Pat Maley - Olympia Music History Project (Bonus)

Pat Maley - Olympia Music History Project (Bonus)

From Low Profile with Markly Morrison by Markly Morrison

April 9, 2025 · 60 min

About this episode

Markly Morrison interviews Pat Maley about the history of Yo Yo Recordings and the YoYo A Go Go festival.

Today, instead of your usual Low Profile programming, I’m sharing an interview I conducted with Pat Maley in 2023 for the Olympia Music History Project. The whole transcript is available at olympiamusichistory.org . Pat and I are discussing the history of Yo Yo Recordings, a studio and record label that he ran from the 1980s to 2006, recording hundreds of touring and local artists. Inspired by the International Pop Underground Convention in 1991, Pat Maley, Michelle Noel, Kento Oiwa, Pat Castaldo and Ed Varga started YoYo A Go Go, an independent music festival that ran for 5 or 6 days in a row. There were four YoYo A Go Go festivals between 1994 and 2001, and all the people I just mentioned will be getting together for a panel discussion to reminisce, reflect and celebrate these events through collective storytelling and slides. This event is called “That Summer Feeling: Thirty Years of YoYo A Go Go” and it’s happening next Friday, April 18th 2025 at 4pm at The Evergreen State College, in the COM 1 Recital Hall. No tickets or reservations are needed, this event will be open to the public. Here’s my conversation with Pat. Illustration by Jack Habegger

People in this episode

Host: Markly Morrison

Guest: Pat Maley

Topics covered

  • music history
  • interviews
  • recording studios
  • independent music festivals
  • collective storytelling

Keywords

  • Pat Maley
  • Yo Yo Recordings
  • Olympia Music History Project
  • YoYo A Go Go
  • music festival
  • The Evergreen State College
  • interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yo Yo Recordings, Olympia Music History Project

Places: Olympia, The Evergreen State College

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