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What do I call this genre?
Bedroom rock.
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Amanda Riddell
4 hours ago1 min read
How's Ringo?
Apparently, he broke a leg and there's a lot of soft tissue trauma. Haven't seen him. Peter and Fran would know more.
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Amanda Riddell
4 hours ago1 min read
Do you think The Wicker Man is a musical?
Yes, in that the songs are embedded in the story and have some narrative import. Plus I love the idea of nerdy teenagers seeing that nude number! - Deathgasm is similar. It's a movie musical, not a stage musical.
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Amanda Riddell
4 hours ago1 min read
Wairuakohu
Sir Paul's interpretation: 'Gate To The Sidhe' He's interested in radula marginata.
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Amanda Riddell
5 hours ago1 min read
Beatles drama - who is to blame?
Well, regarding the competing films, it's obviously Paul. He didn't bother to give Peter and Fran exclusive rights, so Sony tried to nick them. Don thinks he secretly hates all Beatles films, but he liked writing the script for ours. I think a lot of people in showbiz tried to spin it as Paul and Olivia being stubborn, but my view is that Apple Corps wasn't keen on the Sam Mendes films. Sir Peter had been working with them for over a decade. Apple Corps was a joke in the S
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Amanda Riddell
7 hours ago1 min read


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Amanda Riddell
1 day ago0 min read


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Amanda Riddell
1 day ago0 min read
Working For Each Other - FAQ
Q: Did Peter Jackson's AI tools make the movie? A: No, Deep Dream Generator is entirely independent of Wētā. - Q: Was Sir Peter involved? A: Yes, Peter Jackson and Morgan Neville supervised the final cut. - Q: Did Paul play bass? A: Yes, mostly bits and pieces. Fuck The Children Of The Rich is almost entirely Paul. So is Paramilitary Jamboree. - Q: Did you really write the White House Blues? A: Yes. It's a variant of Cops In The Beehive. It was my sheet music as wel
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Dakumentary FAQ
Q: What's really going on between you two? A: Chlöe and I are friends. Got engaged in 2024, but it's largely symbolic until she retires. - Q: How long did it take? A: The film began in 2022, and took two years to compile/shoot/finish. I started doing my bit in 2018, which is when our Fresh Culture films are from. - Q: Was it really as easy as it seemed? A: Regarding protesting, yes. Gary's a bit of a genius, and my performance art is a hit. We all faced intense GCSB an
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Yellow Submarine vs. Working For Each Other
It's an apt comparison. In both versions, the real Beatles aren't doing the voices. Even some of the recordings in Yellow Submarine are covers. - The difference is that the 2026 version doesn't pretend to have a narrative. What people see as a narrative is more like a semiotic web built around current events. In terms of animation, it's like Yellow Submarine in that it's highly experimental. Unlike Yellow Submarine, there's no rotoscoping or cel animation. I've used tho
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
MJ Trivia
The two kids from the 1980's are apparently his, but the people telling me swear that he never had procreative sex with them. Billie Jean is about the phenomenon, which also happened to his brothers. Shit gets weird... sometimes kids aren't 50-50 in terms of genetic material. I don't know how; it's a weird thing that pop stars are all familiar with.
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
What kind of acid does Paul take?
A special variant that he synthesised in 1967. I don't know what's different about it...
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Amanda Riddell
4 days ago1 min read
Trivia
Coming Up was something that John Lennon worked on with Paul. It's not a Lennon-McCartney song, but it's based on a riff that John had.
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Amanda Riddell
4 days ago1 min read
We'll Be Free - lyrics and chords
Intro Cmaj7/G, G, Cmaj7/G, G Em, Bm7, Em, Bm7 Verse G C It's a grey cloudy day G C As I slowly wind to empty. A E Wish the sun was shining bright, B A 'Cause I chundered all my breakfast G C There's a dull constant ache G C While my insides churn the whiskey: D G When my mind finally wakes A I'll be free. E Hope I'll see C#-7 Another
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Amanda Riddell
4 days ago1 min read
Stop being rude, rich producers
I've firmly refused to travel to London; stop asking me to be George in Sunday. I've firmly refused to licence Weeded Out. Please respect my wishes. Sony and Disney's desire for a PG Beatles film was their undoing, alongside our efforts. Working For Each Other makes you look weak. - Stop presuming that London, New York or Los Angeles is the centre of the universe. Provincial shows are as good as any major ones, and you're feeling unimportant. Our Sunday is likely to be a
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Amanda Riddell
4 days ago1 min read
'side'
No, that's just gays trying to claim ace people. A bed partner that doesn't want to have sex: that's the 1960's for all sexes and genders. Until the post-modern era, that was quite common... Sir Paul wants to bring that back. It's more intimate than the cuddle parties Chlöe craves. - I'm not gay. I'm not a homosexual that performs penetrative sex acts with other men. Every time it's got to that point, I've refused the person. Same goes for women. They're the ones that wa
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
Making fun of my appearance in porn etc.
is folly when you want to capitalise on how attractive I am. Can't have it both ways, creeps; I can't be hot and disgusting at the same time. Well, I can, but monetising that is largely the realm of kink sex. I'm not some crazy old eccentric in a dress: I'm still in my prime. As Paul and I have shown very elegantly, doing our own songs is more lucrative than the bullshit offers that I get to be in shows or movies. Doing Sondheim isn't my goal. I'm like Bowie doing the Ele
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
To the Natzees
Guys, if I was losing, then I'd be in jail. It's fair to say, despite our PR War being hopelessly one-sided financially, I'm winning. Working For Each Other is sweeping the world. The Prime Minister is circling the drain. All the plans you had to turn me into a lamer Mandy Patinkin are kaput. To quote a Sondheim lyric, the four hundred will be four hundred and one! As a fellow potential billionaire, I'd suggest more decorum.
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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago1 min read


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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago0 min read
Rules
I will never sing in a show that I compose. Ever. I will never sing in a show with a mic. I will never sing a male role. I will never take vocal advice from someone who can't sing. You will never sign me to any representation. No talent groups can buy in. You will never assign any song of mine to another show again. You will not persuade me to be a professional singer-actor. Only occasional. Barbara will not persuade me to join in. It doesn't work like that: I'm the great wri
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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago1 min read
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