Look what we have here! New Ask a Mortician, Episode 5. Space Corpses, Grease Fires, & Hair Jewelry, oh my! I had help with this episode from two expert women-folk. The first…
January 17, 2012 | Videos
Ask a Mortician Ep 5
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Death by Fame
A death tour of Hollywood celebrity death spots, done for the lovely people of Jezebel.com. Shot on fancy cam by the talented Will Slocombe. Special thanks to Film Independent.
January 15, 2012 | Videos
Ask a Mortician Ep 4
In which I finally attempt to answer your questions about how to become a mortician whilst enjoying a holiday meal. I’ll leave the details of that for you to discover, my…
January 15, 2012 | Videos
Oliver’s Hollow
I often say that things are my “favorite thing.” Oh shit, that skull chair is my favorite thing. That charnel house coffee table book is my favorite thing. That veggie eggroll is…
January 15, 2012 | Blog
Tlazolteotl, Fierce Bitch
Feeling rather listless and irreligious in 2012? In the market for a deity to worship? Allow me to suggest the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl, the “goddess of filthy things.” Tlazolteotl is the goddess…
January 11, 2012 | Blog
After Joel-Peter Witkin
Any death kid worth their death kid stripes loves Joel-Peter Witkin. I certainly did. Or do, I should say. He’s one of those death kid obsessions that stays just as fascinating in…
January 10, 2012 | Blog
Fortnight Journal: The Old and the Lonely
This is my second essay for Fortnight Journal, an online journal which features the work of “millenial innovators”…. and also me. Giggles. This essay is about the fear of the lonely death,…
January 9, 2012 | Blog
Dark Beauty DeathGurl Shoot
Darren Blackburn (of Darren Blackburn Photography) shot me- like with a camera, not a pistol- a few weekends ago for the January issue of Dark Beauty magazine. This gave me an opportunity…
January 4, 2012 | Blog
New Deathstination: Noah Purifoy Desert Sculptures
The amazing art of Noah Purifoy as it sinks and rots gently into the desert where it lives. SEE POST HERE
January 3, 2012 | Blog
Deathstination: Noah Purifoy’s Desert Sculpture
Deathstination: Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture Location: Joshua Tree, CA Deep in the Mojave Desert, down several insanely bumpy dirt roads (if you happen to go the wrong…
January 3, 2012 | Blog // Morbid Travel
Happy Holidays from the Order
…and the most morbid 2012 to you and yours.
December 27, 2011 | Blog
Crafts 4 Morticians: Christmas Edition
It’s the day after Christmas. Here I am in Hawaii with very little to do other than stare blankly at my mother’s cat and inject leftover pie directly into my veins. My…
December 26, 2011 | Blog