DEAD AIR #101

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

MIT Technology Review - The Biggest Questions: What is death?

‘Colin Apelt volunteers for happy hour’ - ABC News

Grief and bereavement care - NDAN 

‘Reimagining what a funeral can be’ with Rebecca Lyons Palliative Care Australia

‘Going through my father’s hoard now after his death, all I want is him’ - The Guardian

The Mushroom Cook Podcast

BOOK Breath by Carly Jay Metcalfe

BOOK ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter’ By Margeta Magnusson. ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning’ - SBS Series

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Oxytocin – Billie Eilish / I Am Pentagon – The Make-Up

DEAD AIR #97

Language shift, maintenance and death

‘Lost for words: fears of ‘catastrophic’ language loss due to rising seas’ - The Guardian.

‘Saving Indigenous languages from extinction’ – ABC News.

The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies - AIATSIS

‘Why "Death Acceptance" instead of "Death Positivity"?’ – Taboo Education.

The Bottom Drawer Book – CALL OUT for bad (& good) experiences. DM or email: Lisa@thebottomdrawerbook.com.au

Artist Anne Paulson IWD celebration at Castlemaine Cemetery, memorial to be unveiled by Maree Edwards MP Friday 8 March 2024, 9:15am.

The Order of the Good Death Fellowship – due 13 March.

The Australian Death Studies Society Prizes - Student Paper Prize / Published Paper Prize / Creative Work Prize. Email: info@deathstudies.org - due 31st March.

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic  

TRACKS: The Psychedelic Aliens - Blofonyobi Wo Atale / Alpay - Daglar Engel Oldu / Gareth Skinner – Amateur Hour

DEAD AIR #94

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Dying well: why Australians are turning to ‘Buddhish’ deaths’ The Guardian

Death Letter Project  - death letter by Sufira-Mingara

‘An Indian model faked her death for cervical cancer awareness. Many were appalled, some say it motivated them to get tested’ ABC News

Australian Sacred Deathcare Series, May 2024 events

BOOK: ‘When Death Falls Apart: Making and Unmaking the Necromaterial Traditions of Contemporary Japan’ by Hannah Gould

 Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: K5 - Proximity / Open Gate / Elephant

DEAD AIR #90

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. Located at 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Understanding Funeral Culture in the Romany Gypsy, Roma & Traveller Communities’. Taboo Education YouTube Channel.

Books: ‘Australian Gypsies: Their Secret History’ Mandy Sayer. - ‘Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: A Contemporary Analysis’ Declan Henry

‘Burial Beads: A South Korean Tradition’ The Living Urn

Online: ‘Last Christmas: The Story of Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, and Christmas Past with Eric Huang’ Morbid Anatomy Museum.

Book: ‘The Little Book of Humanist Funerals. Remembering and celebrating a life’ by Andrew Copson & Alice Roberts.

Call for proposals for Special Issue: ‘Relational Approaches to Conceptualising, Measuring and Enacting Wellbeing and Care in Palliative and End of Life Contexts.’ Abstracts due: 13 Feb 2024

Online Talk: ‘Memorialising Gendered Violence in Public Space’ Margaret Gibson, Griffith University, 20 Feb 2024, 11 am- 12 pm. REGISTER HERE

CDAS subscribe to their newsletter email: cdas@bath.ac.uk

Free download: The Student Grief Zine

Australian Home Funeral Alliance blog. Submit your written work, email: hello@ahfa.org.au

Video: ‘Death exciting & new!’ John Troyer & Caitlin Doughty in conversation.

Exhibition: ‘Barriletes de Nuestro Futuro (Kites from Our Future)’ by artist Juan Rodriguez Sandoval, at Incinerator Gallery. 1 Dec 2023 - 21 Jan 2024. Kite-making workshop, Thur 18 Jan 11 am-2 pm.

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday. This Sun 24 Dec, 12 pm. Flying white kites at Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Egyptian Kings – Brainticket / Strawberry – Moses Gunn Collective

DEAD AIR #82

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Undas: Celebrating Death Through Life in the Philippines’ Talk Death article

The Cemetery Research Group and the Virtual Colloquium 17/11/23 online

‘The Facemaker ‘by Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, Guardian book review

Speaking Grief website (USA) - Grief Shaming & Grief Hijaking

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground. [Rumi]

TRACKS: Teen Dusthead - Acid King / Cathedral - Yellow Eyes / (iii) moribund - Faetooth / You Take Nothing - Ragana / Monolith - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

DEAD AIR #73

The Guardian: ‘Boil in the bag’ environmentally friendly funerals arrive in the UK

ABC News: Launceston store launches range of products to help bereaved parents remember their babies and YouTube

Pregnancy Loss Podcast, Episode 11 ‘what I wish I knew after pregnancy loss’ and Instagram page

ONLINE: Dr Kerrie Noonan in conversation with Author of ‘The Great Dead Body Teachers’ Jackie Dent. Tues 8 Aug 2023, 7-8:30pm. Register HERE 

ONLINE: Seth Viddal - Human Composting in Colorado. Sat 12 Aug 2023 9- 11am. Book HERE

ONLINE: Death Doula Dialogues with Tracey Rusden of EOL Bucketlist & Heidi Greig of Kangaroo Island Doula Service. Fri 4 Aug 2023, 7- 8:30pm. Book HERE

GRAVE AFFAIRS, Goldfields Gothic Festival. Speakers: Lyndie Shaw, Bec Gallagher & Caitlin Epps Hayley West & Amanda Collins. Facilitated by Jenny Valentish. Sat 5 Aug 2023, 2.30pm. Book HERE

Celebrating D2KDay! A lighthearted talk around the fear of death with Peter McConvill & Margie McConvill. Tues 8 Aug 2023, 2-4pm Daylesford Neighbourhood Centre. To book email: events@dncentre.org.au or ph: 5348 3569.

TRACKS: Eighties - Killing Joke / Seven Years - Eyeless in Gaza / Mr. Clarinet - The Birthday Party

DEAD AIR #55

Hearse driving course IFISS

Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhihode India 17-19 Feb. 2023, Curios Global Competition – Submissions due 12 Feb.

'Digital Necromancy: Users’ Perceptions of Digital Afterlife' Tues 28th Feb 2023, 7-8 PM GMT

The Death Positive Library UK

BOOK: ‘The Sustainable Dead: Searching for the Intolerable’ edited by Ruth McManus

‘Accounting for Death: an historical perspective’ [Necroaccountability] Call for papers due 15 Sept. 2023.

Who will get rid of your sex toys when you die? And where do you dispose of them?

TRACKS: The Sinking Bell (Blue Sheep) - Boris & sunn O))) / Omens and Portents 1: The Driver - Earth

DEAD AIR #54

BOOKS:

‘The Lottery’ Shirley Jackson, 1948 [from ‘Shirley Jackson, The Lottery and Other Stories’ Penguin Classics, USA 2009]

‘Monster, She Wrote – The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction’ Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson, Quirk Books USA 2019.

PODCASTS:

‘Goodnight Lovelies’ (Memento Mori meditation ) & ‘The Adventures of Memento Mori: A Skeptic's Guide for Learning to Live by Remembering to Die’ - Remember to Die D.S Moss

‘Family forced to put funeral on hold’ - Midland Express 20/01/2023

TRACKS: Boghz – King Woman / Delusion – Stonefield / Sore Afraid - Woorms

DEAD AIR #53

Last Hurrah Funerals - an important announcement to our community: statement

Daniel Andrews’ candid comments after George Pell’s death reflect a long-held stance - The Guardian

Dying to Ask – announcing a death on social media

Coffin births (or postmortem fetal extrusion)

Dancers flash mob funeral to 'Another One Bites the Dust’

Australian Hearse Nationals - Sun, 6th Aug 2023. Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas.

Film: The Moogai. Directed by John Bell (2020, 15 minutes) SBS on demand

Book: I'm Glad My Mom Died. By Jennette McCurdy

TRACKS: Intro – Acid King / Hammerhandle – Weedeater / Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath / Electric Breath - Slomatics