Here is the 397th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 13, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with Rabbi Samuel Intrator. Plus: Saturday Segues (Paul Simon n’ peace), Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Canadian setlist) and the News Gone By.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Rabbi Samuel Intrator
00:13:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Paul Simon 00:46:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:03:00 Sponsors I 01:19:00 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon & Rabbi Samuel Intrator 01:58:00 Weather & more sponsors 02:05:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Canadian setlist) 02:35:00 NEWS GONE BY 02:42:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Peace 02:53:00 Friends & Thanks 02:55:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Oct. 13, 2012 Playlist: “Red Rubber Ball” (00:15:30), “Hey Schoolgirl” (00:20:30, {as “Tom & Jerry”}), “Blessed” (00:23:00), “Cloudy” (00:31:00) & “The Only Living Boy in New York” (00:37:00; Simon & Garfunkel). “You’re Kind” (00:17:30), “Graceland” (00:26:00), “Rewrite” (00:33:00). “Happily Ever After” (00:57:30; Once Upon a Mattress 1997 Bway cast w/ Sarah Jessica Parker). “Joy to the Land” (01:15:00) & “Yisrael B’Tach Bashem” (01:56:00; Shlomo Carlebach). “Watching the River Flow” (02:07:00), “Girl from the North Country” ({30th Anniversary Concert version}; 02:10:00), “Things Have Changed” (02:15:00), “Thunder on the Mountain” (02:20:00), “All Along the Watchtower” ({MTV Unplugged live version}; 02:26:00), “Blowin’ in the Wind” ({“Vanguard Greatest Folksingers” Newport version}; 02:29:30; Bob Dylan). “Peace March” (02:42:00; Bruce Cockburn). “Peace and Happiness” (02:45:30; Ted Hawkins). “Peace Signs” (02:48:00; Sharon Van Etten). “Peace Will Come” (02:51:00; Tom Paxton). “There’s a Chance Peace Will Come” (02:56 :00; Melanie).
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Here is the 394th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 22, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Dave chats with legendary radio deejay Carol Miller;Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Stephen Schochet (“Hollywood Stories”); Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (atonement); Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (like in “Rolling Stone”); Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (atonement).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: deejay Carol Miller, author Stephen Schochet
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Atonement 00:29:30 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Stephen Schochet 01:21:00 Sponsors 01:33:30 GUEST: Carol Miller 02:24:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news) 02:38:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION: #44: Atonement 02:45:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (atonement) 03:14:00 Friends 03:17:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Sept. 22, 2012 Playlist: “I’m Sorry” (00:10:30; Brenda Lee). “Apologize” (00:13:00; Peter, Paul & Mary). “All Apologies” (live acoustic; 00:15:30; Nirvana). “Who’s Sorry Now?” (00:19:30; Shooby Taylor). “Atonement” (00:21:30; Lucinda Williams). “Celluloid Heroes” (00:27:30; The Kinks). “Fame” (live “Stage” version; 01:14:00; David Bowie). “WPLJ Medley” (01:28:00; Pat St. John). “Oh Carol” (02:21:30; Neil Sedaka). “Summertime (Reprise)” (02:31:00; Porgy and Bess2011 Broadway cast w/ Audra McDonald). “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” (live “Before the Flood” version; 02:46:00; Bob Dylan & the Band). “Delia” (02:49:30), “Roll On John” (1962 version; 02:55:00), (03:06:00; Bob Dylan). “My Sweetheart” (WPLJ Theme) (Focus).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews author Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Topics include: spirituality, Judaism.
Segment originally aired Jan. 14, 2012 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 371st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 17, 2011. Info: davsegoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: comedian Gilbert Gottfried, writer Steven Stoliar, musician Sean Altman.
Featuring: Dave chats with comedian Gilbert Gottfried and author Steven Stoliar (“Raised Eyebrows: My Years in Groucho’s House”) and Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musical humorist Sean Altman (“Jewmongous”). Plus: Inside Broadway and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Newt Gingrich.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:13:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news) 00:32:30 GUEST: Gilbert Gottfried 01:07:00 GUEST: Steven Stoliar 02:11:30 Sponsors 02:19:45 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Newt Gingrich 02:29:00 Weather 02:34:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Sean Altman 03:29:30 Friends & Thanks 03:37:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 17, 2011 Playlist: “Elegy for the Brave (from Henry V)” (00:17:30; William Shatner). “Together” (00:25:00; William Shatner & Lemon Jello). “Dinner with Manson” (00:31:00) & “Joan Rivers’ Vagina” (01:01:00; Gilbert Gottfried). “Hello, I Must Be Going” (01:06:00) (Groucho Marx in “Animal Crackers”). “Property” (02:07:30; Groucho & Chico Marx in “The Cocoanuts”). “Torch Song (Newt)” (02:25:30; Jay Rogers in When Pigs Fly original off- Broadway cast). “What the Hell is Simchas Torah?” (02:31:00), “Taller Than Jesus” (02:49:30), “Hanukah with Monica” (02:55:00), “Christian Baby Blood” (03:05:30), “Blame the Jews” (03:10:00) & “The Chosen People” (03:18:00; Sean Altman). “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?” (02:44:30; Rockapella). “I Have a Little Dreidel” (03:27:00; GrooveBarbers).
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Sean AltmanJewmongousNewt GingrichRabbi Sol Solomon
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Here is the 363rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired Oct. 1, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guest: actress Bonnie Franklin, musician Greg Kihn
Featuring: Dave chats with actress Bonnie Franklin and musician and author Greg Kihn. Plus: Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (paint) and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Jewish Days of Awe.
Note: Bonnie Franklin passed March 1, 2013.
00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN 00:17:30 GUEST: Bonnie Franklin 01:05:00 Sponsors 01:19:30 GUEST: Greg Kihn 02:00:00 Weather 02:03:00 BOB DYLAN: Sooner & Later – “When He Paints…” 02:41:00 Sponsors 02:44:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Days of Awe 02:50:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news) 02:56:00 Friends 03:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT
October 1, 2011 Playlist: “Do What You Gotta Do” (00:10:00), “Wherever There’s Smoke” (01:30:00), “Jeopardy” (01:16:00), “The Break-Up Song” (01:53:00) & “Little Red Book” (01:57:30; Greg Kihn); “Applause” (00:13:30) & “She’s No Longer a Gypsy” (01:02:00; Applause, 1970 Bway cast w/ Bonnie Franklin); “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (02:07:00), “Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight” (02:10:30), “Desolation Row” (live) (02:16:00), “I Shall Be Free” (Demo) (02:24:30), “She Belongs to Me” (live) (02:29:00) & “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (excerpt, 02:31:00), “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” (live 1975) (02:35:30; Bob Dylan); “Great Big Love” (03:04:00; Bruce Cockburn).
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Here is the 355th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 11, 2011. info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: Jonathan Abarbanel (theater critic, WBEZ Radio), John Ekeberg (programming & operations director, Denver Center Attractions), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (vice president, Drama Desk), Rosalind Friedman (theater critic, WMNR adio), Eric Grode (critic, New York Times), Brian Scott Lipton (editor, TheaterMania.com), Michael Portantiere (columnist, BroadwayStars.com), Michael Riedel (columnist, New York Post), Simon Saltzman (president, Outer Critics Circle), Richmond Shepard (producer), David Sheward (editor, BackStage). Bonus Guest: Paul Williams (composer, recorded June 2010).
Featuring: Dave celebrates the Tony Awards with NYC theater critics making picks and predictions on the 7th Annual TotalTheater Tony show. Plus: Chicago critic Jonathan Abarbanel, The Denver Center’s John Ekeberg,Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys, and a chat with composer Paul Williams.
Note: Technical difficulties added slight audio hiccups and truncated the recorded versions of interviews with Leslie (Hoban) Blake and Jeff Goodman. Apologies!
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:03:00 GUEST: Michael Riedel 00:34:00 GUEST: Eric Grode 00:52:30 DAVE: Sponsors & Quiz, part one 00:57:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton 01:18:00 GUEST: John Ekeberg 01:39:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman 01:52:30 GUEST: Rosalind Friedman 02:05:00 GUEST: Jonathan Abarbanel 02:21:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere 02:36:30 GUEST: Richmond Shepard 02:51:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection #17: the 2011 Tony Awards 02:59:00 GUEST: David Sheward 03:20:00 Quiz, part two 03:26:30 Dave – post-show message 03:30:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 03:42:30 GUEST: Jeff Goodman 03:49:00 Quiz, part three 00:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT 03:56:30 BONUS GUEST: Paul Williams (2010)
June 11, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Overture” (00:00:02) & “The Company Way” (02:03:00) & “Exit Music” (03:54:30; How to Succeed in Business…, 2010 Bway cast), “Southern Days” (00:30:00) & “It’s Gonna Take Time” (02:08:30; The Scottsboro Boys, 2010 off-Bway cast); “Hello” (00:46:30) & “Turn it Off” (03:23:30; The Book of Mormon, 2011 Bway cast), “Finishing the Hat” (00:50:00; Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 Bway cast), “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (01:14:30; Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2002 Bway cast). “Mad Tea Party” (01:32:00) & “Home” (02:47:30; Wonderland, 2011 Bway cast); “Tonight’s the Night” (01:33:00; Crazy for You, 1992 Bway cast); “Now I Have Everything” (01:34:30; Fiddler on the Roof, 1964 Bway cast); “Someday” (01:36:30; Memphis, 2010 Bway cast); “By the Sea” (01:48:30; Sweeney Todd, 1979 Bway cast); “If This isn’t Love” (02:19:00; Finian’s Rainbow, 1947 Bway cast); “It’s De-lovely” (02:33:00; Anything Goes, 1962 off-Bway cast); “The Song that Goes Like This” (03:16:00; Spamalot, 2005 Bway cast).
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RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #13 (4/24/2011): Easter
Aired 4/23/11 on Dave’s Gone By. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgmT5qW-5Vc
Shalom, Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon, with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of April 24th, 2011.
April 24th is a big day for our Christian brethren because it is Easter Sunday, the day that commemorates Jesus rising from the dead. According to the story, Jesus was crucified, pulled off the cross, and buried in a tomb. Three days later, they move away the rock – because that’s what you always do after you bury someone, you go back in and make sure they’re dead – and lo and behold, no corpse. The cave was empty.
And then, depending on which gospel you read, Jesus started appearing to his followers. He returned from the dead and visited his old pals. He saw the apostle Peter, and Paul, and Thomas – the famous “doubting Thomas.” Jesus said to him, “You don’t believe I’m dead? Stick your fingers in my wrist holes.” That’s actually in the book of John. Jesus telling Thomas, “You don’t think it’s me? Why don’t you blow in my feet like an ocarina? What? Disgusting? I spend seven hours bleeding to death on a cross, and you don’t wanna get goo on your face? Forget `doubting Thomas’; I’m gonna call you `asshole Thomas.’ How do you like that, ha? Pussyboy asshole Thomas. Now shut up and put your thumb in my ankle.”
I dunno. Obviously, I don’t believe in the whole resurrection thing, or any part of the Jesus story. But what intrigues me is the accepted idea that Jesus rose on the third day, and on the 40th day, he ascended to heaven. That leaves 37 days – nearly a month and a half – when he’s the walking dead, strolling around Bethlehem and wherever.
Wouldn’t that have been enough time to…I dunno…do anything? The gospels are very cryptic about his whereabouts all those weeks. Which is another reason they’re so suspect. If somebody rose from the dead, wouldn’t you follow them everywhere? Wouldn’t you take notes on every single thing they did? Instead: one visit here, an appearance there, a possible sighting in New Mexico.
And what if you were Jesus coming back to earth – what would you do? Was he still wounded? If he was part-human; maybe he went to a hospital, got himself re-hydrated, a couple of splints, maybe a chest x-ray.
And when he felt better… I don’t think they had guns in those days, but don’t you think he would’ve grabbed a sharp sword and gone looking for some people?
If I were Jesus, I’d be like, “Hello, there. Remember me? Oh, that’s right, you didn’t see my face. You were too busy looking at my back while you were whipping it 39 times. Ohhh..no hard feelings. You were just doing as you were told. But, see, I’m the son of God now. So you have two choices: I can either put this sword through your head, or you can take me to Herod, and then I’ll put this sword through your head. Who? Pilate? Oh, I’ve been to Pilate. His courtroom, as a matter of fact. Let’s just say I put his gavel in a very interesting place.”
Now, see? If the New Testament read like that, I’d believe in it. Here you’ve got the son of God coming back with six weeks on earth to wreak havoc, get revenge, maybe get a little somethin’-somethin’ from Mary Magdalene. Or the reverse – maybe he uses his post-mortem super powers to unite everyone on the planet, prove that he’s divine and turn the whole world Christian.
But no. He comes back, a few people see him, and then he goes off to God. What a wasted opportunity! Which is why I’d sooner believe in the Easter Bunny than Jesus. But that’s just me. I certainly wish our goyische friends and neighbors a happy holiday, with lots of good family gatherings and frilly bonnets and chocolate bunnies.
Although speaking of food, it does occur to me that if the last supper was, as they say, a Passover Seder, that means for his final days on earth, Jesus could eat only Kosher-for-Pesach meals. Forget all the other tortures of the crucifixion; can you imagine how constipated he was? That poor bastard.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches, in Great Neck, NY.
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Here is the 306th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Feb. 22, 2009. Info: davesgoneby.com.
host: Dave Lefkowitz guests: Rabbi Sol Solomon, spiritual leader of Temple Sons of Bitches, Great Neck, NY and actor Avi Hoffman (Too Jewish).
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Avi Hoffman(Too Jewish). Plus: Inside Broadway on Shipwrecked!, and a farewell to playwright Horton Foote.
00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN 00:09:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Avi Hoffman 00:37:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – News (37:00), Horton Foote (43:00), Shipwrecked! (47:00) 00:50:00 DAVE GOES OUT
March 8, 2009 Playlist: excerpts from AviHoffman.com.
Segment originally aired March 8, 2009 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews songwriter and humorist Gina Beltrami
Topics include: Christmas, “I Farted on Santa’s Lap”
Segment originally aired Dec. 14, 2008 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
