I absolutely loved this #Traegermethod Podcast episode w/ guest Tobi Vail (#BikiniKill, #TheFrumpies, #SpiderAndTheWebs, #girlSperm & many more). Discussion includes: being a #punk & the financials/realities of touring starting in the 80s & now during #Covid, the importance/difficulty of #allages shows, #Rickenbacker guitar tales, new music, collaboration in music, intentionally atypical vocal performance, #DonLetts, punk archival efforts, #riotgrrrl and more.

https://overcast.fm/+mcg8KVUn0

Episode 67: Tobi Vail (Bikini Kill, the podcast return of…) — TraegerMethod Podcast

Episode 67 features the return of Tobi Vail to the pod! Last time she was on we spent most of the episode covering her musical / cultural biography, growing up punk rock in western Washington. This time around we focus primarily on her life today, making music at home and in residencies with groups like Girlsperm and Morgan and the Organ Donors when not touring the world with the newly reformed Bikini Kill. We hear her account of the fraught and sometimes alienating reality of touring in the Covid era and also how fun and exciting it is to be out there playing to the biggest crowds of her decades long career. Tobi also shares with us her enthusiasm for a current crop of artists and the joy she finds pursuing a lifelong course of learning and growing both as a musician and scholar of music history. It’s a fun and inspiring conversation, and I’m happy to share it with you, dear listener. Music: Bikini Kill ‘Hamster Baby’ Live at Capitol Theater, Olympia 11/09/22 Girlsperm ‘What Do I Do with My Guitar’ TMpod…

A photo I took of Tobi in 2008 when she was in the Old Haunts and a video I took of #girlSperm in 2017. https://vimeo.com/238523870
gSp - live at Obsidian - Olympia Washington - October 14 2017

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The Muse Ascends, by Girlsperm

16 track album

Thrilling Living
Tobi is such a rarity. She’s been actively in the punk scene for so long, but is still so genuine, enthusiastic and generous with her time and knowledge. An extraordinary combination of down-to-earthedness, intelligence, thoughtfulness and talent. An inspiration!

One of Tobi’s other active bands, #MorganAndTheOrganDonors, just announced a pre-order for their next album on #Bandcamp

#OlympiaMusic #NowPlaying

https://morganandtheorgandonors.bandcamp.com/album/m-o-d-s

M.O.D.s, by Morgan and the Organ Donors

11 track album

Morgan and the Organ Donors
And a music video for one of the songs: https://youtu.be/WXL_4OX0st4
Morgan and the Organ Donors - "Freeze The Time" Official Video

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And another new MORGAN AND THE ORGAN DONERS music video! #OlympiaMusic https://youtu.be/oNDJoPvHgeQ
Morgan and the Organ Donors - "Letter"

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@voiceofunreason Oh I just listened to this one on Turned Out a Punk with Damian Abraham. I'm stoked we have tickets for Bikini Kill in March next year. https://audioboom.com/posts/8187588-tobi-vail-of-bikini-kill-the-frumpies-girlsperm-and-more
Tobi Vail of Bikini Kill, The Frumpies, Girlsperm and more

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@KorimakoEcology thanks for the tip, I’ll have to give it a listen! I just skimmed the show notes and I see “Slayer in ‘84”. I saw Bikini Kill at the Alamo in Olympia in ‘96 and Tobi told a story about the ‘84 Slayer show that night from the stage (the Alamo was previously the Tropicana, where the Slayer show was).
@voiceofunreason I think the story is how they turned up to the show in a little sports car which she thought was funny for a bunch of big tough dudes in a metal band.