11:18AM Jess McGuire | So last night I did a very rare thing. I sat down in front of the telly
with a piece of paper and a pen and jotted down notes as I watched the very first episode of Australian Idol for 2008. Paper and a
goddamn pen – what is this, the Victorian era?
Well, it was certainly the Victorian auditions on Idol, judging by the many exciting shots of Melbourne landmarks. As my friend Fluffy said after the camera rushed down Degraves Street, “God, Melbourne is so cool – when you view it through the eyes of the Idol crew”.
Anyway. In what I hope is chronological order, let me transfer my highly insightful notes on the show off this “paper” I’d previously only heard about from museum curators onto the interwebs.
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