Citizen Kafka (1947 - 2009)

Citizen Kafka

Citizen Kafka, also known as Sid Kafka and The Citizen, is the stage name of Richard Shulberg, a New York radio host and folk musician.

From the late 1970s and throughout the 1990s, Citizen Kafka produced and hosted a number of radio programs on Pacifica Foundation's WBAI-FM in New York City, presenting an eclectic range of live and recorded music, comedy and poetry. One such program was the monthly "Citizen Kafka Show," which Kafka created in 1979 with then-unknown actor John Goodman and musician Kenny Kosek. Along with Pat Conte, he also hosted the program "The Secret Air Museum" on WFMU.

Richard Schulberg was also a violinist and poet, an avid record collector, and the leader of the Wretched Refuse String Band.