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 #83

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

The When You Die Trilogy, documentaries.

'Victorian nurse becomes first voluntary assisted dying patient to donate organs' - The Law Report, ABC.
Voluntary Assisted Dying - Victorian State Government website
Organ and Tissue Donation - Victorian State Government website
Donation Registration - Australian Federal Government website

'At least 115 Bodies found in a Colorado ‘green’ funeral home' - The Guardian.

Mexican Day of the Dead & Lucha Fantastica events, Melbourne.

TRACKS: Ultimate Hammer – Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs / Kill To Be Heard – OFF! / Golden Birdies – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band / Cruising – Eugene Dubon / Fat Hans Gone Mad – Party Dozen

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 #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 #80

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

 Southern Cryonics Holbrook, NSW Australia

What are the ethics of cryonic preservation? BBC article

Bodies snatched at a Russian cryonics lab after a bitter divorce Daily Mail

Commercial TV segment on Southern Cryonics

Ask a Mortician: CRYONICS

TRACKS: High Command - Earth / Gila Monster – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

DEAD AIR #79

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

Matt Okine is going to die (doco) - ABC iView

Superannuation payout delays throw spotlight on 'harrowing' ordeal for families - ABC News

Young, healthy and don't think you need a will? - ABC News

 A Journey Through the History and Types of Pet Preservation - Talk Death

Freeze-dry Taxidermy & Pet Preservation - petpreservation.com.au

When animal remains are donated to the Museum - Museums Victoria

TEDxMaldonWomen, Sat 28 Oct & AIM (Awesome Ideas for Maldon) talks, Sun 29 Oct

TRACKS: My Hope Renders Me A Fool – BIG|BRAVE / A Man From The Earth – Boris & Uniform / Want – Divide & Dissolve / Barren - Fvnerals

DEAD AIR #78

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

Deadman's Gully Burial Ground Golden Point, Vic

Diamond Gully Cemetery Castlemaine, Vic

Pauper's Funerals in Australia - willed.com.au

Instagram: @greedy.peasant

‘Is the Funeral Industry a SCAM?’ YouTube Taboo Education episode with Sam Waite

Moscow Times: Russian Start-Up Stages Fake Funerals for Stress Therapy

NDAN Presents - Janine Marriott, Cemeteries as Living Spaces. Online 7-9pm Sat 4 Nov 2023. Book HERE.

TRACKS: Wild Magnolia - The Exisles / It Comes Closer – Pile

DEAD AIR #77

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

ABC News - Cadaver dogs are some of Australia's most specialised canines. What's involved in their training?

Loose Ends – finishing projects loved ones left behind Email: projectlooseends@gmail.com

Grandma Droniak Insta @grandma_droniak

Death and Sexuality symposium, Liverpool & online, 14 December. Abstracts due: 18 Sept 2023 to BSADDB@gmail.com

‘Anyone can be a funeral director…’  Lisa Herbert, Bottom Drawer Book

SMS – Specialist Mortuary Service Last Hurrah Funerals sister business @specialistmortuary

TRACKS: Derail – Divide and Dissolve / Two Suns – Ragana / Psunspot - Kanaan / Death is the Punishment for Love – Dorithia Cottrell

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 #75

TOMORROW 8 August is Dying To Know Day!

ABC News: ‘From human compost to diamonds from cremains, people are looking to bury tradition and find new ways to be dead’ [with yours truly in the article :)] - LINK HERE

ABC News: ‘Scattering ashes - the dos and don'ts of releasing cremated human remains’ - LINK HERE

Creative Deathcare - launch of the collective and exhibition at Imaginer Gallery, 105 Sydney Rd, Manly NSW

‘Women Who Travel’ Podcast: From Mexico to Denmark, Witches and Their Rituals

GMCT Reimagined cemetery: August community workshops Religious/faith groups: Wed 16 Aug, 1:00-2:45pm / Community groups: Fri 18 Aug, 1:30-3:30pm. Dunvegan Cottage (in Willows Historical Park), 3A Reserve Rd, Melton Vic

TRACKS: Rapture – The Ruins of Beverast / A Pale Green Light in the Night - Erang

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 #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 #72

Low-cost grief & loss counselling, Mondays at Dhelkaya Health Castlemaine. To book: call 5406 0506 or 0473 221 662 or via web: www.lifelinelm.org.au/counselling

Backyard sustainability workshop, Wed 28 June 10am-12pm, Fawkner Memorial Park. Book Here

‘The last of the Zoroastrians. A funeral, a family, and a journey into a disappearing religion’ By Shaun Walker 

‘We Are Still Believers in Dokhmenashini: Leaving the Dead for Vultures in India.’ By Deepshika  

Living Funeral Ceremony Workshop, Sun 6 Aug, 10am-1pm, St.Kilda. Book Here

IFISS Professional Development Seminar, Fri 25 Aug, 9am-4.30pm, Preston. Book Here

LGBTIQA+ Death Café, Sun 2 July, 2-4pm, Coburg. Book Here

 ‘We Play Bingo’ by ALX; GoSlow on You Tube

TRACKS: Nausea – DIÄT / Don’t Call – Prettiest Eyes / We Play Bingo – ALX; GoSlow

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

DEAD AIR #70

Chat with Jonathon Dutton, creator of the doco ‘It Happens To Us All’ showing his Sunday 18 June, 11.30am-2pm. Book here: It Happens To Us All Q&A following the 60 min. screening at The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel

‘Why Did Tyke the Elephant Have to Die?’ Ask a Mortician YouTube channel

‘Elephant Mourning Rituals - Decades of research and observation show elephants experience sorrow and grief’ By Kathleen Clohessy.

Review of ‘Santa Sangre’ (1989) a film by Alejandro Jodorowsky  

TRACKS: Paranoia – C.C.T.V / Young & Successful - DIÄT

DEAD AIR #69

'Let's Talk About Death' SBS On Demand, Insight.

'Jessie Williams took her stillborn baby home' SBS News, 30 May 2023.

Online talk: 'After death body care in the home' with Hallie Halloran. Wed. 7 June, 7-8pm.

Death Café at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion. Sun. 11 June at 11.15am, email: bridget@lotusreflections.com.au to register

Online talk: 'Developing natural death care' with Lee Webster. Sun. 11 June, 8-10pm. Register: Trybooking

Doco: 'It Happens To Us All' at The Northern Arts Hotel. Sun. 18th June 11.30am-2pm, with Q&A. Register: Eventbrite

Online Talk 'Must We Read Sade? Re-evaluating Literature's Greatest Criminal in the 21st Century with Author Colin Dickey'. Tues 6 June, 9am AEST .  

TRACKS: Wedding Song No.3 – Papa M / Mea Culpa – Brian Eno, David Byrne / Ousia – Sufjan Stevens, Lowell Brams / 1st Day – Debit / Transit – Fennesz, David Sylvian.

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 #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 #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 #65

‘Understanding Autism and the Hyperfixation on Death: Exploring the Link Between Autistic Traits and Mortality Obsessions’ by Sage Agee.

‘Death industry fatally flawed for LGBTQI people’ by Cassandra Morgan.

Motherless Daughters Awareness Week, 7-13 May 2023 - Channel 7 news story Perth

Exhibition: IN THE RUINS I SEE THE FUTURE . Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley, 12 May - 9 July 2023. Artists: Adina Kraus, Claire Bridge, Hugh Crowley, Joseph Häxan, Karina Utomo, Michael Jalaru Torres, Michael Needham, and Ryan Andrew Lee. Curator: Jake Treacy.

TRACKS: Weary – Cerce / High Risk High Rewards – High Tension / Stranger – Made Out Of Babies / Envy – Hanabie / Kiss – Mannequin Pussy / Collingwood – High Tension / I Experienced Ego Death on a Nde Thread – foxtails / How to be a Woman - Cerce