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To the entertainment industry
For starters, I think we need a new industry moniker for the IM vision. Sound and screen is what my brother and I used to say on our RP business cards... Sound, screen and stage? It's not 'entertainment' - it's hoping to provide a practical guide to inner peace. Altering consciousness industry? - I'm working with Paul and I'm expecting to release the records via Apple Corps or IM. I'm selling him exhibition rights to my movies and my publishing rights, not my masters. I
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Amanda Riddell
19 hours ago2 min read
Gender as a mediated phenomenon
That's what Taylor's about. That's why she tries on all the stereotypes in her songs. She's showing us how we perceive her differently in the disguises, but s(he)'s still whole. To her, gender is part of the celebrity thing. It's glamour, not identity. That's why s(he)'s not non-binary. - That's her world. In my world, gender is a spiritual thing and a social role. Even non-passing people can be MVPFAFF+ They don't have to dance the siva perfectly; it's a social expectati
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Amanda Riddell
21 hours ago1 min read
Working For Each Other - lyrics and chords
Dmaj7 Amaj7 Working for each other: G7 F#7 It's an easy thing to do. Dmaj7 C#7 Working for each other Cmaj7 B7 After beating Wuhan flu. Emaj7 Bmaj7 Listen to each other A7 G#7 So peace can finally grow Emaj7 Eb7 Listen to the other; Dmaj7 Db7 They'll deal their final blow. F#maj7 Bmaj
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Amanda Riddell
22 hours ago1 min read
To the NZ Green Party
Yes, I'm Chlöe's close friend. No, I refuse to join. You've spent most of the last four years preventing us from dating or sleeping over. Even when Chlöe was at her worst, I might add... - In the last few months, it became clear that you weren't on my side re: the Beatles movie. That's because you're an international party with wealthy backers. Those backers were hoping to buy Sir Paul's catalogue. Now they're hoping to force Mx. Swift to tour endlessly. It's my understa
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Amanda Riddell
2 days ago1 min read
Sunrise
Sitting on a rock After spending all night tripping: There with my lover. I'm sick of mothering you; Too afraid of othering you. Nothing left to discover. Gazing at the Moai statue... Sunrise: You were my one prize. Sunrise: Now you're blooming with her lies. Strange colours shimmer As engine echoes glimmer: Peace and serenity. Sunrise: Lapping up the harbour thighs Penetrating the banks. Seems I should give thanks To you. Amanda Riddell April 2026
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Amanda Riddell
2 days ago1 min read
Trick rhyme
Took me years to come up with this: "Fond I'm of Sondheim"
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Amanda Riddell
2 days ago1 min read
Stolen Years - lyrics and chords (sample)
A D A/C# Bm I didn't really plan to leave you A D A/C# Bm Though you'd admit I've hardly even seen you. E F# I hadn't even been you E F# not yet [...] F#-7 Bm7 It's these stolen years, F#-7 Bm Em Watching you feel my tears. A F#m I won't surrender A F#m Till you hold me tender
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Imperfect Love: What's It About?
The video has a slightly different meaning to the album, but it's self-explanatory. Adding The Taliban! was an idea I got from the news, but Golriz came up with the idea. She thinks I'm funny: that's what she likes about me. Dawn is a Britten transcription. Yes, it's available: look at my portfolio. Something for MPL to publish. The other three interludes require multiple guitars. Imperfect Love is the official homage to Taylor Swift. After Midnight is an improvisation I
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Amanda Riddell
3 days ago1 min read
Why are you doing a Taylor Swift homage?
She's a friend of Sir Paul, so it's essentially an audition. That was true of the Beatles covers as well. It'll probably just be an EP.
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Amanda Riddell
5 days ago1 min read
Science update
This thing that was previously classed as psychic has more to do with the physical. All these intrusive thoughts and visions are about knowing bodies, not minds alone. It comes with physical sensations, so it's not just some mental exercise. In our case, we all have our music, which tells us a lot about other people's bodies. - With rare exceptions, the McCartney/McGlashan visions are closed-eye visuals. My ancestor was overwriting my reality. As I said, the mental image
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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago1 min read
Why aren't you writing sheet music?
After Salina Fisher stalking me caused an overdose, I refuse to write notated music. I had to force them not to alter any notes in my String Quartet, which is the result of a strong causal link between NZSM staff insulting me and suicidal ideations. As far as I'm concerned, attempting to alter my sheet music during the process is tantamount to deliberately sabotaging my music. You don't understand my idiom, so shut up and leave me to write in peace. - Why are the CIA and
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Amanda Riddell
6 days ago1 min read
To Disney
Stop asking about The Perfumed Garden. The answer is no, I'm making a stage piece. Taylor owns her movies, or she wouldn't be discussing Imagine Multimedia with us. You'd love to front like you own Mx. Swift and the Beatles, but you don't. My cease and desist letters from 2024 still apply in 2026. Read them and stop.
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 61 min read
To the anti-AI people
Working for Each Other couldn't have existed before AI. The songs are entirely human, and I wrote the incidental music. - Seems like sour grapes: Disney and Pixar are going down the tubes in terms of quality, while Paul and I made a decent animated film on a budget of under $50,000. Probably under $10,000. The Queer Fantasia/Transtasia only cost a few thousand too. - It's not like we made a scripted movie and pretended as if the animation was human. The film was experim
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 61 min read
'under no legal circumstances'
It's straightforward: no, you can't force me to be Tina. No matter what you think I should do, I'm not going to do that. Grow up. Accept me as a director and tolerate that my script isn't available. - By my count, I've made two separate 20-hour documentary series and two features while you cunts have been attempting to make one movie. Those features are why Hollywood A-listers are lining up to work with me. If you'd come up with The Dakumentary, perhaps you'd be on thei
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 51 min read
Was my Transtasia (2022) the first AI feature?
It relies on a mix of AI, keyframe animation in Adobe Premiere + live film of my guitar, so it's not entirely animated by AI. Nevertheless, that's how it felt to watch it. Sir Peter and I have always used AI subtly, rather than all this Hollywood/Bollywood stuff that I'm reading about.
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 51 min read


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Amanda Riddell
Apr 50 min read
If I Fell
Playing tune detective: I think that it's Paul and George doing the verse from 'I must be sure.' In general, John wasn't up to much as a singer and had a finicky voice in the early days. Yoko improved his voice.
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 41 min read
Taylor and the Pentagon
I'm pointing the finger. It seems like there's war machine people attempting to dictate what Taylor should say or do. For example, she's strongly pro-Iran, pro-Palestine: that's never in the news. - Things like the Eras tour are as helpful for US supremacy as a war film or The Avengers. Taylor's music is bright, largely all-inclusive, and easy to turn into Cirque Du Soleil. By reducing her to a sexualised object, they remove some of her agency. - Why do I suspect this?
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 41 min read
What genre is Working For Each Other?
Had a brainwave: overdub opera. Beatles Invade New Zealand! is a lot like a ballad opera (that's a real thing).
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 31 min read
Beatles tuning
I read that John set a string off so that his mother would know it was him. I also suspect they used another A than 440hz. Listening to an album in 430hz, and it sounds closer (I didn't tune up for my demos). Paul says that it was A = 434hz.
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 21 min read
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