The beer-sodden recollections of the former editor-in-chief of Ralph provide a bawdy insider's look into the world of men's magazines. The history of men's magazines in Australia, from Playboy, Penthouse, and The Picture to FHM, Ralph, and Men's Health is explored. How women become cover girls, and how cover girls become perfect women using Photoshop, airbrushes, and an art director's imagination is also revealed.
Author(s): Mark Dapin
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 240
Tags: Библиотека;Соблазнение, любовь, секс, отношения;Для двоих;Секс;
Title page......Page 3
Prologue In which things go very, very wrong......Page 5
1 In which I get attooed, pierced, beaten up etc.......Page 11
2 In which I get a job, dwarfs get thrown and a World War 2 bomber gets found on the moon......Page 29
3 In which I get married, write a Forum Letter and watch a porn video......Page 42
4 In which I get punched in the face, every day for a year......Page 60
5 In which I become a parasite in The Picture, and work on a magazine for parasites at the Australian Financial Review......Page 81
6 In which Ralph is called Ralph......Page 101
7 In which I become editor of Raph, and am almost eaten by Kerri-Anne Kennerley......Page 112
8 In which Anthony Mundine chases Solomon Haumono who chases the Pleasure Machine, Mimi Macpherson suffers back problems and the Doner eats its own shit......Page 124
9 In which I disrespect the competition - Men's health, Max, GQ and FHM - and the censor......Page 143
10 In which I meet Chopper Read and Claudia Schiffer, but the two of them don't get along, and I discover an English-speaking people just like you or me......Page 154
11 In which I flee Australia, learn Spanish and seek asylum in Cuba......Page 170
12 In which I get tricked into coming back, and give a few hundred dollars to Kerry Packer, who must have been a bit short at the time......Page 184
13 In which Eric does not lose his virginity to Yvonne, but I lose my temper with New Zealand, and Jack It In for good......Page 206
Epilogue......Page 225
Afterword......Page 237
Appendix The Ten Immutable Rules of Magazine Publishing......Page 240
Prologue In which things go very, very wrong......Page 5
1 In which I get attooed, pierced, beaten up etc.......Page 11
2 In which I get a job, dwarfs get thrown and a World War 2 bomber gets found on the moon......Page 29
3 In which I get married, write a Forum Letter and watch a porn video......Page 42
4 In which I get punched in the face, every day for a year......Page 60
5 In which I become a parasite in The Picture, and work on a magazine for parasites at the Australian Financial Review......Page 81
6 In which Ralph is called Ralph......Page 101
7 In which I become editor of Raph, and am almost eaten by Kerri-Anne Kennerley......Page 112
8 In which Anthony Mundine chases Solomon Haumono who chases the Pleasure Machine, Mimi Macpherson suffers back problems and the Doner eats its own shit......Page 124
9 In which I disrespect the competition - Men's health, Max, GQ and FHM - and the censor......Page 143
10 In which I meet Chopper Read and Claudia Schiffer, but the two of them don't get along, and I discover an English-speaking people just like you or me......Page 154
11 In which I flee Australia, learn Spanish and seek asylum in Cuba......Page 170
12 In which I get tricked into coming back, and give a few hundred dollars to Kerry Packer, who must have been a bit short at the time......Page 184
13 In which Eric does not lose his virginity to Yvonne, but I lose my temper with New Zealand, and Jack It In for good......Page 206
Epilogue......Page 225
Afterword......Page 237
Appendix The Ten Immutable Rules of Magazine Publishing......Page 240