Doing their good deed for the day, Or grimacing behind the forced smile? Amanda Riddell March 2025

If you've never gotten into nylon guitars, there's one obvious upside, which is that guitar is almost a percussion instrument. There's...

I'm disappointed by the initial release of The Dakumentary. The overall views are fine, and as good as could be hoped for without some...

Chloe's part of the story is the part where I didn't film any of it. Except for the day where we first met at the Cannabis Referendum...

Well, there's several, but obviously we're talking about Sondheim's legacy and where I fit into that tradition. For starters, this isn't...

The best voices communicate a way of being; a subtle force, echoes of past and present. The last ebbing tones in a DEI suicide note: why...

See, it pays to have powerful friends. But yeah, Golriz is controversial. A lot of people are looking at me differently since we became...

QEII's death, Auckland Anniversary Floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, Ihumātao, protests in Hong Kong, Whakaari/White Island eruption, Adani...

First time in ages that I made it to Parliament. Saw Ben at the crossing near the Cenotaph. Debbie moved for an urgent debate about...

Well, the NZSM as we know it is pretty much dead. If people had listened to me 2 years ago when the funding cuts that threatened the...

Well, VUW got a thanks for the lighting equipment that we used for Portrait of a Knight, but they didn't invest in any of my films, other...

I'm essentially the anti-lobbyist. Politicians are interested enough to watch my ads, but they've not historically had much time for...

They have to simply apologise for being wrong. 1. I'm not attracted to children; this should've been a no-brainer. 2. Haven't...

It may have seemed natural to put my EP songs with the drama screenplay, but that wasn't the way that it was written. The script included...

How about some DIY percussion? I like the sound of pipes banging, and it might add another colour, alongside trad western percussion and...

Because the NZ School of Music has never directly invested in my professional development, despite investing in Jake's career. All those...

I was great at that, but now that the whole scene is back to the status quo, my shtick isn't really something that transfers to stadium...

Something new today: sexual cartoons using the same font as me (Permanent Marker). Bestial themes. I'm not anti-furry, but that's not my...

Re: the opera. That's what I was saying, though it sorta looks like she's flirting with me based on when Golriz chooses to read my...

Pan's Preludes were all written as pure music, but people project programmatic things onto each movement. They were all unfinished...