Dave Lefkowitz interviews University of Northern Colorado’s UNC Radio general manager Sam Wood
Topics include: student radio, University of Northern Colorado, UNC Radio.
Segment originally aired March 24, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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For those curious about Rabbi Sol Solomon’s stage show, SHALOM DAMMIT!, which played July 31-Aug. 12, 2012 at NYC’s Roy Arias Theater Center, here’s the video of the show’s workshop as it was staged last spring at the Richmond Shepard Theater. Enjoy! To read the show’s rave reviews: http://www.totaltheater.com/?q=node/4575
“Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon” recorded live at NYC’s Richmond Shepard Theater, March 14, 2012. Cast: Rabbi Sol Solomon, Richard Shore (piano, guest vocal). Written by David Lefkowitz & Rabbi Sol Solomon. Directed by David Lefkowitz. Directorial Consultant: J. David Blatt. Musical Director: Richard Shore. Stage Manager/Lighting Board Operator: Bill Bradford. Videography: Evan Seplow. Running time: 1 hr, 57 min. To bring “Shalom Dammit!” to your theater, community center or halal slaughterhouse, contact Rabbi Sol: Shalomdammit@aol.com.
SONGS: 00:06:00 “Yeshiva Boy” 00:15:00 “I Know What Goys Like” 00:41:00 “Then You’re Jewish” 01:00:00 “So You Wanna Be a Jew” 01:09:00 “Shmini Atzeret” 01:31:00 “This Land” 01:44:00 “When Jewish is What You Are” 01:49:00 (encore) “The Bagel Boat Song”
Joined by accompanist Richard Shore, Rabbi Sol Solomon tells tales of this lesser-known Jewish holiday.
This song was written for the live stage show, Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, which was filmed March 14, 2012 during the play’s run at off-off-Broadway’s Richmond Shepard Theater.
To date, the song has not been played on the “Dave’s Gone By” program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. Full episodes are available on youtube, Facebook (davesgoneby), Spotify, and on DavesGoneBy.com.
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SHMINI ATZERET
(Lyrics: David Lefkowitz. Music: Cab Calloway and Irving Mills’s “Minnie the Moocher”)
This is a song about Shmini Atzeret It’s just three minutes – if you can bear it We sit around in the Sukkah together Hoping for peace and half-decent weather
Chai dee chai dee chai dee chai Cho dee cho dee cho dee cho Chee dee chee dee chee dee chee Cho dee cho dee cho
I sit all day with a bible in front o’ me Until I reach the end of Deuteronomy We dance around, say prayers, and then we have to start with Genesis all over again
Chai dee chai dee chai dee chai Ribbity bibbity bobbity bay Oosha oosha oosha boom Cho dee cho dee chay
There was a Rabbi on this happy day He drank too much and got carried away They found him crouching behind the Sukkah Strung out on crank with an underage hooka
Oy dee oy dee oy dee oy Tradition! Yodel odel odel le hee Cho dee cho dee cho
There was a Rabbi, we’ll call him “Freddy” He did brisses, but his hands were not steady They tracked him down; what they saw was creepy They found three knives and a sack full of peepees
Oh dee oy dee oy dee oy Hey sexy lady! Spiddleeobledeebahboodleebobbledee, etc. (gibberish) Cho dee cho dee cho
Well, that’s the story of Shmini Atzeret I’m glad that you, my friends, were here to hear it It may be minor, but one thing is sure I’ll take it any day over Yom K’friggin-pur
Chai dee chai dee chai dee chai Cho dee cho dee cho dee cho Chee dee chee dee chee dee chee Cho dee cho dee cho
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Here is the 378th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 3, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Dave chats with authors Eric Lefcowitz (“Monkee Business”) and Michael Seth Starr (“Black & Blue – The Redd Foxx Story”), and Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musical director Richard Shore. Plus: Inside Broadway (news), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Mr. Jones), a Saturday Segue (the Monkees).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: authors Michael Seth Starr and Eric Lefcowitz, musician Richard Shore
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:15:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – the Monkees 00:29:30 GUEST: Michael Seth Starr 01:21:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #38: Shalom Dammit in NY 01:29:00 GUEST: Eric Lefcowitz 01:48:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Richard Shore 02:10:30 Sponsors 02:17:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Mr. Jones 02:43:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:54:30 Thanks & Friends 03:01:30 DAVE GOES OUT
March 3, 2012 Playlist: “Daydream Believer” (00:18:00), “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You” (00:21:00), “Cuddly Toy” (00:23:30), “Valleri” (00:26:00), “Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow)” (01:25:00), “(Theme from) The Monkees” (01:45:30) & (“You and I”; 03:04:00; The Monkees) “Lucky Guy” (00:36:00) & “Live Excerpts” (01:16:00; Redd Foxx). “The Wake-Up Call” (01:47:30, New Orleans Klezmer Allstars). “Ay Ya Bibi” (02:06:30; Klezperanto). “Ballad of a Thin Man” (live, 02:17:00), “Million Dollar Bash – Version 1” (02:21:00), “I Shall Be Free No. 10” (02:23:30), “Angelina” (02:28:00), “On the Road Again” (2:35:00) & “Buckets of Rain” (02:37:30, Bob Dylan).
Eric LefcowitzMichael Seth StarrStarr’s bookRichard ShoreRabbi Sol Solomon
Dave Lefkowitz interviews author Eric Lefcowitz about the Monkees (following the death of Davy Jones).
Topics include: Davy Jones, The Monkees, Monkee Business, A Monkees Tale.
Segment originally aired March 3, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave Lefkowitz is joined in-studio by University of Northern Colorado theater school music director Richard Shore to chat about the Rabbi’s show, Shalom Dammit! and productions at UNC and Little Theater of the Rockies.
Topics include: Shalom Dammit: An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, University of Northern Colorado, Little Theater of the Rockies.
Segment originally aired March 3, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews author Michael Seth Starr
Topics include: Redd Foxx, comedy.
Segment originally aired March 3, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 377th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 25, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Dave chats with actor John Grady (Fear Factor: The Canine Edition). Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (“deth” songs), a Saturday Segue (Canada), Rabbi Sol Solomon, and a musical farewell to Mike Melvoin.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: actor John Grady Notes: Musical segue edited out of final segment.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Canada 00:52:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (part one) 00:59:30 GUEST: John Grady 01:37:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (part two) 01:44:00 Sponsors 01:52:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Shalom Dammit in NY 02:01:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (“deth”) 02:36:00 Friends 02:39:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Mike Melvoin 02:55:00 Thanks & Weather 03:01:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Feb. 25, 2012 Playlist: “I Feel it All” (00:13:00; Feist). “Into the Fire” (00:17:00; Sarah McLachlan). “Blame Canada” (00:20:30; South Park – Bigger, Longer & Uncut, soundtrack). “Snowbird” (00:22:00; Anne Murray). “Lovin’ Cup” (00:24:00; Jane Siberry). “The Mummer’s Dance” (00:27:30; Loreena McKennitt). “Blue Guitar” (00:33:30; Cowboy Junkies). “All the Ways I Want You” (00:39:30; Bruce Cockburn). “A Case of You” (00:44:00; Joni Mitchell). “Fear is a Man’s Best Friend” (00:56:00; John Cale). “Falling Slowly” (01:33:00; “Once” film soundtrack w/ Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova). “Masters of War” ({live from “Real Live”}; 02:01:30), “Seven Curses” (02:07:30), “What Can I Do for You” (02:11:30), “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” ({live}; 02:17:30), “Blowin’ in the Wind” ({live}, 02:24:00) & “Death is Not the End” (02:28:00; Bob Dylan). “Stand By Me” (02:40:30; John Lennon). “Eggs and Sausage” (02:44:00; Tom Waits). “I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times” (02:50:00; The Beach Boys).
John GradyPierre JuneauMike MelvoinRabbi Sol Solomon
Dave Lefkowitz interviews actor and monologist John Grady.
Topics include: Fear Factor: Canine Edition, theater, one-man shows, Blue Man Group, Spalding Gray.
Segment originally aired Feb. 25, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of February 19th, 2012.
(sings, to “Molly Malone”)
“Alive, alive oyyy… Alive, alive oyyy Come see me, I’m acting Alive, alive oyyy.”
Remember a few weeks ago, I did my one man show at the University of Northern Colorado? Of course you don’t; nobody remembers anything anymore. But I’m reminding you. I did a workshop production of my show, Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon, in Greeley, Colorado, just to get an idea whether people would tolerate it.
Well, not only did most audiences tolerate it, some even endured it! Which is why I am bringing my show, Shalom Dammit!, to the next step. I’m gonna do it off-off-Broadway for a week in March, and I’m inviting you all to come.
Shalom Dammit! is a one-man, two-person show with comedy, music and a lot of yelling. It’s my sermon on the problems and joys – but mostly problems – of American-Jewish life in the twenty-first century. I teach the audience some words in Hebrew and Yiddish – words like schmuck and tuchas and pastrami! Ahhhh… pastrami.
I also talk about world religions in a deeply introspective and insulting way. I delve into the middle-east conflict and come up with my hands dirty. Filthy actually. Extremely unsanitary And I touch on such touchy topics as the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, Jews for Jesus, assimilation, alienation and constipation. As you can see, some content is not suitable for children, or anyone for that matter, but hey, it’s New York, so I have to be edgy.
My onstage musical director will be Richard Shore, a talented man who actually went to Harvard and got a doctoral degree from Boston University. See mom? I don’t have to BE a Jewish doctor . . . I got one working for me!
And just in case funny songs and intellectual content and comedy aren’t enough for you, there’s multi-media – I do a PowerPoint. There’s improvisation – I answer your stupid questions. And there’s love, because goddammit, that’s what I’m all about.
Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon plays March 13 to 17, at the Richmond Shepard Theater, a sweet little playhouse at 309 East 29th Street near 2nd Avenue. If you blink, you miss the place – so don’t blink!
My show plays only one week, starting March 13th. Tuesday at 2, Thursday-through-Saturday at 2, Wednesday at 7:30. Tickets are only $18. Chai! And if you’re in school or old enough to wear dignity pants, you get a $3 student or senior discount.
Buy your tickets now at brownpapertickets.com. Go figure we’d have a ticket service that sounds like used toilet tissue. Brownpapertickets.com.
And visit ShalomDammit.com for more information about my wonderful show. See it before it gets to Broadway and the only ones who can afford it are goyische anti-Semites with corporate charge accounts.
Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon at the Richmond Shepard Theater. It’s the next-best thing to Moshiach.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches and off-off-Broadway star!
