DEAD AIR #108

‘Artist documents Victoria's World War I memorials in Shrine of Remembrance show’ local artist Clayton Tremlett, ABC News

Notes from: Dementia and the Meaning of Life workshop with Michael Verde, Wed 30 Oct. at Buda Castlemaine.

Interview with Victor Diaz from Lucha Fantastica about the Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead Fiesta at Lot19. Saturday 26 November. Tickets: Family Show 3-6pm & Adult Show 7pm-12am. FREE TICKET GIVEAWAYS HAVE NOW GONE!

ALSO tonight! Mon, 11 Nov, 5:30pm - 8pm Castlemaine Community House has teamed up with El Columpio to bring a hands-on taco and tortilla-making workshop to Castlemaine in celebration of Day of the Dead. First in the Community House’s Cultural Connects series, supported by the Victorian Government's Multicultural Events and Festival Fund. Tickets HERE

Sydney Festival of Death and Dying – curated by Peter Banki & Victoria Spence, Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 November

Lifting the Lid - International Festival of Death and Dying - curated by Jo Dagless & Victoria Keen, Friday 15, Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 November [Starts Friday 16 Nov, 6pm AEDT - Ends 18 Monday Nov, 10.50am AEDT] -Buy tickets HERE

Australian Music Week! TRACKS: You and Me – Batpiss / Congratulations – Shepparton Airplane / Get in the Boot – New War

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