Editors Rant - Nov Here we are now, entertain us. That’s what the Tribune is there for folks, our raison d'être.

We’ve got a few profound things to talk about, but most of it is just pointless ranting - stick to what you’re good at, I say.

We’re missing a few of our regulars, Luke T disappeared into the Spring Racing Carnival and hasn’t been heard from since. We’re saying prayers for your safe return Luke, although if there really is a God that could get you stuck in a rubbish bin somewhere. Make sure someone gets a photo of it for the next issue.

Miranda V has been a little thrown by the arrival of a new puppy - yep, it’s the first time we’ve had a ‘my dog ate my article’ excuse, but I’m tipping it won’t be the last.

Never fear tho, our German is still chained to a desk and madly (in every sense) writing for us, and the Great Yazdani has an adventure with blenders to tell us about.

A warm welcome to Steve E, who makes a fabulous debut with his rant about the general awfulness of the modern sitcom. Great going Steve, hope to hear more from you!

Our artist-in-residence Brad Walker gave us not one but two interpretations of the Dear Leader in entertainment, which presented a great dilemma, which one for the front cover?? Tough call!

Speaking of artwork, we’ve also got some from Morgs, giving his impression of the progressive effect of Movember on Justin’s face (sigh - Jane) and Alex continues her quirkily brilliant take on Elwood. If you guys keep this up I’m not going to need to pinch pics off the internet any more!

Justin and I have more of our usual bullshit, a True Love story to keep all your legs crossed, a couple of rants about things that make us mad and Justin gives a long and involved description of the lengths that Tool fans will go to (Ben, if no-one else does, we know that you at least will like it). Anyone who went to the races and made it back alive should have a gander at the sports section this month, as Justin once again pours scorn and vitriol on the vacuous and orange race goers.

Sunday Relish has another interesting article for us - wine this month. A subject close to all our hearts!

All good stuff, read and enjoy, then emulate! We’ve got a bumper issue coming up for December and the more the merrier. I’d launch into a recruiting drive now, but I’ve already written one for page 5, so I’ll leave it alone.

We’re told the Tribune is getting more popular (well, naturally) and each print run is disappearing almost as soon as we drop it off. All well and good, and the obvious next step is to start printing more. We’d love to (although it can get a bit nerve wracking - our printer is held together with stickytape and paperclips, not sure how much more it can take) but the budget is tight and we need to shake some more paying advertisers out of the trees to grow much more. So, if you know any local business that wants to raise their profile a bit, give them a nudge. We are stuck firmly to our commitment of no more than one or two ads per page, we’re a hell of a lot cheaper than the other local papers and we are so much better! Get out and bat for us, because of all the things we can do, sales is not one of them! On the very rare occasions that we are forced to talk to people we don't know, Justin scares them and I say something completely stupid about bananas.

Anyhoo, all the details are on our website, so have a think about it and email us if you have any questions.

Love to all who love us,

J&J

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