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Neil Finn, Steve Waugh prove it's not only natural

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The day/night Test in Adelaide finished early on Sunday evening, depriving me of the ideal audiovisual lullaby. Roaming the other channels dubiously, I stumble upon Aunty's live broadcast of Crowded House performing on the crowded steps of the Opera House.

The chance find is bittersweetly sublime; I resent the lucky (or at least organised) Sydneysiders who snagged tickets, but then my reserve pew is eminently bearable: the Cassina armchair set at a 45-degree gradient from the interior medial of my late-model Samsung (its blacks admittedly inferior to LG's OLED, but then most people seeking darkness from a TV generally just switch it off).

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Joe Aston helmed The Australian Financial Review's Rear Window column from 2012 to 2023. Connect with Joe on Facebook and Twitter.

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