{{Short description|Book and album by Justin Heazlewood}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox book | name = Funemployed | border = yes | image = Funemployed_Cover.jpg | caption = Funemployed: Life as an Artist in Australia | author = Justin Heazlewood | illustrator = | country = Australia | language = English | genre = Cultural studies | published = 1 June 2014 (Affirm Press) | pages = 214 | isbn = 9781922213228 | oclc = }}
'''''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<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandarts/features/funemployed/ | title = What it's like to be an artist in Australia | publisher = ABC Radio National | date = 1 February 2015 | accessdate = 18 July 2015 }}</ref>
==Summary== Described by its author as 'Part confessional and part rogue self-help book' ,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.affirmpress.com.au/funemployed | title = Funemployed | last= Rogers | first=Keiran | publisher = Affirm Press | date = 1 June 2014 | accessdate = 18 July 2015 }}</ref> ''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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.broadsheet.com.au/melbourne/art-and-design/article/joys-being-funemployed | title = The joys of being Funemployed | last= Morgans | first=Julian | publisher = Broadsheet Media | date = 30 May 2014 | accessdate = 18 July 2015 }}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://ripitup.com.au/music/justin-heazlewood-releases-new-book-and-accompanying-ep#.VasYdrcsCp0 | title = Heazlewood releases new book and accompanying EP | last = Frangos | first = Daniela | publisher = Rip It Up | date = 29 May 2014 | accessdate = 18 July 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150722034125/http://ripitup.com.au/music/justin-heazlewood-releases-new-book-and-accompanying-ep#.VasYdrcsCp0 | archive-date = 22 July 2015 | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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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==External links== *[http://www.bedroomphilosopher.com The Bedroom Philosopher official site] *[https://thebedroomphilosopher.bandcamp.com/ The Bedroom Philosopher's Bandcamp page.] *Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Justin Heazlewood q:Justin Heazlewood
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Category:2014 non-fiction books Category:2014 albums Category:Australian non-fiction books