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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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@audioculturenz.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wonderful news: The Pacific Music Awards Trust has announced the 2026 Ministry for Pacific Peoples Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to pioneering Cook Islands musician Will Crummer. Will is best known to many music fans as frontman of the Royal... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/will...

Will Crummer - AudioCulture

Will grew up in Rarotonga and although he has spent much of his life in New Zealand, he has never lost his love for his island home. He will tell you “it is paradise”. It would seem the Crummer family...

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@audioculturenz.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's Simon's full 3-part story: "Roger Perry was raised in the Bay of Plenty...his grandfather was Sir Norman Perry, who was the only Pakeha to serve with the Māori Battalion. It was a heritage that helped define Roger's own life..." And much more: www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/rog...

Roger Perry, part 1 - Article | AudioCulture

With Roger Perry, it’s a matter of where to start. His influence on Aotearoa’s cultural, club, DJ, and electronic music scenes from the mid-1980s onwards was immense and pervasive. It remains omnipres...

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Simon Grigg@opdiner.com · last mo.

Some words I wrote for @audioculturenz.bsky.social about my friend Roger Perry. opdiner.substack.com/p/roger-perr...

@audioculturenz.bsky.social · last mo.

It's 1986 at The Asylum, a massive club (it's now The Powerstation). The DJ has just played an early house track, and the crowd is expectant. The record finishes, and then silence for what feels like an eternity, and then...bam! A guitar huge riff drops... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/rog...

Roger Perry, part 1 - Article | AudioCulture

With Roger Perry, it’s a matter of where to start. His influence on Aotearoa’s cultural, club, DJ, and electronic music scenes from the mid-1980s onwards was immense and pervasive. It remains omnipres...

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@audioculturenz.bsky.social · last mo.

...and the crowd goes nuts to The Chills' 'I Love My Leather Jacket’ – a classic Roger Perry moment. When Roger died on 5 June 2026, several generations of dance music lovers struggled with the passing of a unique man who had changed our nightlife. His friend @opdiner.com pays tribute, in 3 parts.

Roger Perry and Selwyn at The Playground, 1988. - Darryl Ward
Simon Grigg@opdiner.com · 2mo ago

Twenty years since we left Bali and I always impress myself with my Bahasa Indonesia. It takes a few minutes and I'm nattering with loca folk. It's far easier than any other South East Asian lingo.

@audioculturenz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Others Way festival is sadly no more, but we tip our hats to the amazing work the organisers have done over the last decade. @garethshute.bsky.social says it "provided an annual smorgasbord of the hottest young independent acts from the local scene... www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/the...

The Others Way - Article | AudioCulture

The Others Way festival provided an annual smorgasbord of the hottest young independent acts from the local scene, with a smattering of cult acts from overseas. The event reached across generations by...

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Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The global far right led by highly online white nationalists like Elon Musk has had its Kristallnacht moment, producing images that shock the conscience. How will the world respond?

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Far Right riot in Belfast last night was nothing less than “a race-based pogrom”, Belfast MP and leader of the SDLP Claire Hanna said. The mob hunted down non-whites and set fire to their homes. Carl Whyte, a local councillor, called it “a hard Far Right element”.

Simon Grigg@opdiner.com · 2mo ago

“He had a trailer shipped from New York filled with 400 books so he wouldn’t have to leave them in the apartment he shared with his wife, and that was increasingly frequented by “pimps and mobsters.” God, I love Bowie but we were lucky to have him alive by the time he recorded Low.

Cocaine, bikers and aliens: The film that saved David Bowie at his lowest point

‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ premiered 50 years ago and remains, to this day, a strange artefact that almost nobody fully grasps. By most accounts, not even the singer ever really understood it

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@audioculturenz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Music fans around the world are sad to hear of the passing of the Commodores' original bassist Ronald LaPread. He passed away in Auckland on May 30, and had been living here for 40 years. LaPread became enmeshed in he local music community: Simon Lynch and... www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/d-fa...

D-Faction - AudioCulture

As a production duo, they had hits with the singer Ngaire, but initially their own music struggled. They followed the musical tastes of their community into reggae and found themselves back on the cha...

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@audioculturenz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

bIG news: 95bFM is moving from Auckland Uni to Karangahape Rd. General manager Tom Tremewan says, "K’Road is the logical next home for 95bFM. It keeps us close to the city, close to campus, and close to the musicians, artists, venues, listeners, and community who make up... 95bfm.com/news/were-mo...

We're Moving!

95bFM has announced it will relocate to Karangahape Road by Friday, 31 July 2026, marking a major new chapter in the station’s nearly six-decade history. After a long search for a suitable new home, 9...

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