Craig Schuftan (born 1974) is an ARIA award-winning author, broadcaster, radio producer from Sydney, Australia. He is the author of three books (The Culture Club and Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone!, and "Entertain Us!: The Rise and Fall of Alternative Rock in the Nineties").
Schuftan began volunteering at 2SER FM, which led to work at Triple J, first as a contributor to The Morning Show and later as a producer. He has worked with Richard Kingsmill (The J-Files), Chris Taylor and Craig Reucassel from The Chaser (Today Today and The Race Race), Roy & HG (This Sporting Life), Myf Warhurst, Jay Whalley and Lindsay McDougall (Myf, Jay & The Dr) and Sam Simmons (Sam Simmons’ Precise History of Things).
In 2002, Craig began presenting The Culture Club on Triple J, the ABC's national youth broadcaster.[1] He also produces the comedy serials Space Goat and Battalion 666 for the station.[2]
In 2007, Craig's first book, The Culture Club: Modern Art, Rock and Roll and other stuff your parents warned you about was published by ABC Books.[3] His second book Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone!: The Romantic Movement, Rock and Roll, and the End of Civilisation as We Know It was published April 2009.[4] In late 2009 Craig worked as a guest curator on the Powerhouse Museum's The 80s Are Back exhibition. Craig launched his first zine From a Mess to the Masses in March 2010 and won his first ARIA (for best comedy release) in November 2010.
Bibliography
edit- The Culture Club: Modern Art, Rock and Roll, and Other Things Your Parents Warned You About, 2007 ABC Books
- Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone!: The Romantic Movement, Rock and Roll, and the End of Civilisation as We Know It, 2009, ABC Books
- Entertain Us!: The Rise and Fall of Alternative Rock in the Nineties, 2012, ABC Books
Translated editions
edit- De Culture Club, 2011 Uitgeverij De Passage (in Dutch)
Sources & References
edit- ^ "Semi Permanent Interview: Craig Schuftan". 21 March 2010.
- ^ "Books - Allen & Unwin - Australia".
- ^ http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Culture-Club-Modern-Art-Rock-Roll-Other-Things-Your-Parents-W-Craig-Schuftan/?isbn=9780733315619[permanent dead link]
- ^ Schuftan, Craig (2009). Hey, Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone!: The Romantic Movement, Rock and Roll, and the End of Civilisation as We Know It. ISBN 9780733324024.
- 25 minutes interview on YouTube for art.afterhours
- bio about schuftan
- video interview on ABC