The Bedroom Philosopher
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The Bedroom Philosopher (real name Justin Heazlewood) is an Australian musician. He was born on June 12, 1980 in Tasmania.
The Bedroom Philosopher began in 2002, when he regularly appeared on Triple J's The Morning Show. He also filmed two pilot episodes of The Bedroom Philosopher Show for the ABC Fly TV, a now defunct digital youth television station. He also secured his first major musical gig, playing support for Bodyjar and The Bumblebeez at Triple J's Unearthed concert that year.
The Bedroom Philosopher has performed in past years at both the Big Day Out, Falls Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival, National Folk Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. His three Melbourne Comedy Festival Shows have included Living On The Edge Of My Bed (2003), In Bed With My Doona (2004), and Pyjamarama (2005). In 2006 he teamed up with Josh Earl to form The Renegades Of Folk, performing a Melbourne Comedy Festival show of the same name.
The Bedroom Philosopher's first unofficial album, Living on the Edge of My Bed, featuring tracks which had earlier been played on The Morning Show, was released in 2003. This unmastered collection was only sold at live shows.
In 2005, The Bedroom Philosopher released his first retail and studio album, In Bed With My Doona, produced by his Uncle Ken Heazlewood. This release was taken strongly by Triple J's audience, with the first single "I’m So Post Modern" reaching number 72 in the Hottest 100. The Bedroom Philosopher was the only unsigned artist to make the list in 2005. His self-produced film clip of "I'm So Post Modern" (by Dan Ilic) also featured on the Hottest 100 DVD.
The Bedroom Philosopher is currently recording his second album "Brown and Orange" with producer Martin "Moose" Lubran, due to be released in 2008. The first single from this is "The Happiest Boy", released in October 2007. The video clip of "The Happiest Boy" was made by David Blumenstein at Nakedfella Productions. In 2007 he started playing with a backing band 'The Awkwardstra,' comprising of Andy Hazel on bass, Hugh Rabinovci on drums and Michael O'Connor on flute.
[edit] Discography
- Living on the Edge of My Bed (2003) Demo
- In Bed With My Doona (2005) LP
- Folkstar/I'm So Post Modern (2006) Maxi-Single
- The Happiest Boy (2007) iTunes only single.
[edit] World records
- Longest continuous performance of Daryl Braithwaite’s "The Horses" while riding on a horse carousel on Melbourne Cup day in Canberra - (30 minutes).
- Longest continuous performance of John Farnham’s "You’re The Voice" in Melbourne - (9 hours).
- Longest demonstration of ‘BoonRapping’ (reading David Boon’s autobiography in a hip hop style) in Hobart - (12.5 minutes).
[edit] Chart statistics
- "I’m So Post Modern" voted number 72 in Triple J Hottest 100, 2005. (lyrics)
