Funemployed (book)

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Funemployed: Life as an Artist in Australia
Author Justin Heazlewood
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Genre Cultural studies
Published1 June 2014 (Affirm Press)
Pages214
ISBN 9781922213228

Funemployed is the name of both a book by Australian author, performer and musician Justin Heazlewood and an album by his alter-ego The Bedroom Philosopher. It was serialised on ABC Radio National, and also made available as a podcast [1]

Contents

Summary

Described by its author as 'Part confessional and part rogue self-help book' , [2] Funemployed details financial, psychological and logistical challenges facing creative individuals in Australia. Drawing on Heazlewood's own experiences, the book features interviews with Tony Martin, Gotye, John Safran, Clare Bowditch, Amanda Palmer and many others.

Funemployed was launched with a complete live reading at Melbourne venue The Howler. [3]

Album

Heazlewood released an eight-track soundtrack album Funemployed LP to accompany the book. It was initially released under his own name but later changed to The Bedroom Philosopher. It features spoken word pieces from interview subjects Brian Ritchie, Tim Rogers and Sam Simmons. [4] This followed the Funemployed EP which remained released under his own name and was distributed via a download code with the initial run of books.

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References

  1. "What it's like to be an artist in Australia". ABC Radio National. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. Rogers, Keiran (1 June 2014). "Funemployed". Affirm Press. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. Morgans, Julian (30 May 2014). "The joys of being Funemployed". Broadsheet Media. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. Frangos, Daniela (29 May 2014). "Heazlewood releases new book and accompanying EP". Rip It Up. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.{{cite news}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)