DEAD AIR #104

I'll be back Monday 3rd June 2024, stay well!

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

‘An American journalist read her own obituary online, and soon discovered the strange world of obit pirates’ – ABC News

‘When natural burial doesn’t meet the needs of mourners’ – The Bottom Drawer Book

SPECIAL GUEST Samantha Rennie. Art of Grieving Workshop, Community House Castlemaine BOOK HERE Three sessions: Sat 11 May, 9.30am-4pm + Wed 15 May, 7-9.30pm + Wed 22 May, 7-9.30pm

Online talk: Traditions in Death and Burial, Dr Helen Frisby – Presented by NDAN BOOK HERE. Thurs 6 June, 9am AEST.

Online talk: Grieving Lahaina: Past and Present. Presented by The Collective for Radical Death Studies BOOK HERE. Sat 11 May, 7am AEST.

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

TRACKS: Bakirköy Havsi – Zen / Are You Dead – Rainbows are Free / Obur Dünya – Cem Karaca, Mogollar

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 #100

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

‘Man dies after falling from hot-air balloon in Melbourne’s north’ - The Guardian

The Amazing and True Story Of Hachiko The Dog

‘Let's Talk, Irish Funeral Culture!’ - Taboo Education

World Federation of Right to Die Societies International Conference Ireland. 20 & 21 Sep 2024. Abstracts due: 15 April - Info HERE

Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Victoria – Catholic perspective (Vic)

AHFA - Building Grief Literacy: Theory, Practice & Partnerships. Online talk, Wed 10 April, 6-7.30pm AEST - Details HERE

NDAN - Death Care for LGBTQIA+ people. Online talk with Ezra Salter, Sat 13 April 2024, 9-11am AEST - Details HERE

TRACKS: Heaven – Rolling Stones / Sycamore – Bill Callahan

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 #68

The unexpected death of Dallas Keogh-Frankling over the weekend has created a ripple of emotions throughout the Castlemaine community. Although this loss serves as a poignant reminder of life's fragility, it will also inspire a collective resolve to honour Dallas’s memory and find solace in togetherness.

Castlemaine Football and Netball Club - Facebook post

‘Unfathomable he is gone’: Teen footballer’s tragic death rocks Castlemaine’ The Age, by Roy Ward May 28, 2023

Grief Australia - Adolescents and Grief

Grief Australia: 1800 642 066

Life Line: 13 11 14

Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636

Mensline: 1300 789 978

Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800

Griefline: 1300 845 745

TRACKS: Survivor - Klaus Weiss / Spacelab – Kraftwerk / Schöne Hände – Cluster & Brian Eno / Detroit Snackbar Dreamer – Edgar Froese / Detroit People Mover - Squarepusher

DEAD AIR #66

Volunteer Week Australia 15-21 May 2023 - Why I am a volunteer presenter at MainFM and a bit about my work :)

‘Burst of brain activity during dying could explain life passing before your eyes. New study hints at how consciousness can continue after the heart stops.’ By Sara Reardon.

‘Washing and dressing our dead: The movement challenging how we grieve.’ By Sophie Aubrey.

Diego Ramirez ‘Vampires of The Earth’ exhibition - MARS Gallery, 7 James Street, Windsor, 27 April – 20 May.

Maldon Goldfields Gothic Ghost Tours – Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas, 4-5 Aug 2023, 6.30pm & 8pm, 1.5 hour long tours.

SOLD! - A historic country chapel and cemetery, Lawitta TAS

TRACKS: The Whispering Cup - Linda Smith, Nancy Andrews / Si ma chanson pouvait – Valerie Lagrange / R die glatze – Klaus Beyer / Jumping on the Death Bed – Uma Seedlings

DEAD AIR #63

Easter Monday explanation

Dyngus Day explanation

‘I spent years studying death, but it didn’t prepare me for grief’: archaeologist Sarah Tarlow on losing her husband. By Sarah Tarlow, 8 Apr 2023

Heaven & Earth - Eco Burial Products

Alyssa on ABC Central Victoria 4 April 2023

Natural Death Advocacy Network (NDAN) at Off-Grid Living Festival! Centennial Park, Eldorado VIC, 15 & 16 April 2023

TRACKS: They Burnt My Car – All of The Dirt All at Once / HEY HEY – BRUCE!

DEAD AIR #52

Grief Ritual - $20 (donated to Pay the Rent), Thursday 12th Jan. 2023, 5.30-9pm, Guildford. https://www.facebook.com/events/866962027883611?ref=newsfeed

 What is an Emotional Will? https://www.thegroundswellproject.com/eol-resources

 A loaded funeral: John’s gun cartridge coffin https://thebottomdrawerbook.com.au/2022/12/30/a-loaded-funeral-johns-gun-cartridge-coffin/

Clunes Town Hall & Lee Medlyn Home of Bottles Paranormal Investigation Ghost Tours https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/874937 & https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/991374

Italian McDonald's Has 2000-Year-Old Skeletons Inside https://www.newsweek.com/mcdonalds-2000-year-old-skeletons-italy-1763778

 The resurrection temple: Devotees cleansed of bad luck at Wat Ta Kien Thailand https://www.thephuketnews.com/the-resurrection-temple-devotees-cleansed-of-bad-luck-at-wat-ta-kien-56165.php

TRACKS: Lead On – James Marples / Raglan – Grace Cummings / The Kiss – Judee Sill / All we ever got from them was pain – Alex Chilton, Big Star