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Halloween and trans people
I'm not buying the whole Cinderella story angle that Halloween is a trans holiday because people don't care what you're dressed as. 1)...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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'culture change'
Stupid buzzword. I'd say it's an important issue: but it's really just meaningless drivel that technocrats say to feel important. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 3, 20242 min read
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Me and Ms. Swarbrick: dispelling the myths
I Got Lost In Her Arms had nothing to do with her. I recorded the track for Michelle, who had skipped out on the open mic part of the...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 2, 20241 min read
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Satirising Jacinda
Yes, I'm fully aware that she's a fan. But, c'mon, some of her PR was so manufactured! I'm in a mood, and that mood is cutting people...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 2, 20241 min read
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Why am I banning people?
The reason I don't like them is because the way Cass makes fun of me is really mean and I hate it. Cass and James both patronise and...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 2, 20242 min read
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Private lessons
Because of the primacy of academic music in the modern arts and culture ecosystem, something that my generation doesn't really do is take...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 2, 20241 min read
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Asian neighbourhoods
Yes, we have those in New Zealand! When I went to Burnside, people used to jokingly say that Avonhead was Asianhead. In fact, my school...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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Captain Planet
Never seen it. Mum wouldn't let me watch Dragonball Z. I was pretty into Pokemon and Digimon.
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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Kvetching
People have become so 'concerned' about my feelings for Sondheim or Don or Chloe, yet nobody even asks me about my feelings regarding...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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activist to organiser
That's what people really want me to do. Like, AMPP is a joke, but for reals I think that the organisers are starting to follow my antics....
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Legacy thoughts
Well, I think the Dakumentary pretty much sets me up as the Howard Ashman of the AI revolution. All that mix of traditional stuff with...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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The commodification of rock
Well, the idea of doing festival gigs or touring as a freak says it all: rock has become commodified and isn't really a place for...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Gareth Farr
He's the other New Zealand musician that I'm often compared to, alongside Jack Body and Don McGlashan. I've never studied with him, but...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Another bad poem
Unusual phrases From daily life. Recontextualised by precious punctuation. Gimmicks Like This That Make People Think They're Smart. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 31, 20241 min read
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All the SWOTs
That are watching ahead and binging the shows so they can feel smug ... that's the part of the channel that I hadn't really anticipated. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Il lavoro dei pazzi
Waking up each morning, With a fuzzy brain. Feeling the pain of those Quetiapine pills. They help me sleep, But I feel dead inside....
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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On the state of the news
Well, it's pretty bloody awful. From 2025, we'll be in a radically different environment. Like, my career in journalism started in 2018,...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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To Tory
Look, you tried to teach me a lesson, but it backfired and now I'm teaching you. How can you possibly still have this idea in your head:...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 29, 20242 min read
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Question Time: a glossary
The Prime Omelette = Chris Luxon (The Prime Minister) Chippy = Chris Hipkins (Leader of Labour) The Pink Skull = David Seymour (Leader...
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Re: West Side Story
I'm quite proud that Steven ripped me off. Like, it was all technical bits and pieces, rather than taking our plot and/or our characters....
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Amanda Riddell
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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