Berlin based Australian author, Craig Schuftan has written three books on music and popular culture; The Culture Club (2007), Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone! (2009) and Entertain Us! The Rise and Fall of Alternative Rock in the 90s which was published in June 2012.
Craig is now ready to present the extraordinary tale of the rise and fall of Alt-rock, 1990-1994, in words and music. It will come in the form of a lively, literate talk on the reality boom and subsequent bust, with a soundtrack that would be like nothing you’ve ever heard before, if it didn’t all sound so damn familiar.
To bring his story to life, Schuftan has assembled a collage of stolen moments – noises, voices, drums, bass and guitars – from a half-decade of music and music journalism. It’s propelled by beats, and fired by noise. It’s informed by a century of debate on the philosophy of history, and it makes a none-too subtle argument for teenage revolution, the abolition of private property, and just generally being less of a jerk in future. It’s quiet, then loud, then oh-so-quiet again.
It begins in Anthony Kiedis’s girlfriend’s closet…. You want to know more? Well we’re lucky enough to be giving away 1 x double pass to this event that gives you an opportunity to re-live your 90s on:
Wednesday 13th February
The Toff In Town
Second Floor, Curtin House 252 Swanson St, Melbourne
Doors open at 7pm
Tickets $10 at the door
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