240 gigabytes of Neil Finn podcast
Journey with Chris as he explores a 240 gigabyte archive comprised entirely of live Neil Finn. Every second week a new episode of performance highlights and Finn related musings. Live Neil Finn from across the decades; we are talking Crowded House, Finn Brothers, Split Enz, solo Neil....all that good stuff!
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 74
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep 80 - Many Different Moods, All Of Them Good (Split Enz, Sound Relief, Melbourne 2009)
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, Dirt…
Ep 79 - Mass Collective Will (Crowded House, Pinkpop Festival 23 May 1994)
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 m…
Ep 78 - This Place Sucks For Astronomy (Neil Finn, Reverb, Toronto 17 Nov 1998)
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, …
Ep 77 - Enz To End (Mental Notes with special guest Mike Chunn)
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 …
Ep 76 - Enz to End (The Beginning Of The Enz)
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 fi…
Ep 75 - Pile Of Maggots (Songwriters Circle, Neil Finn with Ryan Adams & Janis Ian, Bush Hall, London, October 2011)
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 …
Ep 74 - High Risk Strategy (Neil Finn, Bush Hall, London 3 Feb 2010)
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 c…
Ep 73 - Work In Progress (Finn Brothers, Auckland Tabac, 14 May 2003)
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 Brig…
Ep 72 Orange men of the good kind (Crowded House, Isle Of Wight, June 21 2024)
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 …
Ep 71 - Young Thighs Trembling (Finn Brothers Los Angeles KCRW Feb 29 1988)
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 G…
Ep 70 - Motorbloating (Split Enz, Pinkpop festival, November 23 1980)
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 w…
Ep 69 - Word Painting (Neil Finn & APO, Auckland 10 March 2018, part 2 of 2)
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…
Ep 68 - Existential Angst (Neil Finn & APO, Auckland 10 March 2018)
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 Mar…
Ep 67 - Great Teachers (Finns & Eddie Vedder performances 1995 - 2024)
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 …
Ep 66 - A Slightly Expanding Girth (FM Radio Appearances 1992, 1996)
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…
Ep 65 - Three Wise Owls (Finn Brothers, Nov 15 2004, Wellington)
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, D…
Ep 64 - Deft Chunder (Finn Brothers, Nov 15 2004, Wellington)
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 …
Ep 63 - Fangale (Solo acoustic Fang Radio 2020, 2021)
Time for the finale. Rob D dials me one last time to help break down the best of the solo acoustic Neil Finn performances on Fang Radio in 2020 & 2021. Performances include Last To Know, Elephants, F…
Ep 62 - That's a dark song. Sucks to be you. Selfie? (Fang Radio solo performances 2020/2021)
Rob D dials in from Richmond for a deep dive into a final handful of solo live performances on Fang Radio in 2020 & 2021. Conversation centres around the arrangements, lyrical interpretation, music t…
Ep 61 - The Willy Banjo (Crowded House, Manchester Oct 8 2024)
North Yorkshire's most loveable metalhead Rob D completes his conversion into the Crowded House initiated by attending the show at Manchester's Co-op Live. Being the top bloke that he is, he made the…