As part of the show’s annual New Year’s Eve special, host Dave Lefkowitz and his wife Joyce chat with friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby, and their friends Ute, Chuck, Julie Boyle, and Don Koontz. Plus a phone call from Chicago theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge.
Topics include: New Year’s Eve, David Byrne.
Segment aired May 9, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Please Note: The Mary Shen Barnidge interview has been abridged here, but the full chat is also available on this site and on the full episode (Full Episode)
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Here is the 491st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired Dec. 31, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Dave and his wife, Joyce Weil, ring in the new year with friends, call-ins and musical tributes.
host: Dave Lefkowitz co-host: Joyce Weil
Guests: radio personality Bob Cudmore, University of Northern Colorado Assistant Professor Susan Collins, theater critic Mary Shen Barnidge, writer Lisa Arata, Dave’s aunt Esther Brower and cousin Debra O’Brien, and friends Wendy Highby, Fred Cleaver, Ute and Chuck, Julie and Don.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:11:00 GUEST: Bob Cudmore 00:19:30 GUEST: Susan Collins 00:35:00 GUEST: Esther Brower 00:40:00 GUEST: Debra O’Brien 00:42:30 GUEST: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby, Uta & Chuck, Julie Boyle and Don Koontz. 01:45:30 GUEST: Mary Shen Barnidge 02:18:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #19 (Who) 02:44:00 DAVE & JOYCE – The Show 02:49:00 Friends 02:53:30 GUEST: Lisa Arata 03:14:00 THE CEREMONIAL TRIMMING OF DAVE’S NOSE HAIR 03:35:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 31, 2014 Playlist: “Big in Japan” (01:07:30; Tom Waits). “Wang Dang Doodle” (01:11:30; Howlin’ Wolf). “The Joint is Jumpin'” (01:14:00; Fats Waller). “Who’s Gonna Stand Up” (01:34:00; Neil Young). “Dangerous Fun” (01:37:30; Jesse Winchester). “In the Year 2525” (02:11:00; Zager and Evans). “Don’t Be a Misery Guts” (02:14:00; Billy Chyldish and Sexton Ming). “Love of My Life” (02:16:00; The Everly Brothers). “Dreaming” (02:20:00; Cream). “The Loco-Motion” (02:22:00; Little Eva). “Frosti” (02:34:30; Bjork). “By Your Grace” (02:36:30; Krishna Das). “Auld Lang Syne” (03:01:00; Barenaked Ladies). “To Everyone in All the World” (03:04:00; Pete Seeger). “Fun Time” (03:05:30; Joe Cocker). “It’s All Over Now” (03:08:30; Bobby Womack). “What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most” {excerpt on Liz Taylor} (03:23:30; Joan Rivers). “Spring” (03:26:00; Robin Williams). “A Gas Problem” (03:27:30; John Pinette). “Goodbye” (03:30:00; Little Me, 1962 Bway cast w/ Sid Caesar).
At UNC Radio for New Year’s: Joyce Weil, Fred Cleaver, Ute Kuntz, Dave, Wendy Highby, Julie Boyle, Don.Chuck, Fred Cleaver, Ute Kuntz, Wendy Highby, Don, Julie Boyd, Dave
