot) “Early Morning Rain” (01:13:00; Eva Cassidy). “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (01:59:00; An American in Paris 2014 Broadway cast). “Just Singing a Song” (02:38:00; Neil Young). “I Want You (take 4)” (02:50:00), “Desolation Row (demo version)” (02:53:00), “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (take 8)” (02:55:00) & “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later, take 19)” (02:58:30; Bob Dylan). “You Will not Lose” (03:19:30), “What is Success” (03:23:00) & “Southern Nights” (03:26:30; Allen Toussaint). “The Sharpest Thorn” (03:30:00; Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint). “Oh, Dat Ben!” (03:53:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “L’Anamour” (03:55:00; Serge Gainsbourg). “If We Only had Love” (04:31:30; Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 2006 off-Broadway cast).

Barbara J. Simon
Ben Carson
Dylan’s Cutting Edge
Allen Toussaint (Photo by Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage)
Gordon Lightfoot
Billy Elliot on PBS
An American in Paris

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #049 (8/15/2015): NEW PLANET

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A French astronomer thrills his colleagues when he calls them over to his telescope and shows them his discovery: a new planet.

“That’s amazing!” they say. “Can you tell what it’s made out of?”

“From what I can see, it’s a bunch of molecular clusters that formed into a giant polymer.”

“We must alert the whole scientific community,” says another colleague. “Hey, have you named it yet?”

“No,” says the astronomer. “I’m stuck on that part.”

“Well, what about naming it after yourself?”

“I thought about that, but my first name is Jean, which would sound silly: Planet Jean. And my last name is Eugenia, which, as you know, already is a planet.”

Another scientist chimes in, “Well, what about naming it based on how it looks?”

“Not a bad idea,” says Jean, looking through his telescope. “Well, its surface is smooth, and the color is yellowish white. It’s slightly more ovoid than round. Maybe we should call it, Planet Egg.”

“Okay,” says the head of the lab. “We should sent out a press release to all the journals, Scientific American, Astronomy Now, Sky and Telescope, and Italian Cuisine Magazine.

“Wait,” says the astronomer. “I get the journals and the science books. But why Italian Cuisine?”

“Because,” says the colleague. “You found an Egg Planet Polymer, Jean.”

Dave’s Gone By #384 (5/5/2012): BODY BY JAKE

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Here is the 384th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 5, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Jake Ehrenreich (A Jew Grows in Brooklyn). Plus: Inside Broadway (4000 Miles, A Streetcar Named Desire), Saturday Segues (frozen cows, Beastie Boys), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (France), and Dave Says Bye to New York radio legend Pete Fornatale.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: monologist Jake Ehrenreich

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:10:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Frozen Cows
00:17:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Jake Ehrenreich
00:48:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – The Beastie Boys
01:11:00 Weather
01:12:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:19:00); 4000 Miles (01:31:00) & A Streetcar Named Desire (01:35:00))
01:47:00 Sponsors
01:52:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (France)
02:27:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Pete Fornatale
02:45:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Fornatale Segue

May 5, 2012 Playlist: “Sour Milk-Cow Blues” (00:13:00; Elvis Costello). “Bob’s Birthday Song” (00:16:00; New Orleans Klezmer Allstars). “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” (00:48:00), “Sabotage” (00:52:00), “Girls” (01:00:00) & “Sure Shot” (01:02:00; The Beastie Boys). “The Moon” (01:28:00; Once 2012 Broadway cast). “Cinco de Mayo” (01:42:30; Liz Phair). “Isis” (01:53:30, {live 1975}), “Arthur McBride” (02:04:30), “Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag” (02:10:30), “Slow Train Coming” (02:14:00) & “Dark Eyes” (02:19:00; Bob Dylan). “Gotta Serve Somebody” (01:58:30; Shirley Caesar). “Goin’ Back” (02:45:30; The Byrds). “Song for the Asking” (02:49:00; Simon & Garfunkel). “Here Today” (02:50:30; The Beach Boys). “Pack Up Your Sorrows” (02:53:30; Judy Collins). “Follow” (03:06:30; Richie Havens).

Jake Ehrenreich
4000 Miles
The Beastie Boys
A Streetcar Named Desire
Rabbi Sol Solomon