Ep 85 - Crispy Band (Crowded House, Palais Theatre Melbourne, 29 Oct 2025)

Chris crosses the Tasman into the mighty city of Melbourne for multiple nights of Crowded House at the Palais Theatre. Melbourne local Darryl put his audiance mics to work at the show and a few weeks later we put our heads together to listen back to first night (29/10/25). Lots of new material to digest! Performances include: Too Good For This World, In My Own Shell, It Was A Small Detail, At The Station, Pearly Shells, The Howl, New York Mining Disaster, Sweet Dreams, Last Summer. Plus a bonus performance of Dusty from night 2, 30/10/25.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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

Greg Cooper joins us from Melbourne to reconnect with the Try Whistling This era and to go deep diving with Neil Finn & his band live at Festival Hall Dec 12 1998. Performances include: King Tide, Sinner Faster Than Light, Four Seasons In One Day, Fingers of Love, Loose Tounge, Try Whistling This Astro, When You Come, Suffer Never.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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 Falling last week. Streaming on the usual platforms or available to purchase on vinyl or digital over here: https://cowboydanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-that-feel-like-fallingYou 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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 chat platform, editing software & cloud space. Big thank yous if you are in a position to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 Get ready to salivate with Charles over at Ficken Chicken:  https://frickenchicken.caYou 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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 Split Frenz; the UK's favourite Split Enz/Crowded House tribute band. Check out their upcoming tour dates here:https://splitfrenz.co.uk/shows/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 to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn

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 hosting fees, riverside video chat platform, editing software & cloud space. Big thank yous if you are in a position to help. Head over here to: http://patreon.com/240neilfinn