Aired July 16, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 536th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 12, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Dave chats with old friend Jeff Goodman; Inside Broadway; Rabbi Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Hanukkah Haiku); Saturday Segues (Frank Sinatra, vacation); Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Sinatra’s Shadows); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guest: former guest co-host Jeff Goodman, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (so long semester, snu, temps, Eggley Bagelface, The Soup, Mama Doni, Hawaii Kai, Kaleidoscope, horse head) 01:12:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:47:30 GUEST: Jeff Goodman 02:36:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Frank Sinatra 02:59:00 Sponsors 03:02:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 03:23:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Sinatra’s Shadows) 03:40:30 Sponsors 03:45:30 RABBINICAL REFLECTION #132 – Hanukkah Haiku 03:51:00 Friends 03:46:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Vacation 04:16:30 Weather & Thanks 04:20:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 12, 2015 Playlist: “Chanukah Fever” (Mama Doni). “Chanukah” (01:08:30; Six13). “The Coffee Song” (02:39:00). “It’s the Same Old Dream” (02:42:00), “It Never Entered My Mind” (02:44:30), “You Make Me Feel So Young” ({live}; 02:47:30), “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (02:51:00) & “I Have Dreamed” (04:22:00; Frank Sinatra). “A Brand New Day” (03:19:30; The Wiz 2015 TV cast). “That Lucky Old Sun” (03:27:30), “What’ll I Do” (03:31:00) & “Stay With Me” (03:34:30; Bob Dylan). “The Draidel Song” (03:50:00; Mickey Katz). “Your Mind is on Vacation” (03:57:30; Van Morrison). “Take a Musical Break” (04:00:30; Dottie Burman). “Albuquerque” (04:02:30; Neil Young). “Take Me Away” (04:06:30; Oasis). “Homeward Bound” (04:11:00; Simon & Garfunkel).
Shalom, Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of December 12, 2015.
With everything going on in the world – the craziness, the killing, chaos in the GOP, E. coli at Chipotle—which is really confusing because how the hell are you supposed to differentiate noro-virus diarrhea from regular Chipotle diarrhea? Such distinctions are lost on me. But what we must not lose this mid-December is the arrival of Chanukah. Eight days of happiness and food and gratitude, and a reminder that every Jewish holiday isn’t about fasting and wishing you could afford maid service.
Sometimes we win. Sometimes the enemy who is trying to destroy us, or weaken our faith, gets a shank in the ribs. We did it to Egypt in a thousand BC, we did it to the Greeks—who bent over and took it—and one day we’ll do it to ISIS and ISIL and Al Qaeda and Boko Haram, and maybe the first guy who said, “Hey, it’s Halloween soon. Let’s put pumpkin spice in everything. Lattes, pancakes, donuts, beef wellington—doesn’t matter. Pumpkin spice is the new oxygen.” We need to get him.
Anyhoo, Chanukah commemorates a small band of Jews who would not succumb to the hellish Hellenic hellions who tried to hinder our Hebrew historicity. The second temple in Jerusalem was recaptured from the Greeks, re-consecrated as a synagogue, and retrofitted for Wi-Fi. And when the Hashmonaim were cleaning the temple, and making it minty fresh, they had only a drop of oil with which to light the holy candelabra, the menorah. And yet that oil burned day and night for eight straight days. The electric bill must have been horrendous, but the point is: miracles do happen. They happened then, they happen now. It’s a miracle that a computer can digitally print working human organs. It’s a miracle you can stare at a hole in the ground in a city block, come back six months later, and it’s an office building. It’s an astounding miracle that someone like me is on the radio.
So let us delight with our family, our friends—all the people we barely tolerate for fear of loneliness—and cheer the miraculous holiday of Chanukah. To do so, I have written a few short poems celebrating the Festival of Lights in haiku form. Haiku is a Japanese poetry style that is perfectly marvelous because it’s so short. As soon as you get started, you’re finished. Like a teenage boy on prom night. Your entire thought process must fit into a mere 17 syllables, which proves the Japanese not only invented haiku but twitter.
I pray that you enjoy these holiday poems from me, Rabbi Sol. Chanukah Chaikus:
Eight candles burning
On my shaky menorah.
Shit! Call 9-1-1.
Headline: Polish Jews
Suffer Third-Degree Burns When
Bobbing for Latkes
Judah Maccabee
And sons beat the Greek army
Yay for terrorists!
Happy holidays, my friends, and may all your dreidel spins come up hay. I’d say gimel, but why press your luck? This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches, in Great Neck, New York.
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Here is the 535th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 5, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author Michael Colby; Inside Broadway; Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (massacre); Saturday Segues (Tom Waits, Stone Temple Pilots); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: author Michael Colby (“The Algonquin Kid”), Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (jazz hands, the Algonquin, throat singers, “Nebraska”) 00:26:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:04:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Waits 01:26:30 Sponsors 01:30:00 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:00:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Michael Colby 02:51:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (massacres) 03:12:30 Sponsors & Friends 03:22:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Stone Temple Pilots 03:34:30 Weather 03:37:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 5, 2015 Playlist: “Shiver Me Timbers” ({early years version} 01:06:00), “Metropolitan Glide” ({live} 01:10:00), “The House Where Nobody Lives” (01:13:00) & “Woe” (01:20:30; Tom Waits). “Better Off Without a Wife” (01:17:00; Pete Shelley). “China Doll” (01:57:00; Suzanne Vega). “I Can Sing” (02:01:00; Klea Blackhurst, Christine Pedi). “It Could Only Happen in the Theater” (02:19:00; Polly Pen, Merle Louise, Michael McCormick, Timothy Landfield). “In My Dreams” (02:33:30; Julie Wilson). “A Different Holiday Song” (02:46:30; Amy London, David Gurland, Susan Hale). “Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre” (02:54:00), “The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar” (03:00:00) & “It’s All Good” (03:04:00; Bob Dylan). “Vasoline” (03:23:00), “Interstate Love Song” (03:26:00) & “Big Empty” (03:29:00; Stone Temple Pilots). “Chanukah” (03:41:00; Six13).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews lyricist Michael Colby
Topics include: Charlotte Sweet, Algonquin Hotel, New Jersey
Segment scheduled to air Dec. 5, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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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).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Charlotte Rae
Topics include: The Facts of Life, Prettybelle, The Threepenny Opera, autism, Li’l Abner, Pickwick, pancreatic cancer, gay husband.
Sad Note: Our friend of the Daverhood, Charlotte Rae, passed at age 92 on Aug. 5, 2018.
Segment aired Nov. 28, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Little Anthony (Gourdine)
Topics include: The Imperials, autobiography, music, Frankie Lymon.
Segment scheduled to air Nov. 21, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 533rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 21, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Anthony Gourdine (Little Anthony and the Imperials). Plus: Inside Broadway, My Sick Mind (Charlie Sheen), Saturday Segues (revenge, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (more Cutting Edge)
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guest: Little Anthony (Gourdine)
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (snowlessness) 00:19:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES w/ Joyce 00:42:00 Sponsors 00:49:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Revenge 01:09:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (01:21:00; Sistas) 01:31:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Little Anthony (Gourdine) 02:30:00 Friends 02:37:00 MY SICK MIND – Charlie Sheen 02:41:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (more cutting edge) 03:06:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 03:27:00 Thanks & Weather 03:34:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Nov. 21, 2015 Playlist: “Sweet Revenge” (00:52:30; John Prine). “Revenge” (00:55:00; Jules Shear & Freedy Johnston). “Revenge” (01:00:00; Chuck Bartell). “Revenge” (01:01:00; Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse). “Sun and Moon” (Miss Saigon 2014 London cast). “You Only Live Twice” (01:31:00), “World of Darkness” (01:44:30), “Hurt So Bad” (01:53:30), “Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop” (02:03:00), “Tears on My Pillow” (02:12:00), “Gonna Fix You Good (Every Time You’re Bad)” (02:20:00) & “Going Out of My Head” (02:25:30; Little Anthony and the Imperials). “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues, Take 3” (02:48:00), “Outlaw Blues, Take 2” (02:53:30) & “Pledging My Time, Take 1” (02:57:30; Bob Dylan). “Hostage” (03:08:00; Sia). “The Spy, Version 2” (03:10:30; The Doors). “Thanksgiving Stuffing” (03:14:30; Art Paul Schlosser). “Rolling in the Deep” (03:16:00; Adele). “Now Be Thankful” (03:36:00; Fairport Convention).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews voice teacher Barbara J. Simon
Topics include: singing, cabaret, New York University
Segment aired Nov. 14, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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