Keyword results: intemellectual
The story that follows is a festering blight on my record, not to mention an indictment of humanity. It starts with me being in New York City, which is the good part. Walking in the door of MoMA, I am repelled by the population of Florida queueing for tickets. I leave and go over the road to the store, where I intend to purchase a ceramic cup so I can pretend I went to MoMA, while being ironic about the homeless population of New York in the comfort of my own kitchen.
As you can see, I am pretty smart. But I find that when you look like a numnut, one thing you need is an outward sign of intelligence. This might be a pair of glasses, a t-shirt with your ENTER score on it, or David Sedaris in the front seat of your car.
The holy grail, of course, is an accessory that's smart AND fashion forward.
Sometimes Melbourne wants to be New York so badly it's embarrassing. The worst part is the way every vaguely ‘serious' periodical wants to be The New Yorker. Someone needs to tell these publishers that talented Melbourne writers and illustrators don't need to be literary festival suck jobs and/or sad old baby boomers.
We are truly an attention-challenged, internet-addled generation who has forgotten that news can be found outside an RSS reader. For us overwrought victims of Web 2.0, social media and lifecasting, listening to Background Briefing is like taking a warm bath in journalism juice.
Background Briefing truly is Aunty at her finest - rational, thorough and educational.
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