Amanda Riddell
To Amanda Luxon
Hi, I bet you're annoyed that we share the same name, and think you got there first. You're right, of course, but I chose the name...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 7, 20232 min read
My position - it's realistic.
Look, I don't know Hans. This is the fundamental issue: Stephen knew all the film people, and he deliberately kept it that way. So,...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 5, 20231 min read
A Thing Well Made
That was my first whole attempt of the song! :) Harmony-wise, I shifted the D# to Dbmaj7 for the 'when a man holds a thing well-made'...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 5, 20231 min read
Show me the evidence
Correlation isn't causation. My songs didn't do squat: you people from the arts just hate me. That's why I refuse to work with anyone....
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 5, 20233 min read
I don't care if these rants are boring
They're necessary: I don't want anyone's help and I particularly do not want the HR department of the uni or Wingnut or whoever as any...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 4, 20233 min read
Ok, let’s chat about the road trip.
This is from December 24th. So before my NYE mania. 👍 ..... Gary hasn’t really told me much about what his plan is – I guess they’re...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 1, 20231 min read
My relationship with my anger...
Productive and cathartic: my anger drives my emotions. I do not want to recreate those for TV. I just don't want to. And that's because...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 1, 20231 min read
Why you look like a D-list Terminator....
The FX multiply to create the Weeded Out effect. Chloefilm has the posterize tool from Adobe Premiere, plus these acid and punk FX that...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 1, 20231 min read
Why I smoke weed.
I'm calmer after those 2 cones. But now I feel cringe about Justified because of all the digs about how 'american' I am. I'm actually as...
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Amanda Riddell
Jan 1, 20232 min read
A letter from the Emergency Room
Yes, seeing a friendly face makes me feel better, but I’m no professor and that’s not where I see my career. I was wearing a skirt when I...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20221 min read
The Beach Song
Was not a dig at the uni. I was so wrapped up with the film I'd been writing for over 6 months that it simply did not occur to me that...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20224 min read
brain droppings 31.12.22
Ok, Chloe, I realise that you're writing back. Though yeah, it's your whole team rather than you individually; that's why the snarky...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20226 min read
chatter 31.12.22 - part 1
Justified S2E01 riffs: Watch the show, then read my comments, spies... 🧨 ----- after the jump: - As for Eilish: this is why I think...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 31, 20221 min read
activist = activist crime group.
I'm not a gang member. The Daktory is an activist group: 'live like it's legal' is the slogan! There was no patching process, and it was...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 30, 20226 min read
brain droppings 30.12.22
I'd rather live here than Wilton. I'd rather live here than Island Bay. While I could see moving to Auckland Central. It's probably...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 30, 20223 min read
Amanda's IP = drugs and booze music.
I don't know if I want to be engaged. I definitely don't want to be Jane. I don't want to be part of the guitar scene. That's what I've...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 23, 20221 min read
sick burn
Look, “bro” - is this what you reckon? That the second I write a really good piece that you suddenly “own” something you didn’t write a...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 23, 20224 min read
This is what my rants look like
If people want to talk, then clearly by now it is their turn to talk to me. If people actually care about me and not their (guilty...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 21, 20224 min read
Justifying myself
Well, I don't think I should have had to, but needless to say I'm very good at it. I honestly think it's a bit pathetic that people are...
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Amanda Riddell
Dec 21, 20221 min read
a wee chat
I’m feeling ok. My mind is shifting back to work mode. I’m working 21st-24th + Christmas morning. I miss my brother. I feel very...
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