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Nick Hodge is a Professional Geek for Microsoft Australia. More info lives underneath the About Box...

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Off My Soapbox of Self Righteousness

I love throw­ing words and ven­acu­lar phrases together. This stems from the power of Split Enz to cre­ate visual imagery from com­mon say­ings. An extreme example: Another Great Divide (Judd/Finn/Rayner/Gillies) Now how can I fig­ure this equa­tion, if multiplication’s the rule / You keep sub­tract­ing me from you, and it just doesn’t add up at all […]

Rootin’ Tootin’ Luton Tapes: Split Enz

In 1978 Split Enz were stuck in the UK, between albums, man­agers and record­ing labels. For many years, hard core Split Enz fans heard the odd song from this period: Serge (Once in Rome), Next Exit. Semi Detached. Some songs were released as B-sides. Oth­ers just made it onto other albums over time. Fans heard from […]

Once-in-a-Generation

Ima­gine The Beatles reformed in 1992 and played all their clas­sics, as recor­ded, to an ador­ing audi­ence. Ima­gine Shakespeare reformed his ori­ginal act­ors from the Globe Theatre and per­formed his clas­sics, as writ­ten, in the 21st Cen­tury. Split Enz, NZ’s greatest export to the world, have reformed after 22 years to per­form in Aus­tralia. As […]

Neil Finn on Piha

Neil Finn on Piha, the west­ern coast of the North Island of New Zea­l­and: is the per­fect home for tortured souls…

Split Enz 2006

Split Enz reforms for an Aus­tralian Tour — the Hodge’s will be there. No front row, but cer­tainly centre.

Music Buying Firsts

First Cas­sette Album: Tim Finn, Escapade First Vinyl Album: The Liv­ing Enz, Split Enz First CD Album: Con­flict­ing Emo­tions, Split Enz First iTunes Album: The Dark­ness, One Way Ticket To Hell … and Back