Simon Grigg
@opdiner.com
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
A far too long blog post about music, books, photography, Mingus, Misty in Roots and more open.substack.com/pub/opdiner/...
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM
A far too long blog post about music, books, photography, Mingus, Misty in Roots and more open.substack.com/pub/opdiner/...
"At the moment, 2-Tone doesn't exist as any sort of business, it's just 14 people..."
It's been almost two years since Terry Hall passed away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG91...
It's been almost two years since Terry Hall passed away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG91...
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"At the moment, 2-Tone doesn't exist as any sort of business, it's just 14 people..."
It's been almost two years since Terry Hall passed away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG91...
It's been almost two years since Terry Hall passed away.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG91...
Is NZ the last place in the world to still have 10am checkout? Just got a note from a place I’m staying at in a couple of weeks: “strictly 10am, no exceptions”. I felt like, “ladies, bring a plate please” was next :-)
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Is NZ the last place in the world to still have 10am checkout? Just got a note from a place I’m staying at in a couple of weeks: “strictly 10am, no exceptions”. I felt like, “ladies, bring a plate please” was next :-)
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Ya’ll better have a doctor and a secret service agent watching Trump 24/7 now. 👀
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Ya’ll better have a doctor and a secret service agent watching Trump 24/7 now. 👀
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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'A hypnotic banquet of alien electronic sequencing, splayed jazz drumming and essential bass grooves with a seasoning of warped guitars and sax for flavour from LA's pre-eminent sideman supergroup'
SML - How You Doing
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SML - How You Doing
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November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'A hypnotic banquet of alien electronic sequencing, splayed jazz drumming and essential bass grooves with a seasoning of warped guitars and sax for flavour from LA's pre-eminent sideman supergroup'
SML - How You Doing
buff.ly/o2RBbCh
SML - How You Doing
buff.ly/o2RBbCh
Top 5 McCartney album (not a popular opinion but Wild Life is also there).
12 November 2001:
Driving Rain, Paul McCartney’s 12th solo studio album, is released in the UK.
"It was a little bit into the unknown for all of us. The band on this album is a new band who I’d never worked with before."
Read all about Driving Rain:
www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...
Driving Rain, Paul McCartney’s 12th solo studio album, is released in the UK.
"It was a little bit into the unknown for all of us. The band on this album is a new band who I’d never worked with before."
Read all about Driving Rain:
www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-...
Driving Rain
Recorded: 16 February – 2 March; June; October 2001 Producer: David Kahne Released: 12 November 2001 (UK), 13 November 2001 (US) Personnel Paul McCartney: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bas...
www.beatlesbible.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Top 5 McCartney album (not a popular opinion but Wild Life is also there).
She's always on the winning side 😂
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
She's always on the winning side 😂
The entrance to The Tokyo Museum of Photography in Aug 2023.
A lucky shot of a somewhat ironic juxtaposition.
But it also brought to mind this great post by Chris Bourke in 2008, interviewing John G Morris who placed the Capa shot in Life.
chrisbourke.blogspot.com/2008/03/magn...
A lucky shot of a somewhat ironic juxtaposition.
But it also brought to mind this great post by Chris Bourke in 2008, interviewing John G Morris who placed the Capa shot in Life.
chrisbourke.blogspot.com/2008/03/magn...
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The entrance to The Tokyo Museum of Photography in Aug 2023.
A lucky shot of a somewhat ironic juxtaposition.
But it also brought to mind this great post by Chris Bourke in 2008, interviewing John G Morris who placed the Capa shot in Life.
chrisbourke.blogspot.com/2008/03/magn...
A lucky shot of a somewhat ironic juxtaposition.
But it also brought to mind this great post by Chris Bourke in 2008, interviewing John G Morris who placed the Capa shot in Life.
chrisbourke.blogspot.com/2008/03/magn...
Elton really needs to hang up the specs. This is gruesome. youtu.be/0AC8WoxySLM?...
Elton John | God Only Knows | Full Performance | Live @ The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 2025
YouTube video by RemasterKingdom4K
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Elton really needs to hang up the specs. This is gruesome. youtu.be/0AC8WoxySLM?...
What a sad but engrossing book, essentially how the CIA and the US gifted the planet the meth scourge via their bumbling war on drugs and the tragedy of the Wa state victims caught up in it all.
History repeats.
History repeats.
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
What a sad but engrossing book, essentially how the CIA and the US gifted the planet the meth scourge via their bumbling war on drugs and the tragedy of the Wa state victims caught up in it all.
History repeats.
History repeats.
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NZ is going nuts with making music history preservation moves and I hope the rest of the world can get anywhere close to doing it this well
This something I'm very proud to have done, in partnership with NatLib and @jingajik.bsky.social's team.
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
NZ is going nuts with making music history preservation moves and I hope the rest of the world can get anywhere close to doing it this well
I dipped into a random issue from May 1987 and found this highly entertaining European tour diary for The Chills. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Grandma chasing a grandson around and around me with a raygun in Changsha, Hunan, May 2024.
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Grandma chasing a grandson around and around me with a raygun in Changsha, Hunan, May 2024.
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
I'm not sure if this is actually a good photo, but I quite liked the tumult and noise of it. And it was noisy.
Milano, April.
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
Milano, April.
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I'm not sure if this is actually a good photo, but I quite liked the tumult and noise of it. And it was noisy.
Milano, April.
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
Milano, April.
#streetphotography
#blackandwhitephotography
#bnw
This something I'm very proud to have done, in partnership with NatLib and @jingajik.bsky.social's team.
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This something I'm very proud to have done, in partnership with NatLib and @jingajik.bsky.social's team.
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
In 2019, we put the first 8 years of Rip It Up online, free, searchabe and downloadable. In 2024 we added 1986-98 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
One of history's great monsters is now an Indonesian hero apparently. Estimates of the numbers he murdered range from 500k to three times that.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
Former leader presided over period marked by corruption, nepotism, censorship and claims of rights abuses
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
One of history's great monsters is now an Indonesian hero apparently. Estimates of the numbers he murdered range from 500k to three times that.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Terrific interview from adopted (decades ago) Kiwi bassist (and the rest) Tom Bailey on his happily socialist band The Thompson Twins youtu.be/wferscXOMfE...
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Terrific interview from adopted (decades ago) Kiwi bassist (and the rest) Tom Bailey on his happily socialist band The Thompson Twins youtu.be/wferscXOMfE...
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Marie & the Atom
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Marie & the Atom
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
Pt 2 of my blog on Flying Nun multitrack tapes, analyzing two songs by the amazing MATA, recorded by Terry Moore for their second EP "Spit it out" in 1985. What does the tape tell us? Have a read & listen to samples of the original multitrack audio.
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/f...
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Terrific new episode of Alt Latino. Six South American jazz musicians talking about music, identity, & opening the world of jazz to new sounds & influences. www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
Portraits of Jazz and Identity in Latin America : Alt.Latino
Ever since I heard the Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri back in the Seventies, I’ve been fascinated by musicians from South America who found their way to jazz.Lately there seems to be a strong sho...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Terrific new episode of Alt Latino. Six South American jazz musicians talking about music, identity, & opening the world of jazz to new sounds & influences. www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
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Some of our wonderful writers are also excellent musicians. In that light, we'd like to say a huge congratulations to GlenMoffatt, who, along with Kaylee Bell, will be inducted into the NZ Gold Guitar Awards Hall of Fame in 2026. Ka rawe Glen! www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/glen...
Glen Moffatt - AudioCulture
Enthused with this music, Glen received his first guitar for Christmas in 1977. In 1981, coaxed with a $10 reward from his father, he made his stage debut at the Napier City Country Music Club, singin...
www.audioculture.co.nz
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Some of our wonderful writers are also excellent musicians. In that light, we'd like to say a huge congratulations to GlenMoffatt, who, along with Kaylee Bell, will be inducted into the NZ Gold Guitar Awards Hall of Fame in 2026. Ka rawe Glen! www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/glen...
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Worth noting. Virginia has elected its first woman governor, its first Muslim lieutenant governor, & its first Black attorney general. Progressives are rightly hailing Mamdani's win in NYC. But Democratic liberalism is alive & very well in Virginia. www.vpm.org/elections/20...
Democrats sweep Virginia's statewide offices, expand House majority
Voters sent Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones to the Capitol.
www.vpm.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Worth noting. Virginia has elected its first woman governor, its first Muslim lieutenant governor, & its first Black attorney general. Progressives are rightly hailing Mamdani's win in NYC. But Democratic liberalism is alive & very well in Virginia. www.vpm.org/elections/20...
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This guy is a legend
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This guy is a legend
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.