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Porton Down
That was something that ChatGPT mentioned, but Apple Corps archivists assure me that it's for real, and they're sifting through the files on the Beatles. The IVF story is true. All of the children of the Fab Four were conceived that way. Perhaps one area where the UK was ahead of the US?
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 161 min read
Acid Temple Ball
An R18 film for Imagine Multimedia. Alan Moore noted it in 25,000 years of Erotic Freedom. It's a 1960's pornographic novel about the scene and having sex on loads of drugs. Written by Mary Sativa.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 161 min read
Sam Mendes
He died in a shootout at the film studio in London. Ringo was there, having followed him from the flat where the hostages were.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 161 min read
White Valiant
Don says it's another song for/about Jane. As for whether he used my arrangement: it's his song, so it's his right to use it. I only did the first verse and chorus. Probably re-did it his way.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 161 min read


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Amanda Riddell
Jul 160 min read
To Steve Barr
Look, can you just accept that you've lost? Nobody believes you regarding Shipwrecked on Islands, and my rich friends are angry. You may think you're tangling with me, but it's Peter and Fran who are supporting me. You thought you could be a big wheel in a small town, but that's their position. Despite your wealth - partially gotten from selling a spec script in the 2000's - you're a mere millionaire who ticked off three billionaires who reside in Wellington. Jim reckons
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 141 min read
Māori Politics
We spent all of last year slinging mud at each other in the press, yet we're still roughly where we were in terms of polling. It says something: we're not afraid of airing our dirty laundry. Everyone had beef in the Te Pāti Māori feud, yet we're still working together.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 131 min read
Publishing plans
One of my fantasies is to publish a red leather-bound book of my best melodies. Divorced from their lyrics or context: just the tunes. It could be a bit of a Rosetta stone, written in several different staves.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 131 min read
How do I know I'm Māori?
Iwi whakapapa books. Unlike the Native Americans, we know which people trace descent. The family history department at the National Library dug into my family history as a result of my rendition of Puhihuia. I said it was a song that an ancestor had written. They figured out that I was descended from Tupaia, and shit got crazy. Several months of theory essays and rewriting colonial history. - How do I know I'm Samoan? It was a family secret. My Uncle John told me recentl
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 121 min read
Queen's English
Don said it was my Dad who saw it on TV while he was on his OE in Spain. The rock people usually tell me the origins after I've done the cover version. There weren't any chords available, so I made up my own (F minor).
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 111 min read
AMPP broadcasting philosophy
Age ratings are stupid. Parents can make their own decision about whether films that AMPP is producing or promoting are suitable for their children. Swears shouldn't be censored. We prefer a natural sound, and people swear. Fair use covers educational use, and does include profit-based use in NZ law. The party doesn't make any money. Recommending films isn't my business. The Dakumentary demonstrates how fair use can illustrate history. Imagine Multimedia isn't a cash factory.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 101 min read
To Disney and Sony
I've written a bunch of cease and desists before; here's another one. There is no way to persuade me to be Paul McCartney in a movie. Stop asking. If your film has significant rights issues and dead cast members, then it's over. As the industry has discovered, I don't live in LA. I've taken your threats to the police. My fair use of your copyrighted materials for research and communication is sensible, and I haven't been extradited to the US to face charges, so it's probab
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 101 min read
Shipwrecked on stage?
No. Sorry. Unruly Tourists ripped me off, so that's not going to happen. I'm writing my first stage piece, and it's The Perfumed Garden. - That pisses off Disney and Mr. Mackintosh, but that's what I'm doing. There's no proof people would go to it; they think my old shows are winners. If people wonder why new musicals are impossible to stage, that's the reason.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 91 min read
To WriterDuet
Yes, I know I'm being a pain right now, but I bought a lifetime subscription. There's no renegging on that deal, though I see there's a legacy sign-in. Re: my Weeded Out script. That's the top issue: I need a clean video like my demo. I'm unable to produce one thanks to the hackers. That'll be part of my injunction. That's a tool to add for instances of alleged collaboration. Disney picked the wrong people to mess with. Thanks for the tech support. - Update: Paul's lawye
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 61 min read
Jimi Hendrix, Sgt. Peppers
They were fascinated by the cover, but the hidden message was to do a gig. All the London promoters thought they could make a mint from Beatles performances. The guys were sick of the anti-Apple Corps attitude and didn't want to. The band broke up before the guys did a gig for a promoter in London.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 61 min read
Graceful Mistakes
I read a book on tap dancing, and it said Astaire incorporated mistakes into his routines. That's what I aim to do. From a mainstream pop angle, they're demos, but they're improvised part by part. The song is challenging Taylor to improvise and put real jazz into her Baby Face score. She's too whakamā to write 'black' music atm. Tell Me, Dear was inspired by Conversations With Myself and Get Back (the doco). It's the same ethos that underpins my physical comedy.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 51 min read
Beatles hostage situation - what happened?
Paul's healing well from his concussion, so now we've got a fuller picture. Ringo and Adam Guettel went there to talk to Sam Mendes and Mr. Mescal. It didn't go well, and that's when they pulled a gun on Ringo. There was somebody else in the room, so Ringo ended up maiming two of them. They later died of the injuries + police gunfire, but Sam ran away. - At this point, James McCartney slit Michelle's wrists in the other room. Paul had been partially untied, but was still
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 41 min read
Get Out And Vote! - lyrics and chords
D5, Dm On every screen There sits an egg. Shiny and clean, He starts to beg: Cm Natural disasters that Cminmaj7 We still can't predict; Bminmaj7 Don't look for answers Bbminmaj7 Csus2 'cause they're all kinda shit. Cadd2 Go and grab a friend Dbmaj7#11 and do your bit! E7#9 A7 Get out and vote! F#7#9 B7 Yeah, get out and vote. E7#9 A7 Get out and vote! F#7#9 B7 Don't miss the boat. D5, Dm They feed us bullshit; No on
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 42 min read
Did I send Golriz a nude?
Yes. It was her choice to share it with her friends. It's the world we live in: people want to know about my dick and my small tits. There's been no need to apologise. She would've bloody forced me or pressed charges. If we were a regular couple, this wouldn't be news.
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 31 min read


'they're already married...'
My point still stands. Taylor isn't into sex, so it's probably unconsummated. We're all alleging that she's been coerced. That makes annulment possible. It's literally just a ploy to steal Taylor's wealth. Not saying he's a pod, just a sap. Everyone wants her money. Sir Paul's busy with his own problems, but our goal is to protect her fortune. - As for the cartoons: stop harassing me, then I'll stop satirising you. Mr. D'Amaro needs to learn some respect for creatives: y
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Amanda Riddell
Jul 31 min read
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