The ride continues...

No kidding. This is my new wheels. Not this car exactly, but one very like it. I have a few weeks' secondment as a runner starting next week - well, today as it turns out - and a car being a requirement of the job, this is what the Boss (he prefers the title 'ubermensch' ;) has come up with. A Mazda MX5, two-seater convertible Roadster. Wildly impractical, but oh! so fun.

The Finns concert was great fun. Phoenix Foundation played first, and did well in spite of the somewhat wooden crowd. Set list here. Tim and Neil Finn were on next, with a backing band that included Neil's son (not Liam, another one) for one of the encores. I was a little uncertain about it, but my doubts were quickly erased - it was great to hear lots of old favourites from the Crowded House and Split Enz days. They really are slick performers, and the show was dynamic and exciting. I felt a bit sorry for the guitar techs though - there seemed to be multiple guitar changes between every single song.

Later I sifted along to the after-party at Tabac, very swish. Nice to see you, Phnx boys.