We Can All Be Babes
Life is a Festival #36: Andrea Graham (The Librarian)
Photo by Bobby Tamez
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At Bass Coast, a beautiful boutique festival in the forests of British Columbia, everyone is a babe. What is a babe? A Bass Coast babe is a person of any gender who’s really feeling themselves. This party is so full of embodied bodies that it’s often affectionately referred to as “Babe Coast.” The festival is also famously run by women, Liz Thompson and today’s guest on the show, the beloved Andrea Graham, aka The Librarian.
On the podcast, Andrea and I chat about the unique alchemy of safe, sexy, and silly that creates a liberated vibe. We get nuanced on feminine leadership, gender parity in festival lineups and the tedious questions posed to women who produce electronic music. Andrea also generously models a balanced life of adventure and does it with the coy humor that is iconic of both her and her festival. Also, at the end of the podcast we get a tasty bite of Andrea’s track Blue Tusk so stick around for the beats!
Everyone can be a babe at Bass Coast and that’s an ethos we can all bring into our daily lives.
TIMESTAMPS
:06 - How Andrea manages her challenging schedule
:11 - Where “The Librarian” comes from
:13 - Western Canada’s festival scene and how Bass Coast evolved as a community
:18 - How Bass Coast got it’s safe, sexy, and loose vibe
:28 - Bass Coast was the first festival to ban Native American headdresses
:32 - Does Bass Coast have “a woman’s touch?”
:37 - Bass Coast’s sophisticated harm reduction program
:42 - The conversation about women who produce electronic music
:48 - Creating diversity in festival lineups
:53 - We’re all babes
:59 - Open-sourcing how Andrea created her awesome life
1:02 - Andrea’s advice if you want to be a DJ
1:09 - How being a DJ effects mental health
1:13 - What’s next for Bass Coast
1:19 - What carries on after a festival
1:21 - The Librarian track “Blue Tusk”
1:25 - How’d the podcast go?
Graphics Designed by Andy McErlean
Theme song ““Peculiar Colors” [Manjumasi]“ by dj atish