Dave’s Gone By #463 (3/22/2014): PUT A GORK IN IT

Here is the 463rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 22, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter John Gorka. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (boxing), Saturday Segues (David Brenner, Stephen Sondheim), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (hearing voices).

Guests: musician John Gorka, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:18:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews John Gorka
01:26:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:58:30 Ticket Giveaway
02:05:30 Dave n’ Joyce (RSVP, Michael Vick, Koonsman)
02:23:30 Friends
02:32:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Stephen Sondheim
03:06:00 Sponsors
03:13:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #97 – Hearing Voices
03:19:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (boxing)
03:48:00 Weather
03:49:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – David Brenner
04:18:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 22, 2014 Playlist: “Mind to Think” (00:16:30), “Winter Cows” (00:25:00), “Promnight in Pigtown” (00:37:00), “I Think of You” (00:45:00), “I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair” (00:57:00), “Heart Upon Demand” (01:02:00), “If These Walls Could Talk” (01:12:00), “Bright Side of Down” (01:20:00) & “Always Going Home” (04:22:00). “Jackson 21 Advertisement” (01:38:30; Mitch Leigh). “The Quest (The Impossible Dream”) (01:45:30; Man of La Mancha 1965 Broadway cast w/ Richard Kiley). “Someone in a Tree” (02:44:30; Pacific Overtures 2005 Bway cast w/ B.D. Wong). “My Friends” (02:51:00; Sweeney Todd 2005 Bway cast w/ Michael Cerveris). “Free” (02:54:00; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1996 Bway cast w/ Nathan Lane & Jim Stanek). “Rose’s Turn” (02:57:30; Gypsy 2003 Bway cast w/ Bernadette Peters). “Hurricane” (03:24:30), “The Boxer” (03:33:00), “Who Killed Davey Moore?” (03:36:00) & “Clean-Cut Kid” (03:39:00; Bob Dylan). “Silence & Marriage” (03:57:30), “Mothers & Fathers” (03:58:30), “Observational Comedy” (04:03:30), “Favorite Joke” (04:09:00), “Obit” (04:09:30) & “The Radio Contest” (04:10:30; David Brenner).

John Gorka
Stephen Sondheim
David Brenner
Eboy Wilkerson’s car
a canine Koons

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/28/2013): PHILIP CHAFFIN and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer and PS Classics co-founder Philip Chaffin

Topics include: Broadway, musicals, PS Classics, Tommy Krasker, Stephen Sondheim, The Frogs, Nine, Ray Conniff.

Segment aired Dec. 21, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/7/2013): DONNA McKECHNIE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews dancer-actress Donna McKechnie

Topics include: A Chorus Line, Michael Bennett, Company, Stephen Sondheim, State Fair, arthritis

Segment aired Dec. 7, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #364 (10/22/2011): JUNGR & GRAAETER

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Here is the 364th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 22, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singer Barb Jungr and actor-singer Jason Graae

Featuring: Dave chats with singer Barb Jungr and actor-singer Jason Graae. Plus: a Saturday Segue remembering Bert Jansch and Jagjit Singh, Inside Broadway (reviews of Intringulis and Follies), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflections on Occupy Wall Street.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:31:00 GUEST: Barb Jungr
01:24:00 Sponsors
01:35:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Bert Jansch
01:45:00 GUEST: Jason Graae
02:22:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (Follies (02:22:00) & Intringulis (02:37:00))
02:44:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Occupied
02:52:00 DAVE – Friends & Weather
02:58:30 DAVE GOES OUT
02:59:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Jagjit Singh

October 22, 2011 Playlist: “Things Have Changed” (00:09:30), “Sara” (00:14:30), “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (00:19:30), “Sugar Baby” (00:23:30), “Blind Willie McTell” (00:40:30), “Man in the Long Black Coat” (01:09:00) & “Forever Young” (01:19:30; Barb Jungr); “Come Sing Me A Happy Song to Prove We Can All Get Along the Lumpy Bumpy Long and Dusty Road” (01:22:30), “The Bright New Year” (01:37:00), “Alman” (01:41:00) & “Tree Song” (01:42:30) (Bert Jansch); “No Love is Sorrow” (01:38:30; Pentangle); “You I Like” (01:45:00), “It Only Takes a Moment/Loving You” (02:05:30) & “I Promise You a Happy Ending” (02:19:00) (Jason Graae); “Waiting for the Girls Upstairs” (02:22:00; Follies, 1998 Paper Mill cast); “Don’t Look at Me” (02:35:00; Follies in Concert); “Sarakti Jaye Hain Rukh Se Naqab Ahista Ahista” (03:02:30; Jagjit Singh).

Barb Jungr
Jason Graae
Bert Jansch
Jagjit Singh
Jan Maxwell in Follies
Carlo Alban in Intringulis

Dave’s Gone By #327 (8/14/2010): SUMMERY

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Here is the 627th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio, Aug. 14, 2010. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Dave chats with his lovely wife, Joyce, while she’s stuck in airport terminal hell. Plus: Summer songs, airplane songs, and celebrating the Pennebakers’ Company documentary.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN – Still Summertime
00:14:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – summer songs
00:31:00 Dave’s Summer
00:40:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Steven Slater
01:03:00 Sponsors
01:05:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – airplanes
01:42:30 GUEST: Joyce Weil – Delta hell
02:10:00 Dave on Company
02:47:00 Weather & Sponsors
02:53:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 25, 2010 Playlist: “Travel On” (00:14:00; The Weavers). “Summertime Blues” (00:17:30; T. Rex). “Summer’s Gone (Tell Me True)” (00:20:00; Frogs Gone Fishin’). “Celebrated Summer” (00:24:00; Husker Du). “Summer of My Wasted Youth” (00:28:00; Amy Rigby). “Is this Any Way to Run an Airline?” (01:05:00; Tom Paxton). “Jet” (01:008:00; Paul McCartney). “This Flight Tonight” (01:12:00; Joni Mitchell). “From the Air” (01:15:00; Laurie Anderson). “Flying” (01:19:30; The Beatles). “Leaving on a Jet Plane” (01:21:30; John Denver). “Barcelona” (01:25:00 w/ Dean Jones), “Getting Married Today” (02:19:00 w/ Beth Howland), “Being Alive” (02:29:00; w/ Dean Jones), “Being Alive” (02:31:00; w/ Larry Kert) & “The Ladies Who Lunch” (02:40:30; w/ Elaine Stritch (Company, 1970 Broadway cast). “Early Morning Rain” (01:28:00; Gordon Lightfoot). “Crystal” (01:31:00) & “Private Plane” (01:34:00; Husker Du). “Fly on a Plane” (01:37:00; Christine Lavin). “Mr. Airplane Man” (01:39:00; Howlin’ Wolf).

Steven Slater

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/16/2005): MANDY PATINKIN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Mandy Patinkin

Note: this is the semi-legendary interview wherein Mandy Patinkin hung up after less than 30 seconds, leaving Rabbi Sol five minutes to express his feelings about the actor.

Segment originally aired June 16, 2005 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #104 (12/2/2004): D IN DC IN DEC

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Here is the 104th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Dec. 2, 2004. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: Peter Fitzgerald, Vice President of WGLFAR, The Woodmere Gay/Lesbian Front..and Rear.

Featuring: Dave’s trip to Washington DC. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, Inside Broadway (Pacific Overtures & Billy Crystal), the Jeopardy Ken song and the skit, Fiddler is a Pouf with Peter Fitzgerald.

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:06:00  INSIDE BROADWAY – Pacific Overtures & Billy Crystal
00:16:00  SKIT: Fiddler is a Pouf w/ Peter Fitzgerald
00:28:00  DAVE GOES OFF – Jeopardy Ken & Dave in DC
00:43:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:53:00  DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 2, 2004 Playlist: “There is No Other Way” (Pacific Overtures original cast; “Jeopardy Ken” (Dave, “Five Daves”), “Wedding Dance” (Fiddler on the Roof original cast).

Harvey Fierstein as Tevye
Pacific Overtures
Alex Trebek & Ken Jennings now . . .
and someday.
your host

Dave’s Gone By #70 (3/22/2004): 70, BOYS & GIRLS, 70

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Here is the 70th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on WGBB-AM, March 22, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Featuring: Dave celebrates the mutual birthdays of Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Plus: The World Weird Web (Yiddish Cat) and the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:13:00  Birthdaves
00:17:00  WORLD WEIRD WEB – Yiddish Cat
00:24:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:58:00  Dave on Sondheim & Lloyd Webber
01:18:00  DAVE GOES OUT

March 22, 2004 Playlist: “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (William Shatner), “Number One” (Chico Marx), “Move On” (Sunday in the Park with George), “As If We Never Said Goodbye” (Sunset Boulevard), “Whistle Down the Wind” (Whistle Down the Wind), “Being Alive” (Company).

Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber
your host