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 #88

UPDATE: Return to Nature Funeral Home in Colorado, USA. Taboo Education update on YouTube and The Guardian article.

UPDATE: Fatal mushroom saga in Gippsland, Victoria. The Age article with timeline. ALSO: ‘Elegant but deadly: why death cap mushrooms are a forager's nightmare’

‘Understanding the Sikh Tradition of Akhand Path: A Ritual for Processing Grief’ on the TalkDeath website.

Paint & Sip with Alanah Ellen Brand, Bendigo, Vic. Recreating Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette’. $250 Saturday January 20th 10am-4pm. Book via DM on Insta: @alanahellenbrand Email: alanah_ellen@hotmail.com  

Trans Remembrance Day (20 November) Vigil at Fitzroy Town Hall tonight, 5-7.30pm.

Lifting the Lid International Festival of Death & Dying, 18-20 Nov 2023 - finished for another year! You can still support Jo & Victoria on their Go Fund Me page and buy MERCH!

Australian Music Week! TRACKS: Let Me Stay - Kai Cult / Acid Kicks In – Our Carlson / 2012 – Eugh / You and Me – Bat Piss / Congratulations – Shepparton Airplane

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 #86

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

Five dead, seven injured after car ploughs into Daylesford beer garden - The Age

‘Surviving Traumatic Grief When Loved Ones Die in a Disaster’ FREE book by people who have survived traumatic grief.

‘A dinner party for dead guests serves up surprising connections’ - The Guardian

Lifting the Lid Festival - An international, online festival that lifts the lid on everything death & dying. Fri, 17 Nov - Mon, 20 Nov 2023 BOOK HERE

Instagram @spookeats, Cemetery symbolism call out for an upcoming book, looking for sybmols – Hammer, Key, Lotus, Wheel.

TRACKS: Paul Kidney Experience – Rhyxali / Buddhadatta – Mara’s Attack / DEAD – Beasts / Brain Ticket – Places of Light

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 #71

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death and Dying 17-19 Nov. 2023. Deadline for submissions: 31 Aug

Detroit International Festival of Darkness 7 Oct. 2023 Deadline for submissions: 1 Aug,

IANDS International Association for Near-Death Studies Conference 30 Aug.-3 Sept. 2023, Washington, DC. Videos

‘Day Schildkret: The Transformative Power of Ritual’ Podcast with Johanna Lunn

RSPCA Victoria’s Home Ever After program, email: homeeverafter@rspcavic.org.au, call: 9224 2238

‘In the End: A parting gift for your loved ones’ by Lisa Doust and Melanie Vugich. Book review by Ellen Hill. Purchase here

‘Ecuador: ‘dead’ woman who was found alive in her coffin dies in intensive care’ The Guardian.

Safety Coffins - Smithsonian Magazine article

TRACKS: Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson / Hunger for a Way Out – Sweeping Promises / Opus – Uranium Club