Wed, 30 August 2006 It's the second hour of The Spin LIVE at the Lomond Hotel for the team's final show on Triple R. So far Boydy has only crapped on about the AWB 30 to 40 times and really it has been fodder for the sell out stadium crowd. The greatest hits keep rolling out. Come in Spinner, Celebrity Bandwagon, Subbie of the year, Spin Doctor in Trouble and Best WOPPA's of the past six years. Special guest The Eggman returns to the fold for one last conspriracy theory We predict who will win this year's Victorian state election, next year's Federal election and also the 2008 British general election. And then it all wraps up with cheers and tears. It's bigger than Dire Straits 'On the Night'. A big thank you to all those that have listened to The Spin over the years and more importantly subscribed. Your support has been invaluable to us and RRR and your feedback instructive when we have bothered to read it. And so that's it for The Spin on Triple R for the foreseeable future. That doesn't mean we won't be doing something in the future..we just have not thought of it yet! As Richo is known to say - 'Until then, have a nice day.' Regards, Richo, Boydy, Delilah, Willo, Little Boy, Scotty, the Rodent, Catters and Henrietta.
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Mon, 28 August 2006 After much hype The Spin finally calls it a day on Triple R with a two hour live outside broadcast at The Lomond Hotel in Brunswick East. Richo, Delilah, Boydy, Willo, Little Boy and former spinners go through the greatest hits of the past six years in an attempt to entertain a full house of PR hungry punters. On Part I of this world class* recording we revisist the best of Dingo Watch, Where Anne Stands, At the Trough, Bore for Australia and Take a Dump. Catch The Spin at their finest* and for the final time for some time. Also, keep checking this website for The Spin LIVE Part II - coming soon to thespin.com.au! * empty promise Comments[1] |
Sun, 20 August 2006
The Spin has never said it provides value for money and yet with one week to go before we pull up stumps the response from Triple R listeners to Radiothon 2006 has been fantastic. It is might be because this Sunday was Boydy's final show, or because he ranted about the AWB to background music provided by his favouite band, Simply Red. Most probably it was because you all love Triple R and that made you give your money to the station. Without your support the station could not continue. From all of us thank you so much. RRR Management said we had over 100 Spin subscribers come on board this week. It is a fantastic effort and much appreciated. We've had some lovely messages from subsrcibers wishing The Spin all the best. We'll read them out next week during our final two hour show. For details on the final gig, The Spin - Live click onto Special Events. We want to see you there so we can say goodbye.
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Sun, 6 August 2006 What do Mel Gibson, Chris Tarrrant and Ian Mcfarlane have in common? They all did something unpopular this week...and yet not entirely unexpected. The difference? We only seem to care about Mcfarlane raising the interest rate. We preview the Melbourne Press Clubs annual conference which poses the question - Can journalists and spindoctors work together to bring you the real story? Can Hezbollah and Israel work together to bring peace in the Middle East? With the PM this week announcing his favourite band is Dire Straits listeners call in with suggestions for Peter Costellos ipod. Naomi Robson gets canned and Little Boy once again talks about Naomi on the can. And it is the end of an era. After more than six years on air The Spin has announced it is calling it quits. But we are going out with a bang. A LIVE show is scheduled for Sunday August 27. Naturally we want you there and details will be available soon. Just click on Special Events. Naomi is reported to be pleased.
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Mon, 24 July 2006 How is a yoof-full PR hack to keep his key messages in line when out there and online there's so much anarchy? We put Catters on the couch, in lieu of his entire self-obsessed and crazy-straight generation, and ask, just how can a modern communicator get "cut through" on his self-promotion with so many other My-Spacers trying to do exactly the same thing. In return, Catters shares his World Cup/ Middle East tWar analogy and Little Boy exults that Jessica Rowe did indeed rise to the Everest-sized PR challenge he threw her a few weeks ago, showing a lot of class by stopping to save the deboned Eddie Everywhere on the way up . Willow analyses the Prime Minister's latest diversionary tactic, sorry Water Rescue Package,. She thinks it was just an attempt to deflect attention from his fight with Costello. But he should have kept his PR powder as dry as drought-stricken Australia, because you told us that who-said-what in the latest liberal leadership stoush is one of your biggest news turnoffs in an unusual Come In Spinner. For all this, some snouts in troughs, and maybe a little bit more, tune in to this week's episode of The Spin. Comments[0] |
Tue, 18 July 2006 As Gough Whitlam prepares to turn 90, North Korea turns nasty - just as well their long-range missiles have all the technical nouse of a Mecchano set. From Macchano to Macchiavelli, and Peter Costello - or is to suggest a Machiavellian nature to Costello's bid for PM paying to much of a compliment to our Treasurer? Brilliant PR or a bulls up, you be the judge. ALthough Little Boy suggests it may not be all bad for the Liberals as all the talk this week over who should be Prime Minister of Australia will be between Howard and Costello rather than Howard and Beazley, while Boydy miraculously fails to mention that this is all a diversionary tactic to distract us from the IR laws. We also look at the wash up of the rubbish Big Brother dished up - the pure mention of the term 'turkey slap' gives Boydy ornathological stirrings, which he later applies to Little Boy's dismay at the fact that you can no longer refer to penguins being 'fairy' penguins. All this plus Catters debut at the trough and listners suggestions on how to get John Howard to keep a promise. Comments[1] |
Sun, 2 July 2006 The Spin PR Tip 202 - Do not feed shit sandwiches to senior executives who know where the skeletons are - or should we say, where the bones are buried. Just a few short weeks ago it was clear to the halfdozen Australians actually tuning in to the Today show that Jessica was about to get the chop. Instead, she almost got the bone - and strangely, that's what's saved her. Confused? So's everyone, but that won't stop the Spin lapping up the best drama Nine's served up in many a year. We dissect the leftovers of the nation's number one shit sandwich. Still the one? Not really. Little Boy and our listeners come up with some new slogans. e.g. just put a B in front of One. Of course Boydy talks about the work reforms rally, Richo pays homage to Geoge W Bushs' speechwriter, and Willo makes a joke...and it's not bad.! Really! Don't believe us? Then check out the podcast. Comments[0] |
Sun, 25 June 2006 Thank God for the World Cup. The Winter Willies were threatening to swamp the Feds, what with poor IR polling, pollie payrises while petrol prices soar, backbenchers staging revolts over refugees and more embarrassment in Iraq. John Howard relied on two fave spin moves - donning the green and gold tracky dacks and staging another petrol price enquiry - to provide back cover as he crawled to the parliamentary recess, when half the gallery A-listers go skiing, the other half go Noosa. Bracksy had his own problems, what with some in his Party taking the word party to extremes, and his worsening personal pronunciation problems. The Slick Vic, though, took deflection to a level even the PM must admire - calling for Melbourne to become the home of the 2018 World Cup. As we always admire such bold diversionary moves, The Spin asked listeners to help out, and come up with some mascots. Obviously in their own political solstice, listeners came up with bizarre jumping Johnny dolls and a Bracksy blimp. Boydy has devised a new segment to rival his infamous "Dumb Story" segment: "Corporates in Trouble". Little Boy becomes the first Spin-meister ever to take to the field in the famous Community Cup. Richo visits Dildo, Massachussetts. All that, and a little bit more, in this week's episode of The Spin.
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Sun, 18 June 2006 Dear Dirty Diary, Just like Bracksy we decided to be good Spin Team today and not stoop too low in digging up the dirt. No scatalogical jokes or Naomi Robson stories to boost podcast ratings. After all there were so many worthy subjects to distract us: dirty diaries in Spring Street, dirty deals in the workplace and bling galore in soccer. We asked our listeners to save a sinking P&O ship and they had a good go. Also we had a few goes at Boydy, just because we can. And yes, Richo and Little Boy broke the resolution not to stoop too low. After all, you might as well stand between a pensioner and a free cuppa as stop Richo telling a story that combines two of his favorite subjects. Wanna know? Then tune in to this episode of The Spin, from 102.7FM, Three Triple R, 1pm Sundays in Melbourne. |
Mon, 5 June 2006 There was movement at the station... Certainly was. Triple R was full of PR stunt magic on Sunday when Richo, Little Boy, Willo and Catters analysed the moves in Howard's backflip on privatisation of the Snowy scheme. Howard's backflips never dull in our mind. They're more brilliant to watch, more thrilling than those horse stunts in the telemovie. And not a Sigrid in sight. What would a Howard political backflip be without a handful of bystanders, watching on the sidelines as he trumps them once again? We look at the obvious losers - Morris Iemma, of course, and it did take the shine off of Victoria's budget. But who would have thought Malcolm Fraser would emerge a winner? That hasn't happened since, well, he won his last election back in the 70's. Celebrity Bandwagon, or in this instance celebrity colonisation, saw Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt take over Namibia for the birth of their child Shiloh. Medical facilities were commandeered, journalists barred from entering the country, and a no fly zone imposed over the hospital. We've heard of stars shutting down Myers for a few hours to have a shop without the punters around, but a sovereign state? Plus our listeners come up with names for Warnie the musical, we replay THAT Jessica Rowe clip, providing plenty of fodder for WOPPA of the Week. All that and maybe a little bit more on the latest episode of The Spin, 102.7 on the FM dial in Melbourne, Sundays at 1pm. Comments[0] |
Thu, 1 June 2006 As the PR push for Fu'ball reaches new heights in this country, and on heights, just how much can the man presumed dead on Everest expect to cash in now that he's... well, not dead. Someone else scaling great heights is Jessica Rowe. Six weeks after Little Boy kicked off 'The War On Jessica Rowe'. she now sits atop the list of "Most Annoying TV Personalities". Comments[0] |
Mon, 15 May 2006 We know it's been a big week in news, but The Spin is worried about Shane Warne. The spinmeister can't get on front page for money or... lust. There he is, photographed in bed with two women and an inflatable middle wicket, and the most we know about it is a sharp remark from the more famous Warne... Simone. Lucky for him our listeners came up with some fresh ideas on how to get himself back where he belongs, humiliating himself and his family in the front of the news. Of course we talked about the yarn of the week, or the "story of the decade" according to ABC Melbourne Drive's presenter Lindy "two planes flew into what?" Burns. She was referring to Todd Russell and Brant Webb walking out of the goldmine alive. With their lives safe, the vaudeville began, with Seven and Nine vying for their favour, by giving the entire population of Beaconsfield cirrhosis of the liver in an attempt to get the inside story. There's gold there, but how long will the seam last? Take a dump? Tuesday's action at Beaconsfield was beautifully exploited by new Victorian Opposition Leader, Ted Baillieu, who dropped the Liberals' nonsensical half tolls policy on the same day. As for the miners taking a dump, well luckily Catters ruins everyone's lunch by... well listen to the podcast. Technical note: This week's podcast is very faint. Please turn up your volume. Comments[2] |
Tue, 9 May 2006 At last, the media event you've all been waiting for - and no, it's not just the trapped miners being brought above ground at last, thank God. No, I'm talking about the Spin podcast returning after, well, extensive "technical difficulties." And what a shame our return to the i-waves is too late to replace Foofighters on Todd and Brant's iPods. They could have listened to some fabulous tips (from our professional spinmeisters and our even more lateral listeners) on how to convert their underground nightmare into a dreamy media-funded lifestyle where they'll never have to work again. Also, the Spin team works out how to solve the Victorian liberals woes again (tip #1 get iPod, listen to Spin) and also has some good goss about sneaky new marketing techniques. So for all that and more, and just in case you're ever stuck a kilometre underground without your iPod, download this week's long-awaited return-of-Richo episode of The Spin with Richo, Katters and Little Boy. Comments[0] |
Sun, 2 April 2006 Downmarket? You bet - with a bullet. It must have been the discussion about Naomi Robson and convicted coke dealer Fat Tony that started the downward spiral on Sunday One moment we're talking Robert Doyle the next about Premier Steve Bracks penchant for getting an erection every time he gets photographed. Then its onto Charlie Sheen and how his gargantuan cocaine habit has led him to think 9/11 was all a government conspiracy. This is from the bloke who said: "One of my fondest memories is when Slash from Gun's and Roses sat me down and said 'You've got to clean up your act.'" Yep Charlie by name, charlie by nature. And we have to say that ALL of the ideas we got for our Come in Spinner segment 'When Naomi met Tony' were that offensive not only could not go to air but Kid Wonder Catters had trouble understanding them. Boydy tried to report from the tired old trough that is the Australian Grand Prix but was unable to because of the F1 noise. Thank God for small mercies. In a way it is a blessing that we missed the first nine minutes of the podcast, and then Triple R's technology saw the writing on the wall and s**t itself during the last song. Could be a story on Today Tonight. Comments[0] |
Sun, 26 March 2006 As the Commonwealth Games draw to a close, The Spin looks at the phenomenon of John So, and asks just why is it so? We look at the events that have largely gone unnoticed, such as the race to present medals, where Victoria got one up on the tiny Island nation of St Kitts - and their senior sports official Alphonse Bridgewater is not a happy man... or should that read 'mun'. Want more excitement? We've got the latest manufactured PR for the Australian Tourism ad; Mel & Kochie take an early lead in the Cyclone Larry Stakes; and Boydy with more on the IR Laws and the AWB. Well two out of three ain't bad. Little Boy raises the lid of London Mayor Ken Livingston's gaffe to Jewish planners and recounts the trouble he received when he made a joke about Buddha - 100s of people outside The Spin studio clapping one hand... scary. Comments[1] |
Sun, 19 March 2006 The Commonwealth Games media circus, with its medals, catfights, and crazy cleaning incidents, has hit Melbourne. That means all companies and Governments can madly "spin-dry" their dirty laundry. They just put out all their bad news, and no matter how naughty they've been, the worst coverage it's going to get is page 104 in The Hun and a single line on ABC. This week the Spin team tallies the laundry loads: who's doing it and why. Also - who is exploiting the Games for their own weird and wonderful PR ends?We save Channel 9, Catters gets hit with puff spam and we dig into a court case which could tarnish the gloss for glitzy spin-sters forever. There's all that and much more. So check out this week's Spin, going for Gold at 1pm, Sundays, on RRR, Melbourne's 102.7fm Comments[1] |
Sun, 5 March 2006 Decipher this sentence: "I was mackin with my posse of cougars and beeatches at a pimpin' scene. The dealio was butter. Hot." If you understand this then you'll enjoy Bling! the new name for water being touted by Jamie Foxx. What is wrong with the word water? What does it all mean? Find out by listening to the podcast. Plus we head off to the trough and report back from the Victorian Quill awards (journalists winning prizes for stories in newspapers that no-one reads) and Melbourne Fashion Week (clothes nobody buys). Yep, to paraphrase the PM on his 10th anniversary - it's a perpetual dialogue between he Spin and the Australian people. Hot! Housekeeping note: The Spin will celebrate the Labor Day long weekend by not showing up to the studio. We'll be back on March 19. Comments[0] |
Sun, 26 February 2006 Domino's Pizza launches its new campaign trying to convince people that puff is now a cool word. Bo, who is in one of the ads, calls up to say his friends do nothing but take the p**s out of him. Comments[1] |
Sun, 19 February 2006 First show back for 2006 and what a year it has been! After the Christmas hiatus the Spin team return with a look at all the yarns from the silly season. AWB - who gives a sheaf?; Mark Latham celebrates his anniversary of losing it completely by losing it again; we help Heath Ledger's Oscar campaign by suggesting he promo Brokeback Mountain at the Tehran Film Festival dressed as a gay Mohammed, John So's linguist, Gerry McKusker, joins us for a chat on why PR gets bad PR (subtitles needed) and Boydy says the RU486 debate was all a ploy by John Howard to take the heat off the AWB affair. Boydy also reckons Dick Cheney shooting his lawyer was a ploy by Howard to take heat of the AWB affair. Boydy has been drunk for the past two months. Comments[0] |
Sun, 18 December 2005 It's Christmas so get the gift that keeps on giving and download the 6th Annual Spin Awards. Richo, Boydy, Little Boy, Nicko and Delilah celebrate the best and worst in PR, politics and media from Australia and around the world. George W Bush, Mark Latham, the Bali nine, Hurricane Katrina, our Kylie and champagne soaked street bums in Germany all get a run. And of course celebrities and the fourth estate reveal just how stupid they think we out in punter land really are. For example, to our Australian listeners spending Christmas at the beach don't forget to heed these words of wisdom from a Victorian regional newspaper - "Ability to swim may save children from drowning." Thanks for listening to the Spin in the form of your choice. Whether you're in Australia, the UK, the US or on a different planet like Canberra we hope you enjoyed the past 12 months. A very special thank you to all of you that subscribed to RRR. Without your generosity and commitment we would not be on-air.
From the Spin team have a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year. We're back on air in February 2006 so enjoy it while you can. Note: There is a bit of swearing on this episode of The Spin. It's all in context of course but Little Boys mum could get a bit shocked. Comments[3] |
Sun, 11 December 2005 Geeing up for the annual awards show Richo, Boydy and Delilah look at Worst Ad for 2005, Media Sl*t for 2005, and who jumped on the celebrity bandwagon.
Needless to say Mark Latham and Sean Penn cop a serve. Comments[0] |
Sun, 27 November 2005 As Christmas gets closer its time for miracles. Richo and Delilah praise an article by Jill Singer, Andrew Bolt gets stuck into the Victorian Liberal Party, and Boydy takes 45 minutes to raise his IR march. It is truly a magical time of year. PLUS...We need your assistance for the 2006 People Choice Awards. Please use the comments section to nominate your Worst Ad for 2006 (print, radio, TV), Media Sl*t of the Year (eg: Kevin Rudd or Kevin Rudds hair) and Celebrity Bandwagon (eg Sean Penn following Hurricane Katrina) Winners will be announced on Sunday December 11. Get involved..they are your awards!* *blatant attempt to raise hits on site. Comments[1] |
Sun, 20 November 2005 The Spin examines drug user model Michelle Leslie's new Islamic Sect - Shite; Boydy talks about the Melbourne IR march; we jump off the soccer (which everyone is now calling football) bandwagon; Boydy describes his experience of marching in the IR march; Richo and Little Boy outline the sponsorship deals for the Melbourne Commonwealth games; Boydy says the crowd in March next year will not be as big as the march he marched in during Tuesdays IR march. Comments[0] |
Sun, 13 November 2005 On The Spin today - the fallout from terrorism; is Melbourne now "the world's most bombable city"? One thing that is far from bombing is the sport of soccer or, if you prefer, football; we look we look at PR in the light of this morning's battle in Uruguay, and also reveal the man who said PR is like carrying a spear. All that and more on The Spin... Comments[0] |
Sun, 6 November 2005 This week on the show.... New terror laws - serious, stunt or a massive take a dump to hide the IR laws? Richo previews the IABC conference that will feature Telstra PR head Phil "amigo" Burgess. Boydy gets stuck into the Herald Sun; Henrietta provides first hand experience on why the Spring Carnival has gone downhill; some nice assistance provided free of charge by spin listeners on a new slogan for Byron Bay; and, Little Boy talks about his trampolining goat. Comments[0] |
Sun, 30 October 2005 This week on the show.....it's our Special Melbourne Cup edition Richo, Boydy and Little Boy discuss the Freedman Cup, head off to the trough at the Public Relations Institute of Australia annual conference in Brisbane, get fobbed off by Stephen Silk, marketing manager at the VRC, hear about when Little Boy met Paris Hilton, give the real reason Phil Honeywood shat on Ron Walker, and lots lots more!* *Empty promise. Comments[1] |
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