DEAD AIR #159

How to become a tree – Many people today want to commit their remains to rejuvenating the planet. But are these green deaths just greenwashing? - AEON

What are the standards for natural burial in Australia? – NDAN website.

Showing Up For Each Other: Community Death Care Workshop - funded by the Wicking Trust. Supported by the Australian Home Funeral Alliance, in conjunction with Social Health Australia and the Death Literacy Institute. Led by myself, Jenny Blake & Nici Wright. Saturday 11 – Sunday 12 April, Castlemaine. NOW FULL! There are several people on the waitlist, so if you can’t make it, please let us know.

Flow States – a therapeutically guided walk along Campbell's Creek with Bonnie Cassidy & Madeleine McClelland. Sun, 22 Feb, 9am - 11am AEDT. $75, free for fire-affected community members. Book HERE

Australian Hearse Nationals Australia’s only Hearse Festival, 1–2 August 2026, as part of the Goldfields Gothic Festival, Maldon. Registrations open soon.

Virtual Memorialisation experience set to launch mid-2026 at Colac Cemetery - More info HERE

TRACKS: T.H.E E.N.D. – Vague Rituals / Citadel – Ronny Quasar / Absolutely Do Not Comply in Advance – Repulsa

DEAD AIR #55

Hearse driving course IFISS

Institute of Palliative Medicine, Kozhihode India 17-19 Feb. 2023, Curios Global Competition – Submissions due 12 Feb.

'Digital Necromancy: Users’ Perceptions of Digital Afterlife' Tues 28th Feb 2023, 7-8 PM GMT

The Death Positive Library UK

BOOK: ‘The Sustainable Dead: Searching for the Intolerable’ edited by Ruth McManus

‘Accounting for Death: an historical perspective’ [Necroaccountability] Call for papers due 15 Sept. 2023.

Who will get rid of your sex toys when you die? And where do you dispose of them?

TRACKS: The Sinking Bell (Blue Sheep) - Boris & sunn O))) / Omens and Portents 1: The Driver - Earth

DEAD AIR #53

Last Hurrah Funerals - an important announcement to our community: statement

Daniel Andrews’ candid comments after George Pell’s death reflect a long-held stance - The Guardian

Dying to Ask – announcing a death on social media

Coffin births (or postmortem fetal extrusion)

Dancers flash mob funeral to 'Another One Bites the Dust’

Australian Hearse Nationals - Sun, 6th Aug 2023. Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas.

Film: The Moogai. Directed by John Bell (2020, 15 minutes) SBS on demand

Book: I'm Glad My Mom Died. By Jennette McCurdy

TRACKS: Intro – Acid King / Hammerhandle – Weedeater / Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath / Electric Breath - Slomatics