Maybe I'm Showing My Age...
Jan. 31st, 2006 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanBut I really want to see these guys.
Judging from the Finn Brothers recent form, there's no way it would be a bad show... And for those of us with a 70s history behind us - which never repeats (sorry)...
History to be repeated
Split Enz, the iconic New Zealand band which broke up 22 years ago, has re-formed and will soon tour Australia.
The announcement came ahead of a press conference in Melbourne tomorrow at which group members will reveal details of the upcoming tour.
Formed in 1972, the band led by brothers Neil and Tim Finn had hits including I Got You and History Never Repeats, before disbanding in 1984.
Neil Finn and drummer Paul Hester later formed the popular band Crowded House, which itself disbanded in 1996.
Split Enz has only reunited for a couple of one-off shows over the past 22 years, including a performance at last year's annual Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards after being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
It was their first gig together in 12 years.
Last year, band members also struggled to cope with the death of Hester, who took his own life in Melbourne at the age of 46.
Split Enz, comprising the Finn brothers, Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie, plus Englishmen Nigel Griggs and Malcolm Green, have in the past said it would take something remarkable to reunite.
Asked by Melbourne newspaper The Age last July if a reunion was on the cards, Rayner said: "It would have to be something pretty special".
While it is known that Split Enz will play arena stages in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth, all other information is being kept under wraps.
All my recent news seems to be coming from the papers... what does that say about my current affairs, except that there obviously aren't any.
Which is not necessarily a bad thing...
Oh... for those close enough to be concerned, or the medically curious...
It just gets better & better...
Now, after further tests, the 'experts' aren't sure what it was they took out of the father figure, along with a sizeable portion of his large intestine... The pathology sample has apparently been sent to 3 different places so far - & the only thing they all agree on, is that it's not a melanoma growth, as previously suspected.
Excuse me for a second... FUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKK!!!...
Despite the above reaction, I'm surprisingly calm about it all. A sense of... I suppose one would call it fatalism, has set in. I realised a couple of years ago that I was entering the stage of life where you should expect to lose your parents some time soon, or other. Unlike others, who lose them earlier for the same, or even worse, reasons.
So, the initial diagnosis/prognosis of "wait & see" has - or had - greater subtlety of meaning than had been taken at face value, which was discouraging enough... I didn't think it meant we'd have to "wait & see" exactly what it was that ails the father figure. I mean... if they're cutting you open, they must know what for, right... right???
If it turns out to be non-malignant (doubtful, even still), who am I allowed to hit (out of relief, as much as frustration), in lieu of a malpractice suit?? I don't want the money, just the chance to deck a doctor...
Judging from the Finn Brothers recent form, there's no way it would be a bad show... And for those of us with a 70s history behind us - which never repeats (sorry)...
History to be repeated
Split Enz, the iconic New Zealand band which broke up 22 years ago, has re-formed and will soon tour Australia.
The announcement came ahead of a press conference in Melbourne tomorrow at which group members will reveal details of the upcoming tour.
Formed in 1972, the band led by brothers Neil and Tim Finn had hits including I Got You and History Never Repeats, before disbanding in 1984.
Neil Finn and drummer Paul Hester later formed the popular band Crowded House, which itself disbanded in 1996.
Split Enz has only reunited for a couple of one-off shows over the past 22 years, including a performance at last year's annual Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards after being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
It was their first gig together in 12 years.
Last year, band members also struggled to cope with the death of Hester, who took his own life in Melbourne at the age of 46.
Split Enz, comprising the Finn brothers, Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie, plus Englishmen Nigel Griggs and Malcolm Green, have in the past said it would take something remarkable to reunite.
Asked by Melbourne newspaper The Age last July if a reunion was on the cards, Rayner said: "It would have to be something pretty special".
While it is known that Split Enz will play arena stages in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth, all other information is being kept under wraps.
All my recent news seems to be coming from the papers... what does that say about my current affairs, except that there obviously aren't any.
Which is not necessarily a bad thing...
Oh... for those close enough to be concerned, or the medically curious...
It just gets better & better...
Now, after further tests, the 'experts' aren't sure what it was they took out of the father figure, along with a sizeable portion of his large intestine... The pathology sample has apparently been sent to 3 different places so far - & the only thing they all agree on, is that it's not a melanoma growth, as previously suspected.
Excuse me for a second... FUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKK!!!...
Despite the above reaction, I'm surprisingly calm about it all. A sense of... I suppose one would call it fatalism, has set in. I realised a couple of years ago that I was entering the stage of life where you should expect to lose your parents some time soon, or other. Unlike others, who lose them earlier for the same, or even worse, reasons.
So, the initial diagnosis/prognosis of "wait & see" has - or had - greater subtlety of meaning than had been taken at face value, which was discouraging enough... I didn't think it meant we'd have to "wait & see" exactly what it was that ails the father figure. I mean... if they're cutting you open, they must know what for, right... right???
If it turns out to be non-malignant (doubtful, even still), who am I allowed to hit (out of relief, as much as frustration), in lieu of a malpractice suit?? I don't want the money, just the chance to deck a doctor...
