DEAD AIR #91

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

Why DIY Funerals DO Work – Heaven & Earth Eco Burials. [Read the offending article here]

Meet the Man Who Digs Up Graves to Lift Curses – Atlas Obscura

Death in Aboriginal Culture – Taboo Education on YouTube. Taboo Education Services

Order of The Good Death Fellowship - apps due 11:59am PST (USA) 14 Feb 2024.

Death Doula workshop for pets. $390 Five weekly modules, weekly zoom sessions online. Starts Mon 22 Jan, 6-7pm. Facilitated by Annie Whitlocke. More info: www.deniselove.net. E: gazzalove@gmail.com Facebook event

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

TRACKS: I watched her walk away – ALX; GoSlow / A Phantom, A Spy – Julian Williams / Beach Logs Kill – Uma Seedling

DEAD AIR #87

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

Deepening Deathcare: Essentials for Doulas online event with Last Hurrah Funerals. Mon 19th Feb 2024, 6-8 pm

The Story of the Femina Agabbadòra from Sardinia, Italy.

The Ladies of the Kind Death Full Documentary

Come Discover the History of Luras and the story of Femina Agabbadòra - GalluraGo

Femmina Accabadora: The Legend of Sardinia’s Lady of the Good Death - ItalioFile

Survivor Guilt - TikTok accounts with the war in Gaza

Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic A Castlemaine-based community organising action group in solidarity with Palestine. Rallies are held every week at 12pm Sundays in Jaara Park (Victory Park), Castlemaine.

Death Café at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion Bendigo. Sun 17 Dec 11.15am-1pm, book by email : bridget@lotusreflections.com.au

LIFTING THE LID FESTIVAL online this weekend! [my talk is Sun 19 Dec 6-7pm AEST]

TRACKS: Chukua Pesa – Goat / Inizgam – Mdou Moctar / I Want a Break Thru – The Hykkers / The Oud & The Fuzz (4/4) – John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble / The God of Rainbows – ZÖJ

DEAD AIR #84

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

Taboo Education, YouTube - Breaking News: The 'Return to Nature Funeral Home' Scandal

Channel 9: Families 'given fake ashes' as 189 bodies left uncremated

The Tibetan Book of the Dead - On Demand Course

NDAN Presents - Janine Marriott, Cemeteries as Living Spaces. Sat 4 Nov 2023, 7-9PM AEST

Living Well, Dying Better Workshops, Harcourt. Day 1 - Sat 28 Oct, 10am-4pm ($180) & Day 2 – Sun 29 Oct, 9am-1pm ($120) E: doulabarb60@gmail.com M: 0419545093

TRACKS: Hangman – ZÖJ / Departure – ISUA / Chadology – Noël Akchoté & Eugene Chadbourne

DEAD AIR #81

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

The Age - ‘I am the final ingredient’: Artist creates the work she will be buried in. Artist Helen Bodycomb

YouTube Taboo Education episode ‘Modern Day Corpse Theft’

First Peoples – State Relations. Vic Fact sheet: Aboriginal burials

A near death experience on TikTok

Barb Ferguson Death Doula workshop, Sat 30 Sept 23, 10am - 4pm, Shepparton, $180.00. e: doulabarb60@gmail.com m: 0419545093

TRACKS: Opa-Loka – Hawkwind / I Am Pentagon – The Make-Up / Vitamin C - CAN

DEAD AIR #76

NEW SHOW SPONSOR! Trash Cult; Purveyors of Unpopular Culture, 15 High Street, Eaglehawk @trashcult.records.books.film

‘Why did Barbie start thinking about death?’ by Socrates

‘The Gift of Life and Death’ Emily Levine TED talk

Human composting in NSW - HŪM Bio-Reclamation

‘Remember when I could dance’ BRUT 30 min. doco

@stanzipotenza on Instagram

Lifting The Lid Death Festival, 17-19 Nov 2023 Submissions due: 31 Aug APP FORM

Mapatazi Workshop, The Goods Shed Castlemaine, Sun 27 Aug, 11am-3pm Bring an electric guitar or bass, amp, lead and lunch, for all skill levels! Ph 0414 346 436 email: roseturtle@gmail.com

TRACKS: Krul – Room / Sausage Priestess – Affordable Repayments / From Now On – Grinding Eyes / Die in Haze – Monolord / Evil Star – Black Sky Giant

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 #67

Keening, Irish lamentations, 1st song & 2nd song

Threshold Choir Melbourne

Wendy Lovell MP presentation of a petition in parliament re Remembrance Cemetery Parks Central Victoria furore, 17 May 2023.

Remembrance Cemetery Parks Central Victoria.

Zenith Virago, Deathwalker Training. Camp Street, Fryerstown, 3-5 May 2024, $950.00. Book here

TRACKS: Tropical (Drop Out) – CV Vision / Conversation with Business People – Bong Wish / The Oud & The Fuzz (4/4) – John Berberian and the Rock East Ensemble / Sastanàqqàm – Tinariwen / Yègellé Tezeta – Mulatu Astatke

DEAD AIR #60

Cotard’s Syndrome (walking corpse syndrome) ‘The (Real) Delusion That You're a Corpse’ Ask a Mortician episode.

Ernest Becker, Terror Management Theory, and Death Acceptance: An Online Symposium Celebrating 50 Years of The Denial of Death - Online, Sun. 21 May 5-8am AEST (Mon. 20 May 2-5pm NYC EST)

Barb Ferguson, Living and Dying Well workshop, Ballan, Sat. 25 March, M: 0419545093 E: doulabarb60@gmail.com

Arranging a Home Funeral with Hini Hanara and Alex Antunes – Online, Wed. 5 April 7-8pm

Annie Fogarty, death and grief care circle. Melbourne Allied & Complimentary Health Practitioner Circle, Kangaroo Ground - Thu. 20 April, 7-10pm

‘The Good Death Through Time’ by Caitlin Mahar

Caitlin Mahar on the Drum, ABC iView (available 28 March)

TRACKS: Opium Den – The Neptune Power Federation (Sydney) / The Son of God – Romano Vervoso (Belgium) / The Sleeper – Albatross Overdrive (USA) / Bliss and the Abyss - Bagful of Bees (Spain) / Social Construct – ATOMMASHER (Melbourne) / In Leather – Babymachine (Wollongong)

DEAD AIR #59

Green Burial Council To find FAQs on Green Burial (and decomposition) click on the Education tab on the website.

Volunteers needed for Goldfields Gothic Festival

DEAD Noise Workshop, Castlemaine Fringe Festival. Wed. 29 March 2023, 4-6pm. All Ages. Free, open to all abilities/skill levels. Book here. 

‘Living and Dying Well’ workshop with Barb Ferguson, Ballan Vic, 10am-4pm, Sat. 25 March 2023. 

‘The Director’ at Platform Arts, Geelong, 22-25 March 2023 …a bold performance starring charismatic ex-funeral director of 21 years, Scott Turnbull, and artist Lara Thoms. 

BOOK READING: ‘Making Poison’ from Murder in the Dark short stories by Margaret Atwood

BOOK READING: ‘Definitions’ (part) from Education for Socially Engaged Art by Pablo Helguera

TRACKS: Storm in an E cup – Black Cactus / Remorse – DEAD / Early Crow – Dead yet? Free download here from Bandcamp.

DEAD AIR #50

‘Dying to Ask’ Heathcote Community House, Tues 13 December 2022, 10.30am-Noon

Gothic Networks - Webs, Traps and Global Trends conference #GANZA23 Online 24th-25th of January 2023 9.30am AWST. Hosted by Gothic Association of New Zealand and Australia (GANZA) & Curtin University, tickets: https://tinyurl.com/y73j7knj

Eulogy by Aaron Freeman.

Why don't we allow ourselves to grieve pets the same way we do people? ABC Kia Handley https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/newcastle-hunter-catch-up/pet-grief/101656784

TRACKS: Lungs On Fire – WITCHSNAKE / Immortality Roars – Rudra / (Here Comes The) Arrows of Fortune - Emily Robb / Troubled – Outright / The New Sensation - IDLES

DEAD AIR #49

The discussion in today’s episode includes - Body disposal methods in Australia (earth, air, water, fire). What is a home funeral? What is a death doula? What are your options? Natural Death Advocacy Network

Call for Papers for the CDAS Conference 2023: ‘Innovation at the end of life’ is now open.

New items at the Order of the Good Death online shop.

TRACKS: Lipstick & Leather – Blonde Revolver / Beauty Queen – DOWNGIRL / Peter Brock Built My Hotrod – Grindhouse / Fast Love – C.O.F.F.I.N / Red Ruby – Blonde Revolver / Got You – Amyl and the Sniffers