Bellingham Songwriters' Group Archives

Songs and assignments by date, most recent first. Assignments are in italics
Archiving is still incomplete. More soon!//Zeke
Last updated Sep 4, 2010

2010: jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug
2009: jan feb apr may jun jul aug oct nov dec
2008: jan feb mar jun jul sep oct nov dec
2007: jan feb apr sep
2006: jan feb sep dec
2005: jan feb apr may jun jul oct nov
2004: jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep nov dec
2003: jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
2002: jan feb mar apr may jun jul dec

aug 24, 2010
Zeke Hoskin : Simple Song Lemonade Tango
Rob Lopresti : The Devil's On Your Trail Return Of The Student waltz
Devan Wardrop-Saxton : casey English words to Hungarian tune
Aaron Sanger : Figure It Out upbeat blues about moving in
Zeke Hoskin : Past Life

jul 15, 2010
Zeke Hoskin : Bed Making Chanty
Rob Lopresti : There Were Three Of Us Oil Spill
Johnny Janssen : Hold Back The Rain
Zeke Hoskin : Teaching The Horse To Sing Rolling Stones Song
Rob Lopresti : Don't Make Me Take A Vacation

jun 15, 2010
Katey Roemmele : Magnets On The Fridge (reprise)
Derrick Mears : IS Life A Dream? All My daughters
Flip Breskin : Coming Out To Bellingham
Rob Lopresti : My Beard Jacques Brel Song
Zeke Hoskin : I Met Her On The Internet Bo Diddley Rhythm
Katey Roemmele : Perfect Little Life
Derrick Mears : Butterfly Life
Rob Lopresti : Tuesday Man

may 20, 2010
Zeke Hoskin : Good Old-Fashioned Phone Book
Rob Lopresti /Zeke Hoskin : The Eagle sails Today
Rob Lopresti : Mother And Daughter
Susan Weiner : Happily Ever After
Derrick Mears : Suburbs
Johnny Janssen : (Two Songs In One)
Katey Roemmele : The Road

apr 15, 2010
Zeke Hoskin : Get That Chair Phone Book
Rob Lopresti : The Little Town Pompeii
Derrick Mears : Forget All About You (not filed) funny song abt suburbia
Zeke Hoskin : Stoned Valentine
Rob Lopresti : I'm Not Hurt
Derrick Mears : Nothing Left To Say

mar 11, 2010
Rob Lopresti : Rivers (Nobody Knows The Names Of All) Life Without Chocolate
Derrick Mears : Ode To The Parent Of A Teenager Trophy Kids
Zeke Hoskin : The Body Of A Teenager Two Chairs
Katey Roemmele : First Impression
Johnny Janssen : Pancho's Dying Words Country Love Song with motorboat
Katey Roemmele : The Music Made Me Do It (reprise)
Derrick Mears : Deal With Us Yet

feb 04, 2010
Zeke Hoskin : The Girl That's Made for Me First thing I remember after a dream
Derrick Mears : Larry's Song funny hornpipe
Marie Eaton : Journey With a Friend what does cedar tree say
Beate Degen : The Dream 1st day of school
Rob Lopresti : We Are Still Together 2nd chance of 1st impression
Katey Roemmele : The Music Made Me Do It translate Italian song
Zeke Hoskin : Recipe for Disaster(reprise)
Katey Roemmele : pain of love lost

jan 07, 2010
Zeke Hoskin : I Never Fought A War couples cooperating to deceive
Rob Lopresti : Working On My Novel living with a gym rat
Derrick Mears : Now I Don't Sing Any More song about his dog
Marie Eaton : May It Be Beautiful airport hell
Rob Lopresti : Mixed Blessing
Ellen Johnson : Merry Christmas for an empty nest

dec 08, 2009
Zeke Hoskin : Recipe For Disaster favorite article of clothing
Rob Lopresti : The Bobolink Inn Sea shanty about family
Katey Roemmele : Bad connection
Derrick Mears : Goodbye(reprise) Why I Don't Sing Any More
Derrick Mears : No One Else Will Know

nov 03, 2009
Zeke Hoskin : My Girl Dee Assignment: Recipe Song for Disaster
Ellen Johnson : A Bear Lullaby Assignment: Country-Western Song avoiding/reversing cliches
Rob Lopresti : On The Way To Bellingham Assignment: Hanging Out At The Gym
Derrick Mears : Goodbye Assignment: finish it
Katey Roemmele : My Heart Skips A Beat Assignment: New Lyrics
Zeke Hoskin : Blood On The Pumpkin

oct 06, 2009
Zeke Hoskin : Johnson Street Bridge Song that includes chords in lyrics
Rob Lopresti : Helen Of Troy A future historical song
Ellen Johnson : La Bete Noir - Tale Of a Terrier: Contents of refrigerator
Katey Roemmele : Love In An Instant (reprise)
Zeke Hoskin : Context (reprise)
Zeke Hoskin : Cardboard Box
Katey Roemmele : Love Defies Gravity (reprise)

aug 27, 2009
Rob Lopresti : Wooden Shoes Blues Assignment: I'm No Good At That
Katey Roemmele : Love Defies Gravity Assignment:song juxtaposing unuual combinations of nouns and adjectives
Zeke Hoskin : Tonic Assignment: In Praise Of Cardboard
Katey Roemmele : Love At First Sight
Zeke Hoskin : Another Big Lie

jul 23, 2009
Rob Lopresti : The Only Town In Ireland what the owl didn't say
Zeke Hoskin : Goodbye, Dick 5 rogues and a parrot
Katey Roemmele : One Kiss
Rob Lopresti : Something Else (You Should Do)
Zeke Hoskin : Neighbors (unfinished)
Katey Roemmele : She's No Good At Makin New Mrmories (reprise)

jun 18, 2009
Rob Lopresti : Life In The Garden
Katey Roemmele : She's No Good At Making New Memories
Zeke Hoskin : Mars Rover
Rob Lopresti : Genevieve
Katey Roemmele : Pretty Maids All In A Row

may 09, 2009
Rob Lopresti : Get Out Of The Pipeline
Zeke Hoskin : Lint Trap
Susan Weiner : Untitled, begins "Winters here aren't often pretty"
Zeke Hoskin : Pain Pills
Susan Weiner : Let's Pretend

apr 02, 2009
Rob Lopresti : The Call To Adventure
Zeke Hoskin : Ninety Year Focus
Lili McGovern /Vicky Reardon : Vegetarian
Vicky Reardon /Cathy Sturgeon : I Wanna Be Wrong
Rob Lopresti : These Days

feb 17, 2009
Rob Lopresti : Football Tango
Zeke Hoskin : Pi(e) day
Katey Roemmele : The Piles Won't Love You Back
Flip Breskin : Tom's Guitar
Lili McGovern : Back To You
Rob Lopresti : A-Weeding We Must Go

jan 09, 2009
Zeke Hoskin : Christmas With No Ferrari
Katey Roemmele : The Piles Won't Love You Back
Flip Breskin : Tom's Guitar
Lili McGovern : Let Night Fall
Cherie Donovan : Talk To Me, I'm So Ready

dec 16, 2008
Katey Roemmele : Magnets On The Fridge
McKane Lakey : untitled instumental
Zeke Hoskin : Which Finger?
Katey Roemmele : We Believe

nov 18, 2008
Rob Lopresti : The Best Years Of Your Life
Zeke Hoskin : The Roeder Home
Marie Eaton : Yes We Can
Ellen Johnson : Talking Trash
Vicky Reardon : Jena High School
Lili McGovern : Black Confetti
Katey Roemmele : Daily Special

oct 21, 2008
Zeke Hoskin : Infernal Combustion
Katey Roemmele : Prelim version of Magnets on the Fridge
Lili McGovern : Velvet Elegy
Vicky Reardon : Get Out Of My way
Rob Lopresti : Hungry For More

sep 18, 2008
Rob Lopresti : It Takes One
Katey Roemmele : Metaphorically speaking
Flip Breskin : Walla Walla Waltz
Zeke Hoskin : Context
Marie Eaton : My Name Is Truth
Emily Stebbins : Storm Is Moving In?(no copy)
Chris /Toussaint : unnamed songs (no copy)

jul 03, 2008
Rob Lopresti : Librarian's Lullaby Archaeology from pov of diggers
Zeke Hoskin : And and Grasshopper stalking song for voice and alto clarinet
Katey Roemmele : some poems
Flip Breskin : Tom's Guitar

jun 12, 2008
Rob Lopresti : You Know You Gotta Pay for Your Style
Zeke Hoskin : I's Hard To Be A Father
Katey Roemmele : A Wild Night In Ohio
Marie Eaton : You've Turned The Corner

mar 11, 2008
Rob Lopresti : He's Got A Beard
Zeke Hoskin : Fakerade
Lil Rev : unnamed, no copy
Marie Eaton : Beads For A Birthday
Zeke Hoskin : Dan Harris

feb 12, 2008
Rob Lopresti : Black Ice political attack ads
Zeke Hoskin : Chains Of slavery Nero Wolfe Hornpipe
Nick Duncan : fall air is cold again
Rob Lopresti : Library If congress alphabet song

jan 15, 2008
Rob Lopresti : Rolling On Up The Road
Zeke Hoskin : Dan Harris
Anne Albosta : Nectar
Flip Breskin : Ninth Month Lullab

sep 18, 2007
Marie Eaton : Falling
Zeke Hoskin : Songwriters Circle
Zeke Hoskin : Almost Everybody Is Going To Hell

apr 10, 2007
Zeke Hoskin : Passover Under The Overpass
Rob Lopresti : The Joker Trumps Them All
Rob Lopresti : Over And Done

feb 21, 2007
Zeke Hoskin : It's Valentines
Marie Eaton : Welcome To The World
Ellen Johnson : The Tumbledown Apple
Rob Lopresti : Hang Onto Me, Babe
Marie Eaton : Tall Tale

jan 07, 2007
Susan Weiner : La Llorona weddings
Zeke Hoskin : Afraid Of Commitment my 100th birthday
Rob Lopresti : I'll Never Have To See You Any More heart attack at music camp
Zeke Hoskin : Cuddling/Housework
Rob Lopresti : Look Me Over, Ladies
Susan Weiner : Take Me Out In A Thunderstorm

dec 19, 2006
Rob Lopresti : Fire Burns
Zeke Hoskin : Happy everything
Rob Lopresti : Break The Bread

sep 19, 2006
Zeke Hoskin : Bouncing On Clouds
Rob Lopresti : Ballad Of Lorenzo Coffin
Marie Eaton : Tentative Shoes

feb 21, 2006
Rob Lopresti : Hang Onto Me, Babe buy it off the internet
Ellen Johnson : The Tumble-Down Apple
Marie Eaton : Welcome To This World
Zeke Hoskin : It's Valentine's complain to ab inanimate object

jan 10, 2006
Rob Lopresti : Barry's Bar anatomically correct love song
Zeke Hoskin : Northewst Morning dictionary

nov 15, 2005
Marie Eaton : Old Enough. Song of greeting for grandchild
Zeke Hoskin : I'm Glad I'm Not A Pilgrim The Shoe I Didn't Wear
Rob Lopresti : Katrina Song about politician he admires
Rob Lopresti : None Of It's My fault

oct 18, 2005
Ellen Johnson : 67 Different Kinds How To Make A House AS Home
Rob Lopresti : Slow Motion song about hurricane
Zeke Hoskin : Fractions MIT students duplicating Archimedes' burning the fleet

jul 12, 2005
Zite Hutton : A Visit To My Mind A cat's-eye view of housecleaning
Susan Weiner : A Road with No Name entomologist cleaning bugs from house
Zeke Hoskin : Gospel Show nuclear powered rocking chair
Rob Lopresti : Now I Feel Sorry For Them song inspired by Fiddle Tunes
Susan Weinge : What If The Audience Doesn't Like It?

jun 07, 2005
Marie Eaton : Birds With Broken Wings (reprise) Hope Chest
Rob Lopresti : Let Me Take Your Side something easy to sing along wih
Zeke Hoskin : Thank You For Your Feedback gospel song about a president
Marie Eaton : One Chord Lullaby

may 10, 2005
Zeke Hoskin : An Ostrich Ate My Octopus constructive criticism
Ellen Johnson : Warming February a waltz
Chris Norman : Three Cheers For A One-Track Mind

Rob Lopresti : A Smidgen Of Hope claustrophobia
Marie Eaton : Broken Wings 1-chord song re hloiday I wish they'd invent
Forrest Sallee : a parody
Flip Breskin : Are You ready To Bring Home The Goblets?

apr 12, 2005
Zeke Hoskin : Noah's Rabbits
Rob Lopresti : He Dreams In Color
Chris Norman : This Isn't Our Song
Ellen Johnson : Can't Buy Her Diamonds

feb 8 , 2005
Marie Eaton : The Hook
Rob Lopresti : The Music Of The Spheres

jan 11, 2005
Zeke Hoskin : death Or Glory
Forrest Sallee : Wounds crass country song
Flip Breskin : Go Home And Get Right With Jesus
James Harris : unnamed, about almost joining army

dec 14, 2004
Forrest Sallee : Quicksand a bear and a bicycle
James Harris : A Mirror
Ellen Johnson : La Lune
Marie Eaton : Joy To Spare snarky song, stolen chord sequence
Zeke Hoskin : Billings 1993 put-upon song re gingerbread houses, jazz style

nov 09, 2004
Marie Eaton : I Thought I Knew You friend voting Republican
Rob Lopresti : Late Adapter catching your breath
Chris Norman : One day Closer waltz time
Zeke Hoskin : The Bullies Are Back the perfect chocolate bar
Flip Breskin : instrumental what I told the judge as blues
Forrest Sallee : someting Celtic
James Harris : all I have is verses write guitar part first

Oct 12, 2004
Rob Lopresti : There Ain't No War Around Here polls
Zeke Hoskin : The Emperor's New Flight Suit machine longing 2b human
Ellen Johnson : Where Is Lulu? fairy tale character in modern times
Marie Eaton : phone number tune
Rob Lopresti : The Saddest Part

sep 07, 2004
Zeke Hoskin : Please Explain a slip jig about clothing
Marie Eaton : marimba piece
Rob Lopresti : Hurry-Up Rag
Ellen Johnson : Martha getting married

aug 10, 2004
Zeke Hoskin : The Hermit
Flip Breskin : an E Schoenberg guitar instrumental

jul 13, 2004
Rob Lopresti : No Road Back To Eden 3 kinds of fruit
Marie Eaton : Waters Rising Out Of Bare Rocks
Ellen Johnson : Little Red Riding Hood
Zeke Hoskin : Mixed relationship a hermit
Rob Lopresti : Devil Take The Autoharp

jun 08, 2004
Ralph Estes : We Can Cross This Bridge Together
Flip Breskin /Zeke Hoskin : Pulling Together
Zeke Hoskin : Goddamn X good old organized crime
Flip Breskin : wake Up Rachel Corey

may 11, 2004
Ellen Johnson : The Engagement Song jazz torch song
Zeke Hoskin : Don't Try To TalkMe Out Of Wanting You 2 word chorus
Rob Lopresti : When Spring Comes To The Library about autoharp
Marie Eaton : fragment of song for wedding

apr 03, 2004
Zeke Hoskin : Extinct Relief

mar 09, 2004
Flip Breskin : Cherry street And Apple Pie(reprise)
Chris Norman : Elliot's Lullaby
Zeke Hoskin : A Barbi And Ken Murder Ballad Waterrower song
Selina Doran : unnamed,but excessive cosmetics
Chris Hill : Foster Kid
Rob Lopresti : The Schedule home remodel

feb 10, 2004
Flip Breskin : At The Heart Of It All
Paul Piper : I Am A Steelhead favorite room
Dick Ward : Father Daugher dog song
Chris Norman : Blood Rose And Road Rock lullaby
Chris Hill : ward Of The state
Rob Lopresti : His Servant introduce banjo and accordion
Ellen Johnson : More More Of Everything
Zeke Hoskin : Garden Bed (catch) Barbie & Ken murder ballad

jan 13, 2004
Rob Lopresti : We Had It Perfect Pompeii
Ellen Johnson : Lunar Rebellion a jig
Zeke Hoskin : Bafflegab a round or catch
Jen Young : Messner
Chris Norman : I'd Knock On Wood
Jen Young : Remember

dec 09, 2003
Zite Hutton : A Visit To My Mind
Ellen Johnson : Long-Legged Lily repeating sing-along chorus
Zeke Hoskin : Rehearsing novelty song w nonsense words

nov 04, 2003
Dick Ward : There's a Warm Breeze Blowing
Marie Eaton : Red Coat set the lights off in someone's eyes by giving info
Rob Lopresti : You Don't Need A Hero good points of despicable people
Zeke Hoskin : Vote with a Computer rehearsal

oct 07, 2003
Zeke Hoskin : Unexpectedly song about my crutches
Rob Lopresti : I Miss Your Girlfriend why I don't play guitar
Ellen Johnson : Who Could Not Love a Red Red Rose? house/home
Ralph Estes : an old song
Chris Hill : Thank You for setting a place
Dick Ward : Here I Sit: sea chanty

Sep 09, 2003
Zeke Hoskin : Path Of Least Resistance lots of adverbs
Marie Eaton : O Little cricket airport song
Zite Hutton : Mountains Of Peru (reprise) song about robots
Rob Lopresti : Start Where You Are
Ralph Estes : Is My Driving Disturbing Your Call?
Dick Ward : Boat pulled up for winter

aug 19, 2003
Zite Hutton : High Up In The Mountains Of Peru
Rob Lopresti : My Heart Shoots Sparks organizing rehearsals
Ellen Johnson : Blueberries
Zeke Hoskin : Head Down the invention of the pocket
Flip Breskin : Mother's 80th birthday song
Marie Eaton : Blackberries
Marie Eaton : Tango
Susan Weiner : Three Chord Song Jose Moreno
Chris Hill : (no song) pro football

jul 8 , 2003
Susan Weiner : Jamming Circle broken cuckoo clock
Rob Lopresti : Please Don't Bring Me Flowers 'Til I'm Dead detictive story
Marie Eaton : Sorrow what did you do yesterday?
Chris Hill : Kettle Crack Corn (reprise) song in some trad folk style
Zite Hutton : (no song) climbing down a mountain
Zeke Hoskin : Reasons what I might find in a storage unit
Susan Weiner : Across The Room In 4/4
Rob Lopresti : Busker's Hornpipe
Rick Keating : I'm Sorry, Glass

jun 10, 2003
Ralph Estes : Baby, You're Lookin' Thin
Chris Hill : Don't Feel Right Calling Anyone
Susan Weiner : Photo Book why she doesn't like mando
: h: Story Time Again
Rich : Row Across The Floor 5 good reasons
Jen Young : Do You Mind If I Sit Down?
Flip Breskin : REquiem for Whatcom Creek (reprise)
Susan Weiner : Hard Blues

may 22, 2003
Marie Eaton : You Never Listen hiking boots
Dick Ward : Brown Eyes (reprise) 3 martians
Flip Breskin : carnivores(with ZH)
Zeke Hoskin : Music In The Wind
Susan Weiner : Four Rabbies 27 frogs
Chris Norman : Time To Get A New Pair Of Shoes lullaby for a fetus
Rob Lopresti : Dorothy Day money & folk songs
Chris Hill : Kettle Cracked Corn darwin awards

ap r0, 2003
Zeke Hoskin : This War's For You 3 slices of cake
Rob Lopresti : Natalie McKenna religious song
Zite Hutton : Learning To Take It easy
Chris Hill : sang abt foster care the luckiest woman you know

mar 04, 2003
Marie Eaton : Turn The World Around really bad restaurant
Chris Hill : Centaur
Rob Lopresti : The Nobel Prize Song
Zeke Hoskin : I Don't Think You're An Idiot
Dick Ward : Love Song For Brown Eyes
Zeke Hoskin : Turkey (possibly misdated)

feb 4 , 2003
Rob Lopresti : She's The Only One
Zeke Hoskin : safe Deposit Box sauerkraut
Gary Higashi : Sisters Know rainycamp
Lesley : Drops On The Windshield
Chris Hill : unnamed - So I heard the music
Dick Ward : So You want To Write A Song?
Julie : Her Voice Was A River
Marie Eaton : I Wish I Could Believe
Tom Hodge : Bits And Pieces (w Greg Brown & others)
Flip Breskin : Childhood Hounts

jan 7 , 2003
Zeke Hoskin : Let's Sit This One Out country song abt safe deposit box
Lesley : "Bill"
Gary Higashi : Vincent Chin coming home to guitar camp
Ellen Johnson : song Of the Wind
Susan Weiner : The Door Is Open sitting at piano with Keith T
Dick Ward : Is This My Time?
Chris Norman : When The Rain Lets Up I'm anywhere you want me
Rob Lopresti : Kinkajou

dec 10, 2002
Zite Hutton : Visiting Myself - Slowing Down clever effective way to say no
Rob Lopresti : I Work In Forent Management Shortest day Of Year
Ellen Johnson : Granddad/Stuffed Tyrannosaurus
Chris Hill : untitled
Dick Ward : Something's Stirring
Gary (no last name) : Father sang A Love Song
Marie Eaton : One Person (Round)
Zeke Hoskin : The Work Troll

jul 23, 2002
Rob Lopresti : I'm shallow Falwell's town
Zeke Hoskin : No Longer Free political event
Susan Weiner : May You Live Your Life Brandeis fight song
Flip Breskin : Goodbye Dears(reprise)

jun 04, 2002
Zeke Hoskin : The Day the Cats Took Over two windows
Chris Norman : Tulsa Is A Long Way From Paris
Rob Lopresti : On The Usefulness Of Candles a different element
Tom Stone : On Chaos and fractals
Susan Weiner : Packing Up Semester mainstream fashion
Marie Eaton : Greed bin Ladin living is USA
Chris Hill : Thank you for your mercy

may 14, 2002
Rob Lopresti : The Chain Man
Zeke Hoskin : My Dog Has Two Left Feet cats taking over
Flip Breskin : Veterans Of Future wars
Marie Eaton : poem set to music food fight
Chris Hill : Strobe pair of rhyming quatrains

apr 02, 2002
Zeke Hoskin : Steam Ark song smothered with cleverness
Susan Weiner : Air Travel comment on present by char from history
Marie Eaton : Wish You Were Here
Zite Hutton : (no song) Po' Boy muffelatta
Ellen Johnson : life as a roller coaster
Chris Hill : unnamed humorous song about mirrors
Rob Lopresti : Dearest Donna mega-autoharp
Chris Hill : song about cat
Susan Weiner : The Sparkling

mar 05, 2002
Zeke Hoskin : Blowing up My Friend Noah's Ark/Titanic
Chris Norman : Roadkill On Wall Street Mona Lisa meets Rocky Raccoon
Rob Lopresti : That's Evolution, Baby worst haircut ever
Marie Eaton : Radio a bullshit essay
Chris Hill : Dive
Zeke Hoskin : Blinders On Your Brain
Marie Eaton : Hey, You're Back Again

feb 05, 2002
Rob Lopresti : Music Camp self esteem killers
Zeke Hoskin : Wrecker melody for haiku
Chris Norman : Letting Off A Little Steam a conspiracy theory
Chris Hill : unnamed oldest thing in fridge

jan 15, 2002
Zeke Hoskin : Tooth In The Saw Fixing leaky roof
Susan Weiner : Caroline
Chris Hill : I Just Want To Find Love
Ellen Johnson : Bathroom scale Robots
Joe Jencks : Picking Up The Pieces hang gliding
Chris Norman : unnamed . . Colin brought some dynamite Chevy truck