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Here is the 636th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Jan. 13, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: actor Andre De Shields, Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with veteran actor Andre De Shields. Plus: Dave’s new song, “The Shithole World (In his Hands),” Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dave’s Big Dictionary, Saturday Segues (Captain Beefheart, In the News).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (laptop updating, pimples, dead phone) 00:36:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 00:53:00 Sponsors 00:55:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Captain Beefheart 01:19:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:42:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Andre De Shields 02:32:00 Friends 02:45:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #153 – Jokes for the New Year 02:59:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY (defile) 03:16:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:53:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Jan. 13, 2018 Playlist: “Owed T’Alex” (01:00:00), “My Human Gets Me Blues” {live} (01:03:00), “Harp Boogie II” (01:06:00) & “Big Eyed Beans from Venus” (01:07:00; Captain Beefheart). “Before the Parade Passes By” (Hello, Dolly! 2017 Broadway cast w/ Bette Midler). “Fat and Greasy” (01:40:00; Ain’t Misbehavin’ 1978 Broadway cast w/ Andre De Shields). “So You Wanted to See the Wizard” (02:20:30) & “Y’all Got It” (03:59:30; The Wiz 1975 Broadway cast w/ Andre De Shields). “The Shithole World (In his Hands)” (02:56:30; Dave). “Oprah-Bama” (03:16:30; Capitol Steps). “Mountain of Mud” (03:16:30; Alejandro Escovedo). “Physical Fitness” (03:22:30; All American 1962 Broadway cast). “Katie Went to Haiti” (03:26:30; Mary Martin). “Nice to Be Here” (03:29:30; The Moody Blues). (pictured: Andre De Shields, Captain Beefheart, “defile,” Rabbi Sol Solomon) WATCH THE IN-STUDIO VIDEO:
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Here is the 635th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook and UNC Radio, Jan. 6, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: comedian Robert Klein, broadcaster Joe Salzone, Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Dave chats with legendary comedian Robert Klein and old pal Joe Salzone. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dave’s Big Dictionary, Saturday Segues (birthdays, In the News).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (gross, dictionary, gas smell?) 00:24:00 GUEST: Joe Salzone 00:40:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – birthdays 01:49:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:13:30 GUEST: Robert Klein 03:43:00 Friends 04:02:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY (chlorate) 04:15:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:43:30 Weather 04:45:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Jan. 6, 2018 Playlist: “Too Much” (01:22:00; Elvis Presley). “Learning the Game” (01:24:30; Sandy Denny). “Thank You” {live} (01:27:00; Jimmy Page & Robert Plant). “Mandolin Wind” (01:32:30; Rod Stewart). “Prettiest Star” (01:38:00; David Bowie). “Junk” (02:11:00; Victoria Williams). “They’re Playing My Song (his)” (02:13:30) & “Fallin'” (04:48:30; They’re Playing Our Song, 1978 Broadway cast w/ Robert Klein). “Greed & Jeopardy” (02:26:00), “Let’s not Make Love” (03:04:00), “Childhood Myth” (03:24:30), “Fabulous `50s” (03:39:00; Robert Klein). “Happy New Year” (04:15:30; Dido). “Marijuana” (04:19:00; Cheech & Chong). “Middle Cyclone” (04:22:30; Neko Case). “Push Da Button” (04:25:00; The Color Purple 2015 Broadway cast).
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Dave Lefkowitz chats with legendary comedian Robert Klein
Topics include: Judaism, Israel, the Holocaust, Rodney Dangerfield
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Here is the 634th episode–a New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio and Facebook Dec. 31, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, writers Lisa Arata and Bruce Kluger, Chicago expert Bill Endsley, musician Brian Gari, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower, Dave’s mom and dad Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz.
Featuring: New Year’s Eve celebration with Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #152 (2017 Farewell), Inside Broadway, Best of Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Passings, In the News), Guest call-ins.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:03:00 GUEST: Esther Brower 00:16:30 GUEST: Bruce Kluger 00:26:00 GUEST: Brian Gari 00:46:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:14:30 GUESTS: Philip & Brenda Lefkowitz 01:17:30 SUNDAY SEGUE – Farewells 01:38:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #152 (2017 Farewell) 01:44:00 GUEST: Bill Endsley 02:15:00 GUEST: Lisa Arata 02:28:30 Sponsors 02:29:30 SUNDAY SEGUE – Passings 02:52:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 03:15:00 Friends 03:23:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 31, 2017 Playlist: “President” (01:18:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “Hurricane” (01:21:30; Leona Naess). “Fight Fire” (01:25:00; The Golliwogs). “Eclipse” (01:27:30; John Denver). “Age of Consent” (01:33:00; New Order). “Big Balls” (02:31:00; AC/DC). “Let Yourself Go” (02:34:00; Tom Petty). “William Wilson” (02:38:00; The Smithereens). “Books About UFO’s” (02:40:00; Husker Du). “What a Party” (02:43:00; Fats Domino). “Every Day We Rock and Roll” (02:45:00; Chuck Berry). “For Forever” (03:10:30; Dear Evan Hansen 2017 Broadway cast w/ Ben Platt). “I’m 18” (03:20:00; Alice Cooper). “I Think “Heroes” {live} (David Bowie).
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of January 1, 2018.
Hard to believe, but the tumultuous, ridiculous year of 2017, or, as I like to call it, 5777-5778, is coming to an end. We’ve made it through 365 days without a nuclear war, an ice age, and a new Renny Harlin film, so why grouse?
As I did last year, I have chosen to summarize the events of the past annum in a poetical-artistical form, so I hope you will bear with me as we bid shalom to the current year and, well, shalom to the next. Seriously, whoever invented Hebrew really dropped the ball on word coinage. Anyhoo, here goes:
`Twas the night before New Year’s and throughout this great land, Americans took about all they could stand
The country was split between blue states and red And folks on each side wished the other side dead
The Democrats never imagined they’d lose To a man who refers to the truth as “fake news”
A man who will speak without filters or grace Though he could not repeal and he could not replace
And so, onto migrants Trump’s temper did fall But Mexico said, “We won’t pay for your wall!”
“Now, folks,” said The Donald, “I’m just getting warm! I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll do tax reform!”
And just before Christmas, the bill it did pass. It’s great for the rich, not the poor and middle-class.
The stock market soared, the jobless claims fell And still we all feel like we’re going to hell
Big hurricanes drowned with their winds and their waves And statues came down `cause their subjects owned slaves
The national anthem brought teams to their knees While Hollywood drowned in an ocean of sleaze
Oh Spacey, oh Keillor, oh Lauer, oh Franken A few should get jailtime, the others a spankin’
The Democrats grinned when Fox News canned O’Reilly Till the axe fell on Schwartz, Hockenberry, and Smiley
And suddenly hashtags were filled with “Me Toos” Against a whole passel of rich, horny Jews
Yet Hollywood shlock remained vegetative “Star Wars” 26 – how innovative!
But at least cinema took our minds off our woes Prince Harry did, too, when he chose to propose
But still there were shootings by Muslims and crazies With Jason Aldean fans all pushing up daisies
Now, that Vegas massacre was not by a Muslim But they sure got mad at a Jewish Jerus’lem
And speaking of mad, how about North Korea Which seems like it’s ready to start World War Threea
The pundits were urging our chief to stay calm While Rocket Man threatened to liquidate Guam
But Trump was no Scrooge, no fiend out of Dickens Why, he tossed paper towels at wet Puerto Ricans
He railed against Clinton, he’s threatening DACA He kisses hot women but won’t use Binaca
He seated Neil Gorsuch upon the high court To make it much harder for girls to abort
He praised Neo-Nazis so white folks were mollified And all his appointees were ultra-unqualified
That said, he bombed Syria for murder by gas So why does he Tweet and kiss Putin’s ass?
O.J.’s a free man until his next trial And Mary Tyler Moore turned off her smile
This year we lost Domino, Berry, and Petty And Allman and Cassidy and enough already.
2018 is just up ahead With midterm elections to fill us with dread
The Winter Olympics will bore us with thrills So doctors, please don’t ban our opioid pills
We’ll need them to get through each day and each night Happy New Year to all, and to all a “La-La-Land.” I mean, “Moonlight!”
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches, in Great Neck, New York. Shana Tovah!
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Here is the 633rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio and Facebook, Dec. 23, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com. Dec. 23, 2017 (show #633): YULE TIED
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his Rabbinical Reflection on Jerusalem. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Morose Xmas, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (harding-not Tonya), My Sick Mind (Amtrak).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (tio de nadal, New Year’s Eve, solstice) 00:31:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:08:30 Sponsors 01:11:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 01:44:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:06:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (harding) 02:25:30 MY SICK MIND (Amtrak) 02:30:30 Friends 02:39:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #151 (Jerusalem) 02:51:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (morose Christmas). 03:18:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 23, 2017 Playlist: “Crash” (01:12:30; The Primitives). “Boy with a Coin” (01:15:00; Iron & Wine). “Embraceable You / “I Got it Bad, and That ain’t Good” (01:19:30; Louis Prima & Keely Smith). “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” (01:22:00; Stevie Wonder). “The Rum Tum Tugger” (02:01:30; Cats 1982 Broadway cast w/ Terrence Mann). “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” (02:11:00; Joan Baez). “Down Along the Cove” (02:14:30; Bob Dylan). “All Along the Watchtower” (02:17:00; Taj Mahal). “All I Ever Get for Christmas is Blue” (02:52:30; Over the Rhine). “We Killed Santa Claus” (02:57:00) & “My Doggy’s Christmas Gift” (02:58:00; Dave). “Christmas in Prison” (03:01:30; John Prine). “I’ll Be Killing You This Christmas” (03:05:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “Oh Holy Night” (03:08:30; Steve Mauldin). “On a Holiday” (03:24:30; Brian Wilson).
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor-playwright David Cale
Topics include: theater, monologues, Lilian, Harry Clarke, Threepenny Opera, Frank Langella, Present Laughter
Segment airs Dec. 16, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 632nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio and Facebook, Dec. 16, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com,
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: playwright David Cale, Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright-actor David Cale. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (In the News, The Smithereens), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (winter).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (off-off-Broadway, curling, The Emoji Movie, potatoes) 00:28:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – The Smithereens 01:29:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:54:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon & David Cale 02:42:30 Sponsors 02:45:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (winter) 03:05:00 Friends 03:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:06:00 Weather 04:08:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 16, 2017 Playlist: “Beauty and Sadness” (01:12:30) “Strangers When We Meet” (01:15:30), “Behind the Wall of Sleep” (01:19:00) & “Baby Be Good” (04:11:00; The Smithereens). “Get Up and Go” (01:50:00; The Go-Gos). “Papa was a Rodeo” (02:35:30; David Cale & Syd Straw). “Kingsport Town” (02:47:00; Cat Power). “I Believe in You” (02:52:00; Judy Collins). “If not for You” {alternate version} (02:57:00; Bob Dylan). “Alabama” (03:17:30; Neil Young). “The Neutral” (03:21:30; Sonic Youth). “Bill Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) (03:26:00; Leon Redbone). “I Felt the Chill Before the Winter Came” (03:29:00; Elvis Costello). “Smiley Faces” (03:33:00; Gnarls Barkley).
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Here is the 631st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Dec. 9, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: singer Brooke Moriber, Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-actress Brooke Sunny Moriber. Plus: Inside Broadway, Potato News, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (brook), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Chanukah, In the News).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (w/ Joyce) (graduation n’ grading, seeing scallops) 00:24:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 00:56:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Chanukah 01:17:30 POTATO NEWS 01:23:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:50:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Brooke Moriber 02:33:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (brook) 02:51:30 Friends 03:06:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:47:00 Weather 03:48:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 9, 2017 Playlist: “Eight Days a Week” (00:58:00; The Beatles). “I Have a Little Dreidel” (01:00:30; Barenaked Ladies). “Hey, Hey Helen” (01:01:30; ABBA). “Anal Dreidel” (01:04:30; Rabbi Sol Solomon). “Chanukah (Shake it Off)” (01:06:00; Six13). “Hero is My Middle Name” (01:43:30; SpongeBob SquarePants 2017 Broadway cast w/ Ethan Slater). “Up All Night” (01:47:00), “99 Days of Rain” (02:29:00) & “The Last Goodbye” (03:51:00; Brooke Moriber). “Apple Suckling Tree (Take 1)” (02:34:30), “”Froggie Went a-Courtin'” (02:37:00) & “Mozambique” (02:43:00; Bob Dylan). “The New Jerusalem” (03:07:30; Luie Luie). “Russia” (03:11:00; Peter Cook & Dudley Moore). “Mrs. Robinson/The Sound of Silence” (03:13:00; Forbidden Broadway, vol. 3). “Christine Keeler” (03:15:30; Phil Ochs). “Hey Joe” (03:17:00; Johnny Hallyday). “Ventura” (03:20:00; Lucinda Williams).
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer Brooke Moriber
Topics include: Les Miz, Mandy Patinkin, Cyndi Lauper, Threepenny Opera, Wallace Shawn, country music, Nashville, Judaism
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Dec. 23, 2017 (show #633): YULE TIED
