Yer blues, C.B. and I’ve been reading quite a while, mainly to find pictures of the Runaways and besides reading weird shit always makes me happy. I was gonna write a letter to Dyan Diamond to see if she wants to be in Rippy & the Gumshoes with me and C.B. but I was looking through the July ’79 CREEM I just got and read Penny Valentine’s column.
DEPARTMENTS
Please send letters to:
MAIL Dept., CREEM Magazine
P.O. Box P-1064
Birmingham, Ml 48012
STEAMROLLER HIJINX IN MID-AMERICA
Re: R&R notes, July 79. I’ve never written to a mag before but the comment by Kansass’ Robby Steinhardt really broke the ice. It’s unfortunate that he thinks “talent” is based on how many chords you can play in ten seconds. It’s obvious that the meaning of rock ’n’ roll has become grossly distorted; e.g. the pre-pubescent “classical rock” shit that Kansass plays. I hope the sonofabitch reads this and thinks twice about knocking something he obviously can’t comprehend.
Let It Rock,
Jim DeFazio
L.A., Phoenix & points in between
RIPPY IN THE SKY WITH FLOUNDER