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Amanda Riddell
Jun 27, 2025
1 min read

People have been asking after my accidental drug overdose. A strange one is the chalkboard gags in The Simpsons. Regardless of what's happening, they tend to seem too relevant. Ultimately, nobody could possibly remember all the chalkboard gags in order unless they're a specialist. I'm hardly that level of Simpsons fan. I'm a pretty keen one with a good knack for all the trivia, but hardly a savant.

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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 abo

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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, peopl

Transposing my songs

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 f

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