This is from a story in the LA Times about a local taxidermist preserving Gaga’s meat dress. The dress wasn’t well preserved, and was rotting when it was delivered to his shop. But this brave soul was like, “they paid me upfront so fuck it.
July 19, 2011 | Blog
Dear Friends, Hark! Changes be afoot at the Order of the Good Death! I have a new tumblr: CLICK ME FOR THE NEW TUMBLR This will allow for your daily injection of…
May 31, 2011 | Blog
Here we speak of the legal woes of one Lindsay Lohan. For those of you not familiar with her current legal battle (understandable, as it is difficult to keep track of her various…
April 28, 2011 | Illustrious Corpses
Go right on ahead and make fun of the Twilight series, like you’re soooo above its childish vampyre love schmaltz. I suppose you’re the type of person that doesn’t enjoy sex &…
April 6, 2011 | Eros & Thanatos
I’m now going to share with you something I hate. I hate when people are REALLY SUPER PROUD of themselves for doing something sort- of- mildly “quirky” with cremated ashes. Now, by…
March 30, 2011 | Experimental Death
This post features the lyrical stylings of Shannon Cwikla, valiant comrade of the Order, who you may know from her portrayal of the grotesque corpse in our most recent Ecstasy of…
March 7, 2011 | Experimental Death
Deathlings, I am despondent to report that after five months and over 20,000 miles of corpse driving, I am no longer a body van driver. The Man took my beloved Mercedes Sprinter…
March 4, 2011 | Illustrious Corpses
Unbeknownst to me, this season of The Bachelor had its very own mortician bachelorette! I admit I have never actually seen an episode of this show- though lord knows I shun you…
February 25, 2011 | Eros & Thanatos
A few weeks ago your Mortician put out a call to some associates, asking them to imagine what they would do with a small portion of my cremated ashes to them in…
February 21, 2011 | Experimental Death
Happy St. Valentine’s Day Massacre to all you lonelyhearts! This post is about Justin Bieber. Also Hitler. But first it’s about Freud. Sigmund Freud, or Dr. Siggy, as his friends called him,…
February 14, 2011 | Eros & Thanatos
Driving the body van hither and thither through the wilds of Southern California, I have come to appreciate music I wouldn’t normally listen to. By the time I get out into the…
February 7, 2011 | Illustrious Corpses
My grandfather was a bit of what is colloquially called a badass. Grampa led a group of tank destroyers during the Korean War. Admittedly, I am almost totally unclear as to what…
February 4, 2011 | Experimental Death