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Simon Grigg
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Wanderer, scribe, street photog & music obsessive. Photos: http://opdiner.com Founder: http://audioculture.co.nz Me: http://simongrigg.info
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Simon Grigg @opdiner.com · Mar 17
A photography starter pack I put together a while back. Will update ASAP. go.bsky.app/2yfaZzi
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45 years. I remember the day like yesterday. Mark Philips from Rip It Up knocked on the door: "Lennon's been shot. Murray wonders if you can write an obituary. Deadline is half an hour."

I delivered in tears.
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I never get bored by these. #Bangkok
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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A book I’ve been working on with members of The Clean and their circle. Great project to work a visual treat and great stories. Published April 2026 by Auckland University Press.
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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An extraordinary/fantastic/timeless record that I was privileged to be asked to write a sleeve note for. It's been a very tough couple of weeks and this is the record that's helped me get through.

@AudioCultureNZ

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December 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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I could probably post Screaming Meemees pix all day but I'll just post one or two more. Murray Cammick shot, previously unpublished, at Mainstreet 1982.

Rest well, Mike ❤️

A story I wrote years ago about an eventful trip to Christchurch share.google/DBqWqJztCIuz...

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December 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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I threw a photo I took in Bali in July (1st) and asked ChatGBT how I could improve it (2nd, as if there was any doubt).

I'll stick with the human eye, I think.

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December 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Lovely Stephen Penny shot of Michael O'Neill with The Screaming Meemees, Boxing Day 1980. RIP Mike 🖤

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December 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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X being fined by the EU is not a free speech issue. It is a security issue. Musk’s opposition to regulation is driven by the fact that he is backed by authoritarian regimes and is protecting their influence ops, which erode our democratic discourse.
EU Issues €120m Fine to X Under Digital Services Act, Musk Has Public Meltdown
A European Commission investigation has resulted in a €120 million fine against X, formerly Twitter, for breaches of the Digital Services Act, including failures in verification, advertising transpare...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
Elon Musk @elonmusk • 6год. X The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people 18 тис 2] 26тис 146тис 1l 18млн Д 企 Dmitry Medvedev • @MedvedevRu... . 5 год. ... Exactly
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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...who was part of the band's heart and soul and a major reason why thousands queued to see them. Their 2nd single 'See Me Go' was the very first local record (album or single) to enter the NZ charts at No.1..."
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December 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Yesterday we very sadly lost Michael O'Neill (Screaming Meemees, These Wilding Ways). Simon Grigg says, "Whilst the entire Meemees band, in large part, defined an era in New Zealand music, it was guitarist Michael...
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The Screaming Meemees - AudioCulture
So you can’t blame the guy for asking, “You guys went to number one ... aren’t you rich?” Michael O’Neill just laughed and went back to his scrubbing. Washing dishes out the back of Quays nightclub wa...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I've been trying to work out the best crop on this, but I think I've nailed it. A woman and her mutt north of Ubud, Bali, July 2025.

#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I've desired this forever and there it was this morning

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December 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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The Grab driver has been playing this horrific Stars On 45 styled Xmas song loop for 45 mins now. I'm feeling homicidal.

#Saigon
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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When the wind and hail hit at the same time. Tokyo, 2023.

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December 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Graffiti artist MANIAC, Auckland, 1989

Photo: Stuart Page; digitalnz.org/records/4574...
Young man with a Walkman, Sandringham, 1989
From Auckland Libraries: A young man (the graffiti artist known as MANIAC) in a De La Soul t-shirt standing in the middle of traffic near 128 Sandringham Road listening to a Sony Walkman cassette play...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Good to see the Land of Smiles is back in the news again 😉 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economy
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December 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Sonya Waters calls Fetus Productions' 'What's Going On', "an inspired masterpiece". Few would argue, and it's one of Sonya's ten picks for an AudioCulture Songwriter's Choice...
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December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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It's the first day of summer, and the first day of the week - which means it's time for the AudioCulture Quiz! Let us know how you fared...
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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12 days in lovely Aotearoa which went in an insane flash, but I had to smile when the check-in gal asked if Bangkok was in China. Enzed needs direct flights again.

Au revoir Tamaki Makaurau.
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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It's Rāhina Monday, and also the first day of December! Here's the brand new AudioCulture Quiz, with questions by Amanda Mills. How did you get on?
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AudioCulture Quiz - Article | AudioCulture
Welcome to the weekly AudioCulture Quiz. Clue: answers are on the site or, for those in a hurry, at the link below. AudioCulture Quiz, 1 December 2025 Split Enz, late 1974: Mike Chunn, Wally Wilkinso...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Dokter Lampu, Denpasar, June 2025.

#streetphotography
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#bnw
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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With the re-release of Mental Notes this month, I thought I’d repost this letter from someone who may or may not be the owner of the first copy sold in their hometown #splitenz open.substack.com/pub/opdiner/...
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Screenprinting the revolution, Bangkok protests, 2020.

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Screenprinting the revolution, Bangkok protests, 2020.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM