Dave’s Gone By #766 (10/3/2020): MEE TOO

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Here is the 766th episode–our 18th anniversary!–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: playwright Charles L. Mee, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward; Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Charles L. Mee; Today/Yesterday (Oct. 3 quiz w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake & David Sheward); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Custer); Dave’s Big Dictionary (plunder), Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (18 anniversary, The Boys in the Band, Trump’s Covid and taxes, Heshy Tischler)
00:58:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Oct. 3 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake vs. David Sheward)
01:42:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Charles L. Mee
02:45:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:20:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY (plunder)
03:33:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:40:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Custer)
03:41:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Charles L. Mee
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon & Charles L. Mee
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/3/2020): CHARLES L. MEE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Topics include: theater, Big Love, Watergate, polio, Joseph Papp, writing, zoom theater

Segment aired Oct. 3, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/14/2019): AL TAPPER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with theatrical composer AL TAPPER

Topics include: Imperfect Chemistry, baseball, National Pastime, Memorabilia, Knute Rockne, The Godfather, theater.

Segment aired Sept. 14, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #713 (9/14/2019): TAPP DANCE

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Here is the 713th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: composer Al Tapper, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews theatrical composer Al Tapper. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, StoryTime (fish, farts, etc.), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Mead), Today Yesterday (Sept. 14).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (octopus, Chabad, Morrissey, more new taters)
00:59:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Nicholas Haros on 9/11.
01:12:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:24:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Mead
01:29:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Al Tapper
02:21:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:41:30 TODAY YESTERDAY – Sept. 14
03:06:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:14:00 STORYTIME – Why Fish Fart, pt. 10
03:22:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 14, 2019 Playlist: “Heaven on their Minds” (02:40:00; Jesus Christ Superstar 2018 TV broadcast). “The Story of an Artist” (03:27:30; Daniel Johnston).

Al Tapper
artwork for National Pastime in Mexico
Why Fish Fart

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/16/2019): PHIL JOHNSON & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor PHIL JOHNSON

Topics include: A Jewish Joke, off-Broadway, comedy, The Blacklist, Chicago theater, Withering Heights, jokes.

Segment airs March 16, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #689 (3/16/2019): JOKING JEWS

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Here is the 689th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday, March 16, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: actor Phil Johnson, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (bon temps)
00:14:00 ASK A POTATO
20:00:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (rub out, Hakken Lee, college admissions)
00:44:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:12:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews: The Cake, Be More Chill)
01:44:00 GUEST: Phil Johnson & Rabbi Sol Solomon
02:11:30 STORYTIME – New Jersey: Past and Present, part 3
02:25:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:32:00 Colorado Limerick of the Damned – Highlands Ranch
02:35:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 16, 2019 Playlist: “A Guy I’d Kinda Be Into” (01:40:30; Be More Chill 2015 NJ cast). “I Gotta Be Me” (01:44:00; Phil Johnson). “Women of Ireland” (02:40:00; The Chieftains).

A Jewish Joke
The Cake
Hakken Lee
Highlands Ranch, CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/30/2018): KAREN FINLEY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with performance artist Karen Finley

Topics include: performance art, theater, politics, #MeToo, Grabbing Pussy.
Segment airs June 30, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #648 (4/21/2018): THE TAUNTED HOST

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Here is the 648th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook April 21, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Note: Technical problems at the radio station led to some dead air and gaps that have been removed for this audio archive.]
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: playwright Robert Patrick, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Peter Fitzgerald chats with playwright Robert Patrick (Judas). Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Storytime (A Cow for Hansel, pt. 7), Saturday Segue (in the news), Colorado Limericks of the Damned (Akron).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (blackout, poetry)
00:21:00 FAREWELLS (Gerald Nachman, Glenn Loney)
00:40:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (f’real)
00:48:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (Native Gardens 01:13:00 & The Electric Baby 01:25:30)
01:47:30 GUEST: Peter Fitzgerald interviews Robert Patrick
02:40:00 SONG: Chester’s Gay
02:45:00 STORYTIME (“A Cow for Hansel,” pt. 7)
02:59:00 Friends
03:09:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Akron)
03:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:31:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 21, 2018 Playlist: “Show Me” (01:42:00; My Fair Lady 1976 Broadway cast w/ Christine Andreas). “Certain Blondes” (02:33:30; Robert Patrick). “Chester’s Gay” (02:41:3 0; Dave)
“Crystal” (03:11:00; Husker Du). “Levels” (03:14:00) & “Wake Me Up” (03:37:00; Avicii). “Humble” (03:17:30; Kendrick Lamar). “Barbara” (03:20:00; Huey “Piano” Smith). “Bruno’s Place” (03:23:00; Loudon Wainwright III). “I’m Just Wild about Harry” (03:28:30; Shuffle Along 1952 Broadway cast).



(pictured: Robert Patrick, Gerald Nachman, Glenn Loney, Native Gardens at the Denver Center, The Electric Baby at the Arvada Center, A Cow for Hansel, Akron)

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/21/2018): ROBERT PATRICK & Peter Fitzgerald

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Gay icon Peter Fitzgerald chats with playwright Robert Patrick

Topics include: Judas, Kennedy’s Children, Café Cino, gay, California, The Haunted Host, Harvey Fierstein, La MaMa.

Segment airs April 14, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/17/2018): PENNY ARCADE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with performance artist Penny Arcade

Topics include: The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Andy Warhol, rape, Anna Liv Young, theater, self-censorship.

Segment aired March 17, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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