Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/21/2013): LARRY KAYE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Broadway producer Larry Kaye of HOP Theatricals

Topics include: theater, Broadway, The Velocity of Autumn.

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

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

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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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #449 (12/21/2013): OH, KAYE

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Here is the 449th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 21, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with theatrical producer Larry Kaye;  Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (Frank Zappa); Dylan – Sooner & Later (Xmas); Rabbi Sol on the passings of 2013.

Guests: producer Larry Kaye, Dave’s wife, Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (BYOC, TV Trade-In, Velocity, Sponsors, Going Gaga)
01:07:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Frank Zappa
01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & obits (01:52:00))
01:59:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Larry Kaye
02:55:00 Sponsors
02:57:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Xmas)
03:18:30 Weather
03:22:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #85 – The Passings of 2013
03:49:00 Thanks & Friends
03:53:30 Upcoming
03:56:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 21, 2013 Playlist: “Applause” (00:56:00; Lady Gaga). “Little House I Used to Live In” (01:13:30), “Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus” (01:18:00), “How Could I Be Such a Fool” (01:22:30), “Would You Like a Snack” (01:25:30), “Sharleena” (01:26:00) & “Sofa No. 1” (01:30:00; Frank Zappa). “I Was a Teenage Maltshop” (01:21:00; Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa). “I Wanna Be a Producer” (01:57:00; The Producers 2001 Bway cast w/Matthew Broderick). “Brotherhood of Man” (02:17:30; How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2010 Bway cast w/ Daniel Radcliffe). “Christmas Island” (02:58:30), “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (03:01:00), “Arthur McBride” (03:04:00), “She Belongs to Me” (03:10:00) & “Must Be Santa” (03:13:30; Bob Dylan). “Santa Quits” (03:32:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “The Twelve Complaints of Christmas” (03:37:30; Rabbi Sol Solomon). “The Only Thing I Want for Christmas” (03:58:00; Eddie Cantor).

Larry Kaye
The Velocity of Autumn
Frank Zappa
Dylan for the Holidays

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/14/2013): CAROL LAWRENCE and Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Carol Lawrence

Topics include: West Side Story, Handle with Care, Robert Goulet, Saratoga, Shangri-La, Mickey Katz.

Segment aired Dec. 14, 2013 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #448 (12/14/2013): OH, CAROL

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Here is the 448th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 14, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with actress Carol Lawrence; Inside Broadway; Saturday Segue (Spike Jones); Dylan – Sooner & Later (Wright Flight).

Guests: actress Carol Lawrence, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (swants, wrestling options, real singing)
00:53:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Spike Jones
01:20:30 Sponsors
01:23:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:39:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Carol Lawrence
02:39:00 More Sponsors
02:42:00 Friends
02:50:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Wright Flight)
03:20:00 Weather
03:22:30 Upcoming
03:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 14, 2013 Playlist: “Cocktails for Two” (00:58:00), “I Dream of Brownie with the Light Blue Jeans” (01:01:00), “Holiday for Strings” (01:04:00), “Der Fuehrer’s Face” (01:07:00), “The Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer” (01:09:30), “Jones Polka” (01:12:30) & “As Time Goes By” (03:29:00; Spike Jones). “Here Come the Fleece Geese” (01:37:00; Sexton Ming & Billy Childish). “Come Away with Me” (01:40:00) & “Warm All Over” (01:56:30; Carol Lawrence). “She’ll Be Coming `Round the Katzkills” (01:46:00; Mickey Katz). “I Feel Pretty” (02:06:00) & “Tonight” (02:34:00; West Side Story 1957 Broadway cast). “Saratoga” (02:13:30; Saratoga 1959 Bway cast). “Girls Like Me” (02:17:00; Subways are for Sleeping). “Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)” (02:53:00), “Jet Pilot” (02:56:30), “One More Weekend” (03:00:00), “You’re a Big Girl Now” ({live Hard Rain version}; 03:03:30; Bob Dylan). “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Al Right” (02:57:00; Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons). “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova).

Carol Lawrence
Spike Jones
Orville & Wilbur Wright
men in swants

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2013): MARY SHEN BARNIDGE

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Joined by guest co-host Joyce, Dave Lefkowitz chats with Chicago theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge

Topics include: theater, Chicago.

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2013 as part of a New Year’s special edition 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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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #447 (12/7/2013): OH, DONNA

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Here is the 447th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio Dec. 7, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Donna McKechnie. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segue (Tom Waits), Dylan – Sooner & Later (slavery) & Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Ronnie in Benghazi.

Guests: actress Donna McKechnie, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (library book, teaching, Chica, getting older, Dylan’s guitar & slavery)
01:16:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Slavery
01:42:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:01:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Donna McKechnie
03:11:30 Sponsors
03:15:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #84 – Ronnie Smith in Benghazi
03:22:00 Friends
03:33:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Waits
04:00:30 Thanks, Upcoming & Weather
04:08:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 7, 2013 Playlist: “Trust Yourself” (01:17:00), “Long Ago Far Away” (01:20:30), “Band of the Hand” (01:23:00), “Tombstone Blues” ({alternate version}; 01:27:30) & “Maggie’s Farm” ({live at Newport version}; 01:31:00; Bob Dylan). “The Sound of Music” (The Sound of Music 2013 TV version w/ Carrie Underwood; 01:55:00). “One (Reprise)” (01:59:00), “At the Ballet” (02:11:00) & “The Music and the Mirror” (02:23:30; A Chorus Line 1975 Broadway cast). “Don’t Look at Me” (02:04:00; Follies 1998 Paper Mill cast w/ Donna McKechnie). “Leave it to the Girls” (02:39:30; Annie Warbucks 1993 off-Broadway cast). “Turkey Lurkey Time” (02:45:00; Promises, Promises 1968 Broadway cast). “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” (02:51:00; Company 1970 Broadway cast). “You Never Had it So Good” (State Fair 1996 Broadway cast). “More Than Rain” (03:35:30), “Make it Rain” ({live}; 03:39:30), “Bad Liver and a Broken Heart” (03:43:30), “Anywhere I Lay My Head” (03:52:00) & “Come On Up to the House” (04:09:00; Tom Waits). “Mockin’ Bird” (03:48:00; Tindersticks).

Donna McKechnie
Tom Waits
Ronnie Smith
The Sound of Music on TV
Dylan’s Newport guitar

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/30/2013): SARAH KAUFMANN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews The Cheese Lady! Sarah Kaufmann

Topics include: carving cheese and carving more cheese

Segment originally aired Nov. 30, 2003 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #446 (11/30/2013): SAY CHEESE

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Here is the 446th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 30, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cheese sculptor Sarah Kaufmann. Plus: Inside Broadway, Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Thanksgiving Meeting Chanukah, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (grateful), and Thanksgivukkah Saturday Segue.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: cheese sculptor Sarah Kaufmann, Dave’s wife Joyce

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00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (football, nostalgia & New Orleans)
00:54:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Thanksgivukkah
01:18:00 Sponsors
01:21:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:50:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sarah Kaufmann
02:12:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (grateful)
02:35:00 Friends & Thanks
02:41:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #83 – Thanksgiving Meets Chanukah
02:48:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Current Events
02:56:00 Upcoming
02:59:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 30, 2013 Playlist: “Give Thanks and Praise” (00:55:00; Bob Marley). “Chanukah” (00:58:00; Lewis Black). “I Have a Little Dreidel” (01:03:00; Groovebarbers). “Thanks to You” (01:04:00; Chris Smither). “Grateful” (01:06:30; Blake Babies). “Thanks” (01:09:30; Pere Ubu). “Thanks for the Memory” (01:12:00; Bing Crosby). “Julie Taymor & Bono in Spider-Man” (01:33:30; Forbidden Broadway – Alive & Kicking!). “Question and Answer” (01:43:30; Violet 1997 off-Broadway cast). “The Cheese Alarm” (01:46:00; Robyn Hitchcock). “The Cheeky Cheese” (02:10:30; Sexton Ming & Billy Childish). “Covenant Woman” (02:13:00), “Tough Mama” (02:19:00), “One More Cup of Coffee” ({live 1975 version}; 02:23:00) & “We Better Talk This Over” (02:28:30; Bob Dylan). “Shir Amami” (03:00:30; Jane Siberry).

Sarah Kaufmann
Thanksgiving, Kosher-style