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Entries Tagged as 'Split Enz'

Music: The Swingers, “Counting the Beat”

Posted by Ocelopotamus on January 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 am

Crazy busy with work this week, but here’s a little video fun to keep the Ocelopotamus happy — Phil Judd’s post-Split Enz group the Swingers, doing “Counting the Beat”!
Good heavens, I love this song. It was one of my weekly staples back when I was spinning at Club Foot (Sunday nights, “New Toys for Glow […]

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Tags: Culture · Music · Blogs · New Wave · Split Enz · New Zealand · Video

Music: Tim Finn and His Imaginary Kingdom

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 7th, 2007 at 6:36 am

I posted a little over a week ago about the forthcoming Crowded House album, Time on Earth, from Neil Finn and his bandmates.
But there’s even more Finn news: Last week also saw the U.S. release of a new solo album from the other Finn brother, Tim Finn — the founder of Split Enz and […]

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Tags: News · Culture · Music · New Wave · Beatles · Cardy Pop · Split Enz · Crowded House · Tim Finn · New Zealand · Video

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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Tags: Blogroll · Culture · Music · Blogs · New Wave · Performance · Cardy Pop · Split Enz · Crowded House · Neil Finn · New Zealand