Friendly fire

Wil Anderson turns his sharp gaze and wicked wit to the stupid, strange and perplexing quandaries of popular cultureHe's often wrong, but always funny - Patrick Cook. Some of you will know Wil Anderson as 'the bloke who sits in the middle on that ABC-TV show with the weird name' (The Gruen Transfer); or 'the one who wasn't Corinne or Hughesy on that show that used to get in trouble all the time' (The Glass House); or maybe even 'the guy who hosts Spicks and Specks' (That's actually Adam Hills but he gets that a lot.) You might have also heard him on the radio playing the Wil part of Wil and Lehmo on Triple M, a show that was described by one critic as 'being on the same time as Hamish and Andy'. For five years he also got up at a time most people consider 'last night' to be 'the one who knew lots about Buffy but nothing about maths' on the much-loved Triple J Breakfast Show with Adam Spencer. Wil also does a bit of writing, and authored a bestselling book called Survival of the... Some of you will know Wil Anderson as "the bloke who sits in the middle on that ABC-TV show with the weird name" (The Gruen Transfer); or "the one who wasn't Corinne or Hughesy on that show that used to get in trouble all the time" (The Glass House); or maybe even "the guy who hosts Spicks and Specks" (That's actually Adam Hills but he gets that a lot.). In Friend Fire, Wil Anderson grapples with the unbreakable commandments of rock'n'roll, getting older and being Aussie as. From his views on Valentine's Day and his ode to trackie pants to more serious issues such as childhood obesity and water-saving tips, he delivers a laugh-out-loud guide on what it means to be Australian Wil Anderson is the host of ABC TV's The Gruen Transfer. Here he weilds his razor sharp wit like a lethal weapon