May 7, 2011 (show #353) RACK AND RUANE
Featuring: Dave chats with college newspaper editor Benjamin Welch and political pundit John Ruane ("The Wizards of Spin"). Plus: Inside Broadway (news, nominations & reviews), Saturday Segue (mother songs), Bob Dylan - Sooner & Later (mothers), Dave's appearance on WVTL's "Coffee with Bob Cudmore," and Rabbi Sol Solomon's Rabbinical Reflection on the death of Osama bin Laden.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: editor Benjamin Welch (UNC Mirror) and author John Ruane, radio host Bob Cudmore
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 DAVE GOES OFF - Osama
00:22:30 GUEST: Benjamin Welch
00:45:30 DAVE on "Coffee with Cudmore" w/ Bob Cudmore (WVTL-AM 1570, taped 5/3/11)
00:58:00 INSIDE BROADWAY, pt. 1 - Tony Nominations
01:14:00 BOB DYLAN - Sooner & Later (mothers)
01:40:00 GUEST: John Ruane
02:30:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon's Rabbinical Reflection - Dead! Dead! Dead!
02:40:00 INSIDE BROADWAY, pt. 2 - Obits (02:40:00) & Reviews (Potato Needs a Bath (02:52:00) & War Horse (02:55:30)
03:04:30 SATURDAY SEGUE: Mothers
03:17:30 Friends & Thank Yous
03:23:00 DAVE GOES OUT
May 7, 2011 Playlist: (part one) "Gimme Some Truth" (00:18:00; John Lennon); "Ain't That News" (00:43:30; Tom Paxton); "Tell Me, Momma" (01:14:30), "Mama, You Been on My Mind" (w/ Joan Baez; 01:19:30), "Shake Shake Mama" (01:22:30), "Tough Mama" (01:26:00); "Call Letter Blues" (01:30:00) & "Clothes Line Saga" (01:34:30; Bob Dylan); "Turn on the News" (02:26:00; Husker Du); "Small World" (02:37:00; Gypsy 1959 Bway cast w/ Ethel Merman); "A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing" (02:48:00; Promises, Promises, 1968 Bway cast w/ Jerry Orbach & Marian Mercer); "Your Mother Should Know" (03:04:30; rehearsal version); "Your Mother's Here to Stay" (03:07:30; Allan Sherman); "Mother" (03:10:00; Tiny Tim); "Mother Dear" (03:12:30; The Divine Comedy); "What Would My Mama Say" (Roger Miller; 03:24:30).
Pictured from top: UNC Mirror newspaper, Osama bin Laden, 2011 staff of the UNC Mirror (Dave - front row, second from left; Benjamin Welch - back row, third from right), Bob Cudmore, Tony Award, John Ruane's "The Wizards of Spin," War Horse, Shona Reppe in Potato Needs a Bath.
