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Rip It Up, Issue 46, 1 May 1981, Page 16

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Young Punk Papakura

Post to RIU LETTERS, PO Box 5689, Auckland 1. Best wins an LP voucher. . PLEASE HELP ME! - I'm having trouble reading your mag. I told Karen Kay that somet*mes I see stars in the m*ddle of words. She was no help. She said I would go bl*nd. Am I normal? Does anyone else see sh*tty ' I*ttle stars in their RIU? Perhaps your typewriter is eff ewe cee kayed. B.B**ket Hamilton Could you-please use bigger print as I'm partially deaf. Womble Clevedon . Anyone who saw Penknife Glides at the Town Hall and both nights at the Last Resort, will agree that the Glides are just supergroovalistic and that lead • singer Stefan Gravelle is as fresh an unfronter as has been seen for many years. The Glides' concert was good value for money as the support group (Police?) also gave the groovers something to remember. .V , How about a trip to .the Student Union Hall, or better, Miramar Central School Hall to get Wellington dancing again THE GLIDES EXIST! John Miramar If Duncan Campbell had seen the Gordons on the Aerial Railway Stage instead of watching Roxy Music drivel, perhaps] he would've noticed there were: quite a few of the more intelligent Sweetwaters goers there. They were neither sad (through listening to depressing music) nor were they being driven away. If you are going to judge an inaccessible band by crowd reaction from the general public (Coup D'Etat and Mi-Sex fans) you 'are; to use a borrowed expression, a BOF. Ex Aucklander The Clash better hurry on back to their garage. Their bullshit detector badly needs an overhaul. Another Fashion Writer Tauranga . Is there a prize for realising that you have put out two No. 38s and no No. 39? Or to put it another way, I am a collector of indigenous New Zealand rock magazines, and if anyone out there has a RIU No. 39, I will pay big gold for it. Mother Of Ten Tawa This letter is to inform all you jerks out there that not all roller skaters are boogie freaks. I am a roller skater and I hate disco. ' KTBTK Glen Eden P.S. Could you please give me some ■ tips on dancing to new wave music wearing skates. If . you do not persuade EMI to release the Cockney Rejects' LPs soon, dire consequences will result. You have been warned.