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'Quit drinking'
Nah. I'm fine with where I'm at. I'm drinking every day. My anger happens when I'm out of cannabis. To use clinical language, I become dysregulated without cannabis. Drinking is a response to harassment. Plus the rock stars all drink. That's what my alcohol counselor said (minus the endorsement of drinking).
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Amanda Riddell
29 minutes ago1 min read
'End the boycott'
Nah. I'm sticking it out. Why should I come to gigs where there's intolerant views of my dresses? Why come to gigs until the slanders are clarified? Got some money. I'm still able to live in the boarding house for cheap. Still getting the benefit. I can survive until the election. After that, I'm sure that I'll be able to get my lawyers to start my civil claims. The police are the ones that'll decide whether to charge my harassers. - Weeded Out isn't diversion. That's no
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Amanda Riddell
33 minutes ago1 min read
'Rural NZ won't allow you'
I remember that Clarke Gayford wrote an article ages ago about the split of hippies vs. posh in rural NZ. Most people won't care. The Defence Force are actually one of the most trans-tolerant groups in NZ. It's 2026. I've been harassed before, but I'm not going to be arrested.
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Amanda Riddell
47 minutes ago1 min read
'you can't release The Dakumentary!'
Actually, Sir Paul and Imagine Multimedia can afford the licences. Peter's estimated that acquisition budget at around $2 million. Reporters and producers should lobby for royalties. As for AMPP: it's mostly music that's easy to licence.
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Amanda Riddell
4 hours ago1 min read
What did NotePerformer do in the new films?
AMPP skits with Perfumed Garden music; Hard To Be A God; Prime Omelette theme. If it has non-rock instruments, they're probably synth (unless it's my mouth trombone). Otherwise, it's licenced or entirely me. Tango For Guitar And Viola is real; it was a Year 13 assignment. Martin Qi did the viola part. He was 18. I was 17. Caprice 1a was a university assignment. A visiting violinist recorded all our pieces. All the voices in the songs are me. There's no autotune.
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Amanda Riddell
5 hours ago1 min read
Paul's not dying
Not immediately, at any rate. He has a bad concussion from the hostage situation. That's why he's been faltering for the last few weeks. He was only lucid for a few hours a day (if that). Seems fine now. His doctors are worried that the back-to-back assaults might slowly kill him, but we had a long psychic chat on psilocybin with Ringo a few days ago and he's compos mentis. - His wrists are healing well, and he can play a little bass. Months ahead of schedule. The bruise
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Amanda Riddell
5 hours ago1 min read
Extra thoughts for Hollywood
Only producers in the room should get a say on the cut. I saw Project Greenlight Season 4... loads of HBO suits remotely commenting. That film was even worse than Feast from season 3, which wasn't great. Film composers should demand the right to ban temp tracks. A good film should have a natural cutting rhythm sans music. Training models for AI should generate royalties. That's Sean's idea.
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Amanda Riddell
2 days ago1 min read
Public statement: to VUW
Victoria University of Wellington needs to apologise publicly for harassing me. It was their bullshit that enabled me to begin a police investigation. My terms are the same as always: double my student loan balance + a full apology. I want the apology on camera so that I can play it whenever I need to. - Given I'm fairly sure you used remote access to stalk me, I'm not negotiating. If I'd died, you'd have made my script without my permission. Don't pretend otherwise. -
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Amanda Riddell
2 days ago1 min read
'become a top-rated streaming show'
We already have a streaming series. It's called The Dakumentary. We already did a sequel. It's called AMPP. Steve Barr and Disney have no legal right to use my IP. We're starting our own streaming service, with blackjack and hookers. That's what Imagine Multimedia is. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qS932gjytW4cASFu7KApKawuGBYDLYMW?usp=drive_link
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Machine Fatigue - origin
Well, both Dave Armstrong and Tom McLeod are fairly sure Unruly Tourists stole it. Unfortunately for Luke and NZ Opera, I was developing it from March 2021. Sent it to my Mum. There's even an audio recording. Did it at Ingrid's open mic before the recording at my brother's place in Melrose. - It's a response to Michelle's Realm of the Hungry Ghosts song. Basically, I thought her friends were shallow and not tuned-in to the real issues. Why? Because everyone was looking a
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
'Play Paul'
No. I'm a terrible actor; I could never do a Liverpool accent. My voice acting is only good if I'm like John Clarke or Trey Parker, not Robin Williams. Working For Each Other/Collective Memories is a hit, so I don't need the money. - Disney and Sony have to fail. Their manosphere Beatles nearly killed Sir Paul. Michelle was literally within inches of dying; that's how Mr. Mescal treated his partner*. Then, after all that bullshit, Nancy still tried to poison Sir Paul... S
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read


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Amanda Riddell
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Amanda Riddell
4 days ago0 min read
Why is the Prime Omelette a bad PM?
Simple. He abuses executive power in a country where the executive is already strong. The number of laws that they've used urgency to pass is staggering. It's a sign of his number one issue: he doesn't see others as equal to him. He's not personable; he doesn't listen to others. Even his advisers are fed up. I'd rather not have a tinpot dictator as a two-term PM. It's like he's Marlo Stanfield to John Key's Avon Barksdale!
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Amanda Riddell
4 days ago1 min read
NotePerformer
Is a tool that renders Sibelius scores for a realistic ensemble. It uses machine learning to predict articulations, which saves time. It also declutters notation, as it gives composers a prediction without fully articulating it. Most performers hate the overarticulated scores of modern composers. - Articulation is mostly copy-and-paste anyway, and it tends to make people nervous. Compare the notation of my string quartet to that of most new string quartets... Mine is clos
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
Worst PM ever?
I had a dream where George Harrison told me that there was a death of imagination. Sean Lennon said that it was a capture of imagination. Narnia vibes... either way, I woke up in the morning and came up with my little poll.
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
Worst NZ films that I've ever seen
Realiti Jinx Sister Is She or Isn't He? A Soldier's Tale* The Raid** Savage Fantail*** Chronesthesia**** Millie Lies Low***** Hopeless - *Yes, it's technically an NZ movie (with Gabriel Byrne). **No offence intended to Tūhoe! Operation 8 is better. ***The ending really cheesed me off. ****Produced by Steve Barr. His other NZ features are apparently crap as well. *****Turned it off. Hopeless is one that I genuinely like, but it's still crap.
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
To the theatre scene in NZ
No, no adaptations of Weeded Out or Just Like Yesterday. Please write your own plays, thank you. I'm not John Lennon. I could write my own play. In fact, I did Just Like Yesterday as an audio play. The legal reason is obvious: the book hasn't been published. This is a deliberate ploy to prevent half-baked adaptations. Until it's on the bookshelves, you need to find other things to do. - I think that the standard of NZ acting, both stage and screen, is weak. That's why I
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
How do I cope with mania?
Ingrid asked me back in 2021. I go to ground: I camp out in my room and do research. This time, I've cracked the 'telepathy' problem. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hcQBLVoX_TXEo-QjyXv9D2zSJ7HD_6ZN/view?usp=sharing
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
To my stalkers
Look, if you want a better outcome, then you have to meet me IRL. I can moan and shout in my little room as much as I like, but it's futile. The police are investigating: I'm not going to close the investigation. If anything, I think that the cops want me to add Jake's assault to my complaint. - As we all know, I've set terms regarding how my boycott ends. The negotiation is simply over the wording of the apology and the sums involved. - My guitar preludes aren't commun
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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago1 min read
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