Lo Carmen turns to her former neighbor, Peter Marcus - who is a hospice volunteer amongst many other things - to hear about his experiences and lessons from the dying.

#death #dying #deathisnottheend #hospice

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

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Lo Carmen gets into facing your own mortality, seizing the day and changing perceptions with indie rock musician Queen Kwong, aka Carré Kwong Callaway, who also writes two Substacks - Historical Hysteria (music/memoir), and Diary of A Death Doula, where she explores death and dying as she studies to become a death doula.

Music on this episode used with permission.

I Found A Reason - Queen Kwong from STRANGERS EP ℗ 2024 Eternal Music Group/Composed by Lou Reed /Performed by Carré Kwong Callaway and produced by Darian Zahedi

Stanley RIP - Queen Kwong from Couples Only 2022, produced by Joe Cardamone and mixed by Tchad Blake/Written and performed by Carré Kwong Callaway

Don’t Forget This Feeling - Written by Will Lanier and performed by Carré Kwong Callaway, never released teenage bedroom demo .

Tracks below used with permission from Epidemic Sound:

Muted Conversations Pt 1 by Velvet Head

Gentle Reminder by JF Gloss

Frustration In Disguise by Taylor Crane

Foggy Skies by Marin Klem

Evening At Djupvik Harbour by They Dream By Day

Downstreams by Roots & Recognitions

Diaphanous Dreamboats by Silver Maple

Ghost Town River by River Foxcroft

#queenkwong #deathdoula #death #dying #deathisnottheend

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

©Black Tambourine Productions 2025

Lo Carmen converses with people who are doing death differently; country singer and force of nature Fanny Lumsden shares the inspiration behind her song When I Die and ruminates on how death is woven into her life and songwriting, curator/writer/presenter/podcaster/maker/creator-extraordinaire Marieke Hardy explains how getting clear with the people in our lives, living wakes, and exploring and thinking about death encourages us to live more joyfully. Bill Edgar tells us some stories from his adventures as The Coffin Confessor and Nastassia Jones from The Last Hurrah Funerals shares the ethos behind creating 'original funerals for unique people'.

Watch Fanny Lumsden's When I Die music video featuring Brett and her dad here.

Listen to The Last Word podcast with Stassy Jones here.

Visit The Last Hurrah Funerals.

Listen to Marieke Hardy Is Going To Die podcast here.

Explore Better Off Said: Eulogies for the Living and Dead

Discover The Coffin Confessor by Bill Edgar.

‘Excerpts from 'When I Die' by Fanny Lumsden and 'Dress Sexy At My Funeral' by Smog, aka Bill Callahan, used with permission.

Shining Tears by John Bjork, Fields of Scotland and Sunrise Stadium used with permission from Epidemic Sound

November used with permission from Mobygratis

#fanny lumsden #mariekehardy #thecoffinconfessor #thelasthurrah #songsaboutdeath #death #dying #deathisnottheend

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

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Lo Carmen talks with Jackie Dent , journalist and author of “The Great Dead Body Teachers”, a book about whole body donation and the incredible world of human anatomy.

Follow Jackie here www.instagram.com/jackiedentwrites/

Buy The Great Dead Body Teachers

Thank you to Sam Shinazzi for recording a porch version of ‘Your Body Is A Wonderland’, originally by John Mayer, for this episode. More Sam Shinazzi here.

SOME USEFUL LINKS FOR BODY DONATION

Please note that you can generally find info for your country by searching 'how to donate my body to medical science' and finding links to the university nearest you.

AUSTRALIA

https://sbb.neura.edu.au/donors/brain_donor_programs

https://www.uts.edu.au/about/locations-facilities/surgical-and-anatomical-science-facility/body-donation-program

https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/industry-and-community/support-us/body-donations.html

https://medicine-psychology.anu.edu.au/partner-us/collaborate-us/body-tissue-donation

https://www.donatelife.gov.au/register-donor-today

USA

https://www.sciencecare.com/about-science-care

https://portal.braindonorproject.org

https://www.aatb.org/

https://fac.utk.edu/body-donation/

CANADA

https://www.quebec.ca/en/health/blood-tissue-and-organ-donation/donating-your-body-to-science/procedure

UK

https://www.hta.gov.uk/guidance-public/body-organ-and-tissue-donation/brain-donation

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

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Lo Carmen & singer songwriter/musician Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm, The Drones, Springtime, solo and other projects) get loose and go deep on making music out of sex and death, people who change your life with music, how songs know things, how existence is a wild thing, dreams, loss, species-centric love, horrible jobs, humanity, immortality and why we make art.

Warning: a lot of swearing in this one, and subjects that may be upsetting.

Follow Gaz & TFS on Instagram to learn more

Excerpts from sound recordings used with permission.

Legal Ghost from (Bong Odyssey/Gareth Liddiard & Rui Perrera, ©Gareth Liddiard)

I’d Been Told (Here Come The Lies/The Drones, ©Gareth Liddiard)

Dekalb Blues (Here Come The Lies/The Drones, © Leadbelly)

My Shit’s Fucked Up ( 'The Bootlick Series Volume 1 (Live 2006-2016/Gareth Liddiard, ©Warren Zevon)

Strange Tourist (live) ( 'The Bootlick Series Volume 1 (Live 2006-2016/Gareth Liddiard, ©Gareth Liddiard)

Aspirin (Raindrops/Tropical Fuck Storm, ©Tropical Fuck Storm)

#garethliddiard #tropicalfuckstorm #songsaboutdeath #death #dying #deathisnottheend

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

©Black Tambourine Productions 2025

Lo Carmen hears the secrets of the Wind Telephone in Japan, and challenges her thinking about death and afterlife by learning about virtual interactive versions of ourselves that preserve our memories and live on after we go with James Vlahos from Hereafter.ai and the wild world of preservation of the human body after legal death through cryogenics from Southern Cryonics CEO Peter Tsolakides.

Versions of 'Remember Me' and 'Can't Help Falling Love' recorded & performed by Peter Head

This episode edited with Aden Young.

#windtelephone #deathbots #cryonics #death #dying #endoflife #deathisnottheend

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

©Black Tambourine Productions 2025

Lo Carmen talks with photojournalist Klaus Bo, who has been exploring death rituals around the world with his camera for over ten years, immersing himself in the cultures for months at a time, and believes we can learn a lot about life and death from witnessing them.

See Klaus’s incredible photographs at www.deadandaliveproject.com. You can also follow him on Instagram and Substack.

We also hear from Romani singer Sarah Bedak and Jane Skinner about their personal experiences in Serbia and Varanasi.

Other music on this episode:

'The Resurrection Game' by Emma Swift, courtesy of Tiny Ghost Records - more here.

'Shoo Tu More' by Lolo Lovina, courtesy Lolo Lovina - more here

'Everyone You Ever Knew (Is Coming Back To Haunt You)' by Lo Carmen - more here

More incidental music thanks to the Descript & MusOpen music libraries.

'Kora Dream' by Sillaba, 'Kali Dholi' by Pawan Krishna, courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

©Black Tambourine Productions 2025

In this episode, Lo Carmen converses with songwriter and artist Will Oldham, aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, about how music can help us process and explore death and remember loved ones, dementia, funeral songs, tribute albums, recording with Johnny Cash, David Ferguson and Cowboy Jack Clement, strange dreams, parties in the graveyard and more.
The title of this episode is a lyric from Bonnie 'Prince' Billy song 'Missing One'.

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy Bandcamp here.

David Ferguson Bandcamp here.

Thank you to Will Oldham for permission to play excerpts from the below songs:

'My Home Is The Sea' (Sweeney/Oldham) from the album Superwolf by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney

'Hall of Death' (Madassane/Sweeney/Oldham) & 'Resist The Urge' (Sweeney/Oldham) from the album Superwolves by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & Matt Sweeney

'Cycles' (Judith Caldwell) from the album Ask Forgiveness by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

'Missing One' (Oldham) from the album Lie Down In The Light

'Death To Everyone' - (Oldham) from the album I See A Darkness

Thanks to David Ferguson for permission to play 'Boats To Build' from his album Nashville No More, written by Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson.

Thanks to Robyn Adele Anderson for permission to use an excerpt from her version of 'If I Die Young' (Perry) originally performed by The Band Perry

'Black Tambourine' (Carmen) from the album Everyone You Ever Knew Is Coming Back To Haunt You by Lo Carmen

Thanks to Lolo Lovina for permission to use their live porch recording of 'Bubamara' (Bajramovic)

Cover versions of 'Suzanne' (Cohen), 'My Way' (Anka), 'Aloha Oe' (Queen), 'When The Saints Go Marching In' (Traditional) performed & recorded by Peter Head.

#bonnieprincebilly #willoldham #songsaboutdeath #death #dying #deathisnottheend

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The repertoire on this recording is licensed by APRA AMCOS.

The cover image 'Surrounded By Your Beauty' is an original painting by Craig Waddell, used with his kind permission.

The Death Is Not The End Theme and incidental music composed, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End sting written by Bob Dylan, recorded & performed by Peter Head.

Death Is Not The End is created, written, recorded, edited & hosted by Lo Carmen.

©Black Tambourine Productions 2025