Dave’s Gone By #597 (3/11/2017): FASSINATING

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Here is the 597th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 11, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: author Ron Fassler, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews author Ron Fassler (“Up in the Cheap Seats”). Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection #145 (Purim Jokes 2017), Greeley Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (funnies), Potato News, Saturday Segues (Purim, In the News)

00:00:01 DAVE’S GONE BY w/ Joyce (broken sound machine, dogs, cronuts, justice Askew)
00:30:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:03:30 POTATO NEWS
01:07:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (cable news, oreo peeps, SuperShuttle, nurses)
01:26:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Purim
01:47:30 Sponsors
01:50:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:22:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ron Fassler
03:17:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (funnies)
03:38:00 Friends
03:45:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #145 (Purim Jokes)
03:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:16:30 Weather
04:18:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 11, 2017 Playlist: “Tsuris, pt. 1” (01:26:30) & “Tsuris, pt. 2” (01:40:30). “Two Old Jewish Men” (01:30:00) & “Three Old Jewish Men” (01:39:30; Gilbert Gottfried). “Pretty Fly for a Rabbi” (01:31:00; Weird Al Yankovic). “Nudnick the Flying Schissel” (01:34:00; Mickey Katz). “Sol’s Glasses” (01:37:00; The Jerky Boys). “Medley” (02:15:30; Come from Away Toronto cast). “I Love My Wife” (02:19:30; I Do! I Do! Broadway cast w/ Robert Preston). “Rothschild and Sons” (03:11:00; The Rothschilds 1971 Broadway cast w/ Hal Linden). “Polka Dot Undies” (03:19:00; Bowser & Blue). “Po’ Boy” (03:23:30; Bob Dylan). “Positively Wall Street” (03:26:30; National Lampoon’s Lemmings off-Broadway cast w/ Christopher Guest). “Green Eggs & Ham” (03:29:00; Kevin Ryan). “I’m Bugged” (03:54:00; XTC). “The Great Health Care Trial Balloon” (03:57:30; Capitol Steps). “When I’m Gone” (04:00:30; The Bridges of Madison County 2014 Broadway cast). “Koreandogwood” (04:04:30; Devendra Banhart). “Red Irish Rose” (04:08:30; Tommy Maken & Liam Clancy). “The Revolutionary Costume for Today” (04:21:30; Grey Gardens 2006 Broadway cast w/ Christine Ebersole).





(pictured: Ron Fassler, Up in the Cheap Seats, Purim, Potato News, Sally Field in The Glass Menagerie)

Dave’s Gone By #596 (3/4/2017): ON YOUR TOCE

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 Here is the 596th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC radio, March 4, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: songwriter Tom Toce, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews songwriter Tom Toce. Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Playboy, Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Potato News, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Joan Osborne), Saturday Segues (Gary Numan, In the News)

00:00:01 DAVE’S GONE BY w/ Joyce (sabbatical, no critics, Columbia)
00:36:00 POTATO NEWS
00:42:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (dead horses & mump titers, hpv)
00:50:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:11:30   SATURDAY SEGUE – Gary Numan
01:32:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:00:00  GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tom Toce
02:35:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Joan Osborne)
03:03:00 Friends
03:17:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #144 (Playboy)
03:24:30 SATURDAY SEGUE (In the News)
03:52:00 Weather
03:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 4, 2017 Playlist: “Are `Friends’ Electric?” (01:13:30), “Complex” (01:19:00) & “Walking with Shadows” (01:22:00; Gary Numan). “Live for Loving You” (On Your Feet 2016 Broadway cast). “You Could Have Fooled Me” (01:58:00), “Our Fair City” (02:11:30), “Better than Rock `n’ Roll” (02:32:30) & “Welcome to Another Day” (03:57:00; Tom Toce). “I’ll Remember You” ({live}; 02:37:30) & “Quinn the Eskimo” ({take 1} 02:50:00; Bob Dylan). “Man in the Long Black Coat” (02:41:30; Joan Osborne). “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” (03:26:00; Paul Simon). “Moonlight Serenade” (03:29:00; Frank Sinatra). “Have You Ever Seen a Prettier Little Congress & Stability” (03:33:00; The Rothschilds 1970 Broadway cast). “World Tour Sessions” (03:36:30; Public Enemy).


(pictured: Tom Toce’s “Songwriter in the House,” Tom Toce, Potato News, Gary Numan, Playboy magazine)

Dave’s Gone By #595 (2/25/2017): CHANZES ARE

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Here is the 595th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 25, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actress LaChanze, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tony-winning actress LaChanze (Once on this Island, If/Then). Inside Broadway, Saturday Segue (George Harrison, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Ash Wednesday), Potato News

00:00:01 DAVE’S GOES IN w/ Joyce (glass butterfly, meowsical, potatoes, waka waka boom boom)
00:32:30 POTATO NEWS
00:35:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (potato news critique, hockey, tv conflict, potato visits, acting advice)
01:23:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:52:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – George Harrison
02:13:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:38:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews LaChanze
03:28:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Ash Wednesday)
03:56:30 Friends
04:02:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:43:00 Weather
04:45:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 25, 2017 Playlist: “I Want to Tell You” (01:54:30; The Beatles). “Badge” (01:57:00; Cream). “Woman Don’t You Cry for Me” (02:00:00) & “I Don’t Want to Do It” (02:02:30; George Harrison). “Finishing the Hat” (02:31:00; Betty Buckley). “Waiting for Life” (02:34:30; Once on this Island 1990 Broadway cast w/ LaChanze). “Another Hundred People” (02:50:30; Company 1995 Broadway cast w/ LaChanze). “It’s a Sign” (03:00:00; If/Then 2014 Broadway cast). “Something of My Own” (03:26:30; LaChanze). “Percy’s Song” (03:31:30) & “Copper Kettle” ({no-overdub version; 03:48:00; Bob Dylan). “Foot of Pride” (03:39:00; Lou Reed). “Funky Drummer” (04:03:30; James Brown). “The Jam with Albert” (04:09:30) & “The Restful Mind” (04:47:30; Larry Coryell). “Mirror in the Bathroom” (04:12:30; The English Beat). “CNN and the News” (04:15:30; Judy Gold). “Catacombs” (04:17:00; Poi Dog Pondering).

Pictured: LaChanze, George Harrison, Potato news, Ash Wednesday, Meowsical.

Dave’s Gone By #573 (9/3/2016): MOSS HEART

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Here is the 573rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Sept. 3, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: director Bob Moss (Playwrights Horizons), Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Playwrights Horizons founder Bob Moss. Plus: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Birthdays, In the News)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (VocabuLarry, tired of the fight, Bob Ross, pool, Potato Day vs. Scotfest, Fiorello)
00:42:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:06:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:49:30 Sponsors
01:59:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Birthdays
02:22:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Bob Moss
03:34:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (labor)
03:58:30 Friends
04:08:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:50:00 Weather
04:52:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 3, 2016 Playlist: “VocabuLarry and the Chair” (00:11:00; Baby Channel excerpt). “Stars” (01:00:30; Les Miserables 1987 Broadway cast w/ Terrence Mann). “Girl You Know it’s True” (01:43:30; Milli Vanilli). “Strange Weirdos” (02:00:30; Loudon Wainwright III). “Ordinary Day” (02:04:30; Dolores O’Riordan). “Tourniquet (Cynthia Anne)” (02:09:00; Chrissy Hynde). “Red Flag Diver” (02:11:30; Aimee Mann). “Politics and Poker” (03:25:00; Fiorello! Broadway cast). “Maggie’s Farm” ({live at Newport}; 03:36:30), “Workingman’s Blues #2” (03:41:30) & “Up to Me” (03:47:30; Bob Dylan). “Te Lo Pido Por Favor” (04:08:30; Juan Gabriel). “Mexican Hat Dance” ( 04:12:00; Allan Sherman). “Bialystock Seduces Bloom” (04:18:30; The Producers w/ Gene Wilder & Zero Mostel). “Biggest Wiener” (04:22:30; Bob Saget). “The Storm” (04:16:00; Tanya Donnelly). “Final Scene” (“Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” 1971 soundtrack).
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(pictured: VocabuLarry, Bob Moss, Playwrights Horizons, Gene Wilder)

Bob Moss
Playwrights Horizons
Gene Wilder

Dave’s Gone By #527 (9/19/2015): POST-SHOW RECAP

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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).

Leonard Cohen
Nick Cave
Dylan’s Oh Mercy
Shooby Taylor
Potato Day

Dave’s Gone By #526 (9/12/2015): TATER DAY

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Here is the 526th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 12, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (high holy days), Saturday Segue (Hank Williams).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Potato Day!, chalk)
00:19:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:37:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Mac Sabbath)
01:05:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Hank Williams)
01:29:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:48:30 Sponsors
01:52:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (high holy days)
02:11:00 Friends
02:18:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 12, 2015 Playlist: “Frying Pan” (Mac Sabbath). “I Just Don’t Like this Kind of Living” (01:08:00), “Setting the Woods on Fire” (01:11:00), “Farther Along” (01:13:30) & “Free at Last” (01:16:30; Hank Williams). “The Boy Friend” (01:45:30; The Boy Friend 1970 Bway cast w/ Judy Carne). “High Water (for Charley Patton)” ({live} 01:54:00) & “Days of `49” (alternate version; 02:04:00; Bob Dylan). “Love is a Four Letter Word” ({live}; 02:01:00; Joan Baez). “Potato” (02:20:00; Cheryl Wheeler).

Mac Sabbath
Hank Williams
Dave, Potato

Dave’s Gone By #477 (9/6/2014): SOMETHING TO FINK ABOUT

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Here is the 477th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 6, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (“Uzi Does It”), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (#11), Saturday Segues (Moby, Chrissie & Aimee), Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Muffins)

Guest: musician Janis Ian, Dave’s wife Joyce

Note: This episode has some audio issues, including some sections being monophonic on only one track. Apologies!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (back at last, chalk talk, potato!, teachin’, scripted comedy, Uzi girl, polka!)
01:12:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (Moby)
01:39:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:56:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Janis Ian
02:42:00 Friends
02:50:00 Wretched Pun of Destiny – Muffins
02:52:00 Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (the 11th)
03:18:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #106 – Uzi Does It
03:24:00 SATURDAY SEGUES – Chrissie & Aimee
03:51:30 Thanks
03:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 6, 2014 Playlist: “Honey” (01:15:30), “Mothers of the Night” (01:19:00), “Dream About Me” (01:22:00), “South Side” (01:25:30), “Guitar, Flute and String” (01:29:00) & “We are All Made of Stars” (01:31:30; Moby). (01:52:30; Big Broadway cast w/ Barbara Walsh). “At Seventeen” (01:56:30), “On the Dark Side of Town” (02:18:30), “Play Like a Girl” (02:26:00), “Searching for America” (02:33:00) & “When the Party’s Over” (04:01:30; Janis Ian). “Wiggle Wiggle” (02:56:00), “Tin Angel” (02:58:00), “Cry A While” (03:07:00) & “God Knows” (03:12:00; Bob Dylan). “You Didn’t Have To” (03:29:00) & “Human” (03:35:30; The Pretenders). “Like in the Movies” (03:43:30; Chrissie Hynde). “(Believed You Were) Lucky” (03:32:00; `Til Tuesday).” “Slip and Roll” (03:39:30) & “Ballantines” (03:47:00).

Janis Ian
Chrissie Hynde
Aimee Mann
Moby
The Uzi Girl
the chalky girl

Dave’s Gone By #438 (9/21/2013): GOOD TIME CHARLIE

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Here is the 438th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 21, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com. 

Guest: Charlie McCoy.
Featuring: Dave chats with veteran musician Charlie McCoy; Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (Leonard Cohen).

00:00:01 Pre-Show
00:06:00 DAVE GOES IN – Lousy Summer
00:22:30 DAVE GOES OFF – No Potato Day
00:34:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Leonard Cohen
01:07:30 Sponsors
01:19:00 GUEST: Charlie McCoy
02:41:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:55:00 Friends
03:00:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – After the Flood
03:11:00 Weather & Thanks
03:13:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 21, 2013 Playlist: “By the Rivers Dark” (00:35:00), “Our Lady of Solitude” (00:40:30), “Seems So Long Ago, Nancy” (00:49:30) & “Hallelujah” {live version} (00:53:00; Leonard Cohen). “Tower of Song” (Leonard Cohen & U2; 00:43:30). “I’ll Be Your Baby, Tonight” (01:16:30), “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” (01:26:30), “Desolation Row” (excerpt; 01:33:30), “Obviously Five Believers” (02:20:00), “Blue Moon” (Bob Dylan; 02:27:30). “Candy Man” (01:39:00; Roy Orbison). “Big Boss Man” (01:42:00; Elvis Presley). “The Boxer” (01:50:30; Simon & Garfunkel). “Baby” (01:58:00; Wilma Burgess). “Orange Blossom Special” (02:02:00), “Smooth Sailing” (02:13:00) & “Sticks and Stones” (02:33:00; Charlie McCoy). “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (02:07:00; George Jones). “I Know a Girl” (02:53:30; Chicago 1996 Bway cast w/ Bebe Neuwirth). “Here Comes the Flood” (03:00:00; Divine Comedy). “Theme from Flood” (03:04:30; They Might Be Giants). “Noah: Right” (03:05:30; Bill Cosby). “Mr. Noah” (03:08:30; Dave van Ronk). “This River Will Never Run Dry” (03:14:30; Moose).

Charlie McCoy
Leonard Cohen
After the deluge

Dave’s Gone By #437 (9/7/2013): COUNT YOUR BLESSING

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Here is the 437th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 7, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave’s chat with playwright Lee Blessing. Also: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Aimee Mann & Chrissie Hynde), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (love & theft under the hard rain), Rabbi Sol Solomon on fast-food strikers & more!

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: playwright Lee Blessing, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 Pre-show
00:00:45 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:09:30 DAVE & JOYCE – Uncle Grandpa (00:10:00), Alzheimer’s Walk (00:24:00), Potato Day (00:31:00)
00:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Aimee Mann
01:22:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:35:00 GUEST: Lee Blessing
02:19:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – love & theft under the hard rain
02:43:00 Weather & Friends
02:48:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #76 – Fast- Food Strikers
02:55:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Chrissie Hynde
03:06:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 7, 2013 Playlist: “That’s the Way You Are” (00:53:00), “Nightmare Girl” (01:04:30) & “Just Like Anyone” (01:11:30; Aimee Mann). “Rip in Heaven” (00:57:30), “Angel on Vacation” (01:01:00), “Voices Carry” (`Til Tuesday). “Give Me Your Face” (01:08:30; The Young Snakes). “I Don’t Care Much” (Cabaret 1998 Bway cast w/ Alan Cumming; 01:32:00). “Under the Red Sky” (02:21:00), “High Water” (02:25:30), “Shelter from the Storm” ({live, Hard Rain version}, 02:29:30), “10,000 Men” (02:35:00) & “I Threw it All Away” (02:39:00; Bob Dylan). “My Baby” (02:55:00), “Tattooed Love Boys” (02:59:30), “You Didn’t Have To” (03:02:00) & “The English Roses” (03:10:00; The Pretenders).

Lee Blessing
A User’s Guide to Hell
Aimee Mann
slow food
Uncle Grandpa

Dave’s Gone By #361 (9/17/2011): LOVELY RITA

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Here is the 361st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Sept. 17, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Actress Rita Gardner

Dave chats with actress Rita Gardner of the original Fantasticks. Plus an autumnal Saturday Segue, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (fall)  and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (9/11).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Autumn 1
00:33:30 GUEST: Rita Gardner
01:16:00 Sponsors
01:24:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Autumn 2
01:39:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:55:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Fall)
02:33:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on 9/11
02:41:00 DAVE GOES OFF – on Potato Day
02:52:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 17, 2011 Playlist: “Fall” (00:08:30; Bruce Cockburn); “The Leaves That are Green” (00:11:30; Simon & Garfunkel); “Autumn” (00:14:00; Moondog); “Summer’s Gone” (00:16:00; Frogs Gone Fishin’); “When Summer’s Ended” (00:20:00; Bill Morrissey); “The Summer of My Wasted Youth” (00:23:30; Amy Rigby); “The Last Rose of Summer” (00:27:00; Tom Waits); “Much More / I Can See It” (00:31:30) & “Try to Remember / They Were You” (01:11:30; Rita Gardner). “Much More” (00:47:00; The Fantasticks, 1960 off-Broadway cast); “Falling Leaves” (01:25:00), “Heart Full of Leaves” (01:29:00), “Autumn Sea” (01:30:30) & “Autumn is Your Last Chance” (01:34:30; Robyn Hitchcock); “Hotel California” (01:46:30; Eagles); “Golden Loom” (01:55:30), “Sitting on Top of the World” (02:00:00), “Spirit on the Water” (02:04:00), “Cat’s in the Well” (02:12:00), “The Wicked Messenger” (02:15:30) & “Idiot Wind” (02:17:30; Bob Dylan); “Hot Potatoes” (02:37:30; The Kinks); “Autumn Leaves” (02:57:30; Eva Cassidy).

Rita Gardner
Potato Day!
autumn
Rabbi Sol Solomon