Amanda Riddell
Gossip
Something my brother told me when he was crazy was that he went through some kind of initiation process with all those conspiracy wackos,...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 51 min read
Barry's Song - lyrics and chords
For Bret: it's one of those songs where I move the same shape around a lot, and it's in Drop D. I wrote out the intro ages ago as sheet...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 51 min read
I reek of weed, but it's medicinal.
Yeah, and smelling it in my room doesn't mean that I'm setting off the smoke detectors. It's not me. That's stigma, and I'm actually...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 52 min read
Gossip
Dave Roil's mentioned a couple of times that Georgina was in a Bond movie or something like that, but she got fired for being trans. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 53 min read
The Beach Song - lyrics and chords
Rhythmically, this is essentially a very slow 12/8 shuffle, though the metre shifts a bit. Intro: Cmaj9 - Dsus2/C (D in first inversion:...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 41 min read
Louie
That's what my new films are reminding me of. He's been cancelled, but those first few seasons of Louie were amazing. That was with a...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 41 min read
Being a twin
Actually, there are two sets of twins in my family. My sisters Athena and Dee are also twins, but I think they're fraternal twins. Mum...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 41 min read
AMPP slogan idea for 2026
'Don't vote for us: vote for change.'
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 41 min read
'Josh'
Well, it's really confusing that my twin brother and Sondheim have the same first name, so in 2021 I was thinking about referring to...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 26 min read
To The Spinoff (and all the journos)
You asked me to read those articles about the airport sale, Joel, so I did. A big rant follows. I'm well enough, but I'm fucking angry...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 23 min read
Conversion therapy
According to the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill, a conversion practice is any practice, sustained effort, or treatment...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 21 min read
To James Cain
Mate, we were never friends. We had literally one class together. You went to my house one time to hear a score. Barbara and Phillip came...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 13 min read
Status games
Why do all the NZ culture vultures want me to open for Don or sing at open mics? Because that's a fairly low-status activity, and they...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 16 min read
Contracts are important
It angers me that people who are already making a decent income as administrators, producers or videographers are bitching and moaning...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 301 min read
To her
Crying myself to sleep, weeping to console myself beyond the safety of plausible deniability. The charades of youth are gone. The flirty...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 301 min read
To the young people
I wonder how many 21st century kids reckon that the great man theory is bullshit, but still venerate Steve or Lin or Maury Yeston or...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 301 min read
To Richard
Hi, I gather that you've heard my Merrily demos. I don't really want to be Frank or Charlie, but I really like your films. Big fan. The...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 301 min read
nominally single
That's what I filled in on my benefit application, though there was a living apart category. I mean, yeah, it's this giant open secret...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 292 min read
To the musicals world
Ok, so why did I arrange those demos of Merrily? Mostly because I was bored: this isn't a sitting week for Parliament. - Plus it's...
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