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The curse of celebrity
While people are moaning, Glenn Gould did the same thing. I've always had an ambivalent feeling about celebrity culture. Something that...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 171 min read
The Dakumentary vs. prestige TV?
Well, it's prestige streaming nowadays, but you get the point. The Dakumentary is essentially another streaming show, regardless of which...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 161 min read
Amanda vs. the musicals and opera people?
Obvious answer. These people have never met me, yet attempted to steal my music. That's why I don't give a shit about their opinions....
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 161 min read
King of the Hill
It starts off doggedly naturalistic, but by the later seasons there's a constant surreality that is often entertaining. 13 seasons is a...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 141 min read
Why support Māori self-governance?
There is some debate over the general value of iwi-led corporate bodies, but nevertheless that is how most of the reparations have been...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 141 min read
To my 'allies' at VUW
I don't know how you lot got it into your heads that you had a right to produce my feature script, but I think that you proved that...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 131 min read
Why Don't You Tuck?
Fuck you, you knuckle-dragging overconfident troglodytes. Or is that troglo dykes ? Smug and demanding, You harangue before You check...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 131 min read
The worm has turned
Now that I am about to inherit some fuck you money, the time has come for the NZ film and theatre industries to treat me in a fair,...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 112 min read
That dream I had...
Well, that was how I felt about Barbie, but I didn't mean the diva bit. She had the kind of life going on that I thought I wanted,...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 91 min read
John's influence
My background is part-Greek, and I grew up partly overseas, so we got on well. I like to say that John taught me about rhythm. How to...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 71 min read
Amanda the guitarist
I mean, it's still in my email address, but I identify with my writing career more these days. As a guitarist, the most interesting...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 41 min read
Question Time 03.06.2025
Perhaps National could use their penchant for urgency to do some good and advance the Human Rights kaupapa that keeps me coming to...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 33 min read
The Perfumed Garden: what's underneath?
The Perfumed Garden is my return to scalar melodies. Shipwrecked isn't really scalar: it's chord-defined. However, that depends on the...
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Amanda Riddell
Jun 21 min read
'so, you stuck your neck out...'
Yeah, I stuck my neck out there for cannabis reform. Specifically for my dealer and grower friends. People were a mix of supportive and...
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Amanda Riddell
May 311 min read
The Beatles film
I think that was a two-way street re: influence. Peter might have seen Dak Headroom, while I obviously nicked some bits for The Dakumentary.
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Amanda Riddell
May 251 min read
The Savage strain
Some of my moves as AMPP were inspired by reading a biography of Michael Joseph Savage, particularly fancying myself a politician while...
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Amanda Riddell
May 241 min read
Nope, it's not possible
Asking me to perform Tina = no. I refuse to 'compromise' by being 'allowed' to reside on VUW's campus. No, Emily, I will always refuse....
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Amanda Riddell
May 242 min read
Why I won't perform in Wellington
No, it's not gender dysphoria that prevents me from enjoying performances. It's the threats, 'jokes' and other bullshit that you've...
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Amanda Riddell
May 242 min read
The avocados
Honestly, I think the Greens are warming to the analogy since the Avocado Nazis bit. My interpretation is that they see it as mocking...
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Amanda Riddell
May 231 min read
classical baggage
In classical, everyone wears penguin suits and formal clothes, and I think most of them look at any sense of flair or fashion as somehow...
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Amanda Riddell
May 221 min read
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