Opens with an Eb pentatonic blues riff (1,1-2,2-4,4-5,4; 1,1-2,2-6-5). Eb Oh, that's a filthy habit, Eb You'd better not do that. Eb Oh, such a filthy habit: Bb Ab You'll be gone in seconds flat Eb Oh, that's a filthy habit, Eb You'd better not do that. Eb Oh, such a filthy habit: Bb Ab You'll be gone in seconds flat. Dbmaj7 Gb7sus4 Secret policemen everywhere Ab

I'm not moving to England to double fake rockers. I've got a short film I want to direct. I've got a satirical campaign to run. Writing scripts is one thing, but I'm not moving outside NZ. Trying to publish my music. That'll take a lot of time and effort. I've got a professional career as a composer and an editor. All the modern rock star bullshit isn't my bag.

Briefly: I know what you did, and you might be liable. Admit that you and Chippy overreacted in '22 and '23. Covered your arse, but forgot that the police are separate. - As the minister for the NZSIS and GCSB during half of the disputed period, you're a prick. Transphobia combined with misplaced anger over the occupation. I might yet capture some porn evidence from your era, so it's wise to admit fault. The evidence points back as far as 2021. I've never used such tacti

They exist to protect businesses from risk, not employees. The Beatles project is out in the open, and it's an IP that everyone has an opinion on. It seems like Sony were using their PR machine to bamboozle people. The studios always do that. Nobody ever knows anything about their films. Now that film isn't the dominant entertainment industry, it looks like collusion. - We should be able to discuss our work with people without it being illegal to do so. In my case, it's

People keep focussing on the theatre part of musicals; let's focus on the music. - Scores that are as good as the old warhorses. An expectation that actors and singers should know a thing or two about music. Pit bands with 20 musicians. Singers that can phrase the music rather than singing notes. Conductors that can balance the demands of the pit and the players. - How do the scores improve? By forgetting the last 40 years of gentrification. Songs that aren't written by

When reading music became a default. In Italy and Spain, it isn't. Until after World War II, opera was usually in the language of the country it was done in, rather than surtitles. As a result, people didn't need to read. Conductors and repetiteurs were able to focus on tone rather than diction. Vocal training can be done by ear, and most rock singers do it that way. Ezio Pinza couldn't read. Neither could lots of the star Broadway singers. - I'm a fluent reader and comp

I don't mind in the musicals, but the keys are interrelated in the song cycle. If the whole thing is transposed down for a baritone and mezzo, that's fine, but I'd rather that people only transpose for auditions or individual songs. - As a guitarist, keys have moods. I waited to get a lyric soprano for Rachel, as opposed to transposing her down a third for a mezzo. There was a sound that I was chasing.

Working For Each Other has been released, and now they're after me. Can't log on, though I did get online briefly. - They tell me to read books, but I'd rather wage my war myself. As I said, I'm campaigning in 2026. That's my intention. That requires me to be extremely online. - It's a breach of the Intelligence and Security Act to censor my political party.

Quotations and punctuation: Lillian still got it wrong. In New Zealand English, we use inverted commas, not speech marks. I was taught to put those after a full stop. It's still part of the sentence. It's not like the sentence stops when the quote starts. - By the way, NZ English isn't American or British English: it's Commonwealth English. That's what I picked up when working for Studiosity. - This is why I'm an editor. I've got a knack for it.

Peter, tell Sam that he'll end up in court if he doesn't stop. Criminal court. It'll be embarrassing. I want Mr. Barr in court, and Mr. Mendes is more annoying and less understanding. - Steve was a dick, but he lives in NZ. This guy is being a queerphobic wanker judging me because my gender expression doesn't conform to a WEIRD model. Telling me to dress like a man to make money was highly insulting. It's basically an unforgivable sin. Steve was just being an opportunist.

It's a dig at the idea that my films promote drug use. Medical cannabis is legal in New Zealand: it was meant for users. I'm fine with being a global symbol for legalising cannabis and psychedelics. - Working For Each Other is different to my other films. It's aware of the global audience, which wasn't true of the Palestine rally from December. - Since Suresh moved to Auckland, there have been several promising drug trials, so we're likely to legalise psychedelics throug

No, you can't keep saying that I have to make Weeded Out. I intend to seek an injunction to shut you up. That's what will be going down in April and May. Or y'all could just give up today and save me a few thousand dollars... - I've proven that Mr. Barr, Mr. Cain and Ms. Tse didn't co-create the show. This was proven with time stamps. Given this, any funding they received was based on a lie. The industry can often wish to do something, yet fail to produce it. I'm sure ev

Because they're treating me as a disposable freak that they need to use to get rich. Bluntly, that money should be mine. If we're talking Beatles, it's simple: My script was better. My demos were eerie. That's what qualified me to work with McCartney. He thinks my songs are good. He finds actors tedious. - I'm really sick of you lot appropriating my lyrics as if they 'must' be about the feud. No, the Eggman song is about Luxon. He went to school in Christchurch. That's w

Their rhyming is sloppy by 1950's standards, but very tight by 2020's standards. It's more proto-punk than sloppy: they deconstruct pop in their early albums. They were beat kids being clever by mocking all the old conventions. That's definitely part of AM 2. - Nevertheless, they have multisyllable rhymes that are perfect. Unlike modern pop, their song structures depend on rhyme. They often don't pronounce the final consonant in 'girl/world' rhymes, or so late that it a

You shouldn't be under the sway of film studio people. You're independent. I don't need your money. My inheritance will cover my short films and a doco. Weeded Out was a debacle. I want a real apology over the rights snafu. - As for the Hollywood people, my answer is simple: Apple Corps owns all Beatles rights. That means I can include covers and my DDG realisations of their likeness. The script was a commission. Paul sought me out and nudged me to write it. It doesn't mea

That's an interesting analysis of The Perfumed Garden. It's actually a slightly different minor second. k-Ni (Kumudvatī). It's a bit flatter than the equal tempered note, so it sounds loving. Think of it like an alternate tonic. - In my string quartet, the note is more like Tīvra (flatter minor second). The limma is the 90 cent interval which makes Scorrevole distinctive.