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Simon Grigg
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I followed the herd to Bluesky where I’m opdiner.bsky.social
Bangkok, Auckland & elsewhere
Joined May 2008
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    Simon Grigg
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    Jul 18, 2017
    Replying to @Baetriot
    Ahhh ... Prince, Sly Stone, Living Colour
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    Simon Grigg
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    Aug 27, 2021
    40 years ago today I released this 45. The recording process was arduous but we got there - and we got there with a bang. It was the very first NZ artist to enter the Top 40 at #1 - and the very first NZ recorded record in any format to do that. I'm quite proud of that.
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    Simon Grigg
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    Oct 16, 2021
    Quarantine Samui style. Fisherman's Village seems to have some life now and it's still quite stunning.
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    Simon Grigg
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    May 30, 2021
    Replying to @BabsNL and @LegalValkyrie
    Edward, George and Henry covers most of England.
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    Simon Grigg
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    Sep 26, 2022
    Now, I know where this is. Sukhumvit 4, 1973, taken by Dad.
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    Simon Grigg
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    Nov 29, 2023
    I'm quite excited about this and if you are from Aotearoa and of a musical bent you'll probably know why. Mid next week we go live with the next Rip It Ups on Papers Past, 1986-98, the last of the Murray Cammick era.
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    Simon Grigg
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    Sep 10, 2019
    God knows how this plays back in NZ but this is a ruthless scything of Simon Bridges in one of Asia's most important newspapers. amp.scmp.com/news/asia/aust…
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    Simon Grigg
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    Sep 10, 2020
    Anyone around the club or bar scene in Auckland in the last thirty years knew The Hat, who passed last night. RIP Kev 🖤
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    Simon Grigg
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    Apr 10, 2023
    Replying to @medeabenjamin and @asiatimesonline
    There are complicated and conflicting claims to much of that and maybe the US should not be proddng so enthusiasticly there (as several SEA nations are also saying) but FFS the name is not part of the chain of evidence.
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    Simon Grigg
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    Mar 18, 2024
    I rarely feel ashamed of my passport but today came close. Scumbags, idiots, who deserve to see the inside of a Thai prison cell.
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    Khaosod English
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    Mar 18, 2024
    (1/3) #Phuket governor Sophon Suwannarat confirms Mon the 2 #Kiwi brothers who assaulted a traffic police officers after being told to stop for motorbike speeding have had their visa revoked. The two, Hamish Day, 36, and Oscar Mattson Day, 38, were former MMA fighters. #Thailand
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    Simon Grigg
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    May 16, 2023
    So saddened to hear of the passing of my old friend Barry Jenkin, a giant of NZ broadcasting. Our John Peel if there was such a thing. audioculture.co.nz/profile/barry-… @AudioCultureNZ
    Barry Jenkin - AudioCulture
    From audioculture.co.nz
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    Simon Grigg
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    Mar 3, 2024
    One of dozens of craft beer places across Hong Kong serving mostly local brews. Thailand seems to be the last (non-Islamic) SEA and East Asian country without a thriving CB industry thanks to a paid-to-protect duopoly with undue influence. A soft power failure.
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    Simon Grigg
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    Mar 31, 2023
    Replying to @pdt2211 and @Carnage4Life
    The new TikTok legislation in the US makes the EU look like the hub of openness.
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    Simon Grigg
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    Jan 21, 2022
    Maybe a carrot cake map of Bangkok is in order, if so the Wallflowers Cafe in Nana, Chinatown, is in the top ten.