Amanda Riddell
Where did Shipwrecked on Islands come from?
Well, it started about 10 or 11 years ago as the second exercise musical, which was going to be an adaptation of Joe Dante's remake of...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 141 min read
Another rant about my enemies
No 'about the artist' - ONLY that nobody has a valid contract for the IP and Tina can't legally exist as a result. Ainsley bet and lost...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 141 min read
New camera
I don't get why the pros are shocked: other than the trilogy features, everything else was shot on DSLR's or phone cameras. Maybe they...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 134 min read
Question Time 13 November 2024
This opened with a bunch of speeches. The last surviving member of the Māori Battalion died recently, having made it to the ripe old age...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 121 min read
Climate change isn't our nuclear moment
Climate change isn't like the bomb: it's already occurring. We've already entered the Anthropocene, and we're already feeling the...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 122 min read
For all the annoying queens
I don't wear it in a bun cos buns make your hair fall out faster. Personally, I'm not really into heels. As I said, I'm 1.75m (5ft 9in)...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 121 min read
Growing up in a musical family
Though my cousin David plays rock guitar, and I found that Māori composer in my family history, my Mum's side of the family is the one...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 101 min read
Down with the lingo?
Well, I'm not like Chloe: I don't know all the slang that the kids are using! Though I'd add that a lot of it is the same hippie slang...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 91 min read
Golriz Ghahraman: TVNZ+ interview
Finally saw this. I reckon it's cool that my rant in the park inspired all these uncut news programmes. Though, to be fair, there's...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 91 min read
'transgender issues'
Well, the fact that people are calling it that in NZ political circles suggests that we're generally a bit behind the times (although MSD...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 73 min read
Question Time 07 November 2024
Te Pāti Māori held a small protest about the Treaty Principles Bill, which was introduced during Question Time today. I rolled up around...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 51 min read
Mouth percussion
Has always been a fascination of mine. An early memory I have is imagining tunes when I was eating gingernuts in the supermarket. I've...
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 54 min read
Question Time 5 November 2024
Miguel, who is another regular, told me that there's a meeting at Shed 6 tomorrow to discuss the future of Wellington's Civic Square....
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Amanda Riddell
Nov 41 min read
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 32 min read
'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 21 min read
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 21 min read
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 22 min read
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 21 min read
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 11 min read
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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