Dave’s Gone By #434 (8/17/2013): HODGE BALL

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Here is the 434th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 17, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave’s chat with his wife, Joyce and with Theater World book editor Ben Hodges. Also: Inside Broadway, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Baby Messiah), Dylan – Sooner & Later (new song & slow train), and Saturday Segues (harvest & Robert Plant).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, Theater World editor Ben Hodges

00:00:01 Pre-Show
00:05:00 DAVE GOES IN
01:22:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:58:30 GUEST: Ben Hodges
02:38:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (slow train & new song)
03:10:00 Friends
03:17:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #74 – Baby Messiah
03:22:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Robert Plant
03:30:00 Weather & Thanks
03:34:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 17, 2013 Playlist: “Harvest” (00:59:00) & “Harvest Moon” (01:14:00; Neil Young). “King Harvest” (01:02:00; The Band). “Happy Harvest” (The Handsome Family; 01:06:00). “Harvest Festival” (XTC; 01:09:00). “Harvest Breed” (Nick Drake; 01:13:00). “Rachmanu” (01:51:00; Shlomo Carlebach). “Portrait of a Girl” (01:56:00; Bare: A Pop Opera 2007 studio cast). “Precious Angel” (02:43:30), “I Believe in You” (02:50:00), “When he Returns” (02:55:00), “Pretty Saro” (03:07:00; Bob Dylan). “Pretty Saro” (03:03:30; Judy Collins). “Good Times Bad Times” (03:22:30) & “Rock and Roll (03:25:00; Led Zeppelin). “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” (03:36:30; Robert Plant & Alison Krauss).

Ben Hodges
Ben Hodges
Theater World
Robert Plant
Baby Messiah

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/10/2013): EDDIE WHITLOCK & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews author and former radio personality Eddie Whitlock

Topics include: writing, radio, libraries, genealogy.

Segment aired Aug. 10, 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 on Rabbi Sol Solomon: www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #433 (8/10/2013): WHIT & WISDOM

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Here is the 433rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By,  which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 10, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author & radio host Eddie Whitlock. Also: Saturday Segues (Ronnie Spector, on my own), Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (england).

Guest: author & radio personality Eddie Whitlock, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 Pre-Show
00:04:30 DAVE GOES IN
00:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Ronnie Spector
00:49:00 Sponsors
00:52:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:25:30 Weather
01:37:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eddie Whitlock
02:15:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: England
02:50:00 GUEST: Joyce
03:01:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – On My Own
03:32:00 Friends & Thanks
03:37:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 10, 2013 Playlist: “Be My Baby” (00:20:30), “Paradise” (00:23:00), “Baby, I Love You” (00:31:00), “I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine” (00:33:30) & “You Came, You Saw, You Conquered” (00:41:00; The Ronettes). “Try Some Buy Some” (00:27:00) & “She Talks to Rainbows” (00:37:30; Ronnie Spector). “Antag” (01:20:30; Smile Swam Princess 2013 Off-Broadway cast). “Talk About the Passion” (02:12:30; R.E.M.). “Jack-a-Roe” (02:19:30), “T.V. Talkin’ Song” (02:24:30), “Jim Jones” (02:27:30), “Something’s Burning, Baby” (02:31:00) & “I Shall Be Free No. 10” (02:39:30; Bob Dylan). “Not Dark Yet” (02:36:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “All Alone on the Road” (03:02:30; Paul Tracey). “So Alone” (03:06:00; Juliana Hatfield). “On My Own” (03:10:00; Les Miserables w/ Frances Ruffelle). “I’m All Alone” (03:14:00; Spamalot 2005 Bway cast w/ Tim Curry & Michael McGrath). “His Own Little Island” (03:17:00; Allan Sherman). “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Just Open Up the Door, I’ll Get it Myself” (03:19:00; James Brown). “Sleeping By Myself” (03:25:00; Eddie Vedder). “Everybody’s Alone” (03:27:00; Neil Young). “All Alone” (03:38:00; Thelonious Monk).

Eddie Whitlock and friend
Ronnie Spector
Dylan in Liverpool
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/3/2013): JILL SKEEM & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews radio host and cookbook author Jill Skeem

Topics include: Comfort Food Gets a Vegan Makeover, radio, politics, Fox, Idaho.

Segment aired Aug. 3, 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 on Rabbi Sol Solomon: www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #432 (8/3/2013): DREAM & SKEEM

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Here is the 432nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Aug. 3, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with radio host Jill Skeem. Also: Saturday Segues (schemes & hosts), Inside Broadway, The Weiner for Mayor Skit.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: radio host Jill Skeem, Dave’s wife Joyce.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:47:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Schemes
01:12:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jill Skeem
01:47:30 Weather
01:50:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:11:00 SKIT: Weiner for Mayor
02:14:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (another side knocked out)
02:49:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – hosts & hostesses
03:13:30 Friends & Thanks
03:22:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 3, 2013 Playlist: “A Princely Scheme” (00:47:30) & “Another Princely Scheme” (01:02:30); Peter Pan, 1997 cast w/ Paul Schoeffler). “Cold Cold Heart” (00:49:00; Dinah Washington). “This is the Moment” (00:52:00; Jekyll & Hyde 2012 cast w/ Constantine Maroulis). “Dark Moon” (00:55:30; Elvis Presley). “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” (00:58:00; Richard Thompson). “Both Sides Now” (01:03:30; Joni Mitchell). “Romeo Had Juliette” (02:08:00; Lou Reed). “Maybe Someday” (02:19:00), “Spanish Harlem Incident” (02:20:30), “Under Your Spell” (02:23:00), “Black Crow Blues” (02:27:00), “Precious Memories” (02:30:00), “To Ramona” (02:33:00) & “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (02:43:00; Bob Dylan). “Wilkommen” (02:53:00; Cabaret 1968 London cast w/ Barry Dennin). “Get a Load of This” (02:58:00; R. Crumb & his Cheap Suit Serenaders). “The Host The Ghost The Most Holy-O” (03:00:30; Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band). “Talk Show Host” (3:03:00; Radiohead). “The Hostess with the Mostes’ on the Ball” (03:07:30; Dinah Shore).

Anthony Weiner
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Hostess

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/27/2013): CAROLE DEMAS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews actress-singer Carole Demas

Topics include: Allan Sherman, Broadway, The Fig Leaves are Falling.

Segment originally aired July 27, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/27/2013): MARK COHEN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews “Overweight Sensation” author Mark Cohen

Topics include: Allan Sherman, comedy, novelty songs

Segment aired July 27, 2013, as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Rabbi Sol Solomon: www.shalomdammit.com

Mark Cohen

Dave’s Gone By #431 (7/27/2013): COHEN ON THE TELEPHONE

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Here is the 431st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 27, 2013. Info: Davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Mark Cohen (“Overweight Sensation: The Life & Comedy of Allan Sherman”). Also: Dave chats with actress-singer Carole Demas, Saturday Segue (parodies), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Self Portraiture), and Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (abortion in Texas).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: biographer Mark Cohen, actress Carole Demas

00:00:01 Pre-Show
00:05:00 DAVE GOES IN
00:21:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Parodies
00:53:30 Sponsors
01:01:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Mark Cohen
02:22:30 BOB DYLAN: Sooner & Later – Self Portraiture
02:25:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #073 – (Abortion in Texas)
03:00:30 GUEST: Carole Demas
03:32:30 Thanks, Weather & Friends
03:44:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – J.J. Cale
03:48:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 27, 2013 Playlist: “Going Green” (00:22:30) & “I Wrecked My Heart with Spam and Crisco” (00:45:00; Capitol Steps). “How Much is That Pickle in the Window” (00:25:00) & “Come On a-My House” (00:33:30; Mickey Katz). “Trayvon” (00:27:30) & “The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald” (00:35:30; Dave). “King of Suede” (00:29:30; Weird Al Yankovic). “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye” (00:39:30; The Clancy Brothers). “My Dead Dog Rover” (00:43:00; Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank). “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (00:58:30), “One Hippopotami” (01:04:30), “Shake Hands with Your Uncle Max” (01:18:30), “With a Little Bit of Lox” (01:27:00), “On the Streets Where We Live” (01:28:30), “Sarah Jackman” (01:37:00), “Harvey and Sheila” (01:41:00), “Crazy Downtown” (01:49:30), “76 Sol Cohens” (01:57:00), “Hail to Thee, Fat Person” (02:02:30), “Good Advice” (02:08:30) & “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” ({1964 version} (02:15:00). “Copper Kettle” (02:29:30), “Belle Isle” (02:33:00), “It Hurts Me Too” (02:35:30), “The Days of 49” (02:39:00), “Alberta #2” (02:44:00), “Living the Blues” (02:47:00; Bob Dylan). “Last Will and Testament” (03:49:00; Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale).

Mark Cohen
Dylan’s Self Portrait
J.J. Cale
Choose ovaries!

Dave’s Gone By #430 (7/20/2013): RADIATOR

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Here is the 430th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, July 20, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Saturday Segues (radiation, Mick Jagger), Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later, Dave Goes Off (Seeing is Believing), the News Gone By, Dave’s “Trayvon” song. (Lost Recording: a chat with Dave’s wife, Joyce).

Note: Technical problems resulted in the first two hours of the original broadcast going unrecorded. As such, the interview with Dave’s wife is lost. However, Dave re-recorded the other segments – including Inside Broadway and the News Gone By – later that day to recreate the first part of the show. From the Bob Dylan segment on, the recording is from the original broadcast.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:07:00 Sponsors
00:11:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Radiation
00:48:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:01:30 NEWS GONE BY (including Dave’s song, “Trayvon”)
01:14:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (AmericanaramA)
01:49:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Seeing is Believing?
02:02:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Mick Jagger
02:20:30 Weather, Friends & Thanks
02:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 20, 2013 Playlist: “Love Radiates Around” (00:11:30; The Roches). “Power and Glory” (00:16:30) & “Sword of Damocles” (00:37:30; Lou Reed). “Passion Play (When all the Slaves are Free)” (00:21:00; Joni Mitchell). “Radiation” (00:26:00; Gavin DeGraw). “Radiation” (00:30:00; The Apples in Stereo). “Frank Sinatra” (00:33:30; CAKE). “Fade Away and Radiate” (00:41:00; Blondie). “Promo for `Still Jewish After All These Years'” (00:58:30; Avi Hoffman). “Trayvon” (01:04:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” (01:16:30), “Duquesne Whistle” (01:24:00), “All Along the Watchtower” (01:33:00), “Early Roman Kings” (01:35:30) & “Blind Willie McTell” (01:41:00; Bob Dylan). “Simple Twist of Fate” (01:29:30; Jeff Tweedy). “Street Fighting Man” (02:03:30), “All Sold Out” (02:06:30), “Tumbling Dice” (02:08:30), “Play with Fire” (02:12:30), “19th Nervous Breakdown” (02:14:30) & “The Last Time” (02:28:00; The Rolling Stones).

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Mick Jagger
Boston aftermath

Dave’s Gone By Skit: RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #72 (6/30/2013): Shalom Dammit in Greeley

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RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #72 (6/30/2013): Shalom Dammit in Greeley

Aired June 30, 2013 on Dave’s Gone By. Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS3_41e-NUc

Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of June 30th, 2013.

Do you live in Colorado? That makes you a very lucky person. Unless you’re getting burnt up by the forest fires, but other than that, the mountains are gorgeous, the weather is stunning, the prices are fair, and all the men carry guns, but they don’t point them directly at you.

If you’re in or near Greeley, Colorado next week, you’re even luckier because you get to see me, Rabbi Sol Solomon, live and in the flesh. On July 6th at two in the afternoon and seven in the evening, I’m going to be doing my one-man, two-person show, Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, live onstage. The venue is the exciting new cultural center in town, Art Space Greeley. It’s this big building on the corner of 7th Avenue and 12th Street that used to be a garage. Which is appropriate because my first shul was in a gas station. My congregation would say a few prayers, then a car would come, we’d make a blessing, wash the windows, and siphon a gallon here and there to light our menorah. Ah, those were the days.

But now I’m a big off-Broadway star, because I did Shalom Dammit! last year in New York, and the critics raved! They also ranted, but mostly they raved. They called my show hilarious, outrageous, biting, wildly funny, courageous and even a little dangerous. Those are actual quotes – I didn’t even have to bribe anybody. Not that I could have on my budget. This is live theater; if it wasn’t for volunteers and sexual favors, nobody could afford to live.

Actually, there is a little money in this production, courtesy of The Community Foundation of Weld County. They actually gave us a grant to do Shalom Dammit! in Greeley, Colorado. They didn’t give us enough to do it right, but they gave us enough to do it. So I can go up there, shout at people for an hour and a half, sing some songs and then escape to the parking lot before the goyim come after me with torches. And because we have government funding for this production, tickets are cheap! Only five dollars for adults, seniors and the indigent. Students with valid ID pay only $3 to get in. That’s less than a latte! Three dollars – that’s six ten-thousandths of a cent per second – a bargain! Broadway shows, it’s worse than a taxi ride; it’s a dollar a minute! And forget about phone-sex lines. Especially on my budget.

But seriously: cheap tickets to see a hit show with me, Rabbi Sol, and my brilliant musical accompanist, Richard Shore on the piano. He’s a Harvard-educated musical director at the University of Northern Colorado, and ladies, he’s single! By the way, ladies, I am not. So stop with the candy and the letters and the threats already, my wife checks my mail.

Anyhoo, what is Shalom Dammit! about? It’s about 90 minutes, with no intermission. That’s right – we’ve streamlined it. We’ve cut and shaped and trimmed, added and deleted, polished and buffed. If you saw Shalom Dammit! when it was workshopped at the university two years ago, you’re in for a completely different experience. Well, 25-to-30 percent different, but with new songs, new jokes, and a laser-etched focus to my dyspepsia. In other words, it’s more of the same with less of the same, but more, more or less. I talk about politics, religion, the Jewish holidays, Arab terrorists, assimilation, Christianity and my prostate. All the things that Jews are scared of.

So please, if you’re in Greeley during Stampede Week – be careful, you could get trampled. But on Saturday July 6th, come to my show, matinee or evening, of: Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, at Art Space Greeley, 705 12th Street. For more information and reservations, visit my website: Shalomdammit.com. That’s dammit with two M’s, d-a-m-m-i-t. M and M. M & M? That reminds me, I’m hungry – for the spotlight! See you at the theater on July 6th.

This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.

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