DEAD AIR #117

‘Upright burials the eternal choice for those in Kurweeton Cemetery’ – ABC News

@semibionicbarbie and her amputated arm memorial.

Can I witness a cremation? – Life Rites Funerals Facebook post

ONLINE: ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death’ with Chetan Shastri. Online, presented by AHFA, Wed 22 Jan, 7-8.30pm AEDT. Book HERE

 ONLINE: Before & After Life - Weekly Grief Connect: 12 weeks. 18 Feb - 13 May, 1pm or 6pm AEDT . Book HERE

David Lynch worldwide meditation - Following the death of David Lynch, his four children (Jennifer, Austin, Riley & Lula Lynch) invite people everywhere to join in a ‘worldwide group meditation’ to honour him on what would have been his 79th birthday. “David Lynch, our beloved dad, was a guiding light of creativity, love, and peace. On Monday, January 20th - what would have been his 79th birthday - we invite you all to join us in a worldwide group meditation at 12pm PST for 10 minutes.” 7am Tuesday 21 January AEDT.

David Lynch final speech before death - YouTube Lost Highway phone scene - YouTube

TRACKS: In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) – David Lynch, Alan R. Splet / I know – David Lynch / New Shoes – Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch / Ghost of Love – David Lynch / Fire is Coming – Flying Lotus, David Lynch

DEAD AIR #116

“Farmer's buffalo skulls become musical instruments at Asia Pacific Triennial” - ABC News

Read a socials post from Dallas Black about the Passiliran (Baby Grave Trees) a sacred burial site in Kambira Village. Dallas is staying for a month in the “Land of the Dead”, in a small village with Torajan people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. 

“Clear creative abuse: UK gravestone carvers condemn blatant reproduction of their designs” – The Guardian

“Reclaiming death back into our own hands and hearts with Deathwalker Zenith Virago” – Don’t be Caught Dead podcast with Catherine Ashton.

Zenith Virago’s website

ONLINE: “Writing the Necropastoral: Generative Experiments in Occult Ecopoetics with Gabriela Denise Frank” – Morbid Anatomy Museum. Fridays, 14 February to 21 March (11am-1pm AEDT)

TRACKS: Disco Dancer – Kiki Gyan / Cler Achel - Tinariwen

DEAD AIR #115

‘Writing my will sent me into an existential spiral’ – The Guardian

Postal Service for the Dead

Madagascar's Unique Funeral Culture: From Taboo to Turning the Bones - Taboo Education, YouTube

ONLINE TALK: ‘The Bioscope as a cartographic tool to facilitate conversations about death’ with Chetan Shastri. Presented by AHFA, Wed 22 Jan, 7-8.30pm AEDT Book HERE 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Symbols of Mortality Exhibition (UK) and Conference (online), 22 Feb, 8pm - 23 Feb, 3:30am AEDT. Conference paper abstract due 10 Jan - email: symbolsofmortality@gmail.com

EOI Blog posts: The Collective for Radical Death Studies EOI (ongoing): Field Notes blog.

Festival of Death and Dying Berlin 31 Jan – 2 Feb 2025

TRACKS: Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter - Nina Simone (Jazzeem’s All Styles Remix) / Hot On The Heels Of Love - Throbbing Gristle