DEAD AIR #102

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

Open discussion with HUUM founders (NOR/human composting)

Contribute to discussions on NOR with Zach & Luke, submit form HERE

Centre for Death and Society's 2024 Conference - Death and Communities FULL PROGRAM

What are Your Chances of Being BURIED ALIVE Today? Taboo Education

PODCAST Don’t Be Caught Dead

Art of Grieving Workshop series in Castlemaine!

Six Feet Under: Design + Death, two-day symposium Open House Melbourne, and Design Week.

PSA Coffee Hearse Business for sale in country Victoria

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

Oni Street Wear – DEAD & Electric Heads (Chewton Primary School!) Sunday 21 April 1.30pm ALL AGES then Fundraiser for Palestine – at Theatre Royal 3-6pm

TRACKS: Tail Spin – DEAD / The Silent Dark - Scattered Order

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 #62

‘I paid tribute to my nan by singing at her funeral’ SBS News, published 27 March 2023 by Claudia Weiskopf.

‘Human composting is being legalised in some places overseas – should we be considering it Australia?’ Conversation hour, ABC Radio, broadcast 24 March 2023.

‘Why Melbourne's booming west will be home to Victoria's biggest new cemetery in a century’ ABC News, by Margaret Paul, 16 March 2023.

La Corbicyclette (Bicycle hearse) designed by Isabelle Plumereau from Le Ciel & La Terre Funerals, Paris.

‘The Latest In Green Funerals: A Bicycle Hearse’ by Abby Stutsman, 26 Nov. 2022.

CDAS conference schedule announced, 5-7 May 2023.

TRACKS: In Between – K5 / Born in the Heat – CIVIC / Bitch – Future Suck / Polished Rings – The Faculty / To Hell with Poverty – Gang of Four