Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/15/2005): CHRISTOPHER RICKS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews literary scholar and “Dylan’s Visions of Sin” author Christopher Ricks

Topics include: Bob Dylan, poetry

Segment originally aired Dec. 15, 2005 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #152 (12/8/2005): BRAND NEW

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Here is the 152nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Dec. 8, 2005. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: folk-singer Oscar Brand

Featuring: Dave chats with folk-music legend Oscar Brand.

Note: Oscar Brand passed away Sept. 30, 2016 at age 96.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:03:00  GUEST: Oscar Brand
00:54:00  DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 8, 2005 Playlist: no songs.

Oscar Brand
your host

Dave’s Gone By #100 (11/4/2004): HEAVEN CENT

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Here is the 100th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s SGBB-AM radio, Nov. 4, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: broadcaster Joe Salzone, Rabbi Sol Solomon, spiritual leader of Temple Sons of Bitches, Great Neck, NY; and Dave’s wife, Joyce. Plus: a previously aired excerpt from Housewives on Prozac.

Featuring: Dave celebrates his 100th episode with guests (Joe Salzone and Joyce), highlights, and the history of the show.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:04:00 THE DAVE’S GONE BY STORY – 100th Anniversary Special!
00:15:00 Dave’s First Show (excerpt)
00:25:00 Guest: Joe Salzone
00:29:00 SKIT: The Long Island Haiku (from 9/22/03)
00:31:00 Guest: Housewives on Prozac (excerpt from 12/23/03 show)
00:36:00 Guest: Rabbi Sol Solomon
00:44:00 Guest: Joyce Weil
00:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT

November 4, 2004 Playlist: “Makin’ Poopies” (Dave, 35:00) & “Many Ways” (Dave, 52:00).

Joe Salzone
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Dave `n Joyce

Dave’s Gone By #48 (10/20/2003): TEN TWENTY, SIX THIRTY

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Here is the 48th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Oct. 20, 2003.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guests: actor Robert Clohessy, theater critic Jeannie Lieberman.

Featuring: Dave chats with actor Robert Clohessy and theater critic Jeannie Lieberman. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, a musical birthday tribute to poet Arthur Rimbaud, and Dave’s song, OxyContin Rush.

Note: Alas, this show had some technical problems, including missing the first couple of minutes and some audio over-modulation in a segment or two. It’s livable. – Dave

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments, introducing the guests.
00:10:00  DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: Actor Robert Clohessy
00:27:00  DAVE’s GONE CULTURAL: Theater reviews (Avenue Q, Little Shop of Horrors, Omnium-Gatherum) w/ critic Jeanne Lieberman.
00:40:30  NEWS GONE BY: Scary Ferry; Gaza Oops; Mother Theresa; China in Space; “I Have Amtrak”; Shoot Me in the Ass; Silicone Returns; OxyContin Rush; Bartman vs. The Marlins; Topless Roy; Ghettopoly; “School’s Food Sickens Pupils”; Punishing KISS.
01:08:00  DAVE GETS POETIC: Torn Down a la Rimbaud.
01:22:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous & best wishes.

Oct. 20, 2003 Playlist: “The More You Love Someone” (Avenue Q), “OxyContin Rush” (Dave, 42:00), “In the Ghetto” (Nick Cave), “End of the Night” (The Doors), “Babelogue” (Patti Smith), “Torn Down a la Rimbaud” (Van Morrison), “Shoot Me in the Ass” (Wesley Willis).

Robert Clohessy
Jeannie Lieberman
Arthur Rimbaud
your host

Dave’s Gone By #45 (9/22/2003): FALL GUY

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Here is the 45th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Sept. 22, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave greets the fall with autumn songs, the satirical News Gone By, and a look at Long Island Haiku. Plus a Nick Cave tribute and Professor Yoni Huttenanni Explaining Folk Music.

00:00:01  SKIT: A Suburban Home Companion
00:02:00  DAVE GOES IN: Opening comments
00:06:00  MUSIC: Autumn’s Child. A tribute to fall’s return
00:23:00  NEWS GONE BY: Hurricane Isabel, The Clinton Cookbook, Clinton n’ Clooney, Subway Announcements, Mas Mexicans, Cutting Yoko, Caught Weeding, Gravel Hoppin’, Team Spirit for Mepham, Tooth Soup, The Zirconia Switch, Bee Careful (Bad Pun of the Week), Cafeteria Food, Hard to Handel, Moon Power, Marathon Monk
00:51:00  SKIT: Long Island Haikus
00:57:00  SKIT: Folk Music (w/ Prof. Yoni Huttenanni)
01:08:00  MUSIC: Nick Cave Birthday Tribute
01:17:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Dave remembers Sheb Wooley & Judge Theodore Kupferman. Get wells & thank yous.

Sept. 22, 2003 Playlist: “Autumn’s Child” (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band), “September Song” (Lou Reed), “Autumn in New York” (Frank Sinatra), “September Girls” (Bangles), “Sorrow’s Child” & “The Mercy Seat” (Nick Cave), “The Purple People Eater” (Sheb Woolley).

Nick Cav
your host

Dave’s Gone By #15 (1/12/2003): TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED, & DAVE

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Here is the 15th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on WGBB-AM, Jan. 12, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest appearance: radio host Joe Salzone

Featuring: For Martin Luther King’s birthday, Dave Gets Poetic on modern black poetry and holidaze; salutes Shooby Taylor and offers the satirical News Gone By. Plus: the Cleola Bevers & MLK skit.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:13:00 NEWS GONE BY
00:26:00 Tribute to Shooby Taylor
00:39:00 SKIT: Cleola Bevers & MLK
00:50:00 DAVE GOES POETIC on Modern Black Poetry
01:07:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Holidaze
01:13:00 DAVE GOES OUT

January 12, 2003 Playlist: “MLK” & “Pride (in the Name of Love)” U2, “Freedom” Richie Havens (11:00), “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” (William “Shooby” Taylor), “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing, Just Open Up the Door…” (James Brown), “By the Time I Get to Arizona” (Public Enemy), “Ol’ Man River” (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, 73:00).

Shooby Taylor
MLK
Amiri Baraka
Joe Salzone
your host

Dave’s Gone By #9 (12/1/2002): EVOLUTION #9

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Here is the 9th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on WGBB-AM radio Dec. 1, 2002. More info: Davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Birthday tributes to Woody Allen and Dave Brubeck. Plus: The satirical News Gone By and insurance skits.

0:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:03:00  NEWS GONE BY w/ “Nirvanity” song
00:28:00  Woody Allen’s Birthday
00:31:00  SKIT: Unsurance I – for Christopher Reeve
00:38:00  Birthday Tribute to Joyce Kilmer
00:45:00  DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – Theater
00:51:00  SKIT: Unsurance II – for Run DMC
00:55:00  DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 1, 2002 Playlist: “Nirvanity” (Dave Lefkowitz, unreleased); “Eggs Benedict” (Woody Allen); “Blue Rondo a la Turk” (Dave Brubeck Quartet).

Woody Allen
Run DMC
I think that I shall never see . . .
Christopher Reeve