Um, well. This is super weird and upsetting. Obviously all for interaction with corpses. But I can’t help feeling this won’t push product.
August 17, 2011 | Blog
Monthly Archives: August 2011
The Animals
Behold! The teaser trailer for The Animals, the short film that I wrote this past year. The Animals is a short film that explores obsession, nature, and the doppelgänger through dark comedy…
August 16, 2011 | Videos
Tip O’ the Skull Cap to You, Good Sir
Tibet does death better. This is a fact, not an opinion. Kapala’s or skull caps, are bowls fashioned from the round upper portion of a human cranium. They are often decorated with silver, carvings, and jewels. They are used in ritual to appease...
August 16, 2011 | Blog
This video inexplicably has over 22,000 views. You don’t…
This video inexplicably has over 22,000 views. You don’t really need to watch it, but it’s worth nothing that the funeral director is a hottie and the funeral home building itself is gorgeous.
August 16, 2011 | Blog
Also! Have we all seen this? It’s the teaser for our…
Also! Have we all seen this? It’s the teaser for our wittle filmy-poo-kins. More info here: http://nationalheadquarters.org/films/
August 15, 2011 | Blog
If you like insects, children in creepy situations, animation,…
If you like insects, children in creepy situations, animation, good sound design, and death (like you all SHOULD, dammit) you will like this film. It was made at CalArts by my new deathbestie Oliver Franklin Anderson.
August 15, 2011 | Blog
In case you were wondering…
I was on the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation page, looking for the phone number for bulky item pickup (au revoir, dear old couch). One of my options is “Dead Animal Collection.” Uh, yes please. Refuse Refuse Services Dead Animal Collec...
August 15, 2011 | Blog
My mother sent this to me yesterday. Ok, so for $60 you get…
My mother sent this to me yesterday. Ok, so for $60 you get pupus (Hawaiian appetizers) while costumed dead people such as “Pi’ilani’s leprous husband” come back to life to tell you stories. I think we can file this one under WORTH IT.
August 15, 2011 | Blog
Well looky here! As of today, this is what you’d see if…
Well looky here! As of today, this is what you’d see if you were to meander over to the Order of the Good Death’s website. The original website platform by the talented folk at National Headquarters is being expanded by Miss. Stephanie Cheng Smith ...
August 14, 2011 | Blog
”Let sanguine healthy-mindedness do its best with its strange power of living in the moment and…
”Let sanguine healthy-mindedness do its best with its strange power of living in the moment and ignoring and forgetting, still the evil background is really there to be thought of, and the skull will grin in at the banquet.” William James
August 12, 2011 | Blog
The dry cleaners on Hollywood and Highland across from where I…
The dry cleaners on Hollywood and Highland across from where I get my coffee on the way to work.
August 11, 2011 | Blog
A Room With a View… OF YOUR OWN MORTALITY. Sensory…
A Room With a View… OF YOUR OWN MORTALITY. Sensory Deprivation Skull, 2007, Atelier Van Lieshout
August 11, 2011 | Blog