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Status games
Why do all the NZ culture vultures want me to open for Don or sing at open mics? Because that's a fairly low-status activity, and they...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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Contracts are important
It angers me that people who are already making a decent income as administrators, producers or videographers are bitching and moaning...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 1, 20246 min read
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 1, 20240 min read
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To her
Crying myself to sleep, weeping to console myself beyond the safety of plausible deniability. The charades of youth are gone. The flirty...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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To the young people
I wonder how many 21st century kids reckon that the great man theory is bullshit, but still venerate Steve or Lin or Maury Yeston or...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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To Richard
Hi, I gather that you've heard my Merrily demos. I don't really want to be Frank or Charlie, but I really like your films. Big fan. The...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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nominally single
That's what I filled in on my benefit application, though there was a living apart category. I mean, yeah, it's this giant open secret...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 30, 20241 min read
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To the musicals world
Ok, so why did I arrange those demos of Merrily? Mostly because I was bored: this isn't a sitting week for Parliament. - Plus it's...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 29, 20242 min read
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To Tamatha
Like, Tam: how are you not getting this? I didn't like the things that were said about me in that hui, and I really didn't appreciate...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 28, 20242 min read
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To Chloe
Need to replace my laptop monitor. That's going to be $300-400, which is why I'm not going to be able to make it up for J Day. If you...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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Playing the race card
Privileged people do that. It really ticks me off how Cass made this big song and dance about being Asian and then claimed I was being...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 28, 20241 min read
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Respect me
Respect my legally reasonable decision to boycott ALL gigs until I get a full and meaningful apology from Tory Whanau. Cadence, if I...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 27, 20241 min read
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To Tory and Tamatha
Ladies, I'm not reaming you out cos you're brown. I'm reaming you out cos one of you was the local councillor, and the other was a...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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Hypocrisy
If I'm right and Chloe really did have a mental breakdown, then it's truly bizarre that there hasn't been much reporting of it. Says it...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 26, 20241 min read
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One more time
There is no legal way to force production, and Gibson Group also have to cease. EVERYONE has to cease in order for my letters to have...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 26, 20242 min read
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no
No, I refuse to make the film and you cannot legally force me, despite your threats of criminal charges. That is the legal position. It's...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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Stating the obvious
No 'almost ready' no 'must be ready' no 'must be Tina' no 'must open for Don' ONLY 'I said no, and those apologies are actually...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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To the Green MPs
See, Julie Anne, I'm not blaming you. It's pretty obvious you had no idea. But yeah, particularly given how much effort has gone into...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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Something silly
I hope that my Pink Skull will become more recogniseable than David Seymour (eventually).
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 24, 20241 min read
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Dakumentary as Movie Orgy
Technically, I'd say that the editing process was the actual movie orgy, and that the finished film is like the archived version of the...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 24, 20241 min read
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