Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Les Twentyman reveals all in our 12 page glossy spread

Where would our local papers be without Les Twentyman?, I ask. And what on earth would they find to write about? Not only does he provide local journalists with an inexhaustible source of ready-made column inches, he is without a doubt the veritable darling of our community press.

Twentyman is to The Leader what Kate Middleton is to New Idea. He is to Footscray, Yarraville, Braybrook Star what Angelina Jolie is to Who Weekly.

Like vultures surrounding a selfless and altruistic carcass, the western suburbs media unrelentingly stalks this man week in-week out, relaying every salacious detail to its gossip-hungry readership.

For just like New Idea and Who, the local papers' fascination with Les merely feeds and perpetuates the cult of celebrity that so permeates the contemporary culture of inner-west house-bound octogenarians who still read the local paper.

But as long as the public continues to by obsessed with young, sexy celebrities, and remains preoccupied with following their every move, I can't see the western suburbs media leaving Les Twentyman in peace in any time soon.

Monday, August 20, 2012

My "new" politics-"related" "blog"

Hi there,

A while ago I began a politics-related blog and promptly forgot all about it. However, I recently checked in on this blog after a very long absence and was pleasantly surprised to discover a number of positive comments had been left on it.

Some of the positive feedback I received included:

"I stumbled upon this blog and found it incredibly fun and engaging"

"we, your fans, need more"

"second post, please [emphasis added]"

"the public demands more"

"I demand more"

etc. etc.

Considering the overwhelming outpouring of appreciation that this small sample of comments implies, I have decided to update my politics-related blog (soon-ish) and also to put a link to it on this blog. Here is the link:

Fair shake of the sauce bottle

cheers,

Hack