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] |
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