The Bedroom Philosopher

Bio:

.. With his third album Songs From The 86 Tram fresh on the shelves, The Bedroom Philosopher has just returned with his partners in crime The Awkwardstra from a massive national album launch tour. As The Bedroom Philosopher himself puts it: "my live show is both a remarkably memorable life changing experience and cause for major concern."

The Awkwardstra were handpicked from ’Indie Snobs Anonymous’, a self-help group for displaced Melbourne musicians (feat. members of Paradise Motel & The Brunettes) and provide pitch-perfect tightness to the Philosopher’s helter skelter. Featuring sitar, electric and double percussion, gags and wordplays play second fiddle to break beat rock outs, folk-rock jam outs and jam funk breakdowns with a pinch of earnestness and about five seconds of jazz.

Currently getting tons of rotation and featuring cameos from Tim Rogers, Kram, Angie Hart, DC Root and more, is the clip for lead single Northcote (So Hungover).

Released in April, Songs From The 86 Tram is as comedically profound as it is musically diverse; it’s essentially a full-blooded concept album about Melbourne’s iconic 86 tram route.

The album was crafted from writer/performer Heazlewood’s award winning Melbourne International Comedy Festival show of the same name, which won the ‘Director’s Choice’ award in 2009 and the Green Room award for ‘Best Production’ in 2010. To turn the show into an album, he enlisted the help of producer Chris Scallan (Avalanches, Akon, Cut Copy), Harry Angus (The Cat Empire) on brass, and his hipster slayin’ band The Awkwardstra. The album was mastered by Greg Calbi of New York’s Stirling Studios whose credits include David Bowie, John Lennon and Bob Dylan.

Songs From The 86 Tram follows in the footsteps of The Bedroom Philosopher’s previous hits ‘I’m So Postmodern’, ‘Folkstar’ and ‘Golden Gaytime’, with his ironic wit hot comedy finding him a cosy niche on Triple J and community radio Australia wide.

Here’s a brief Q&A conducted with The Bedroom Philosopher conducted by The Bedroom Philosopher.

Hi, I’m the Bedroom Philosopher and today I’ll be interviewing myself:

Q. So tell us about...

A. No.

THE END.

Day two of my expose on the world’s most talented musician slash comedian. We are at his desk with a blocked nose.

Q. What was it like being on heroin in the 70’s?

A. I think you’re thinking of Marianne Faithful.

Q. Oh yeah. Do you know her?

A. No.

THE END.

According to his Wikipedia page, The Bedroom Philosopher is the fourth largest lake in Arizona. Talk about not trusting information on the Internet! I tried to do digging around to find extra information on this intriguing blight on the Australian entertainment landscape. Here are some friends and family members that I found through a basic police search and their thwarts.

His Mother: "As per my agents email, $4500 is my minimum fee. $2 is my minimum chips" (she works at a fish and chippery in far-east Western Australia)

His ex-Girlfriend: "We were going out six months and he didn't even cut me a key to his share house. Having said that, the new album Songs From The 86 Tram is a bit of a genre defying marvel of fiercely intelligent satirical lyric writing, pitch perfect performances surmising the iconic nuances of modern Australia and the kind of full, smooth yet eclectic production you’d expect from Beck or the Pointer Sisters."

His Band, The Awkwardstra: "Yeah man we’re like trying to make this organic fusion of like music and ideas and we want to have something to say you know? We have this unique opportunity and so we’re writing concept albums about things that are important to us like Melbourne Tram Culture and tuna fishing. Did you know that most canned tuna brands use wide-net fishing that also kills turtles and sharks? Ow, my overwhelming sense of powerlessness! Only one thing to fix that - Christian yacht-rap, 90’s style!"

THE END

IN CONCLUSION:

The Bedroom Philosopher rose to fame in 2002 and then some other stuff happened which involved him performing and people hearing him and some liking it and others not being that keen but enough radio talkers playing his songs so that eventually he was known enough to get a photo in the street press and have his arty friends get jealous and weird. Much like the Bible misses out a lot of what happened to Jesus between 12 and 33, we too shall skip to the chase and tell you more about the present happenings. There is an album of songs called Songs From The 86 Tram that The Bedroom Philosopher did. He is a funny music singer who is also clever and has quite nice cheekbones and a dimple. He plays with a band that has four in it and also a sitar and drums. Together it makes for a brilliant kind of presentation that is worth spending some time on, especially $50.

THE END - Fools stop.

You can read his exclusive life story HERE

Fang on yon moon scouts!

Member Since:

March 10, 2006

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"A masterpiece of comedy rock" FasterLouder."
The Bedroom Philosopher has proved that, although he is a smart ass, he has the musical prowess to back it up." - Music Feeds.
“A daggy, sexy and acerbic hurricane of whimsy.” - Sydney Morning Herald.
“The wonderful acoustic strumming is never just a backdrop and I’d happily listen to these songs even if they weren’t funny.” – Rave Magazine
"A success in every way." - 9/10 AU Review
"Genuinely hilarious." - Musicfeeds

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The Awkwardstra are:
Mad Dog Rabinovici - Drums
Nature Boy Hazel - Bass
Suavey Shankar - Sitar/Electric
Hitz Rodriguez - Percussion

Wow Wow's Song film clip by Charlotte George (Director) & Leigh Ryan (Animation).



The Happiest Boy film clip by David Blumenstein.



I'm So Post Modern film clip by Dan Ilic.

Influences:

Your mum.

Sounds Like:

"Endearingly sweet, hilarious and occasionally heartbreakingly sad in a glitteringly beautiful way."
(DB Magazine)
“If Bob Dylan had spent his time growing up in Berwick he might have more in common with the Bedroom Philosopher…one of the few artists making a genuine attempt to explore the oddness of our age.”
(The Age)
"Something Different."
(Nan & Pop)



LA LINEA - AS FEATURED IN "GENERATION ABC"
THE ORIGINAL METAPHOR FOR LIFE

Record Label:

Shock / Nan & Pop Records