Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/11/2014): VICKY KUPERMAN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedian Vicky Kuperman

Topics include: comedy, Russia.

Segment aired Oct. 11, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/11/2014): DICK CAVETT

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews broadcast legend Dick Cavett

Topics include: Groucho Marx, Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, TV, theater.

Segment scheduled to air Oct. 11, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #008 (10/11/2014): TIARA

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The 8th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired Oct. 11, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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So the March of Dimes is having its annual fundraising push, and they come up with a contest where they get all these famous women in media to help raise money for the cause. The winner, who signs up the most pledges, gets to be that year’s fundraising “queen.” She’s flown to the annual meeting for a big ceremony, gets to wear a tiara, and even has a song written and sung about her.

All these famous women in media compete: Oprah, Ellen, Kathie Lee Gifford, Tina Fey, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric… And yet, surprisingly enough, the winner is Bloomberg Financial anchor Jane King. So they fly her to the big ceremony, make speeches, she gets to wear the tiara and, best of all, the one and only Bob Dylan is there to perform a song about her. What does he sing?

“Oh the Dimes’ Tiara Jane King . . . ”

Dave’s Gone By #480 (10/11/2014): KUP’S SHOW

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Here is the 480th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 11, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with broadcast legend Dick Cavett and Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedian Vicky Kuperman. Also: Saturday Segue (Siberry & Simon), Dylan – Sooner & Later (Manchester in the Heart) and the Wretched Pun of Destiny (Tiara).

Guests: broadcast legend Dick Cavett and comedian Vicky Kuperman

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN – Tailgating
00:26:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Siberry n’ Simon
00:51:00 Sponsors
01:00:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Vicky Kuperman
01:31:00 Friends
01:39:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Manchester in the Heart)
01:50:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Tiara
01:51:30 GUEST: Dick Cavett (part one)
02:19:30 Thanks
02:22:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Oct. 11, 2014 Playlist: “Goodbye, My Sweet Pumpkinhead” & “Sail Across the Water” (Jane Siberry). “Goodbye, My Sweet Pumpkinhead” (00:32:00) & “Sail Across the Water” (00:40:30; Jane Siberry). “Song About the Moon” (00:36:30; Paul Simon). “Keep the Customer Satisfied” (00:46:00; Simon & Garfunkel). “untitled” (00:57:30 & 01:28:30; Vicky Kuperman, from youtube). “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (01:42:00) & “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” (01:45:00; Bob Dylan). “Gone, Movin’ On” (02:29:00; Paul Revere & the Raiders).

Dick Cavett
Vicky Kuperman
Jane Siberry
Paul Simon
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/27/2014): FREDA PAYNE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Freda Payne

Topics include: Band of Gold, jazz, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.

Segment aired Sept. 27, 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

Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #007 (9/27/2014): LAWN

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Neighbors are finally getting fed up with the new guy who moved into their suburban town.

Among his many eccentricities, he fertilizes his lawn once a month with raw garlic, which raises a stink that permeates the town for days. Worse, he’s got a brother in and out of jail, and whenever the felon’s on parole, he comes to visit the new guy and camps out on his front lawn in a ratty old tent.

Finally, the block association can take no more and beg the local police chief to arrest their new neighbor. “But on what charges?”, asks the cop. “Using smelly fertilizer and having a guest?”

“Absolutely!” says the neighborhood spokesman. Get him for: “Lawn Odor: Criminal in Tent.”

Dave’s Gone By #479 (9/27/2014): PAYNE MANAGEMENT

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Here is the 479th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 27, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com. 

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer Freda Payne, plus: The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Lawn), Saturday Segues (Jerry Lee Lewis; Off with their Heads), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Time Out of Mind), Rabbi Sol on OpiYum.

Guest: singer Freda Payne , Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil
00:51:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jerry Lee Lewis
01:06:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Lawn
01:07:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Freda Payne
02:11:30 Sponsors
02:21:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #108 – OpiYum
02:27:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Time Out of Mind
02:51:00 More Sponsors
02:53:00 Friends
03:03:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Off with Their Heads
03:33:00 Weather & Upcoming
03:40:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 27, 2014 Playlist: “Put Me Down” (00:52:30), “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (00:54:30), “Big Legged Woman” (00:57:30), “Big Blon’ Baby” (00:59:30) & “What’d I Say” (01:01:30; Jerry Lee Lewis). “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To” (01:08:00), “Out of this World” (01:17:00), “Unhooked Generation” (01:34:00), “Band of Gold” (01:39:00), “Bad Manners” (01:50:00), “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water” (02:05:30) & “Sweet September” (03:42:30; Freda Payne). “Can’t Wait” (02:34:00), “Make You Feel My Love” (02:40:00) & “Trying to Get to Heaven” (02:43:30; Bob Dylan). “Head Over Heels” (03:06:30; ABBA). “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” (03:10:30; Warren Zevon). “Head Over Feet” (03:14:00; Alanis Morissette). “Tear Off Your Own Head” (03:18:30; The Bangles). “Head Held High” (03:22:00; The Velvet Underground). “Head Over Heels” (03:25:00; The Go-Go’s).

Freda Payne
Jerry Lee Lewis
Dylan’s Time Out of Mind
noodles
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/20/2014): IVOR DAVIS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews journalist Ivor Davis

Topics include: The Beatles, Charles Manson, Ronald Reagan, Brian Epstein

Segment aired Sept. 20, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #006 (9/20/2014): MURPHY

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A food writer is compiling a book about the best cups of tea from all over the world. He sends a first draft to his editor, who writes back, “Great job. You’ve been to India, China, Sri Lanka, Russia – but I notice you haven’t been to Australia. You need to go and report on this incredible tea I’ve heard about that’s only served in one tiny shop in the western outback. We can’t do a proper book without it. I’ll extend your deadline, just get there asap.”

So the writer books a plane ticket for Australia where he winds up taking two trains, three puddle-jumpers and a rickshaw before reaching a tiny village. Worried that he’s been sent on a wild goose chase, the writer asks a woman at the local market if she’s heard of this fabled tea shop. “Oh, of course! Best tea in the world.”

“What makes it so special?” asks the writer, grabbing his notebook.

“Well, the shop is owned by Johnny Murphy, this Irish fella who moved here thirty years ago and has been making tea ever since.”

“Fine, but what’s so great about the tea itself?”

“It’s not just the leaves; it’s what happens to them. They grow high on these gum trees. And the koala bears climb all over them and chew on them making them really tender. That’s why no other leaves have their flavor.”

Intrigued, the writer asks the woman for directions to Murphy’s Tea Shop. After a three-mile trek, he arrives at this little hut where a burley, deeply suntanned Irishman stands at the counter.

“A cup of tea, please,” the writer orders.

Murphy nods and sets a kettle on the stove. He then produces a small teacup and a wee bag of brown leaves. He pours two heaping spoonfuls of dry leaves into the cup, and, when the water boils, sloshes the hot water into the tea. “Here you go,” he says, handing the writer the cup and a plain napkin.

The writer looks into the cup but isn’t particularly enthused. Though the beverage smells okay, visually it looks like muddy brown water, with twigs and dirt and dead things floating about. “Whatsamatter?” says the Irishman. “Too strong for ya?”

“No,” says the writer, making a face. “It’s just so unfiltered. Why don’t you use a strainer?”

“Sir,” gasps the owner, affronted. “The Koala Tea of Murphy Cannot Be Strained!”

Dave’s Gone By #478 (9/20/2014): IVOR-Y COAST

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Here is the 478th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 20, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with journalist Ivor Davis (“The Beatles and Me on Tour”). Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (“Gwyneth”), Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Oh Mercy), Saturday Segues (Cohen n’ Cave, The Beatles), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Murphy)

Guests: journalist Ivor Davis, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:46:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Cohen n’ Cave
01:29:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:52:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ivor Davis
02:53:00 Friends
02:59:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #107 (Gwyneth)
03:08:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – The Beatles
03:27:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY – Murphy
03:30:30 Sponsors
03:33:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Oh Mercy)
03:47:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 20, 2014 Playlist: “Faraway, So Close” (00:55:00), “Nobody’s Baby Now” (01:01:00) & “Cassiel’s Song” (01:10:00; Nick Cave). “On That Day” (00:59:00) & “Closing Time” (01:13:30; Leonard Cohen). “Famous Blue Raincoat” (01:05:00; The Handsome Family). “Who Will Love Me as I Am?” (01:50:00; Side Show 2014 Broadway cast). “Please Please Me” (02:49:00), “Come Together” ({Anthology version} 03:09:30), “Hey Bulldog” (03:13:00), “That Means a Lot” (03:16:00), “Good Morning, Good Morning” (03:18:30), “Golden Slumbers” (03:21:00) & “In My Life” (03:23:00; The Beatles). “Most of the Time” (03:36:00) & “Where Teardrops Fall” (03:41:00; Bob Dylan). “Ring Them Bells” (03:43:30; Barb Jungr). “On a Golden Autumn Day” (03:51:00; Van Morrison).

Ivor Davis
Davis’s book
The Beatles
Leonard Cohen
Nick Cave
Gwyneth Paltrow