LETTERS

Rip It Up, Issue 19, 1 February 1979, Page 19

LETTERS

PO BOX 5689, AUCKLAND 1

The finest letter we publish every month will receive a $7.99 Taste Records voucher. Congratulations to Max Quad and Mrs McLean.

Captain Disco says that disco has real beat and rhythm. He deserves to have Hendrix’s flaming Stratocaster and Keith Moon’s drumsticks rammed up his ****. I am looking forward to Led Zep’s coming album and an article on Ted Nugent. It’s great that Keith Richards got off. Let's hope that Sid Vicious gets pardoned. I wish that wanker in the Auckland Star would stop calling him John Simon Ritchie, his ***kinq name is Sid. Mack Jigger Dear punks I sympathise with Horris Horrible of Masterton. There are some so-called punks in Christchurch who put down the Sex Pistols and Clash in favour of old-age pensioner groups like the Beatles, the Who (who?) and the Kinks. They say the Sex Pistols are okay but not musical. What a contradiction in terms Punks preferring crooning to punk rock! They thump me when I say that Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten are better musicians than self-abusers like John Lennon and the late Keith Moon. Sal Ivor Christchurch P.S. Please mention the Problem Kids, a great new Christchurch punk group.

The three Parkerilla winners in the Polygram Graham Parker competition were J. O’Brien of Otahuhu ("Yes I do a bit of rockin' Rowling myself.”), C. Frehe of Hamilton (“If I buy your book, will you give me my hand back?”) and P. Stringer of Dunedin ("Ronald Biggs, eat your heart out "). Tne following entries won sets of Graham Parker Tour badges: "Let go ya ***t (Freda, Wellington). "Actually, it started as a wart on me finger"(?). “Hey Lad, I won’t ask you questions" (S. Morrow, Glendowie). "Parkerilla meets Porkerilla” (Septic Tank, Remuera and G. Nelson, Mt Eden). “Yeah, a Howlin’ wind blows through here sometimes, too’ (B. Nixon, Remuera). "Hell, I wish I hadn't drunk those sea monkeys etc" (S. Peters, Takapuna). "It’s a deal, we’ll make Rotten/Biggs sound like Donny and Maire" (R. Wedekind, Lower Hutt). "Who’s the guy with Graham?" (S. Torkler, Te Atatu Sth). "I have not been able to get this country to its feet yet, I don't see why you can" (V. Walker, "The king of Soul Shoes meets the king of dole queues" / "Parker meets Porker" (R. Bonita, St Mary's Bay). "Ah, Brian, look at the nosey Parker we have here, heh heh" (L. Newman, Mt Albert). “My God, he does look like a pig, doesn't he?" / “My God, he does look like an ape, doesn’t he"(?). “Parkerilla meets Muldiggy" / "GP before removal of a wart from his hand” (W. Van Ballekom, Invercargill). "I can’t wait till Rowling hears that I've signed Parker for the roadshow" (H. Wilson, Christchurch 4). “No, it's only a Rumour” (Mike Civil Servant, Lower Hutt). "My God, I thought I was ugly" (B Cassie. Papakura). “Short People" / "It’s a deal, our sheep for your shades" (I. Boyd-Bell, Papatoetoe). "Actually we re not that tough on drugs in Enzed. . . even have a few snorts myself occasionally" (R. Rectum, Mt Albert). “There's only one word to describe the new Parker manager shithouse" (H Curde, Wellington). The majority of entries in the CBS Records Cheap Trick competition were not cheap, they were nasty. The two winners, of Cheap Trick T-shirts, Heaven Tonight (the band's latest album) and a Cheap Trick cap were P. Howden (Pakuranga, Auckland) and B. Hall (Onehunga, Auckland).