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So you hate my singing?

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Feb 7, 2024
  • 2 min read

Well, get over it, Cassandra. The general vibe is that people miss my singing and that they didn't realise that until I'd gone. That's why I'm not returning, though; nobody wants to hear 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' from people that underpaid you, mocked you behind your back, and still think that they were justified in doing so. - I know that I sing better than your group. You can debate my style, but the power and the purity are what Broadway no longer has, and that's why I stand out. I'm hardly unique though; it's my jazz chops that are unusual for a lyric baritone. That's because I'm not a pussy, and was never afraid to sing. I always sang, and eventually I got really, really good.

- Again, it wasn't you who had a job that started at 5am. That was me, I walked around singing in Christchurch as a teenager too. I've always done so, but I found singers to be mostly shallow and annoying, which was why I never took it seriously. I like to sing, though. Now that it's all thick and lush, it's even more fun. - I'm also more than willing to defend my memos and the validity of making those. I felt a lot of pressure to make those tapes, and it appears fairly certain that they were indeed being listened to by a number of people, including people that wanted to see me imprisoned for dealing drugs. And people that wanted me to start the Daktory again so that they could get their fix. You have no idea how annoying that was. So what if I lost my temper a few times? This prolonged activism was hardly a piece of cake. I think that the cannabis scene is in a very different place now than when I started soldiering for the cause in 2018, and my Dakumentary reflects and embodies that. However, now I've got that same PTSD that all criminals have. - Suffice it to say that posts like this are why I've refused to team up. I'm fine if you want an explanation, but I don't want any of your smug, entitled bs regarding how much 'better' your lives are than mine. As we've established, I have several overlapping disadvantages: I'm mentally ill, I'm a crook and I'm a trannie. Let's see how far you get facing down my stigma? Being apologetic for the ruckus would imply that I'm apologetic about becoming Amanda, and that's not true.

 
 
 

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