Dave’s Gone By #787 (2/27/2021): SWEET THING

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Here is the 787th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: musician Matthew Sweet, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward, friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet; Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (w/ David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby); Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (Purim Jokes 2021); Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Bailey, CO).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (human-taschen, parking, potato head)
00:41:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:01:30 TODAY/YESTERDAY trivia quiz (Feb. 27 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Fred Cleaver, Wendy Highby, David Sheward)
02:00:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Matthew Sweet
03:01:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #167 (Purim Jokes 2021)
03:12:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:30:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Bailey, CO)
03:33:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 27, 2021 Playlist: “I Almost Forgot” (01:58:00) & “Sick of Myself” (02:56:00; Matthew Sweet).

Matthew Sweet
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Joyce, Dave, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
Bailey, CO
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #786 (2/20/2021): MASS A PIEL

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Here is the 786th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 20, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guest: playwright John Pielmeier, theater critic David Sheward

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright John Pielmeier; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Fort Carson); Wretched Pun of Destiny (coup); Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (Feb. 20); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Grape Nuts, personal banking, Red Hook waitress, snow in Texas)
00:59:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews John Pielmeier
01:47:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY trivia quiz (Feb. 20 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, John Pielmeier, David Sheward)
02:53:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:03:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #90 (coup)
03:06:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:28:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Fort Carson)
03:30:00 DAVE GOES OUT

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 #784 (2/6/2021): WILD ABOUT HARRY

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Here is the 784th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 6, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com

Guests: entertainment journalist Harry Haun, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward, teacher Charles Nelson, Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Dave chats with theater critic Harry Haun; Rabbi Sol Solomon reads the papers; Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (Feb. 6 w/ Harry Haun, Charles Nelson, Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Weston).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (snow story, horse rescue)
00:41:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:57:30 RABBI SOL READS THE PAPERS
01:15:00 GUEST: Harry Haun
01:49:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Feb. 6 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Harry Haun, Charles Nelson, David Sheward)
02:55:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:00:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:21:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Weston)
03:23:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Harry Haun
Charles Nelson & Harry Haun
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Weston, CO
Hal Holbrook
Christopher Plummer
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #783 (1/30/2021): SHERR THING

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Here is the 783rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Jan. 30, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guest: actress Jessica Sherr, actor Doug Schneider, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interview actress Jessica Sherr and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on hope; Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (Jan. 30 w/ Jessica Sherr, her husband Doug Schneider, Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Branson).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (virtual open mic; mainstream radio, GameStop, Carvel)
00:51:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:04:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jessica Sherr (w/ Doug Schneider)
01:51:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Jan. 30 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Doug Schneider, Jessica Sherr, David Sheward)
02:42:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #166 (Make Them Hear You)
02:53:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:17:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:24:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Branson)
03:26:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jessica Sherr
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Branson, CO
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #782 (1/23/2021): 57 VARIETIES

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Here is the 782nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Jan. 23, 2021.

Guests: city planner Michael Levine, Dave’s cousin Adam Glass, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake & David Sheward, and friends Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby.

Featuring: Dave chats with his two cousins, urban planner Michael Levine and Adam Glass; Inside Broadway; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Beulah Valley); Today/Yesterday theater quiz (Jan. 23 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby, & David Sheward).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (my birthday–looking forward and backward)
00:33:00 GUEST: Rosemary Weil
00:34:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:17:00 GUEST: Adam Glass
01:36:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Jan. 23 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward, Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby)
02:31:00 GUEST: Michael Levine
03:20:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:28:00 Birthday Wishes
03:54:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED
03:57:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 23, 2021 Playlist: “Happy Birthday” (03:29:00; Art Paul Schlosser)

Dave’s Gone By #780 (1/9/2021): GOT WOODIE?

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Here is the 780th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning Jan. 9, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: theater director Woodie King, Jr., theater critic David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Woodie King, Jr., who passed Jan. 29, 2026 at age 88.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews director Woodie King, Jr.; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Yellow Jacket); Dave Says Bye (Uncle Sonny); Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (Jan. 9).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:04:00 DAVE SAYS BYE (Uncle Sonny Brower)
00:45:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
00:59:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interview Woodie King, Jr.
01:46:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Jan. 9 w/ David Sheward)
02:29:00 DAVE GOES OFF (Capitol Chaos and Bravo Biden)
02:40:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:03:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:12:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Yellow Jacket)
03:15:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 9, 2021 Playlist: “Wind Beneath My Wings” (00:57:30; Marion Ramsey).

Woodie King, Jr.
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Sandra Eisner and Sonny Brower

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2020): DON PERL

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/20): DON PERL

Dave chats with poet and educator Don Perl


Topics include: New Year’s Eve, coronavirus, activism
Segment aired Dec. 31, 2020 as part of the annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Don Perl

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2020): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/20): FRED CLEAVER & WENDY HIGHBY

Dave chats with Colorado friends, Wendy Highby and Fred Cleaver

Topics include: New Year’s Eve, coronavirus, Greeley

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2020 as part of the annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby

Dave’s Gone By #778 (12/26/2020): ALT RIGHT

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Here is the 778th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Dec. 26, 2020. Info: Davesgoneby.com.

Guests: musician Sean Altman, theater critic David Sheward, & Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Sean Altman, Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (with Sean and David Sheward), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Thatcher, CO), Wretched Pun of Destiny (terror in Disneyland), Inside Broadway.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Broadway HD, overfeet, Newark Distribution Center, vaccines)
00:49:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:16:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sean Altman
01:55:30 TODAY/YESTERDAY (trivia quiz w/ Sean Altman & David Sheward)
02:58:00 WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #88 (Terror in Disneyland)
03:04:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & farewell to Rebecca Luker)
03:18:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:25:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Thatcher)
03:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

“Today I am a Man” (01:14:00), “The Tried to Kill Us, We Survived, Let’s Eat” (01:34:00), “Reuben, the Hooked-Nose Reindeer” (01:50:30), & “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego” (03:33:30; Sean Altman). “Goodnight My Someone” (03:13:00; Rebecca Luker).

Sean Altman
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Singer/actress Rebecca Luker
Thatcher, CO