The Insatiable Moon

A Darned Good Movie

Mike Riddell — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:21:04 +0000

Film Review by Chris Hansen Past Chair of the National Advisory Group to the Like Minds Like Mine Project New Zealand delegate to United Nations for the development of the Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Consultant/Educator Intentional Peer Support The Insatiable Moon- A Movie to put on your ‘Must see’ [...]

Aloha Hawai’i

Mike Riddell — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:38:07 +0000

Great news that The Insatiable Moon will be opening the Aotearoa-New Zealand film festival on Saturday 10 March in Honolulu. As part of the opening celebrations, there will be food and wine accompanied by a Maori dance performance from Te Kohao Hawaiiki. This will run from 6.00 – 7.30pm, after which the Hawaiian premiere of [...]

Eating our lunch

Mike Riddell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:20:42 +0000

At the risk of getting flamed, caned, and disdained – it’s about time we talked about internet piracy. All the buzz at the moment is about PIPA and SOPA and other random collections of letters. Not to mention the arrest of Dr Megaupload himself, Kim Dotcom. Libertarians are rightly alarmed about the intrusion of draconian [...]

Introducing Arthur

Mike Riddell — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:06:19 +0000

For all those of you who have wondered – the real Arthur. Huge respect and aroha for Arthur’s niece, Katrina Smits, who has made this portrait photo available and given us permission to share it with you. This is a very sombre looking Arthur, no doubt in deference to the formality of it all. Those [...]

Fast Film

Mike Riddell — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:14:57 +0000

In case you’re wondering what this picture is, it’s processed chicken – the stuff they make chicken nuggets out of. The whole chicken is crushed, strained, homogenized, processed… kind of like what happens with movies these days. A couple of things have got me thinking along these lines of late. One was the preview of [...]

Sam RB with Stand Tall

Mike Riddell — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:17:54 +0000

Sam RB wrote Stand Tall for the Play It Strange Olympic Songwriting Competition. Public voting for the competition is now open (until February 9th) and Sam RB is keen to get the support of the NZ public for her original song, Stand Tall. “Stand Tall was shortlisted from more than forty entries, recorded professionally at Roundhead Studios and [...]

Stand Tall

Mike Riddell — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:10:49 +0000

Click on Sam’s pic above to hear the song Sam RB, who sings the song ‘Life Has Just Begun’ over the closing credits in The Insatiable Moon, is in the running for a competition to find the best anthem for New Zealand’s participation in the 2012 London Olympics. ‘Stand Tall’, written and performed by Sam, [...]

The Wounded Prophet

Mike Riddell — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:23:00 +0000

“Until recent times, altered states of the kind I have described were an integral — and integrated — part of human experience. Among the ways they were incorporated into society were the shamanistic/healing way, the contemplative/teaching way, and the prophetic/leadership way. It is only recently that altered states have been medicalized and stigmatized. It is [...]

Back at the MAC!

Mike Riddell — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:04:29 +0000

This Thursday, 15th December, 8.10pm at the MAC in Birmingham – return of The Insatiable Moon! Don’t miss it. Read the MAC’s write up here and listen to Pip Piper talk about the film – for some reason you have to click through to get it. One last opportunity to see this movie, meet the [...]

Johnny Matteson – Song of the Streets

Mike Riddell — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:58:44 +0000

Johnny Matteson has been a musician for a long time, producing unique music springing from his own life experiences. His new album, Song of the Streets, has been released just in time for the Christmas market, and is his strongest body of work ever. You can get it on iTunes here, of from record stores [...]