Amanda Riddell
To Peter and Fran
Yeah, I realise I approached you in a rather unconventional way, but obviously you read my treatment and are keeping tabs on my script. ...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 9, 20234 min read
My reality - I'm not budging.
No, I don’t need to “know”. My brother wrote a really great song, but that's about his mental struggles. Mine are totally different: I...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 9, 20236 min read
Amanda vs. the world - "I will not cease"
That's an Archibald Baxter paraphrase. This is conscientious objection, and that puts me in good stead with Benjamin Britten and Michael...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 8, 20231 min read
sadness, anger and joy
Another prompt from BetterHelp: "Define for yourself sadness, anger, and joy and describe a time where you have experienced each." ...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 8, 20232 min read
Amanda vs. censorship
This has been the most fun part of my saga. From the moment I started messing with the explicit Deep Dreams, I knew that the censors...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 8, 20231 min read
Why I didn't apply for Jazz composer-in-residence
The Jazz department didn't let me get into the programme when I was 17, partly because I only brought my classical guitar to the audition....
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 6, 20232 min read
I'm not a rock star
Yeah, I realise that's how people see me, but it's not how I see myself. 👍 I see myself as more like ALW than Sondheim in terms of how...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 5, 20231 min read
5 things I'm grateful for
That I'm not as mental as my brother. That I haven't been evicted yet. My Mum - though it was pretty rich when she said she wasn't...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 4, 20232 min read
I'm not like Chloe - that's why I admire her.
When it comes to gumption and all that: I’m used to a pretty limited life where I mostly try to control myself, so leadership has never...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 3, 20233 min read
reviewing a local show album
I hope that this ends the idea of forcing me to collaborate; Cass isn't the answer to my prayers, and I thought her show was very blah. -...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 3, 20232 min read
The apologies
Are the bare minimum requirement for anyone who wishes I’d make an appearance at their gigs: plus I absolutely refuse to use my singing...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 3, 20233 min read
Three Sad Waltzes: my notes
I’m not forcing the tone, and the waltz feel is impeccable. I just think Matthew’s interpretation is lugubrious and that’s why nobody...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 2, 20231 min read
I have no sense of smell
For real. I honestly cannot smell for the life of me, and this came up again during laser hair removal (I couldn't smell the burning...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 2, 20234 min read
This isn't Groundhog Day
… I could have met her once or twice, but honestly it’s not as simple as it seems. Chloe’s a busy woman, and I’m reclusive, so Parliament...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 2, 20231 min read
My relationship with anger
Is really productive: a big chunk of my life has been spent proving points to people, and I’m like McFly in that way, though calling me...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 2, 20231 min read
It's not emergency housing
It’s one step up from that. It’s a boarding house, but it’s not an emergency one and lots of people live there. Including Rodger Fox. The...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 2, 20232 min read
more rant
... And I utterly refuse. NO autism diagnosis - I'm being sarcastic with my repetitions and just no. To Rose: I'd rather know you than...
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Amanda Riddell
Feb 1, 20231 min read
Why not direct the feature?
Yes, I'm glad that with the videos people understood my pitch significantly better, but let's start with the practical problem: 1. The...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 31, 20232 min read
About my brother
He's the Stephen Riddell who registered for Political Advertising with Facebook during the 2020 Election. Stephen Patrick Riddell, while...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 30, 20231 min read
When I'm in crisis
Symptoms: hypergraphia, repeated phrases, explosive anger and irrational obsessions. A lack of desire to play music, whether doodling on...
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