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Question Time 21.05.2025
Dakta and Gary are planning to attend the next sitting session. 3rd and 4th June. I might attend, but Dakta wants to eyeball the Prime...
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Amanda Riddell
May 213 min read
reading the tea leaves
That's what we call it in politics when we determine what people 'really' mean after reading their op-ed, or a profile, or a news story. ...
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Amanda Riddell
May 192 min read
'love'
As we can see, I have a very unusual view of love that is nevertheless valid. One of the great queer lines is 'love is love', but that...
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Amanda Riddell
May 184 min read
Reading list
This is a list off the top of my head, rather than something deep. The Silk Roads - Peter Frankopan Musicophilia - Oliver Sacks...
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Amanda Riddell
May 172 min read
How I learned to sing
I didn't know much about singing technique until high school, but I was hardly as into it as some of the other people in the choirs. My...
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Amanda Riddell
May 161 min read
After listening to the Quran...
It was spellbinding. Totally worth investing a few hours into. Don't really understand it as text, but as music it was very enlightening.
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Amanda Riddell
May 161 min read
Posie Parker - two years on
As people might remember, my view is that large-scale protest isn't the most effective tool to achieve political goals as nuanced as drug...
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Amanda Riddell
May 161 min read
'c'mon, just one episode'
No. Weeded Out can't be made for copyright reasons. Also, one might say that Weeded Out has already been made as the film within the...
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Amanda Riddell
May 151 min read
More about the NZ School of Music
I'm pissed at the NZSM faculty for essentially blaming me when they were the ones afraid to give me information to fight the uni with,...
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Amanda Riddell
May 141 min read
'surrender'
Yeah, I'm not done with asking for apologies, but I'll be reviewing cultural things. Totally out of the loop, though. If people are...
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Amanda Riddell
May 141 min read
Being famous
Tried to rewatch The Dakumentary last night, but couldn't make it past episode four. Though I had some sense of local celebrity in...
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Amanda Riddell
May 141 min read
AMPP Season 1: marketing stats
AMPP - S01E01 - Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti/Transgender Awareness Week 1,019 ThruPlays 5,337 Reach 9,243 Views 38.9% women, 61.1% men (wasn't...
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Amanda Riddell
May 131 min read
The Village Pub
There are definitely times where I like to drink and get high simultaneously. Mostly at home, but also at pubs. I had a sneaky beer...
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Amanda Riddell
May 111 min read
Songs as intertitles
That's what I did in These Words Are Meant For Someone, and The Dakumentary has a similar effect, even though they're not strictly...
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Amanda Riddell
May 101 min read
Professional jealousy
When I'm annoyed or jealous of my peers, I write snarky reviews or call them out online. When they're feeling similarly, they call the...
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Amanda Riddell
May 102 min read
Weeded Out as 'rehab'
Dumbest idea ever. Like, if anything rehabilitative was to take place, it would've required a continuation of the existing therapeutic...
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Amanda Riddell
May 91 min read
reviewing my gig
Honestly, it was pretty good. Though there were a few flubs, none of them got in the way. Extemporising on the score went very well for...
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Amanda Riddell
May 91 min read
Weep No More - lyrics and chords
Words by Bruce Mason Em. Em7 A plump star hangs on the cliffs Bsus2/A ...
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Amanda Riddell
May 81 min read
me and competing
Yeah, I relish it! Outside of guitar, I was a good goalkeeper in soccer, and did gymnastics. Canterbury rep as a goalie, but I was too...
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Amanda Riddell
May 82 min read
Question Time 07.05.2025
Saw Goldie and Hana while hanging around. Got a clip of Hana. I still felt like a pawn in the Prime Omelette's court, even though he was...
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Amanda Riddell
May 72 min read
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