Dave’s Gone By #604 (5/6/2017): GROSS DECENCY

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Here is the 604th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio May 6, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: theater critic Michael Grossberg (Columbus Dispatch), Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Dave chats with Ohio theater critic Michael Grossberg. Plus: Inside Broadway (Tony nominations), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Nurse!, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (nurse)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (graduation day, the comedy bell, timed out, Blind Date in Chennai, ao)
00:48:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:18:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Nurse!
01:37:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (free SUNY, nasty Nastase)
01:45:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:23:00 GUEST: Michael Grossberg
03:17:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (nurses)
03:36:00 Friends
03:43:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:07:30 DAVE GOES OUT

“Happy Nurse” (01:18:30) & “Hot Meat” (01:34:30; The Sugarcubes). “Nurse” (01:22:30; Derek & Clive w/ Peter Cook & Dudley Moore). “I Want a Nurse” (01:23:00; Jack Barrett). “The Nurse” (01:25:30; The White Stripes). “My Big Nurse” (01:29:00; Brian Eno & David Byrne). Amelie Medley (02:13:30; Philippa Soo & Amelie cast). “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” (Forbidden Broadway w/ Nora Mae Lyng). “Time Heals Everything” (Mack & Mabel 1974 Broadway cast w/ Bernadette Peters). “Ain’t Talkin'” (03:19:00), “Drifter’s Escape” (03:28:00) & “T.V. Talkin’ Song” (03:30:30; Bob Dylan). “Child of the Philippines” (03:44:30; Here Lies Love 2015 off-Broadway cast w/ Conrad Ricamora). “Replaced” (03:48:00; Christine Lavin). “The Strike” (03:51:30; Paint Your Wagon 2016 Encores! cast). “Big Green Freak” (03:52:30; The Toxic Avenger 2009 off-Broadway cast). “Dead Flowers” (03:54:30; The Rolling Stones). “Graduation Day” (04:12:00; Daddy Long Legs 2015 off-Broadway cast w/ Megan McGinnis).


(pictured: Michael Grossberg, nurse!, poster for Blind Date)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/6/17): MICHAEL GROSSBERG

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with veteran Columbus Dispatch theater critic Michael Grossberg.

Topics include: Tony nominations, Broadway, War Paint, Anastasia, Groundhog Day, Dear Evan Hansen, Ohio, theater.

Segment aired May 6, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Dave’s Gone By #603 (4/22/2017): PLAY ON

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Here is the 603rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio, April 22, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Bruce Langhorne), Potato News, My Sick Mind (Aaron Hernandez), Saturday Segues (Barbra Streisand, In the News)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (earth day, achey pain, Broadway injuries, bad deodorant, waterpik, dui crash)
00:44:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:11:30 POTATO NEWS
01:17:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Barbra Streisand
02:35:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Bruce Langhorne)
02:53:30 MY SICK MIND (Aaron Hernandez)
02:59:00 Friends
03:08:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:44:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 22, 2017 Playlist: “I’m a Little Airplane” (01:03:30) & “Springtime in New York” (03:52:30; Jonathan Richman). “Foxey Lady” ({live} 01:36:30; Jimi Hendrix). “You Matter to Me” (02:12:00; Waitress 2016 Broadway cast w/ Drew Gehling & Jessie Mueller). “Gotta Move” (02:20:00), “My Coloring Book” (02:22:00), “I Don’t Know Where I Stand” (02:26:00) & “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” (02:30:00 w/ Harold Arlen). “Corrina Corrina” (02:39:30), “Mr. Tambourine Man” ({live Bangladesh version} 02:42:00) & “She Belongs to Me” (02:46:30; Bob Dylan). “Oh, Atlanta” (03:10:00; Alison Krauss). “Turkish Song of the Damned” (03:14:30; The Pogues). “I Bought Ads on Facebook” (03:18:00; Eugene Mirman). “Never Turn Your Back on Mother Back” (03:23:30; Neko Case). “Uptight (Everything’s Alright” (03:25:30; Stevie Wonder). “Baba O’Riley” ({live} 03:28:30; The Who).


(pictured: Barbra, Bruce Langhorne, Potato News, Aaron Hernandez)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/15/2017): DAVE DAVIES & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Dave Davies
Topics include: songwriting, the Kinks, Russ Davies, Ray Davies.

Segment aired April 15, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #602 (4/15/2017): THINK KINK

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Here is the 602nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 15, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Dave Davies. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Liz Phair, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (taxes).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (tax day, Blind Date in Chennai, musical siblings, crash day, seder song)
00:51:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:22:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Liz Phair
01:48:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:19:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Dave Davies
03:11:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (taxes)
03:37:00 Friends
03:51:30 Sponsors
03:54:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:41:30 Thanks & Weather
04:45:30 DAVE GOES OUT

April 15, 2017 Playlist: “Samba Snails” (00:59:30; Sexton Ming). “6’1” (01:28:00), “Table for One” (01:34:30) & “Never Said” (01:38:30; Liz Phair). “Friend of Mine” (01:31:00; Juliana Hatfield). “I’m not Bessie” & Give Me a Pigfoot” (Linda Hopkins). “Death of a Clown.” “I’m not Bessie (Intro)/Give me a Pigfoot” (02:16:30; Linda Hopkins). “Death of a Clown” (02:19:00), “Party Line” (02:31:00), “You Really Got Me” (02:37:30), “Two Sisters” (02:44:00), “You Don’t Know My Name” (03:09:00) & “Waterloo Sunset” (04:47:30). “World of Our Own” (02:52:00; Dave Davies). “The Levee’s Gonna Break” (03:14:00), “Copper Kettle” (03:19:30) & “Ballad of a Thin Man” ({live – no direction home} 03:23:30; Bob Dylan). “Old King Donald” (03:38:30; Drew Velting). “Out of Egypt” (03:56:00; Nikki Sudden). “The Airplane Part II” (04:01:30; Uncle Bonsai). “Hum Bomb” (04:06:00; Allen Ginsberg). “I Bombed Korea” (04:09:00; CAKE). “Centerfold” (04:11:00; J. Geils Band). “Before Easter” (04:15:00; Tracy Chapman).
(pictured: Dave Davies then & now, Liz Phair, Blind Date)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/8/2017): WENDY HIGHBY

Joined by his wife Joyce, Dave Lefkowitz chats with friend and librarian, Wendy Highby.
Topics include: SuperShuttle, caffeine.

Segment aired April 8, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #601 (4/8/2017): MERSCH MADNESS

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Here is the 601st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio, April 8, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guest: author Michael Merschel (Dallas Morning News), friend Wendy Highby, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer Michael Merschel (“Revenge of the Star Survivors”). Plus: Inside Broadway, A call from Frendy (Wendy Highby & Fred Cleaver), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Brandeis Skyline), Saturday Segue (In the News, Tom n’ Tim)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (chicken suit, NEA/USC)
00:14:00 GUEST: Wendy Highby
00:35:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (Bette n’ Joan, Cheese Weasel Day, Gary Austin, Blind Date in Chennai)
01:06:00 Sponsors
01:08:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:19:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom n’ Tim
01:45:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:28:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Michael Merschel
03:19:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Brandeis Skyline)
03:40:00 Friends
03:50:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:34:00 Weather
04:36:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 8, 2017: “Caffeine” (00:28:00; Wendy Highby). “Be Prepared” (01:27:00), “She’s My Girl” (01:31:00) & “Oedipus Rex” (01:36:00; Tom Lehrer). “All That I Want is You” (01:28:30) & “She Left Me with the Herpes” (01:34:00; Tiny Tim). “Tommy Can You Hear Me” (02:26:00; The Who). “Nashville Skyline Rag” (03:23:30) & “Bob Dylan’s Dream” (03:26:30; Bob Dylan). “Lay Lady Lay” (03:32:00; Duran Duran). “St. Petersburg” (03:51:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “Nuclear War” (03:53:30; Sun Ra). “A Certain Chemical” (03:57:30; Soda). “Martin Scorsese Tribute” (04:02:30; Don Rickles). “Passover” (04:05:30; Make Me a Song 2008 off-Broadway cast). “Got the Farm Land Blues” (04:09:30; Carolina Tar Heels). “Exodus” (04:44:00; Bob Marley).






(pictured: Michael Merschel, Wendy Highby, Cheese Weasel Day, Tom Lehrer, Tiny Tim, Blind Date in Chennai) 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/8/2017): MICHAEL MERSCHEL and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews author Michael Merschel
Topics include: Dallas Morning News, newspapers, Revenge of the Star Survivors.
Segment airs April 8, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone Gone By #600 (4/1/2017): NO FOOLING

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Here is the 600th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 1, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: A tribute to Dave’s 600th show! with Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Richard Thompson, Foolish Things), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Triplicate), Potato News, Inside Broadway)

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (happy #600!, nova lox, new airbag, Peggy)
00:35:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:13:00 POTATO NEWS
01:19:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Richard Thompson
01:45:00 Nostalgia Time (includes excerpts from episode #300 with Jeff Goodman)
02:10:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:37:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Triplicate)
02:55:30 More Nostalgia Time (w/excerpts of Issa, Juliana Hatfield, & Wing)
03:05:00 Friends
03:26:00 Saturday Segue – Foolish Things
03:44:30 Weather
03:47:30 Even More Nostalgia Time (come!)
03:55:00 DAVE GOES OUT
04:03:00 April Fool!

April 1, 2017 Playlist: “She Never Could Resist a Winding Road” (01:23:30), “I Still Dream” ({live} 01:28:00), “Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love” (01:33:30), “First Light” ({w/Linda Thompson}; 01:37:00; Richard Thompson). “Some Girls” (Once on this Island 1990 Broadway cast w/ Jerry Dixon). “The Best is Yet to Come” (02:42:00), “I Could Have Told You” (02:45:00), “These Foolish Things” (02; Bob Dylan). “My Chanukah Wish” (03:15:30; Dave). “April Fools” (03:27:00; Aretha Franklin). “I’m Just Your Fool” (03:30:30; Little Walter). “I’m a Fool for You” (03:33:00; The Impressions). “You Old Fool” (03:35:30; The Weavers). “Fool About You” (03:38:30; Hank Williams). “How Could I Be Such a Fool?” (03:39:30; Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention). “April Fools” (03:59:00; Rufus Wainwright).







(pictured: Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan’s Triplicate, Our 300th show, gored matador, Potato News)

Dave’s Gone By #599 (3/25/2017): SUPREME COURTED

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Here is the 599th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 25, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: singer Mary Wilson, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with The Supremes’s Mary Wilson. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (first boots), Saturday Segues (Chuck Berry, In the News).

Note: Mary Wilson passed Feb. 8, 2021 at age 76.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (healthcare, haribo, skee ball, personhood, the nuns, Spanish class, morning news, toilet nightlight, the great oreo peep experiment)
01:02:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:26:30 Sponsors
01:31:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Chuck Berry
01:58:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:27:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Mary Wilson
03:21:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (first boots)
03:44:00 Friends
04:02:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
04:41:30 Weather
04:43:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 25, 2017 Playlist: “Potato Love” (00:28:00) & “Batinhas” (00:48:30; Small Potatoes). “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man” (01:39:00), “Adulteen” (01:40:30), “Stop and Listen” (01:48:00), “Let it Rock” (01:50:30; Chuck Berry). “Round and Round” (01:43:00; The Rolling Stones). “Too Much Monkey Business” (01:46:00; The Beatles). “When Veruca Says” (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2013 London cast). “Come See About Me” (02:27:00), “Stop in the Name of Love” (02:50:00), “Floy Joy” (02:57:00), “He’s My Sunny Boy” (04:46:00; The Supremes). “Supremes Medley” (02:34:30) “You Can’t Hurry Love” (02:44:00), “Love Talk” (03:03:00) & “Time to Move On” (03:19:00; Mary Wilson). “He was a Friend of Mine” (03:30:00), “Santa Fe” (03:34:00) & “Golden Loom” (03:36:00). “How I Learned to Play Guitar” (03:55:00; Christine Lavin). “London Calling” (04:03:30; The Clash). “Hello from the Gutter” (04:07:00; Overkill). “I’ve Still Got My Health” (Panama Hattie 1940 Broadway cast w/ Ethel Merman). “Palisades Park” (04:14:00; Freddy Cannon).

(pictured: Mary Wilson, Bob Dylan’s Bootlegs v. 1-3, Chuck Berry)