Letters
Post to 'RIU' Letters, PO Box 5689, Auckland 1. Expert Opinion This city must indeed be no more than a small-minded farming community, for the comments and relative comparisons used in your publication indicate an incestuous
nature among your small and cliquey group. I appreciate criticism, we all need a measure to help us grow. But constructive criticism is a word best left for individuals with some knowledge of the subject they discuss and that just about counts you out.
Well, I'm off to another country where at least' Kiss isn't the only band that can be related to as an attempt at . musical professionalism. What a ridiculous comment, the likes of which I've come to expect from your socalled music magazine. Why don't you. really do something for musicians in New Zealand and get into floral art. Michel Morris (Auckland Walk) Some Moa Dear Chris, Wipe yours!! Love, •The Moa Hunters Remuera A Prescription for Happiness May I make a suggestion in regard to this Coco/deodorant affair? Mark Bell, Myx, The Plot Thickens and this Jenny person (who seems to be getting her fair share of love and sympathy) should get together over a large bottle of aftershave and sort out their differences. It seems there is so much fussing and fighting in the world, so why waste stamps and passion on what has turned into a non-issue? Please try and settle
out of court. Dr Leroy Rintack (MD) Lower Hutt Drink Speights and Lose Your Musical Credibility Having just listened to the Great Unwashed's latest double single, it prompted me to write that Dunedin bands are the most boring collection of talentless, self-indul-gent "musicians" hyped up to a totally unrealistic level and should only be compared with their locally brewed beer, Speights flat, tasteless, watered-down with sugar and bitterness added. . REAL Music Lovers Christchurch PS: Flying Nun are a crock o' shit and the Double Happies are an extremely dull, unimaginative and unintelligent bunch of "musos". Suppose 1 can't interest you in one of the new Shayne Carter dolls, then ... RB
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Rip It Up, Issue 82, 1 May 1984, Page 6
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