Entertainment Over Bias

Rip It Up, Issue 217, 1 September 1995, Page 10

Entertainment Over Bias

I’ve always wanted to write in and slag someone off about something they’ve said about something I’ve based my life upon and so forth, but there’s so much around, you don’t need my input. I would like, however, to comment on the letter from David X, and reply from the editor, about having the right connections to succeed in the scene (that was my interpretation, roughly). I, myself, wonder how some acts get so much publicity for what sounds so lame, but if they have a staunch following and are proving popular through whatever media, they deserve the fruits of their labour; that’s the way the industry is developed. A lot of people around probably feel the same way as Mr X — that is, it’s not what you know, but who you know — and I’m sure there have been some shady incidents in the past, present and future, but overall, variety is the spice of life, and I think RipltUp do provide a rag which is fairly much entertainment over bias. Speaking of entertainment, can you tell me who is responsible for supplying you guys with info about what’s happening in my neck of the woods? I’m a singer/guitarist for a well known covers group here, but I’ve recently done a video with a producer from CTV for a new group I’ve put together called Dance in Effect. I [would] just like to say to the unknown aforementioned slack fuck, get your finger out [of] your bum, take your other hand out of your mate’s bum, and do something for the local

scene, or get out of it and give the job to someone who does give a fuck. That was fun, especially when [l] meant every word of it. Keep up the entertainment, dudes. DnE, Nelson.