Time to put aside an hour on your Tuesday nights as The Spin Forums hit the airwaves for 2009. On the last Tuesday of each month (or thereabouts) we will devote an entire hour to a single topic. A lot of the topics will be issues that don't get a lot of press or time on air. And some of the topics are ones we choose not to discuss. Some 'taboo'. Well nothing is taboo on The Spin. Both JOY's outstanding new studios will be utilised to get the maximum number of voices to address each topic. Your comments will also be welcomed.
Be prepared to be challenged. The last Tuesday of each month on The Spin . 7 - 8pm.
Tuesday, January 27 - 'Program JOY for a day'
Are we providing what our community wants to hear? The challenges of programming Australia's only gay & lesbian station (or should that be GLBTI... and Q???)
Tuesday, February 24 - 'No Asians please'
Sexual racism in the community. Are WE the worst offenders? Heaven forbid if you're not a white, anglo-saxon, buffed boy in Prahran!
Tuesday, March 31 - 'The pink season'
Too many events? Too predictable? Too clichéd? What works? What needs a rest? What do our events say to the wider community about us? Midsumma, Mardi Gras, Pride, Chill-out, blah, blah.
Tuesday, April 28 - 'The beat goes on'
Love them or hate them, 'beats' are a part of the gay culture in Australia. The vexed issues of violence, public spaces and indulgence. And did you hear about lesbian beat sex?
Tuesday, May 26 - 'GLBTIQ is so PC'
Typecasting, hatespeech, political over-correctness and who the hell we are. Identifying our 'community' and what we stand for in 2009.
Tuesday, June 30 - 'I have a dream'
Look how far we have come.... and where to now? Education v's legislation. The generation gap in our community.
You can always sms JOY on 0427 JOY 949 or email us live on air.... onair@joy.org.au. It's your program so share your views on all the topics.
Maybe you have a topic you would like to discuss on The Spin Forums. Just drop us a line on this blog and we'll be in contact.
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Hi Tim one and Tim two
I heard your comments last night about climate change (14 April) and am reminded of Mark Twain's words "De Nile aint just a river in Egypt".
You don't have to look far to see someone frothing at the mouth in print about how climate change is a conspiracy, a new religion or a plot. It's almost always opinion rather than a conclusion based on some original research done by that person. We have had this debate for over a decade and the stuff you quoted in your program was not new or surprising or a sensational development. So why use it or explore it and expound it? Was it interesting? No. Did it push our understanding any further? No. Did it lead to a productive debate? Sorry but no.
Unfortunately it sounded like a couple of guys who agree with each other having a bit of whine. And it sounded like you ganged up on the other people on your show.
I would like to say that people who have a background in media have a real contribution to make in pulling back the curtain and revealing the shabbiness that we see so often have in our media. This is where I have heard your program really say some interesting things. Being on a subversive station like Joy gives you the opportunity to do great work.
Please don't do a John Laws or Alan Jones and say "I have the microphone and I will say what I want". This is what your program on 14 April sounded like. If you do that be ready for someone to take that microphone off you.
Nick
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