Letters

Rip It Up, Issue 93, 1 April 1985, Page 6

Letters

Post to RIU’ Letters, PO Box 5689, Auckland 1. All Things Considered ... Due to RlU' s increasing clickyphobia and compulsory drug-induced formula, I’ve been hesitant in getting my copy of late. So after a three or four month break it was good to see you lads are getting out a bit. After five (or was it six?) days on the road with Hunters and Collectors, I can’t think of another writer who could have done a better job of telling the world about it than Russell Brown. Entertaining, active and a pleasure to read. I’m looking forward to April. Taranaki Sol Gisborne Concerning the Russell Brown article 'Six Days On the Road’ ... perhaps it should have been titled 'Six Days On the Road With Russell Brown’ by Russell Brown. What a load of pretentious bile! I thought I was going to read

about Hunters and Collectors. Instead I got a story (and I use the term loosely) about Russell Brown's voodoo doll, Russell Brown’s alcohol problem, Russell Brown’s leather jacket and, above all, how Russell Brown felt. I, the "humble reader” don’t want to know how sick you were, R Brown, but how good (or bad) that Hunters and Collectors were. Yes, I know "rock writing" is all purely subjective, blah blah, and setting up a mood in an article can be important, but mentioning H&C’s in the first column and then not again until the article’s fourth column is ridiculous. You’re really exceeded your masturbatory musings this time R Brown. When are you going to start doing your job properly again? Chris Rowe Auckland It’s not often I feel tempted to write to RIU with words of praise, but after reading Russell Brown’s entertaining account of life on the road with Hunters and Collectors, I was moved to drop you a line. The article had what great rock writing is made of plenty of wit, vivid imagery and action. Great stuff Russell but don't get stuck in the vacuum. Roslyn Grundy Auckland For Crying Out Loud! In response to Clifton Fuller’s review of three Wellington bands at the Pulse bar in the Feb RIU, our name is For Crying Out Loud and we use a clarinet, not an oboe. Jeff Paris (F.C.0.L.) Wellington