Cheeseburger Gothic - Blog of the Day

The fact that I can read what everyday nobodies like me have to say about whatever they want is one of the main attractions I have to everything blogging.

I am however also attracted to seeing what happens when a professional writer braves the big wild world that is the blogopshere. Unfortunately, it still seems that in Australia many are unwilling to take the plunge (please prove me wrong if you know of any great blogs).

One who isn’t is John Birmingham. The author of He Died With A Felafel In His Hand, the cult book about his sharehouse experiences in Brisbane.

Birmingham has recently moved back to Brisneyland and in the process taken up a paid blogging gig with Fairfax’s new online newspaper the Brisbane Times.

While that blog is a great read, it’s his personal blog Cheeseburger Gothic that has taken my fancy. So much so that it has been selected as the second Australian Blog of the Day.

With an about us page like this, I think the choice makes a lot of sense….

I write for food and shelter, Have been for a while now. My first year as a writer I made $139. But I had fun. Now I make more money, but have less fun doing so. That’s why I’m here. This place is fun.

It is easy for bloggers to take shots at the established mainstream journos and media for not “getting” new media formats like blogs on the back of ignorant commentary about blogging or their own poor attempts to jump on the bandwagon. But I really think “Birmo” has a excellent blog in Cheeseburger Gothic.

Understandably, this personal blog is much more uncensored than his Fairfax blog and has a very active community of commenters that he regularly refers to in posts. For me at least, it’s great seeing a magazine journo and book author so wholeheartedly embrace blogging. Well done John!

Posted by Anthony at 11:58am 24/04/2007