Semi-Eloquent is a dose of positive talk in what can seem like a negative world. Join your humble host – drummer and podcast veteran John Huff – for weekly explorations of personal growth, music, history, spirituality, and what happened yesterday, with occasional trips down the existential rabbit hole. It’s all about inspiration, encouragement, and trying not to screw it up along the way. Welcome to the show!
On Episode #137, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about Amazon series Daisy Jones & The Six, new music from City & Colour, celebrity kids, screamo, his musical wheelhouse, and a new piece of art …
On Episode #136, your humble host welcomes celebrated actor/writer/director Rakefet Abergel back to the program to talk about her new movie Still – a challenging and painful short film based on her l…
On Episode #135, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about new music by Burning Witches and Sweet & Lynch, girl bands, pandemic memories, the Christian Geeks Classic Rockcast, and the inspiration of…
On Episode #134, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about Irish band Fontaines DC, being young and hip, shoegaze, new music by Killing Joke, cat fights, and the ongoing saga of his back spasms.
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On Episode #133, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about new music by Martin Miller, Extreme, Metallica, and Robin McAuley; the insane roller coaster that is Arsenal’s season; and his ongoing batt…
On Episode #132, your humble host revives the “five things” format, and waxes semi-eloquent about recording music, the Arsenal Arseblog, Steel Panther’s On The Prowl, Caddyshack, and learning to flow…
On Episode #131, your humble host barely survives a superficial history of Art Deco, and waxes semi-eloquent about the Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau, Neoclassicism, skyscrapers, and the Empire State …
On Episode #130, your humble host presents a superficial history of the Flapper fad of the 1920s, and waxes semi-eloquent about the First World War, social change, contemporary notions of femininity,…
On Episode #129, your humble host answers listener questions about his experience in music over the past ten years, and waxes semi-eloquent about his favourite shows, his dream venues to play, bands …
On Episode #128, your humble host shares five life lessons learned over the past ten years as a working musician, and waxes semi-eloquent about possibility, detachment, gratitude, self-confidence, an…
On an emotional Episode #127, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about Arsenal’s emerging and enthralling Premier League title challenge, catharsis, anxiety, real reality vs. fake reality, and the …
On Episode #126, your humble host tells the story of King Ragnvald Knaphövde; waxes further eloquent about Megadeth’s Youthanasia; and discusses the role of chance in history, music from the avant ga…
On Episode #125, your humble host tells an intriguing road story, and waxes semi-eloquent about album cover art, Megadeth, his favourite Lee Aaron song, and a dubious reassurance from ChatGPT that Th…
On Episode #124, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about decks of cards, the history of jokers, euchre as a rite of passage, breaking a drumstick on New Year’s Eve, and the patented Beach Boy Meth…
On Episode #123, your humble host ends the year with listener questions, and waxes semi-eloquent about life purpose, future planning, his favourite road memories, a sobering realization about Norm an…
On Episode #122, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about Christine McVie, the origins of English surnames, Steel Panther’s nostalgic elegy to the music of 1987, Bonfire, Guns N' Roses, and Metalli…
On the first John Huff Podcast roadisode in almost three years, your humble host sits down with Josh and Katie Pascoe of Fresh Breath, podcast legend Ken The Zen, and the traditional bottle of red wi…
On Episode #120, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about artists Pieter Bruegel and Vincent van Gogh, social media trolls, pickleball, and giving yourself a personal mulligan.
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On Episode #119, your humble host offers a hack on how to fool insomnia, and waxes semi-eloquent about Taylor Swift concert ticket prices, reaction videos, and the current and future state of the pod…
On Episode #118, your humble host waxes semi-eloquent about a relentless earworm, as well as songs named after cities by artists including Indigo Girls, Sarah Harmer, Bon Iver, Billy Joel, Hole, and …