Yearly Archives: 2010

Wordsmith Words

More words I like from the Wordsmith Word-a-Day Mailing List Star Chamber A court or group marked by arbitrary, oppressive, and secretive procedures. Locum A person filling in for another, especially for a doctor or clergyman. Steenth 1. Latest in … Continue reading

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4F

A little instrumental piece I recorded in July 2009. Yet another off of my four track tapes. (See my Nirvana, Phoebe and Huggabroomstik covers.) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download 4f by Dibson T Hoffweiler

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Ada

Years ago Phoebe asked me to write a song for her to perform at a sort of variety show that was held at Cake Shop. Phoebe often writes about historical figures, so I wrote a song that would (sort of) … Continue reading

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Suddenly, Something’s Changed (Huggabroomstik Cover)

Continuing my 2009 tape dumps (see my Nirvana and Phoebe Kreutz recordings), here’s a recording of “Suddenly Something’s Changed”, a Huggabroomstik song. I’ve played the song many times with the band, but arranging the song around my guitar part gave … Continue reading

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Leftover West-Coaster Pictuer

So I took a lot of images while on the west coast last month, and I couldn’t write stories for them all. Here’s a batch of photos, unexplained.

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Bull Run, Beer Run (Phoebe Kreutz cover)

Continuing my unloading of 4-track recordings from last year, here’s a recording of Phoebe’s “Bull Run, Beer Run”. This was more fun than the Nirvana recording because I got more bold with experimenting with other instruments. [Audio clip: view full … Continue reading

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Buckeye Arizona Morning

March 21, 2010 – Buckeye, Arizona I wake up in a smelly motel room. Time to talk awake, and take a walk. I start on the sidewalk. Then I take to the road. My destination, a big statue, stands 40 … Continue reading

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Something in the Way (Nirvana Cover)

A few years ago I was invited to perform the songs “Something in the Way” and “Endless, Nameless” at a Nirvana cover night. It was a challenge to feel satisfied with playing the songs because I wasn’t familiar with Nirvana’s … Continue reading

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Space Rainbows: Shamona

When I was in Berlin last May I got to be in a band called Space Rainbows. After returning to the states, Space Rainbows Berlin continued to work. Here’s a video of them performing the song “Shamona”.

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Nintendo and Chamber Music

I played tons of video games as a kid; one of my favorite themes was from the Nintendo game “Metroid”. Here’s the theme if you don’t know it. It gets good at 30 seconds if you want to skip. 8-bit … Continue reading

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