DEAD AIR #96

‘Finding the Beauty in Roadkill’ - artist Amanda Stronza

@melbourne_ghostsigns - Sean Reynolds. A brick wall at the Victoria Market site with a sinister history.

‘Understanding Amish End-of-Life and Funeral Practices’ TabooEducation - YouTube 

TALK: ‘Reflections of my queer birth/death ritual’ with Alex Antunes - Wed 13 March, 7pm AEST BOOK HERE

Bendigo Sustainability Festival, Sunday 17 March, White Hills, 10am – 3.30pm. Check out the Stall: Heaven and Earth Eco Burial Products! 

POSITION: Funeral Arranger & Conductor position at William Farmer Funeral Directors - SEEK 

4th Lifting the Lid International Festival of Death and Dying, online 15-17 November. Submissions due: 30 July 2024. SUBMISSION FORM HERE

TRACKS: A Min We Vo Nou We – Les Sympathics de Porto Novo / Waile – W.I.T.C.H

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 #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 #74

Guardian Obituary for Sinéad O’Connor/Shuhada’ Sadaqat

TOP PICKS book the following events and more at this link - Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas 2023

FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST:

Welcome to Country 4pm, Kangaroo Hotel Beer Garden / Drawing Blood – The Occult Life Drawing Experience / Maldon Goldfields Gothic Ghost Tours / A Night with the Spirits

SATURDAY 5TH AUGUST:

Dark Market / Human Library / Grave Affairs / DED Talks / The Black Cat

SUNDAY 6TH AUGUST:

Hearse Nationals / Paranormal Mourning Teas / Dolls and Death / Dark Side of the Moon / Maldon's Gothic & Victorian Picnic / Dane Blacklock and the Preacher's Daughter

OVER THREE DAYS:

Dawn Chorus / Dusk Chorus / Gin Palace / Artists at the Edge

 TRACKS: Crippling Anxiety – Kia Cult / Cigarette Burns – Kai Cult / Hyperbolic Paraboloid – Our Carlson

DEAD AIR #64

'Is There Sex After Death?' by Colin Campbell

'Sex after Loss' by Shelby Forsythia

Coming Back Podcast

ABC News Hobart 'Phil Laing is one of five Tasmanians who have died through accessing voluntary assisted dying'

ABC Radio QLD - 'Dying on Rose's terms'

Grief Line - support in Australia

Voluntary Assisted Dying information, Victoria

End of Earthly Life Matters Day seminar, Muckleford - Pippa White, Melinda Whyman, Cheryl Nekvapil - 9am-5pm, Sat. 24th June - rgeccmelbourne@gmail.com / pippajj11@gmail.com

GRAVE AFFAIRS - Goldfields Gothic Festival. Short talks and panel discussion. Sat 5th Aug 2:30pm, Maldon

Queer Death Cafe Zoom with Hini Hanara & Alex Antunes and @deathcatforcrochet, Mon 1st May, 7-9pm

TRACK: Burn Us Clean - DEAD

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 #56

‘Packed with Love’ – condolence and memorial seeds, based in Bendigo.

DEDTalks – Sat. 5 August. Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas. Submissions by 17 Feb, 5pm.

NDAN talk – Revisiting Resomation (Alkaline Hydrolysis, Australia & NZ). Saturday 11th February 2023 9AM AEST (Zoom)

Remembrance Parks – Adornment Policy furore Latest News

PETITION: “Save our right to personalise our loved one's final resting place”

‘Families upset about crackdown on grave decorations’ ABC Radio - Jan 19

PROTEST Tuesday Jan 31: Eaglehawk Cemetery.

‘Remembrance Parks Central Victoria under fire for gravesite decoration crackdown’ ABC Central Victoria - Jan 31

‘Eaglehawk Cemetery chair breaks her silence over removal of items from graves’ ABC Radio Central Victoria - Feb 2

‘Remembrance Parks Central Victoria CEO stood down over gravesite decoration removals’ - Feb 3

‘Cemetery agency CEO stood down amid protests over treatment of grave sites’ A Current Affair Channel 9 - Feb 3

TRACK: You’re No Good - ESG