Crowded Freaking House, man.
Crowded Freaking House.
Last night’s show here in Chicago was everything I wanted it to be, with a few very pleasant surprises along the way.
In fact, the only downside to the evening was that it had to take place at the odious and uncomfortable House of Blurgggh (complete with worse and ruder […]
Entries Tagged as 'Neil Finn'
Review: Crowded House in Chicago, August 19, 2007, with Liam Finn
Posted by Ocelopotamus on August 20th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
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Crowded House: For the World, Not for the War
Posted by Ocelopotamus on July 19th, 2007 at 1:04 am
The new Crowded House album, Time on Earth, was released last week in the US and the week before in the UK. It’s available for download from iTunes (with bonus tracks!) and of course you can get the CD from Amazon.
The band will be touring through December (including their two shows here in Chicago, […]
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Music: Crowded House Releases “Don’t Stop Now” (with Video and Neil Finn Interview)
Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 18th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Crowded House’s new single “Don’t Stop Now,” written with Johnny Marr, was released last week and is available from iTunes. (Click the record cover at right for a handy iTunes link.)
Meanwhile, I’m thrilled to report that I have a ticket for the Sunday, Aug. 19 show at House of Blues here in Chicago. (I got […]
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Roundup: Carrot Whittling Edition
Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 15th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
White light, green heat: LEDS aren’t just for clock radios any more. In fact, LED lightbulbs may turn out to be the bulb of the future instead of compact fluorescents. Thanks to a breakthrough in the 90s, modern LEDs can emit white light instead of just red or green. They last up to five times […]
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New Crowded House Album Due in July; Johnny Marr on Two Songs
Posted by Ocelopotamus on April 27th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Earlier this year it was announced that Neil Finn was getting back together with bassist Nick Seymour and guitarist Mark Hart to reform Crowded House. The new version will of course be missing its original drummer, the late, lamented Paul Hester, whose duties will be taken over by former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod.
The band is […]
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Music: Split Enz & Sparks
Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 29th, 2007 at 11:25 am
Ooh, I think it’s high time for another musical interlude, before Ocelopotamus goes into New Wave withdrawal. We don’t want the Ocelopotamus getting antsy, hissing and splashing around in some kind of hypo-wave-onic panic and scaring the crocodiles.
In fact, let’s start off with a welcoming doff of the cap to all of Ocelopotamus’s new visitors […]
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