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Entries Tagged as 'Tim Finn'

Andy White at the Celtic Knot

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 30th, 2008 at 2:28 am

Tonight, Sunday evening March 30th, one of my favorite less-well-known-than-he-ought-to-be performers is playing a no-cover live gig up in Evanston.
If you aren’t familiar with him — and most people I know aren’t — the best way I can describe Andy White is to say that if Jonathan Richman had been born an Irishman, he might […]

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Tags: News · Culture · Music · Performance · Ireland · Folk-Rock · Crowded House · Tim Finn

Roundup: Fried Ice Edition

Posted by Ocelopotamus on May 28th, 2007 at 2:32 am

Profile of Newtok, Alaska: One of the first victims of climate change, a town gradually sinking into the mud. As the hardest hit of the 180 Alaskan villages suffering from erosion, “studies say Newtok could be washed away within a decade.”
Iceberg of Yuck: The Consumerist says, “Poison toothpaste, killer cough-syrup, and tainted pet food are […]

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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