Dave’s Gone By #58 (12/29/2003): PRETTY GOOD YEAR

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Here is the 58th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on WGBB-AM radio Dec. 29, 2003. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave bids farewell to 2003 with reasons to be grateful and a chat with theater critic Charles Gross (TV’s Two on the Aisle).

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: theater critic Charles Gross

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Greetings w/ New Year’s Hoopla.
00:18:00  DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: Theater critic Charles Gross discusses Taboo, Wicked, Wonderful Town & Never Gonna Dance.
01:04:00  YEAR END: Dave gives bunches o’ reasons why 2003 was a “pretty good year.”
01:23:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Thank yous.
December 29, 2003 Playlist: “Pretty Good Year” (Tori Amos); “Popular” & “Defying Gravity”  (Wicked Broadway cast); “These Are Days” (10,000 Maniacs); “These Are The Days” (Van Morrison).

Dec. 29, 2004 Playlist: “Pretty Good Year” (Tori Amos), “Defying Gravity” (Wicked original cast), “These Are Days” (10,000 Maniacs).

Charles Gross
Taboo
Never Gonna Dance
Wicked
Donna Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt in Wonderful Town
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/10/2003): CALDWELL TITCOMB

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Boston-based theater critic Caldwell Titcomb

Topics include: theater, Norton Awards, Boston, criticism.

Note: Caldwell Titcomb passed away at age 84 in June 2011.

Segment originally aired Nov. 10, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #51 (11/10/2003): THE YOUNG BOSTONIAN

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Here is the 51st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Nov. 10, 2003. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: theater critic Caldwell Titcomb

Featuring: Dave’s trip to Boston and catching Robyn Hitchcock in concert there. Plus: theater critic Caldwell Titcomb, the satirical News Gone By, a birthdave tribute to Neil Young, and the skit, “Eggs, Bacon and Penis.”

Note: Caldwell TItcomb passed away in June 2011 at age 84.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: A trip to Boston – Amtrak, quails, Havard Square, Robyn Hitchcock at Johnny D’s.
00:22:00  DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL: Boston theater, w/ critic Caldwell Titcomb. Reviews of Butley, Les Miz, Shear Madness
00:34:00  NEWS GONE BY: Gucci Goners; EU New; Happy Ram (Bad Pun of the Week); The Reagan Mini-series; Muscle Ache; Egg, Bacon & Penis; My Client Shot the Sheriff; Hunting Accident; Daddy Letterman; Sick Britney; Nuts to You; The Big Sloppy.
00:45:00  SKIT: Eggs, Bacon & Penis
01:01:00  SEGUE: Neil Young
01:20:00  DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 10, 2003 Playlist: “Uncorrected Personality Traits” (Robyn Hitchcock), “Flying on the Ground is Wrong,” “Southern Man,” “Scattered” (Neil Young), “Eggs, Bacon & Penis” (Dave).

Caldwell Titcomb
Neil Young
Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Simon Gray’s “Butley” with Nathan Lane.
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/27/2003): OCTOBER PROJECT (Julie Flanders, Marina Bellica, Emil Adler)

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Julie Flanders, Marina Bellica and Emil Adler – members of the band October Project

Topics include: October Project, music, Epic Records.

Segment originally aired Oct. 27, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/20/2003): JEANNE LIEBERMAN

Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Jeanne Lieberman

Topics include: theater, Broadway, Avenue Q.

Segment originally aired Oct. 20, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/20/2003): ROBERT CLOHESSY

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews actor Robert Clohessy

Topics include: theater, television.

Segment originally aired Oct. 20, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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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
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/29/2003): ART PAUL SCHLOSSER

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews outsider musician Art Paul Schlosser

Topics include: Have a Peanut Butter Sandwich, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Segment originally aired Oct. 20, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/8/2003) : ELLIS NASSOUR

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On Tony night, Dave Lefkowitz interview theater critic Ellis Nassour

Topics include: Broadway, theater, Take Me Out.

NOTE: Segment was only partially recorded; alas, the second half is lost.

Segment originally aired June 8, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #36 (6/8/2003): I HAVE NO IDEA

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Here is the 36th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM June 8, 2003. 

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: author Ellis Nassour

Featuring: Dave chats with author and entertainment expert Ellis Nassour. Plus: the satirical News Gone By, more on the WGBB saga, and Rabbi Sol Solomon explains the holiday of Shavuoth.

Notes: Because of technical glitches, the CD intro had to be newly recorded, 1/17/06, and the second half of the Ellis Nassour interview is gone forever. Sorry!)

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: As the WGBBleeds
00:11:00  NEWS GONE BY: Road Map to Pieces, Stamp Out Queen Liz, Fool-Proof Abortions, Teacher with a Hairbrush, Drop the Chalupa, Sosa puts a cork in it.
00:26:00  DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – w/ guest Ellis Nassour: Theater critic and journalist Nassour talks about the Tonys (Note: segment partially missing from archive tape)
00:31:00  SKIT – RABBI SOL SOLOMON on Shavuoth: w/ the Ten Commandments.
00:45:00  DAVE GOES OUT: Things in limbo…

June 8, 2003 Playlist: no songs. 

Ellis Nassour
Rabbi Sol Solomon
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