Dear Apple Corps, Wētā and WingNut I am writing to submit a feature screenplay proposal titled Beatles Invade New Zealand! , a scripted film set during The Beatles’ 1964 visit to New Zealand. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1q1-y8Sya90U2BTsUNHBQTcQzM9xetbBm/view?usp=sharing This project has been written not as a conventional “biopic”, but as a reconstruction film : cinema that restores an historical event with a method closer to archival practice than dramatic invention. It

I'd say that I only truly nailed the vocals on Can't Buy Me Love, particularly the hook line. Paul likes to play the naif, but he was quite a good choral singer. He was rejected by the cathedral choir, but sang in school just like me. I was learning to read bass clef as I learned to sing, but that was 60 years later. He did almost all the backgrounds on the first two albums. Maybe he didn't know the names of the modes, but he could sure sing them. He probably knows their n

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A few pints a day is fairly standard. Verity Johnson half-joked in her column that a bottle of wine a day and a bottle of vodka on weekends is the standard middle-class NZ way. There is no evidence that my music is negatively affected by substance use. I can work while tripping, while drunk etc. - that's part of the discipline. People tried to prove it, but they lost. Paul can back me up, as can Don. As can almost any world-class musician. We're all experts in altered stat

For starters, I'll still be Amanda long after Mr. Luxon leaves NZ for greener pastures. It was a legal name change by deed poll, not just a whim. I pronounce it differently, I might add. It has specific meaning to me. From the man who I'm accusing of using conversion practices on me, I'm not swayed. He won't treat me better; it would be a victory, not a loss. What I'm hoping to teach Luxon is the difference between irritation and distress. He finds my cartoons irritating.

You all know Steve Barr blackmailed me, but you helped him escape a trial. The reason I'm readying myself for court is tens of thousands of dollars of lost income. VUW, Red Scare and Mr. Barr are the people responsible for this lost income. My expectation is that you will deny them income in a similar fashion. - I want to see some clear wording from the NZ Film Commission regarding IP. It must state that there have been a number of projects with uncertain provenance being

Didn't cost more than my regular monthly subscriptions. There were lots of old songs and AI loops to draw from. I'd say that's slightly Beatles-like. Yellow Submarine was something I saw in 2020. Why are they after them? Again, my IP is actually worth millions. If Mr. Barr had ripped them off, he might have made $50 million from the NZ government. Probably more. I've written something like 65 or 68 songs. That's about even with McCartney, circa 1971. Overall cost: less th

They're not show songs written for other singers. They're studio songs for me. They might not even be able to sing them. The lyrics are too vague. Show lyrics are tied to set, setting and scene. Bad musical theatre writers might see possibilities, but it's mostly tune envy. Shipwrecked isn't an IP container. It's a script that's already convoluted. Films need fewer songs. 15 is a lot for a movie.

There was a piece of mental imagery during the trip that was somewhat ambiguous, and that was a blank signature line. I thought it was pressure to sign, but it might have had more to do with Sony. - If they're supporting Beatles Invade New Zealand, then it's likely that Paul and Ringo didn't really want to sign the contract with Sony. As I say, I was vaguely aware of Sony's Four project, but it wasn't until after I saw the Anthology that I felt like pitching my view. Perh

Why include covers? From the outset, it wasn't like it had to be a totally new album. The main goal was to introduce me to a global audience. Don angled for me to include In My Room. That's his DMT song. Paul suggested Here, There and Everywhere, and pushed me to cover it. Ironically, the Hugh Martin song is one that Paul recognises from his childhood. It's from a West End musical which was televised in the 1950's. - What's the message? It's similar to the neo-Luddite v

You can't frame Weeded Out or the Lilburn residence as apologies. Sorry. Real apologies have to involve words of apology, not bribes. Agree that a handful of people proffering genuine apologies is the only way forward. If they can't even say sorry for bullying me into the ED, then they can't work with me. Mr. Barr and his allies tried to steal my film. I expect an apology and a cheque. - I realise it's embarrassing that Wellington's power brokers can't control me, but th

Missing the point as always. The tactic wasn't for Iran: I came up with it in New Zealand. It's a tactic to avoid crackdowns and keep a resistance going. Yes, it has massive applicability in the US. It's designed for a democratic country. Handwritten notes in public is like an emergency option.

I don’t consent to being ‘rescued’ into a hostile political climate in exchange for corporate control of my voice, body, or IP. Sam Mendes has a lot of script problems for a famous director. That's why all his Sondheim attempts have fallen apart. I was aware that he's got a deal, but Merrily has also undergone extensive rewrites. Too many cooks, most of whom aren't professional musicians. - I mean, the dynamic is sorta obvious. Sir Peter's spent a big chunk of the last 8

Mescaline, LSD and shamanism LSD is a chemical approximation of the descriptions given by practitioners of shamanistic drug practices - it reproduces the effect, but not the idea. All that happens when you take cactus juice is that you throw up, but in throwing up you realise that's all that happens: all we have is reality in this moment, and that alters your state of consciousness. It's all just a trick, and shamanism is about showing that it's a trick.

The transphobia is obvious: 'oh, it's just an act. You're really a man, so take the money' No, I'm not a man. I'm a bloody third gender, and one that's more femme than masculine. They don't get to make money off my abilities when they're fundamentally mischaracterising me. - The point is that my enemies can't even cover Beatles songs, let alone my stuff. I'm not just able to sing Franklin, my orchestrations are better than the cream of Hollywood and Broadway, as I'm really

If any of you had ever paid me for my work, we wouldn't be in this situation. Given that these people are self-defined gatekeepers, my indie success - that is frequently exceeding their results on a smaller budget - is an embarrassment. They want to force a concert that allows them to say they 'discovered' me. Instead, I went to the weed club in Auckland and turned on my webcam. - Sondheim discovered me. That's common knowledge. Or, to go back even further, Hugh Stevenso

Something my brother and I devised for acid trips after an LSD Christmas. 26 December 2017 1. You can only speak when you are holding the talking stick. 2. Everything that you say must be the unvarnished truth. - The goal of the talking stick game: Master life! Focus with intent is power in human societies, and words are how you communicate that force to the outside world. Therefore, if you behave with absolute intent in every moment of every day, you can have great po

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