Dave’s Gone By #467 (4/26/2014): PUT A CORC IN IT

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Here is the 467th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 26, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with producer Joe Corcoran; Inside Broadway; Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later; Saturday Segue (Judy Collins).

Guests: producer Joe Corcoran, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (Jonesy, Agatha Christies, interviewees, The Sneaky Marmot, sneakers on)
01:05:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Judy Collins
01:35:30 Sponsors
01:39:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:40:00), review: Bullets Over Broadway (02:09:00))
02:25:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Joe Corcoran
03:13:30 Sponsors
03:15:30 Friends
03:25:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later
03:50:30 DAVE GOES OUT

April 26, 2014 Playlist: “Wild Rippling Water” (01:08:00), “Mountain Girl” (01:15:00), “Pretty Horses” (01:19:30), “Born to the Breed” (01:22:00) & “In My Life” (01:27:00; Judy Collins). “Weaver Song (Holly’s Song)” (01:11:00; Dar Williams). “Sugar Daddy” (02:20:30; Hedwig and the Angry w/ John Cameron Mitchell). “Hurricane” ({live} 03:26:30), “Union Sundown” (03:34:30), “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (03:40:00) & “Wedding Song” (03:42:00; Bob Dylan).

Joe Corcoran
Bullets Over Broadway
those sneaky marmots
Judy Blue Eyes

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/19/2014): DANIEL CURZON & Peter Fitzgerald

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Gay icon Peter Fitzgerald chats with playwright Daniel Curzon

Topics include: theater, Joyce Carol Oates, gay etiquette, Christopher Isherwood.

Segment aired April 19, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #466 (4/19/2014): IT OCCURZ TO ME

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Here is the 466th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 19, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Peter Fitzgerald chats with novelist & playwright Daniel Curzon. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Plagues, pt. 2), Saturday Segues (Iggy Pop, Fender benders), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Utz. vs. Butler).

Guests: playwright Daniel Curzon, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (marmots, publicity conference, My Unknown Son, dementia, Subways are for Sleeping, See or Skip, Visa Black Card, Muppet Christ Superstar)
01:18:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Iggy Pop
01:45:30 Sponsors
01:48:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:49:00); review (A Raisin in the Sun; 02:19:00))
02:34:00 GUEST: Peter Fitzgerald interviews Daniel Curzon
03:25:00 Sponsors
03:28:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Plagues, pt. 2)
04:02:00 Friends
04:12:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #99 – Utz vs. Butler
04:18:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Fender Benders
04:37:30 Weather
04:39:00 Upcoming
04:42:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 19, 2014 Playlist: “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” (01:08:00) & “Superstar” (01:09:00; Christo Graham’s Muppet Christ Superstar). “Green Eggs and Ham” (01:13:00; Kevin Ryan). “Run Like a Villain” (01:23:30), “Some Weird Sin” (01:26:30), “Sell Your Love” (01:30:00; w/ James Williamson) & “Dum Dum Boys” (01:37:00; Iggy Pop). “I Wanna Be Your Dog” (01:34:00; The Stooges). “Let it Sing” (02:30:30; Violet 1997 off-Broadway cast w/ Michael McElroy). “Tiny Montgomery” (03:31:30), “Idiot Wind” ({live Hard Rain version} 03:34:30), “Chimes of Freedom” (03:44:30) & “Father of Night” (03:51:30; Bob Dylan). “Highway 61 Revisited” (3:53:00; Karen O & The Million Dollar Bash). “Steady Rollin’ Man” (04:18:00; Eric Clapton). “Little Wing” (04:24:00; Jimi Hendrix). “Peggy Sue” (04:26:30; Buddy Holly). “Barabajagal” (04:29:00; Donovan). “Southbound Again” (04:32:30; Dire Straits). “Rice Pudding” (04:44:00; Jeff Beck Group).

Daniel Curzon
Curzon’s book
James Butler
guitar

Dave’s Gone By #465 (4/12/2014): MARKO SHOWLO

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Here is the 465th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio April 12, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with theater journalist Joel Markowitz. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Plagues, pt. 1), Saturday Segues (Tiny Tim, John Pinette).

Guest: theater journalist Joel Markowitz, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Note: Joel Markowitz passed in November 2017 at age 60.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (theater season, bum knee, Holocaust Week, drug-sniffing bunny, Joyce’s center book, fire and ice, El Touchy)
01:05:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tiny Tim
01:21:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jesse Winchester
01:38:00 Sponsors
01:43:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:43:30); review (Don’t Wake Me; 01:59:00)
02:08:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Mickey Rooney
02:21:30 GUEST: Joel Markowitz
03:19:00 Sponsors
03:22:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Plagues, pt. 1)
03:52:00 Friends
03:57:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – John Pinette
04:17:30 Thanks
04:22:00 Weather
04:23:30 Upcoming
04:25:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 12, 2014 Playlist: “Touch of the Pharaohs” (01:01:00; Luie Luie). “The Name Song” (01:09:00), “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” (01:10:30), “Fill Your Heart” (01:12:30), “Just a Gigolo” (01:15:30) & “Aren’t You Glad You’re You” (01:18:00; Tiny Tim). “The Brand New Tennessee Waltz” (01:25:00), “I Wave Bye Bye” (01:28:00) & “Snow” (04:26:00). “Biloxi” (01:31:30; Ted Hawkins). “Judy” (02:17:30) & “Nothing Can Stop Me Now ” (02:19:30). “Gonna Change My Way of Thinking” ({live} 03:24:30), “On the Road Again” (03:30:00), “Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum” (03:32:30), “The Ballad of Hollis Brown” ({live}, 03:37:30) & “Day of the Locusts” (03:43:00; Bob Dylan). “Musical Theater” (03:59:30), “Extreme Sports” (04:03:00), “The Toaster” (04:09:00), “A Gas Problem” (04:12:00) & “Toilet Paper” (04:14:30; John Pinette).

Joel Markowitz
John Pinette
Don’t Wake Me
Tiny Tim
Mickey Rooney
Happy Passover!

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/12/14): JOEL MARKOWITZ

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Dave chats with D.C.-area theater critic Joel Markowitz

Topics include: theater, If/Then, Rocky, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Bullets Over Broadway.

Segment aired April 12, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #464 (3/29/2014): BENVER COLORADO

Here is the 464th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 29, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com. 

Featuring: Dave chats with Tony-winner Ben Vereen. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (The 80s), Saturday Segues (Tracy Chapman, knees)

Guest: actor-singer Ben Vereen

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:18:30 SATURDAY SEGUE (Tracy Chapman)
00:50:30 Sponsors
00:54:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:18:00 GUEST: Ben Vereen
02:02:00 Friends
02:15:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner and Later: The 80s
02:46:00 Sponsors
02:51:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #98: Fred Phelps
03:02:30 SATURDAY SEGUE (knees)
03:34:00 Weather & Thanks
03:39:30 DGB in the News!
03:48:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 29, 2014 Playlist: “Hard Wired” (00:21:00) , “Dreaming on a World (00:24:30), “Be and Not Be Afraid” (00:29:30), “Say Hallelujah” (00:34:00), “Devotion” (00:36:30) & “Open Arms” (00:39:00; Tracy Chapman). “Watch What Happens” (Newsies 2012 Broadway cast; 01:13:00). “Magic to Do” (Pippin 1972 Broadway cast w/ Ben Vereen; 01:15:00). “Greatest Love of All” (01:38:00; Ben Vereen). “Superstar” (01:55:30; Jesus Christ Superstar 1971 Broadway cast w/ Ben Vereen). “Shalom Santa” (02:04:00; Carole J. Bufford). “Unbelievable” (02:20:00), “Sweetheart Like You” (02:24:00), “Pressing On” (02:28:00) & “Dark Eyes” (02:36:30; Bob Dylan) . “Congratulations” (02:33:00; Traveling Wilburys). “Dancer with Bruised Knees” (03:05:30; Kate & Anna McGarrigle). “Hangman’s Knee” (03:09:00; Jeff Beck). “Stand on My Own Two Knees” (03:14:00; George Jones). “Einstein on the Beach – Knee Play 3” (03:16:30; Philip Glass). “Oh Susannah” (03:22:00; Neil Young & Crazy Horse). “Knee Drops” (03:27:00; Louis Armstrong). “One April Day” (03:50:30; Stephin Merritt).

Ben Vereen
Dylan in the 80s
Tracy Chapman
Fred Phelps
knees

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/29/2014): BEN VEREEN

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Dave chats with actor/singer/dancer Ben Vereen

Topics include: theater, Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Roots, diabetes, accidents, Bob Fosse.

Segment aired March 29, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #463 (3/22/2014): PUT A GORK IN IT

Here is the 463rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 22, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter John Gorka. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (boxing), Saturday Segues (David Brenner, Stephen Sondheim), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (hearing voices).

Guests: musician John Gorka, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:18:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews John Gorka
01:26:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:58:30 Ticket Giveaway
02:05:30 Dave n’ Joyce (RSVP, Michael Vick, Koonsman)
02:23:30 Friends
02:32:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Stephen Sondheim
03:06:00 Sponsors
03:13:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #97 – Hearing Voices
03:19:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (boxing)
03:48:00 Weather
03:49:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – David Brenner
04:18:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 22, 2014 Playlist: “Mind to Think” (00:16:30), “Winter Cows” (00:25:00), “Promnight in Pigtown” (00:37:00), “I Think of You” (00:45:00), “I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair” (00:57:00), “Heart Upon Demand” (01:02:00), “If These Walls Could Talk” (01:12:00), “Bright Side of Down” (01:20:00) & “Always Going Home” (04:22:00). “Jackson 21 Advertisement” (01:38:30; Mitch Leigh). “The Quest (The Impossible Dream”) (01:45:30; Man of La Mancha 1965 Broadway cast w/ Richard Kiley). “Someone in a Tree” (02:44:30; Pacific Overtures 2005 Bway cast w/ B.D. Wong). “My Friends” (02:51:00; Sweeney Todd 2005 Bway cast w/ Michael Cerveris). “Free” (02:54:00; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1996 Bway cast w/ Nathan Lane & Jim Stanek). “Rose’s Turn” (02:57:30; Gypsy 2003 Bway cast w/ Bernadette Peters). “Hurricane” (03:24:30), “The Boxer” (03:33:00), “Who Killed Davey Moore?” (03:36:00) & “Clean-Cut Kid” (03:39:00; Bob Dylan). “Silence & Marriage” (03:57:30), “Mothers & Fathers” (03:58:30), “Observational Comedy” (04:03:30), “Favorite Joke” (04:09:00), “Obit” (04:09:30) & “The Radio Contest” (04:10:30; David Brenner).

John Gorka
Stephen Sondheim
David Brenner
Eboy Wilkerson’s car
a canine Koons

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/22/2014): JOHN GORKA & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter John Gorka

Topics include: music, Bright Side of Down, Dave Van Ronk, Godfrey Daniels.

Segment aired March 22, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

John Gorka

Dave’s Gone By #462 (3/15/2014): BIG CISSY

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Here is the 462nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 15, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews “Family Affair” actress Kathy Garver. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (masks), Saturday Segues (St. Pat’s, Springtime), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Purim jokes)

Guests: actress Kathy Garver, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (strange humming, parades, weather, marmot art, Bernard Marsonek, Amy Herbst, tobacco warning, missing plane, onesies)
01:02:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – St. Pat’s
01:34:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:35:00) & review (Sweeney Todd (01:54:00))
02:14:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Kathy Garver
02:52:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Wesley Warren
02:58:30 Sponsors
03:06:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (masks)
03:29:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #96 – Purim Jokes 2014
03:36:30 Friends & Thanks
03:43:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Springtime
04:01:30 Weather
04:06:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 15, 2014 Playlist: “Hojotoho! Hojotoho!” (00:30:00; “Die Walkure” – Vienna Philharmonic). “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk (Reprise)” (01:09:00; Rufus Wainwright). “What Makes the Irish Heart Beat” (01:12:30; Van Morrison). “I’m Actually Irish” (01:16:30; Adrift in Macao 2008 off-Broadway cast). “Medley of Irish Fiddle Tunes” (01:19:30; David Bromberg). “Buachaill on Eirne” (1:21:30; Liam Clancy). “You and Me” (01:23:30; The Cranberries). “Is That All” (01:27:00; U2). “Belly Up to the Bar, Boys” (02:12:00; The Unsinkable Molly Brown 1960 Broadway cast). “Family Affair” (02:48:30; Sly & the Family Stone). “Masters of War” ({“Real Live” live version}; 03:06:00), “When He Returns” (03:12:30) & “Up to Me” (03:17:00). “It’s Spring” (03:44:00; A Year with Frog & Toad original cast). “Rite of Spring” (03:47:00; Bill Morrissey). “Spring is Here” (Carly Simon; 03:49:00). “Spring in Manhattan” (03:52:00; Bruz Fletcher). “Spring” (03:55:00; The Roncy Boys). “In the Spring (When I was Young)” (04:09:00; Stephin Merritt & Chen Shi-zheng).

Kathy Garver
Purim masks
Irish yoga
Bernard Marsonek
Tammi Brazee’s “By All Appearances, He Had All His Sneaky Marmots in a Row,” 
Wesley Warren
flowers