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Why don't I like to photograph myself?
That's not true. I just don't do it as often as some would like. But essentially, it's because I'd rather people met me in real life...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 17, 20241 min read
Fantasy Parliament
Note for Eilish: if you're coming around on the idea, then I was thinking that we could write separate reviews with separate scores. I...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 16, 20241 min read
The occupation of Parliament
I didn't attend, and I thought it was a bad idea. My brother did attend, and he formed his own opinions (which are on the Riddell...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 15, 20241 min read
Re: Chloe
I was never banned from Question Time, but I was told that I wasn't to visit her electorate office if I was in Auckland following The Big...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Tell Me, Dear: lyrics and chords
This is another 4/4 piece. It's not all fancy metres! The opening riff is a B minor blues thing, but the key is largely F# minor. Verse...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 15, 20242 min read
The posts are still up
I never deleted the stuff I said about Chloe in early 2023. It's easily searchable. Look it up, and then tell me what you reckon.
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 14, 20241 min read
Re: VUW
They could simply and easily clarify that they understand that my copyrighted material isn't their property and that they're cancelling...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 14, 20241 min read
Where did Shipwrecked on Islands come from?
Well, it started about 10 or 11 years ago as the second exercise musical, which was going to be an adaptation of Joe Dante's remake of...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 14, 20241 min read
Another rant about my enemies
No 'about the artist' - ONLY that nobody has a valid contract for the IP and Tina can't legally exist as a result. Ainsley bet and lost...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 14, 20241 min read
New camera
I don't get why the pros are shocked: other than the trilogy features, everything else was shot on DSLR's or phone cameras. Maybe they...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 14, 20241 min read
Question Time 13 November 2024
This opened with a bunch of speeches. The last surviving member of the Māori Battalion died recently, having made it to the ripe old age...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 13, 20244 min read
Climate change isn't our nuclear moment
Climate change isn't like the bomb: it's already occurring. We've already entered the Anthropocene, and we're already feeling the...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 12, 20241 min read
For all the annoying queens
I don't wear it in a bun cos buns make your hair fall out faster. Personally, I'm not really into heels. As I said, I'm 1.75m (5ft 9in)...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 12, 20242 min read
Growing up in a musical family
Though my cousin David plays rock guitar, and I found that Māori composer in my family history, my Mum's side of the family is the one...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 12, 20241 min read
Down with the lingo?
Well, I'm not like Chloe: I don't know all the slang that the kids are using! Though I'd add that a lot of it is the same hippie slang...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 10, 20241 min read
Golriz Ghahraman: TVNZ+ interview
Finally saw this. I reckon it's cool that my rant in the park inspired all these uncut news programmes. Though, to be fair, there's...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 9, 20241 min read
'transgender issues'
Well, the fact that people are calling it that in NZ political circles suggests that we're generally a bit behind the times (although MSD...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 9, 20241 min read
Question Time 07 November 2024
Te Pāti Māori held a small protest about the Treaty Principles Bill, which was introduced during Question Time today. I rolled up around...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 7, 20243 min read
Mouth percussion
Has always been a fascination of mine. An early memory I have is imagining tunes when I was eating gingernuts in the supermarket. I've...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 5, 20241 min read
Question Time 5 November 2024
Miguel, who is another regular, told me that there's a meeting at Shed 6 tomorrow to discuss the future of Wellington's Civic Square....
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 5, 20244 min read
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