A Complaint That Appears "Very Thin"

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 28, 18 January 1935, Page 6

A Complaint That Appears "Very Thin"

‘To the Editor. Sir,-Lest my motive in penning these positively last few lines-if you are so’ indulgent as to publish them-be mis‘construed, I want to Say that'I recog-. nise Mr. Parkin’s right of reply, and as he has intimated that he will not enter into further controversy with mé, at any vate, I respect that right. A challenge from me, however, was, I consider, impolitely ignored; or is it a case of the old adage, "Ee who fights .? being applicable here? This challenge was that he specify a few of the modern dance numbers which’ be al-

leges "fill the daily programmes ad nauseam, the very thing I have been complaining about." As, of ‘course, he cannot do this, these not existing outside the iate dance sessions and tea-time sessions, and as, further, many even of the most popular hits of the day get little airing. due to the same fact, his complaint appears very thin, And I suggest, Sir, that ~ he. has no qualifications for criticising a highly poptlar form of entertainment of which he knows so surprisingly little. Let. him try another line-‘"old-time" melodies. ‘There is’much seope there for slating "trivial" music. Adieu, Mr. "Hditor, and many thanks. Far from your journal being suppressive to correspondence of any class, I have always found it fair and impartial.-lI am, etc.,

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Wellington.