Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/20/2014): ELLI (THE KING OF BROADWAY) MAYER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eliezer Mayer (aka Elli the King of Broadway)

Topics include: cabaret, Judaism, the Holocaust, Orthodox.

Segment aired Dec. 20, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #489 (12/20/2014): ELLI’S ISLAND

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Here is the 489th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 20, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Eliezer Mayer (aka Elli the King of Broadway). Plus: Inside Broadway, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Chanukah story (“Little Yomo and the Corned Beef Sandwich”), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Tree Hall), Dylan – Sooner & Later (winterlude), Saturday Segues (Frank Zappa, John Fry) and the Greeley Crime Beat

Guests: actor Elli the King of Broadway and Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (Jury Duty)
00:37:30 GREELEY CRIME BEAT
01:11:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – John Fry
01:37:30 Sponsors
01:42:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:04:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Elli the King of Broadway
03:02:30 Friends
03:08:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #17 – Tree Hall
03:12:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Winterlude)
03:30:00 Weather
03:33:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Frank Zappa
03:58:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #113 – Little Yomo and the Corned Beef Sandwich
04:20:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 20, 2014 Playlist: “The Ballad of El Goodo” (01:16:00) & “September Girls” (01:31:30; Big Star). “Get Up” (01:20:00; R.E.M.). “Little Ghost” (01:22:30; The White Stripes). “Call it a Day” (01:25:00; The Raconteurs). “Alex Chilton” (01:28:30; The Replacements). “Lament” (02:02:00; Into the Woods, 1987 Broadway cast w/ Bernadette Peters). “(I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica” (02:58:30; Tom Lehrer). “Kingsport Town” (03:13:00), “Winter Wonderland” (03:16:30), “Nettie Moore” (03:18:30) & “Winterlude” (03:25:00; Bob Dylan). “For the Young Sophisticate” (03:37:30), “Lonesome Cowboy Burt” (03:41:00), “Pygmy Twilight” (03:44:30), “The Idiot Bastard Son” ({live} 03:47:30), “I’m Not Satisfied” (03:50:00; Frank Zappa). “Chanukah (Shake it Off)” (04:17:30; Six13). “Winter Song” (04:23:00; Harry Chapin).

Elli the King of Broadway
jury duty
John Fry
Frank Zappa
corned beef sandwich

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/13/2014): SOPHIE B. HAWKINS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins

Topics include: music, Tongues and Tails, eating disorders, musicals.

Segment scheduled to air Dec. 13, 2014 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 #488 (12/13/2014): SOPHIESTRY

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Here is the 488th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 13, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Spike Jones, Keef), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Wig), Greeley Crime Beat.

Guests: singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins; Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (Dog Toilet, Barefoot)
00:49:30 GREELEY CRIME BEAT
01:21:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Spike Jones
01:38:30 Sponsors
01:45:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:14:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sophie B. Hawkins
03:33:00 Friends
03:45:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #16 w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (Wig)
03:50:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (candles)
04:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Keith Richards
04:35:30 Weather
04:46:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 13, 2014 Playlist: “Siam” (01:24:30), “Red Wing” (01:27:00), “I’m Forever Blowing Bubble Gum” (01:29:30) & “People are Funnier than Anybody” (01:33:00; Spike Jones). “Brand New You” (02:07:00; 13 Broadway cast w/ Ariana Grande). “Right Beside You” (02:10:30), “Lose Your Way” (02:25:30), “Damn, I Wish I was Your Lover” (02:39:30), “As I Lay Me Down” (03:01:00) & “Georgia” (03:28:30; Sophie B. Hawkins). “Women Walking Wearing Wings” (03:43:00; Christine Lavin). “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (03:52:00) & “Black Diamond Bay” (04:03:00; Bob Dylan). “Love Minus Zero (No Limit)” (03:55:00; Joan Baez). “Gates of Eden” (03:57:30; Arlo Guthrie). “Happy” (04:16:30), “Thief in the Night” (04:19:30), “Little T&A” (04:24:30) & “Slipping Away” (04:28:00; The Rolling Stones). “How I Spent My Fall Vacation” (04:39:00; Bruce Cockburn).

Sophie B. Hawkins
dog on a toilet
Spike Jones
Keith Richards

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/6/2014): NAN BAUER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews film expert Nan Bauer

Topics include: Criterion Collection, film, movies, food.

Segment scheduled to air Dec. 6, 2014 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 #487 (12/6/2014): BAUER HOUR

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Here is the 487th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 6, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with film expert Nan Bauer (Nanettesfeast.com). Plus: Dave and his wife Joyce go Inside Broadway (Peter Pan). Also: Saturday Segues (Waits & Sinatra, Jim Morrison), Dylan – Sooner & Later (Beacon), The Wretched Pun of Destiny, Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Bill Cosby, and the brand-new segment, “Greeley Crime Beat.”

Guest Co-Host: Dave’s wife Joyce Weil

Guest: Film expert Nan Bauer.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (k-cups)
00:13:00 GREELEY CRIME BEAT
00:35:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN
00:55:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jim Morrison
01:15:00 Sponsors
01:23:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:23:30), Peter Pan on TV (01:42:30))
02:05:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Nan Bauer
03:13:30 Friends
03:20:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #15 (Restaurants)
03:23:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Beacon)
03:48:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Bill Cosby
04:00:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #112 – Bill Cosby
04:07:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Waits & Frank Sinatra
04:39:30 Weather
04:43:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 6, 2014 Playlist: “Midtown” (00:13:00), “Warm Beer and Cold Women” (04:12:30), “Barcarolle” (04:22:00), “How’s it Gonna End” (04:29:00) & “Lucky Day” (04:49:00; Tom Waits). “Back Door Man” (00:56:30), “I Looked at You” (01:00:00), “Hyacinth House” (01:02:30), “The Spy – Version 2” (01:05:30) & “Love Me Two Times” (01:09:00; The Doors). “I Gotta Crow (Reprise)” (01:42:30) & “Hook’s Waltz” (01:57:30; Peter Pan 1997 Broadway cast w/ Cathy Rigby & Paul Schoeffler). “Like in the Movies” (02:01:30; The Pretenders). “If You were in My Movie” (03:09:00; Suzanne Vega). “Things have Changed” (03:26:30), “Scarlet Town” (03:31:30), “She Belongs to Me” ({alternate take}; 03:38:30) & “Beyond Here Lies Nothin'” (03:42:00; Bob Dylan). “Come Rain or Come Shine” (04:18:00), “I See Your Face Before Me” (04:26:00) & “Old Devil Moon” (04:34:00; Frank Sinatra).

Nan Bauer
Jim Morrison
Tom Waits
Frank Sinatra
Bill Cosby

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/29/2014): BABY JANE DEXTER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Baby Jane Dexter

Topics include: cabaret, depression, rape, AIDS.

Segment aired Nov. 29, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Sad Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood, Baby Jane Dexter, passed May 20, 2019. 

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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 #486 (11/29/2014): WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO BABY JANE

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Here is the 486th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 29, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer Baby Jane Dexter. Plus: Saturday Segue (this week), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Real Live), The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Tracy Morgan).

Guests: singer Baby Jane Dexter, Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (late start, Thanksgiving with Frendy, Paul Williams)
01:04:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – This Week
01:27:00 More with Dave & Joyce (auto-correct, Sting)
01:35:00 Sponsors
01:53:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Baby Jane Dexter
03:26:00 Friends
03:31:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #14 – Tracy Morgan
03:34:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Real Live)
03:54:30 Weather
03:57:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 29, 2014 Playlist: “Baby Jane” (00:45:00; Rod Stewart). “Jelly Roll Gum Drop” (01:07:30; Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention). “Everybody’s Wrong” (01:12:30; Buffalo Springfield). “Little Wing” (01:14:30; Jimi Hendrix). “Norwegian Wood” (01:17:00; The Beatles). “Gimme Shelter” (01:19:00; The Rolling Stones). “The Kids are All Right” (01:23:30; The Who). “I Got Thunder” (01:50:30), “You Really Got a Hold On Me” (02:11:30), “One Meatball” (02:25:00), “Chickie Chickie Chickie” (02:46:30), “Fifteen Ugly Minutes” (02:51:30), “Everybody Hurts” (03:16:00) & “Zing Went the Strings of My Heart” (04:02:00; Baby Jane Dexter). “Tombstone Blues” ({Real Live version}; 03:44:00), “License to Kill” ({Real Live version}; 03:45:30) & “Ballad of a Thin Man” ({Real Live version}; 03:49:00; Bob Dylan).

Baby Jane Dexter
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Streema
Dylan’s Real Live

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/22/2014): CHAZZ PALMINTERI & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Chazz Palminteri

Topics include: A Bronx Tale, Yankees, theater, Bullets Over Broadway, Robert De Niro.

Segment aired Nov. 15, 2014 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

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Dave’s Gone By #485 (11/22/2014): ALL THAT CHAZZ

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Here is the 485th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 22, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor Chazz Palminteri. Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (Murder in Jerusalem), Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Old Tea), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Rolling Thunder), Saturday Segues (Randy Newman, Thanksgiving Feast).

Guests: actor Chazz Palminteri, Dave’s wife, Joyce Weil

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (Oofty’s Nuts, UNC’s perks, Waste Management Phoenix Open, winter blues, bad-news Bears, Boing!, bad Bard)
01:32:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Randy Newman
01:54:00 Sponsors
01:59:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Chazz Palminteri
02:31:00 Friends
02:36:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
03:02:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #13 (Old Tea)
03:04:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Rolling Thunder
03:30:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #111 – Murder in Jerusalem
03:39:00 Weather
03:42:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Thanskgiving Feast
04:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 22, 2014 Playlist: “Laugh and Be Happy” (01:34:30), “Shining” (01:37:00), “Real Emotional Girl” (01:43:30) & “Losing You” (01:46:00; Randy Newman). “Have You Seen My Baby” (Chris Smither; 01:41:00). “Disc Jockey” (02:41:00; Mike Nichols & Elaine May). “Tonight, I’ll Be Staying Here with You” ({live 1975 version}, 03:09:00), “Isis” ({Live 1975 version}, 03:16:00) & “Sara” ({live 1975 version}, 03:21:00; Bob Dylan). “Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind” ({live} 03:13:00; Bob Dylan & Joan Baez). “A Lonely Grain of Corn” (03:43:00; Uncle Bonsai). “Pumpkin Soup” (03:46:30; Kate Nash). “Turkey in the Straw” (03:49:30; Neil Morris & Charlie Everidge). “Squash” (03:51:30; Townes Van Zandt). “Saving Grace” (03:53:30; The Cranberries). “Thank You Friends” (04:03:30; Big Star).

Chazz Palminteri
Randy Newman
Mike Nichols
Happy Thanksgiving