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Amanda vs. Tory
Yes, I know she isn't the devil, but from my perspective she dragged me to an evening in 2022 that was mean-spirited, and seemed to be...
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Amanda Riddell
May 61 min read
Why won't I come in from the cold?
Because the NZ School of Music doesn't have anything that I want. As I've established, there are legitimate reasons that I'm refusing:...
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Amanda Riddell
May 62 min read
Queering the Big Sing
When I was in Year 11, we did a faux-Spanish song by Bob Chilcott and it had some moves. I was singing tenor, so ended up harmonising and...
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Amanda Riddell
May 51 min read
Unerased
A art show/museum piece about Palestine. Really interesting; packed in a lot for a room that was tiny. The most interesting part for me...
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Amanda Riddell
May 31 min read
To Red Scare
Given I just exposed your evil secrets on DeviantArt, this will be the last lesson. - Lady, you don't have the first clue about...
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Amanda Riddell
May 22 min read
Fach
One of my perennial irritations is that the opera singers scoffed at my claims of being a unicorn. Baryton-martin is quite a rare voice...
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Amanda Riddell
May 22 min read
The gig: Whakamana Cannabis Museum
Well, despite all the pressure to perform, nobody came. I had a good time, but it wasn't quite the interactive thing I'd hoped for. If...
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Amanda Riddell
May 21 min read
The boycott
I'm not exactly sure when it went from an informal thing to the activist stunt that's been going on for the last year or so. For the...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 281 min read


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Amanda Riddell
Apr 270 min read
How am I doing?
A bit manic, but it's under control. Emotionally, I'm feeling a lot of whakamā about the AMPP S01E02 film: as a moment, it's great, but I...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 251 min read
To the other prodigies
I was in a specialist music programme at high school, but still went to school. Most of my friends used music gigs or rehearsals as an...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 241 min read
Auckland trip
It's a research trip, and the gig is just an incidental thing. Might end up with some good footage for the documentary, plus it's the...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 211 min read
Sondheim vs. Women
It's one of the interesting things about his music: up until the 21st Century, there were apparently a number of feminists that found his...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 201 min read
Switching off movies
Something I've begun doing. It used to be that my brother and I would sit through almost everything that we watched together, but now...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 191 min read
The Perfumed Garden -- stats
3,943 Reach 600 ThruPlays 41.2% women, 58.8% men (largely over 55). Auckland 888 Canterbury 563 Waikato 353 Wellington 283 Otago 160 ...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 171 min read
Hīkoi Mō Te Tiriti/Transgender Awareness Week - stats
ThruPlays 1,019 Reach 5,337 38.9% women, 61.1% men (largely over 55). Auckland 1504 Canterbury 736 Waikato 522 Wellington 472 $48.91 of...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 171 min read
Defamation claim...
I don't like being Sinead's pawn, which is how this is essentially shaping up. But it's not just an axe to grind: that's the court...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 141 min read
Why won't I star in a play?
Because it's a bit like cheating. The challenge of composing is to write for voices other than one's own. Yes, I'm a decent singer who...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 141 min read
Question Time 09 April 2025
Uffindell to Nicola (SU 5, NW 5) Change in the effective tax rate. OCR has fallen two percentage points in 9 months. Variable interest...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 93 min read
Question Time 08 April 2025
Watching from home. Tuned in just in time... the way things are going, I'll probably be working from home tomorrow as well. Still...
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Amanda Riddell
Apr 84 min read
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