This paper is unlike any other paper in Melbourne. It has a much higher ad density, poorer design sense, and higher focus on opinion (always right).
i wish i could remember the name of the late-80s paper, distributed around st albans, which ALWAYS (in my memory at least) consisted half of articles referring to joan kirner as "mother russia", and half of tv listings. like all of these publications, the work of one middle-aged man, with occasional contributions from john pagliarella.
oh. god. yes. just yesterday i picked up one of these by accident while i was waiting on somebody in the foyer, at work. terrifying. he kept going on about how people had told him to "stop writing, or else," and "since i've been running my own business for years" wank wank yawn snore...
It's a fantastic little rant, I always keep an eye out for it when I'm South of the river.
Not surprisingly the editor is/was a big Pauline Hanson fan.
And I am pretty sure it is a seperate operation from Jack Pachouli's Toorak Times (which hasn't published for some time, too bad his dog must have lost the editorship he held).
Have you thought of writing for it? It's a natural gig for those who like to offend politically-correct sensibilities but aren't sufficiently hip to write for VICE.
I wouldn't cheapen my gift...
Testament to the idea that no matter how much the Libs spend on private schools you still going to end up with a lot of rich, uneducated yobs blowing money on 'free' newspapers announcing the fact - like the yob boss runner up who thinks self portraits are going to woo us in Elwood to sign up for more Liberalisation - will he send his son to Iraq? or make sure he remains here on 'The Liberal Youth' paper round
Self portraits are more than we get from our local member in Northcote. Delahunty hasn't even given us a portrait of herself, which would be useful as no one around here knows what she looks like.
She used to read the news on the ABC! Oh. I see what you mean.
It was a fair while ago you know....
bruce ruxton used to have a column every edition - as did that looney lib from kooyong...whassis name? high flyer type...it's kinda like that newspaper you could piuck up in the indian restaurant on flinders st across from the station - it was like white power, but about india - india power!...had hilarious articles about how cool the indian army was now it had these new jet fighter planes with the specs and all, then measured all against how bad they would kick the pakistani arse should it all come to war...