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DEAD AIR #119 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #119
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

Professional mourners in Taiwan: BBC article Taiwan's most famous professional mourner Film: The Filial Daughter

Death Deck Blog post: Unforgettable Eulogies

‘It’s gritty and it’s real’: finding a proper resting place for Australia’s unclaimed funeral ashes – The Guardian

Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, All ages, free. Book HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine, 11am. ALSO: Remembrance Rave, Senior Citizens Centre, Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine. Wednesday 2 April, 6-8pm. More info: Castlemaine Fringe Festival 2025 Volunteer call out for Good Grief Workshops: contact Jill Rivers hello@art-fullliving.com Ph. 0418 389 189.

Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead In It! PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival – Tues 25 Feb, 6:30pm. The Altar Electric, 299 Johnston Street, Abbotsford. The Trojan Hearse Podcast – Pia Interlandi & Peta Murray

Corpse Couture PayPal Melbourne Fashion Festival – Sun 23 Feb, 11am. Studio Take Care, 1 Pitt St, Brunswick. Queer as Death Collective.

Chewton Cemetery GoFundMe - A fundraiser for the recent burglary at Chewton Cemetery. Not everyone realises our class B cemeteries in Victoria are run entirely by volunteers, so losing all this equipment hits extra hard. They are also the only cemetery with a dedicated natural burial area in Mt.Alexander Shire and it is beautiful. Please contribute if you can.

BOOKING NOW OPEN! d’Vine Creations Coffins - regenerative coffin weaving is coming to Victoria. Two-day workshop, facilitated by Zimmi Forest - Fibre Artist & Maria Lazovic - Death Doula & Psychotherapist, 10-11 May, Caulfield South (Melbourne) Book HERE

TRACKS: White Belts - The Make-Up / The Others - Batpiss

DEAD AIR #104 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #104
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

I'll be back Monday 3rd June 2024, stay well!

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

‘An American journalist read her own obituary online, and soon discovered the strange world of obit pirates’ – ABC News

‘When natural burial doesn’t meet the needs of mourners’ – The Bottom Drawer Book

SPECIAL GUEST Samantha Rennie. Art of Grieving Workshop, Community House Castlemaine BOOK HERE Three sessions: Sat 11 May, 9.30am-4pm + Wed 15 May, 7-9.30pm + Wed 22 May, 7-9.30pm

Online talk: Traditions in Death and Burial, Dr Helen Frisby – Presented by NDAN BOOK HERE. Thurs 6 June, 9am AEST.

Online talk: Grieving Lahaina: Past and Present. Presented by The Collective for Radical Death Studies BOOK HERE. Sat 11 May, 7am AEST.

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

TRACKS: Bakirköy Havsi – Zen / Are You Dead – Rainbows are Free / Obur Dünya – Cem Karaca, Mogollar

DEAD AIR #81 by The Departure

DEAD AIR #81
Hayley West, 94.9 MainFM

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