Time to drop your lovers noose and swing! The next episode in the ENZ TO END series is upon us. The mighty Second Thoughts from 1976 is up for discussion. Dave, Chris & Adam give you all their thoughts on the album including a rating for every song. Hopefully all this enthusiasm and excitement spurs you on to go buy the remixed/remastered boxset of Mental Notes/Second Thoughts/Beginning Of The Enz out Nov 14th. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a ...

Darryl returns to finish the job in the second part of Crowded House in Melbourne 2 December 2008. Performances include: Lucky Lola, Cars Collide, Private Universe, Throw Your Arms Around Me. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the monthly cost of buzzsprout hosting fees, riverside video chat platform, editing software & cloud space. Big thank yous if you are in a position ...

Darryl dials in from Melbourne to discuss his #1 Crowded House show; 2 December 2008 at The Forum in Melbourne. The audio is stellar from this show, in part due to Darryl's labour of love remastering a bunch of underappreciated Finn shows. This episode is part 1 of 2. Performances include World where you live, Isolation, Pineapple head, Amsterdam, Bernards magic shop & Chocolate cake. Your humble host's band Cowboy Dan also just dropped their debut album Dreams That Feel Like Falli...

Amongst word of the Split Enz 2026 reunion excitement, Chris revisits the most recent Enz appearance, Sound Relief Melbourne 14 March 2009. Performances include Shark Attack, Message To My Girl, Dirty Creature, Pioneer/Six Months In A Leaky Boat, History Never Repeats, I See Red. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the monthly cost of buzzsprout hosting fees, riverside video ch...

Jamilah dials in from New Jersey buzzing from having attended multiple Bad Religion shows during the week. She successfully turns her focus to Neil Finn, artists taking firm politcal stands and the merits of Crowded House live at Pinkpop festival 23 May 1994. Performances include Fingers Of Love, Private Universe, There Goes God and Weather With You. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards ...

Charles dials in from Toronto to share his very own, wonderfully captured, recording of Neil Finn live at Reverb 17 November 1998. Performances include Message To My Girl, Distant Sun, Ultra Marine, Souvenir, Spirit Of The Stairs, Snake Charm Boogie, Its Only Natural. Episode cover: It's Only Natural by Crawlspace. Give youself some spooks and check out Charles' macabre fiction output over at: https://tombstonealley.ca You can significantly support the continuation of the ...

Mike Chunn joins Chris, Adam & Dave to talk 50 years of Mental Notes. Mike shares reflections and insights regarding the writing and recording of Mental Notes before contributing his own 0-5 ranking for every track on the record. After bidding Mike farewell, Dave Chris & Adam continue for another hour in spirited disagreement to explain and defend their own scoring for each track. Where does it all land? Join us and find out. Enjoy Frenz! Episode cover is Time For A Change sent in by...

240 is pivoting for a series of episodes... Presenting 'Enz To End.' A series where Dave, Adam and Chris dive into a track by track breakdown of every album, scoring the tunes accordingly. Thus we find ourselves at the very start of the discography; 'The Beginning Of The Enz'. Enjoy friends. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the monthly cost of buzzsprout hostin...

Jamie joins us again to reflect on his first hand experience of the Songwriters Circle gig at London's Bush Hall October 2011. He talks to the atmosphere, the performances and of course, the elusive and frequently discussed fall out between Neil Finn and Ryan Adams. Juicy. Performances include Distant Sun, Golden Child, Don't Dream Its Over and Weather With You. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes direc...

Jamie from Yorkshire dials in to express the collective joy that was Neil Finn at Bush Hall in London on 3 February 2010. This sold out fan-club only show was filled with requests, spontaneous deep cuts, collaborations with audiance members and gentle renditions of soon to be released Intriguer tunes. Performances include Try Whistling This, Anytime, Last To Know, Love You Til The Day I Die, Twice If You're Lucky, Elephants & I Feel Possessed. Listener cover : Anytime by Jonathan & ...

An intimate performance at the Neil Finn owned bar Tabac, sees the Finn Brothers workshopping songs for Everyone Is Here prior to heading overseas to lay them down with Tony Visconti. Louis from Brighton joins the chat to highlight the curiosities and help give what became album b-sides their day in the sun. Performances include: Tell me come on, Land torments the sea, Homesick, A Life between us, Faraway children, Gentle hum, Sunset swim, Way back down, Everyday Alright. Episode cover: Don't...

Louis dials in from Brighton to talk Crowded House, Isle of Wight festival, 21 June 2024. Performances include World Where You Live, Teenage Summer, Pineapple Head, When You Come, The Howl, Weather With You. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the podcast hosting fees. Big thank yous if you are in a position to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

Finn Brothers, 29 February 1988, Los angeles KCRW's SNAP. Performances include: Six Months in a Leaky Boat, Throw Your Arms Around Me, Fraction Too Much Friction, Charlie, Coca Cola Kid Jingle, She Got Body She Got Soul, Message to My Girl, Show a Little Mercy, Better Be Home Soon, Bye Bye Love, The Jazz Butcher, Dirty Creature, Poor Boy, I Hope I Never, Song for Noel, Whaling, You Send Me, Now We're Getting Somewhere, Goodnight Irene, Pokarekare Ana You can significantly support the continua...

Enz friend Si Barker dials in to talk through a killer soundboard recording of Split Enz live in Holland at Pinkpop festival November 23 1980. Featured performances include: Poor Boy, My mistake, I wouldn't dream of it, I hope I never, Nobody takes me seriously, I see red, You can lead a horse to water, Shark attack. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the podcast hosting fees....

Buenos Aires' finest, Patricio, graces the episode to examine the second half of Neil Finn's Out Of Silence showcase at Silo Park, 10 March 2018. Performances include: Widows Peak, Second Nature, Law Is Always On Your Side, Terrorize Me, Where's My Room, Impressions, One Step Ahead, Four Seasons In One Day, Better Be Home Soon. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towards covering the podcast ho...

Patricio dials in from Buenos Aires to enhance our musical knowledge while breaking down the piano-centric performance by Neil Finn & the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. Silo Park, Auckland, 10 March 2018. Out of Silence fans unite! Performances include Love is emotional, Independence day, Chameleon days, More than one of you and Alone. You can significantly support the continuation of the 240 podcast for a donation of just a couple dollars per month. This goes directly towar...

My old pal and like minded musical obsessive Chris Jeffs dials in from Melbourne. We attempt to sustain the afterglow of November's Pearl Jam tour by exploring a handful of recordings where the Finn family have shared the stage with Pearl Jam, or where Eddie Vedder has crashed a Crowded House/Neil Finn show. Throw Your Arms Around Me (Auckland 2024), Not Given Lightly (Auckland 2009), I Got You, Better Be Home Soon (Christchurch 2009), Habit (Auckland 2014), History never repeats (Auckland 1...

A lazy, but on schedule, episode compiling three glorious promotional radio appearances. Dubbed from radio to cassette and transferred to digital after all these years! Crowded House, England, Radio 1, 18th June 1992. Performances include Don't Dream It's Over, Weather With You, Four Seasons In One Day. Crowded House,Toronto, The Edge, 1996. Performances include Instinct, I Feel Possessed, Don't Dream It's Over. Finn Brothers, San Francisco, KROG, 1996. Performances include Suf...

Act 2 of Finn Brothers live at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington on November 15 2004. Greg Cooper joins from Melbourne to partake in the brotherly love. Performances include Luckiest Man Alive, Disembodied Voices, A Life Between Us, I Got You, Won't Give In. Check out Greg Cooper's South Of The River EP on Spotify at the link below. https://open.spotify.com/album/6JTMQAye5wCN1ZNURoshOc?si=hezIONDlSQ6lUD1qGGdMIw Episode cover: It's Only Natural by Louis Evans, Chris Cl...

Greg Cooper dials in from Melbourne to explore the themes of Everyone Is Here and to listen back on the highlights of the Finn Brothers live at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington on November 15 2004. Performances include Anything Can Happen, Nothing Wrong With You, Edible Flowers. Check out Greg Cooper's South Of The River EP on Spotify at the link below. Greg's cover of Private Universe is included in the episode. https://open.spotify.com/album/6JTMQAye5wCN1ZNURoshOc?si=he...