Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/23/2013): PHILIP LEFKOWITZ

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with his dad, PHILIP LEFKOWITZ

Topics include: dad’s birthday.

Segment aired Feb. 23, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our father of the Daverhood, Philip Lefkowitz, passed May 5, 2021. 

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Dave’s Gone By #413 (2/23/2013): OSCAR CALIBER

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Here is the 413th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 23, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

A pre-Oscar show featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon chatting with Hollywood expert Stephen Schochet and with Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz. Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (Purim jokes), Inside Broadway, the News Gone By, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later and a Saturday Segue dedicated to recent passings in music.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: author Stephen Schochet, Dave’s dad, Philip Lefkowitz

00:00:01 PRE-SHOW
00:07:00 DAVE GOES IN
00:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Passings
01:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:00:00) & “Madea Gets a Job” review (01:22:30))
01:33:00 Sponsors
01:41:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Stephen Schochet
02:19:00 NEWS GONE BY
02:26:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #58: More Purim Jokes
02:33:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (movies)
02:57:00 Friends
03:02:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Philip Lefkowitz
03:25:30 Weather
03:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 23, 2013 Playlist: “The Birthday Present” (00:05:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “The Saints” (00:20:00), “My Bonnie” (00:29:30), “Why” (00:36:00) & “Nobody’s Child” (00:48:00; Tony Sheridan & the Beatles). “Leader of the Pack” (00:22:00) & “Remember” (Walking in the Sand)” (00:34:00; The Shangri-Las). “Midnight Blues” (00:25:00) & “The Sky is Crying” (00:39:00; Magic Slim). “A Girl’s Gotta Do What a Girl’s Gotta Do” (00:31:30) & “You’ll Never Know” (00:44:30; Mindy McCready). “A Beautiful Morning” (01:10:30; The Rascals). “The Color Purple (Reprise)” (01:18:30; The Color Purple Broadway cast). “Life Can Be Like the Movies” (01:39:30; Chaplin, 2012 Broadway cast). “If You were in My Movie” (02:16:00; Suzanne Vega). “Things Have Changed” (02:34:00), “Hero Blues” (02:39:00), “Clean Cut Kid” (02:40:30) & “Brownsville Girl” (Bob Dylan). “Prisoners of Love” (03:22:30; “The Producers” (1969 film soundtrack).

Stephen Schochet
Philip Lefkowitz
Madea
Tony Sheridan
Magic Slim
Shadow Morton
Mindy McCready
Happy Purim!
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #412 (2/16/2013): PRES PLAY

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Here is the 412th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 16, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: A pre-President’s Day show with Saturday Segues (presidents, Yoko Ono), Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (shooting stars), News Gone By and Rabbi Sol Solomon on the Pope’s retirement.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:09:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Presidents (Part 1)
00:36:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
00:55:30 Sponsors
01:02:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Yoko Ono
01:40:30 Weather
01:41:30 NEWS GONE BY
01:52:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (shooting stars)
02:31:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’s RABBINICAL REFLECTION #57 – Pope Benedict Resigns
02:40:30 Friends
02:47:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Presidents (Part 2)
03:11:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 16, 2013 Playlist: “Young Americans” (00:10:00; David Bowie). “On the Nickel” (00:15:00; Tom Waits). “Who Needs the Peace Corps?” (00:21:30). “Arthur” (The Kinks; 00:24:00). “Burn On” (Randy Newman; 00:29:00). “Poppa Knows Best” (Two By Two 1970 Bway cast w/ Danny Kaye; 00:52:00). “Yang Yang” (01:11:00), “What a Mess” (01:14:30), “Listen the Snow is Falling” (01:17:00), “I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window” (01:20:30), “Toyboat” (01:28:00), “A Story” (01:31:30) & “We’re All Water” (01:34:00) & “Hard Times are Over” (03:13:30; Yoko Ono). “The Ballad of John and Yoko (The Beatles w/ John Lennon; 01:25:00). “I Had to Kill that Rabbit” (01:48:00; Tom Paxton). “Changing of the Guards” (01:53:00), “Union Sundown” (01:59:30), “Desolation Row” (02:05:00), “Romance in Durango” ({live 1975}; 02:16:30) & “Shooting Star” ({live MTV Unplugged version; 02:21:30; Bob Dylan). “Mr. Wilson” (02:47:00; John Cale). “Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy” (“Once” {film soundtrack w/ Glen Hansard}; 02:50:30). “Captain Kennedy” (Nikki Sudden; 02:51:30). “The Campaigner” (02:55:30; Neil Young). “Famous Blue Raincoat” (02:59:00; Tori Amos). “The Dreaming” (03:04:00; Kate Bush).

Pope Benedict
white smoke!
Yoko Ono
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/9/2013): MARTIN CHARNIN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Martin Charnin, Broadway director and lyricist

Topics include: the York Theater Company’s revival of Two By Two and the Broadway revival of Annie.

Segment originally aired Feb. 9, 2013 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our friend of the Daverhood, Martin Charnin, passed July 7, 2019 at age 84.

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Writer-Director Martin Charnin

Dave’s Gone By #411 (2/9/2013): CHARN SCHOOL

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Here is the 411th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 9, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Broadway director and lyricist Martin Charnin (Annie, Two By Two); a pre-Valentine’s Day celebration with love songs, hate songs, Dylan songs, and Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on the holiday; Inside Broadway; Dave Says Bye to Reg Presley of The Troggs.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Martin Charnin

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:15:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Love Songs
00:46:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Martin Charnin
01:45:30 Sponsors
01:50:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:05:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Valentine’s Day)
02:39:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #056 – Valentine’s Day
02:43:30 DAVE SAYS BYE to Reg Presley
02:56:00 Friends
03:01:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Hate Songs
03:19:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 9, 2013 Playlist: “Silver & Gold” (00:16:00; Neil Young). “Me About You” (00:19:00; The Turtles). “Kiss” (00:21:30; Richard Thompson). “I Live for You” (00:25:30; George Harrison). “True Love Leaves No Traces” (00:29:00; Leonard Cohen). “Stay in Touch” (00:33:30; Joni Mitchell). “Love Colours” (00:36:30; The Pretenders). “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile” (00:46:30), “Tomorrow” (01:23:00) & “Maybe” (01:34:00) (Annie, 1999 TV film). “Ninety Again” (01:00:00), “An Old Man” (01:08:00) & “Two By Two” (01:40:00; Two By Two, 1970 Broadway cast w/ Danny Kaye & Joan Copeland). “Annie Ain’t Just Annie Anymore” (01:30:00; Annie Warbucks, off-Broadway cast). “Betrayed” (02:01:30; Lou Reed). “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You” (02:06:30), “I Want You” ({live at Budokan version}; 02:10:00), “Sara” (02:12:30), “I’m in the Mood for You” (02:18:00), “Lay Lady Lay” (02:21:00), “Wedding Song” (02:24:00) & “This Dream of You” (02:29:00; Bob Dylan). “Love is All Around” (02:43:30), “I Want You” (02:46:00), “Any Way You Want Me” (02:48:30), “Wild Thing” (02:51:00; The Troggs w/ Reg Presley). “I Don’t Really Love You Anymore” (03:04:00; The Magnetic Fields). “Living Without You” (03:06:30; Randy Newman). “Can’t We Be Friends” (03:09:00; Frank Sinatra). “Old Maid in the Garrett” (The Clancy Brothers; 03:11:30). “I’m Thru with Love” (03:14:00; Nat King Cole). “Green Valentine Blues” (03:24:00; Allen Ginsberg).

Writer-Director Martin Charnin
Danny Kaye with Joan Copeland in Two By Two
Reg Presley
Valentine’s Day
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #410 (2/2/2013): PRE-GAME SHOW

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Here is the 410th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 2, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave offers a pre-Super Bowl Saturday Segue and a Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later segment for the big game. Plus: Dave Says Bye to Major Koch; Dave Goes Off on fortune cookies; Inside Broadway; Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Oldies but Goodies);  a Bob Marley tribute.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Super Bowl
00:41:30 Sponsors
00:49:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:06:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Fortune Cookies
01:23:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Mayor Ed Koch
01:50:00 Weather
01:52:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #54 – Oldies but Goodies
01:59:30 BOB DYLAN: Sooner & Later – The Super Bowl
02:35:00 NEWS GONE BY
02:46:00 Friends
02:50:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Bob Marley
03:04:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 2, 2013 Playlist: “I Wish I was in New Orleans” (00:12:00; Tom Waits). “Baltimore Fire” (00:16:30; Kate & Anna McGarrigle & Loudon Wainwright). “San Francisco Blues” (00:19:30; The Weavers). “Raven” (00:24:00; Jewel). “Clementine” (Neil Young; 00:28:00). “Because All Men are Brothers” (00:33:30; Peter, Paul & Mary). “Children of Paradise” (01:01:30; Boney M). “Tales from the Hood” (01:40:30; Nas). “The Only Living Boy in New York” (01:44:30; Simon and Garfunkel). “Running Out the Clock” (02:02:00; Tim Heidecker). “Who Killed Davey Moore?” (02:05:30), “Days of 49” (02:08:30), “Arthur McBride” (02:16:30), “Sitting on a Barbed-Wire Fence” (02:23:00), “I Shall Be Free” ({Witmark Demos version}, 02:27:00; Bob Dylan). “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” (Joan Baez; 02:14:00). “It’s All in the Game” (02:42:00; The Four Tops). “Lively Up Yourself” (02:51:30), “The Heathen” (02:54:30), “Three Little Birds” (02:57:00), “Sun is Shining” (03:00:00), “Redemption Song” (03:08:30; Bob Marley).

Mayor Edward Koch
Bob Marley
Patrick Stewart & Ian McKellen
fortune cookie

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/26/2013): RAY COONEY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with British playwright and director Ray Cooney (Run for Your Wife, Funny Money).

Topics include: writing farce and the film version of Run for Your Wife.

Segment originally aired Jan. 26, 2013 on 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: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #409 (1/26/2013): RUN FOR YOUR WIFI

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Here is the 409th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 26, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright Ray Cooney (Run for Your Wife, Funny Money) and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on the Algerian crisis. Plus: Inside Broadway (Drood), the satirical News Gone By, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Ray), and birthday Saturday Segues.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: playwright Ray Cooney

00:00:01 Pre-show intro
00:03:30 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Sarah, Lucinda & Margo
00:51:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (00:51:30) & review (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
01:21:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ray Cooney
02:01:30 Sponsors
02:06:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Ray)
02:41:00 NEWS GONE BY
02:48:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #54 (The Battle of Algiers)
02:54:30 Weather & Friends
02:59:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Cantor & Channing
03:13:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 26, 2013 Playlist: “Something About What Happens When We Talk” (00:12:30), “Drunken Angel” (00:25:00) & “Sweet Old World” (00:36:00; Lucinda Williams). “Blue Guitar” (00:16:00), “Miles from Our Home” (00:28:00) & “Sweet Jane” (00:40:3 0; Cowboy Junkies), “Blue” (00:22:00), “Fallen” (00:33:00) & “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” (00:44:00; Sarah McLachlan). “All I Ask of You” (01:00:00; The Phantom of the Opera (orig London cast w/ Michael Crawford). “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead” (01:18:00; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1985 Broadway cast). “Caribbean Wind” (02:08:00), “Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight” (02:14:00), “Standing in the Doorway” (02:25:30) & “Floater” (02:33:00; Bob Dylan). “Gotta Serve Somebody” (02:19:30; Shirley Caesar). “Turning of the Tide” (02:45:00; Bob Mould). “Before the Parade Passes By” (03:03:00; Hello, Dolly!, 1964 Broadway cast w/ Carol Channing). “My Baby Just Cares for Me” (03:06:30) & “Makin’ Whoopee!” (03:11:00; Eddie Cantor). “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (03:08:00; Carol Channing). “Mad Rush” (Philip Glass).

Ray Cooney
Run for Your Wife
Sarah McLachlan
Lucinda Williams
Margo Timmins
Eddie Cantor
Carol Channing
Algeria
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/19/2013): LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III.

Topics include: his career and latest CD, “Older than My Old Man Now.”

Segment originally aired Jan. 19, 2013 on 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: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #408 (1/19/2013): WAIN’S WORLD

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Here is the 408th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 19, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. Plus: Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his Rabbinical Reflection Lance Armstrong’s confession, Inside Broadway (The Other Place), and Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (copyright).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Loudon Wainwright III
00:43:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (00:44:00) & The Other Place (01:03:00)
01:14:00 GUEST: Loudon Wainwright III
02:00:00 Sponsors
02:06:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (copyright)
02:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #53 (Lance Armstrong)
02:59:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 29, 2013 Playlist: “The Swimming Song” (00:12:30; {BBC Sessions version}), “People in Love” (00:15:30), “Carmine Street” (00:18:30), “No Knees” (00:21:00), “Unhappy Anniversary” (00:23:30), “You Can’t Fail Me Now” (00:26:30), “This Song Don’t Have a Video” (00:30:00), “School Song” (00:32:00), “Dead Skunk” (00:35:00), “the Here and the Now” (01:10:30), “Over the Hill” (01:19:30), “Daughter” (01:32:00), “Liza” (01:35:30), “I Remember Sex” ({w/ Dame Edna} 01:46:00), “Strange Weirdos” (01:53:30), “Pretty Good Day” (03:04:30) (Loudon Wainwright III). “One Normal Night” (00:47:30; The Addams Family (Broadway cast)), “Mixed-Up Confusion” (02:12:00), “Kingsport Town” (02:14:30), “Hero Blues” (02:18:00), “No More Auction Block” (02:19:30), “Corrina, Corrina” (02:22:30), “Rambling Gambling Willie” (02:25:00) & “Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance” (02:29:00; Bob Dylan). “Google” (02:39:30; Art Paul Schlosser). “Heroes” ({live “Stage” version}, 02:53:00; David Bowie).

Loudon Wainwright III then
Loudon Wainwright now
Lance Armstrong & Oprah Winfrey
Laurie Metcalf and Daniel Stern in The Other Place (photo by Joan Marcus)
Dylan’s decades
Rabbi Sol Solomon