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Podcaster JESSICA TAGHAP interviews Dave Lefkowitz
Topics include: radio, Miracle of Long Johns, Rabbi Sol Solomon, theater criticism.
Segment was recorded Nov. 10, 2015 for Jessica Taghap’s “Spotlight” podcast and rebroadcast (with permission) May 18, 2024 as part of the 944th episode of the Dave’s Gone By radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 944th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, May 18, 2024.
Featuring: Jessica Taghap’s 2015 podcast interview with Dave; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Agate); Dave’s Big Dictionary (lucrative).
Guest: podcaster Jessica Taghap
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (raining in Baltimore, free coffee, spicy chip, fox family, King Charles on canvas) 01:10:00 GREELEY TIMES 01:32:30 BUNION WATCH 01:45:30 GUEST: Jessica Taghap interviews Dave (Nov. 2015) 02:51:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: lucrative 03:01:00 Friends of the Daverhood 03:12:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Agate, CO 03:15:30 DAVE GOES OUT
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Here is the 552nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 2, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Tom Chapin. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (long johns), Saturday Segue (in the news), Inside Broadway. Guests: Singer-songwriter Tom Chapin, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (The Miracle of Long Johns, neverending tour, THC, Joe Franklin) 00:34:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (in the news) 01:08:30 Sponsors 01:13:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:44:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tom Chapin 02:50:00 Friends 03:00:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (long johns) 03:20:30 DAVE GOES OUT
April 2, 2016 Playlist: “Something in the Air” (00:36:30; Thunderclap Newman). “Mastermind Sketch” (00:40:00; The Two Ronnies). “Abortion” (00:43:00; George Carlin). “One Home Run” (00:48:30; Van Dyke Parks). “Don’t Just Stand There” (01:40:30; Patty Duke). “Quite Early One Morning” (01:45:00), “The Riverkeeper” (02:01:30), “Put a Light in Your Window” (02:11:00), “Down There” (02:24:30), “This Pretty Planet” (02:30:00), “Smart Without Art” (02:43:00) & “Remember When the Music” (03:29:30; Tom Chapin). “John Wesley Harding” (03:05:00), “Long Time Gone” (03:08:00) & “Caribbean Wind” (03:12:00; Bob Dylan).
Tom Chapin
Joe Franklin
David Lefkowitz in “The Miracle of Long Johns” at Studio Theater in Theater Row NYC, October 23, 2015. Photo by Farnaz Taherimotlagh.
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Here is the 534th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Nov. 28, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Charlotte Rae (“The Facts of Life”). Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later, Saturday Segues (Randy Newman, Allan Sherman), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, a call from Frendy, and more!
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: actress Charlotte Rae, friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (“The Facts of Life,” Small-Business Saturday, The Miracle of Long Johns, “Angels Hamilton III, Esq.”) 00:50:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby 01:17:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:40:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Randy Newman 02:02:00 Sponsors 02:07:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:26:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Charlotte Rae 03:27:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later 03:47:00 Friends 03:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Allan Sherman 04:10:00 Weather 04:12:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Nov. 28, 2015 Playlist: “The World isn’t Fair” (01:43:30), “Dr. Sayer” (01:46:30; “Awakenings” 1991 film soundtrack), “The One You Love” (01:48:00) & “Ragtime” (01:55:00; Randy Newman). “Memo to My Son” (01:51:30; Guster). “Ease on Down the Road” (02:24:30; The Wiz 1975 Broadway cast w/ Stephanie Mills & Hinton Battle). “Chin Up, Ladies” (02:27:30) & “The Shape of Things” (03:18:00; Charlotte Rae). “Ballad of Dependency” (02:55:00) & “How to Survive” (02:59:00; The Threepenny Opera off-Broadway cast w/ Charlotte Rae). “The Times They are a-Changin’ (03:31:00; The Beach Boys). “Saved” (03:33:30), “Travel On” (03:37:00) & “Santa Fe” (03:40:00; Bob Dylan). “The Kiss of Meyer” (03:57:00), “Smog Gets in Your Eyes” (03:59:30), “Headaches” (04:01:00) & “Oh Boy” (04:03:30; Allan Sherman). “December Rains” (04:16:00; John Cale).
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Here is the 530th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 31, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dave Goes Off on NYC and Longmont, CO., Saturday Segues (Tom Paxton, scary songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Halloween).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (spooky noise, Longmont, St. Louis ribs, The Miracle of Long Johns in NY, pay it forward, library blackout) 00:38:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:01:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (blood) 01:07:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Paxton 01:27:00 Sponsors 01:31:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (01:44:00): The Humans, Sylvia, Spring Awakening) 02:05:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Halloween) 02:20:30 A Low Blow from “Hi! Drama” 02:29:00 Friends 02:38:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Scary songs 03:00:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Nov. 1, 2015 Playlist: “Let the Wild Wind Blow” (01:12:00), “Prayin’ for Snow” (01:14:00), “All Night Long” (01:19:00), “Time to Spare” (01:21:30), “I Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound” (03:03:30; Tom Paxton). “Left Behind” (02:01:30; Spring Awakening 2006 Broadway cast w/ Jonathan Groff). “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1)” (02:06:00), “She Belongs to Me” (02:10:00), “Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag” (02:13:30) & “Handy Dandy” (02:17:30; Bob Dylan). “Hear de Lams a-Cryin'” (02:39:30; Paul Robeson). “Codex” (02:42:00; Pere Ubu). “Dead the Long Year” (02:47:00; Broadcast). “Pretty Polly” (02:51:30; Judy Collins).
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Here is the 529th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 17, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Tamara Tunie. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Arthur Miller, Miracles), Dylan – Sooner & Later (new morning).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actress Tamara Tunie, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (The Miracle of Long Johns, inventions, eye surgery. Muppets, Law & Order) 00:34:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Arthur Miller 01:44:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:45:30) & reviews (Robin Hood (01:59:30), (Ruthless! (02:04:00), (Something Rotten! (02:10:30)) 02:21:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tamara Tunie 02:55:00 Sponsors 03:03:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (new morning) 03:23:30 Weather 03:31:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – miracles 03:53:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Oct. 17, 2015 Playlist: “After the Fall” (01:25:00; Ray Davies), “Breaking Glass” (01:29:00; {live}; David Bowie). “Death of a Salesman” (01:31:30; Low). “Marilyn” (01:34:30; Dan Bern). “The Price I Pay” (01:37:00; Billy Bragg). “God, I Hate Shakespeare” (02:19:00; Something Rotten! (2015 Bway cast w/ Brian d’Arcy James & John Cariana). “Lush Life” (02:49:00; Tamara Tunie). “If not for You” ({alternate version} 03:07:00), “Went to See the Gypsy” ({demo version} 03:10:30), “The Man in Me” (03:13:00) & “Father of Night” (03:16:00; Bob Dylan). “Miracle Man” (03:33:00; Elvis Costello). “Long Overdue for a Miracle” (03:36:30; Whistle Down the Wind 1999 London cast). “Miracle of Miracles” (03:38:00; Fiddler on the Roof 1964 Bway cast w/ Austin Pendleton). “In a Miracle” (03:40:00; Chrissie Hynde). “Somebody’s Miracle” (03:44:00; Liz Phair). “Waiting for the Miracle” (04:02:00; Leonard Cohen).
Tamara Tunie
David Lefkowitz in “The Miracle of Long Johns” at Studio Theater in Theater Row NYC, October 23, 2015. Photo by Farnaz Taherimotlagh.
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Here is the 527th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 19, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Inside Broadway; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Oh Mercy); Saturday Segues (Cohen/Cave, Shooby Taylor).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (The Miracle of Long Johns at the Boulder Fringe, Sabado Gigante, Boulder bounties, hot potato) 00:39:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:01:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (potato day) 01:12:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Leonard Cohen/Nick Cave) 01:37:00 Sponsors 01:42:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:08:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Oh Mercy) 02:25:30 Weather 02:28:30 Friends 02:36:30 SATURDAY SEGUE (Shooby Taylor) 02:53:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Sept. 19, 2015 Playlist: “We No Who U R” (01:18:00) & “Jack the Ripper” ({live}; 01:31:00; Nick Cave). “Who By Fire” ({live} 01:22:00) & “Did I Ever Love You” (01:27:00; Leonard Cohen). “Finale” (42nd Street 1980 Bway cast). “Shooting Star” (02:12:00) & “What Good am I” (02:19:30; Bob Dylan). “Man in the Long Black Coat” (02:15:30; Barb Jungr). “You Tell Me Yours, and I’ll Tell You Mine” (02:41:00), “Tico Tico” (02:44:30) & “It Gets Better All the Time” (02:47:00; Shooby Taylor). “Miracle” (02:59:30; Cheap Trick).
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Here is the 524th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 29, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (noodles), Saturday Segues (In the News, Lewis Black), Inside Broadway, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Modern Highway)).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (school’s in, new bear, minions) 00:26:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:02:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Chicago) 01:17:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Lewis Black 01:33:30 Sponsors 01:40:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:02:00 Update: The Miracle of Long Johns 02:11:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Modern Highway) 02:41:00 Friends 02:51:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY (#50) – noodles 02:53:30 Sponsors 02:56:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:22:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Aug. 29, 2015 Playlist: “Bar Mitzvah” (01:20:00), “Getting Old Sucks” (01:22:00) & “Birth & Death” (01:22:30; Lewis Black). “Carried Away” (01:58:30; On the Town 2015 Broadway cast). “Someday Baby” (02:16:00), “Desolation Row” (02:21:00) & “Beyond the Horizon” (02:32:30; Bob Dylan). “Finale” (02:58:30; How Now Dow Jones 1968 Bway cast). “Eyes of the Immigrant” (03:00:00; Eric Andersen). “Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein (Erika)” (03:06:30; Tony Marshall). “Turn on the News” (03:10:00; Husker Du). “Miss September” (03:28:30; Liz Phair).
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Here is the 521st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 8, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor-producer Gary Waldman and Dave chats with UNC Radio programming director Matthew Davis. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Zoo), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Another Side Loaded), Saturday Segues (Buck Owens; In the News).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: entertainer Gary Waldman, UNC Radio Programming Director Matthew Davis, Dave’s wife, Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (dull week, car battery, Trump, sea captain) 00:33:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:08:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (long johns) 01:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Buck Owens 01:41:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:04:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Gary Waldman 02:49:30 Friends 02:57:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY (zoo) 03:00:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Another Side Loaded 03:16:00 Weather w/ Matthew Davis 03:20:00 GUEST: Matthew Davis 03;43:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:04:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Aug. 8, 2015 Playlist: “Where Does the Good Times Go” (01:21:30), “Only You (Can Break My Heart)” (01:24:00), “Together Again” (01:26:30), “Buckaroo” (01:28:30) & “It Will Never Be Over for Me” (01:30:30; Buck Owens). “Alexander Hamilton’s Rap Song” (01:59:30; Lin-Manuel Miranda). Musical Excerpts (02:44:00; Gary Waldman). “Motorpsycho Nightmare” (03:03:00), “Driftin’ Too Far from Shore” (03:07:30) & “I Don’t Believe You” ({live Last Waltz version}; 03:11:00; Bob Dylan). “Life in Prison” (03:44:00; The Byrds). “Debate Exposes Doubt” (03:46:30; Death Cab for Cutie). “Broken Aeroplanes” (03:51:00; Richard Butler). “Daily News” (03:56:00; Tom Paxton).
Gary Waldman
Matt Davis
Dylan’s Knocked Out Loaded
David Lefkowitz in “The Miracle of Long Johns” at Studio Theater in Theater Row NYC, October 23, 2015. Photo by Farnaz Taherimotlagh.
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Here is the 520th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 1, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Louise Harrison (“My Kid Brother’s Band, aka The Beatles”); Inside Broadway; The Wretched Pun of Destiny (chimney); Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Harrison); Saturday Segues (Bennett/Spence, Jerry Garcia); Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Cecil the Lion); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: author Louise Harrison, Dave’s wife, Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Tom McNally, Keurig, dancing, The Neville, Beatles, Hare Krishna) 00:40:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 00:59:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (dog phlegm, Come Blow Your Horn) 01:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tony Bennett/Joseph Spence 01:37:00 Sponsors 01:46:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:07:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Louise Harrison 03:15:00 Weather 03:19:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #47 (Chimney) 03:21:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Harrison) 03:43:00 Long Johns Update 03:52:00 Friends 04:04:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #120 (Cecil the Lion) 04:11:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jerry Garcia 04:33:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Aug. 2, 2015 Playlist: “My Sweet Lord” (00:27:00), “Beware of Darkness” (02:40:30), “Cheer Down” (03:07:30), “I’d Have You Anytime” (03:26:00), “Absolutely Sweet Marie” (03:32:30) & “Mama You Been on My Mind” (03:36:30; George Harrison). “Hare Krishna” (00:32:00; MC Yogi). “Our Love is Here to Stay” (01:23:30) & “Old Devil Moon” (01:29:30; Tony Bennett). “Conch Ain’t Got No Bone” (01:25:30) & “Happy All the Time” (01:33:00; Joseph Spence). “Easy as Life” (02:03:00; “Easy as Life” Aida Broadway cast). “If I Needed Someone” (02:27:00; The Beatles). “Something” (03:29:00; Bob Dylan). “Grateful Dawg” (04:15:30; Jerry Garcia & David Grisman). “Dire Wolf” (04:19:30) & “Wharf Rat” (04:22:30; Grateful Dead). “Time for August” (04:44:30; Julie London).
