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Amanda Riddell
Sep 183 min read
Question Time 18.09.2024
Question Time 18.09.2024 Went to the City Gallery exhibition that the National Library is hosting. Didn't really get it. A school group...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 181 min read
Google Translate
That's one of the tools that I used to create the Reo Māori dialogue for Shipwrecked. I started with my limited vocabulary, then went to...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 174 min read
Question Time 17.09.2024
Chilly wind, but no rain. Looked at the Treaty in the National Library again. When I see our founding document, it gives me hope that my...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 173 min read
Amanda vs. Goliath: thoughts
It still baffles me that the uni was willing to fight so hard for my film when they've never really supported me, and mostly told me my...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 161 min read
To the mental health team
Camilla, they have to stop. If they want me to be well, they have to stop. That's what you need to say when Cass calls you. Tell her...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 163 min read
'learn how'
Frankly, I'm actually a better singer than the theatre dorks, and that's why they want to use my voice (for free). They want me to show...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 141 min read
the web of references
Ok Chloe was probably referencing my music videos, while Shipwrecked On Islands was me referencing Chloe's love of overalls. It was a...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 143 min read
What happened?
For Camilla (my ex-nurse) and Stu (my ex-psychiatrist): it's very simple -- I said no. When we met last year, I was very clear that I...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 142 min read
'Make YouTube videos so we can learn'
People within the academic music community and theatre community have been implying this to me for years, despite not valuing my harmony,...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 143 min read
Amanda vs. Red Scare
For those who aren't aware: they said Shipwrecked was racist because I wrote an Asian, despite M'Lady involving Cass writing an entire...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 131 min read
Why didn't I say hello at a protest?
Re: Chloe -- I dunno. It's not like I was just filming her from a distance. I just didn't say hi. There's journalists I've seen around...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 121 min read
To the pros re: spying
More evidence? It's really not about evidence: the tactic here is simple. I know they - VUW and Red Scare - tried to steal credit, and...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 121 min read
The wedding band
Bought that for myself at The Third Eye. Nobody has ever asked me who my partner is.
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 121 min read
GIFs
Comparing the different teams in the Treaty Principles Bill debate.
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 121 min read
2030 or no songs
That's just my bottom line: those songs are for that story, despite the efforts of numerous theatre companies to steal them. As for...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 121 min read
Question Time 12.09.2024
No review today; I'm too pissed off. I honestly couldn't fucking take sitting there yesterday watching Tam while I'm fighting this war...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 124 min read
Cease and desist - what must happen
Well, given you've all spent the last 18-24 months threatening me with criminal charges if I didn't play ball and be Tina for VUW and the...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 113 min read
Question Time 11.09.2024
Gary's two cents: the opposition should be more like a government-in-waiting. Opened with a celebration of all the Paralympic athletes...
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Amanda Riddell
Sep 72 min read
What does it take for Amanda to come back to the fold, review gigs and possibly sing?
They must apologise to my face about the hate hui, the illegal spying on both my compositions and screenplays, and actually apologise for...
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