‘ARRY: Letter to...

Rip It Up, Issue 93, 1 April 1985, Page 12

‘ARRY: Letter t 0...

Dear Terry, ’Ow’s the weather over there in the UK? I ‘ope it’s bloody snowing because that might stop you 'aving so much fun and make you think about the dry entertainment scene over 'ere. Mainstreet was finally knocked down by Maggotty. Anne and the Cot Death Babies, so that leaves only two live music venues, the Windsor and Stringfellows. „ You’d probably remember the Windsor, but Stringfellows 111 a different story. Beer is $5.00, yes, $5.00 a jug and . everything 'as got- r ‘Stringfellows’ written on itp* including the waitresses. Bands like Body Beat and Peking Man play there, so that says it all. Oh yeah, ya remember those old farts;. - Hello Sailor? Yeah, well they’ve reformed. And the banner on the tour poster reads ‘One Taste And You’re Hooked’ does that really apply to Coruba? Some bloke called Cammick (’oo’s ’e?) 'ad

a special on RWP last week and played bloody Michael Jackson! What's the world coming to? Last month was a full-on Australian invasion; some of ’em packing venues and some getting only eight at the Windsor (and four were , bar staff). But there was this realy wally called Smilovici ’oo toured, telling jokes about as old as a pie in the face. 'E packed the venues and thought he was laughing all “ the way to the bank but ha ha George, those are New ... Zealand dollars. And peaking of dollars, Chris Knox, Rick Bryant and Don McGlashan went in and recorded an ’Ethiopia song but none of them knew bugger-all about geography and the ended up somewhere near Johannesburg. Anyrate, I’ve f got to go and mix some more • concrete inPonsonby/so f keep smiling and I'll be over as soon as I can afford the gas. • ARRY