These people just make noise and basically waste our time.

Dear members of the media and the public, I welcome you.

Live from the heart of Atlanta, Georgia and beyond, hour one of the Von Hessler Doctrine begins.

Right now. I am your lovable, huggable, radio chat host, Eric von Hessler.

The other voices you hear are the doctrinairs. Man of a thousand voices, Tim Andrews, has the day off.

Lady of 184.7 characters, Autumn Fisher, has the day off.

So we're a bit of a skeleton crew today.

We do have the man behind the glass, George Clark, and the handsomest producer in all of

producery, Jared Yamamoto.

Now, anybody who listens to this show on a regular basis,

this is a very smart, smart person, but they also know that we really never do interviews.

But this is a guy that I have been wanting to have a conversation with since I was 19 years old. And I just turned 60, which I guess is proof of concept that patience really is a virtue, because I'm very, very glad that he's

taking the time to join us. I would call him the driving force behind the great band crowded

house. And that is Neil Finn.

Neil, thank you for joining us.

It's great to be here, and what a good introduction. Thank you.

Well, thank you. Well, I'm not done. I'm not done with your introduction, because I want to tell

you and end the world, there is no such thing as a bad crowded house album, but the new, I would just say stunning, spectacular

album, Gravity Stairs.

I don't know.

It might just be pushing things into a whole other realm.

I have told, I have said that it is purposefully lush. Does that sound

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