Thank you all for an amazing first season of the Dolls Pod! To celebrate, hosts Emma and Abby are answering 25 of YOUR questions - and announce the season 2 premiere date! Follow @thedollspod on Instagram to join in on the fun 💌

Songs in this episode:

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country (1969)

Slowdive - Brighter (1991)

Nick Drake - Hazey Jane I (1971)

The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1968)

The Beatles - Here There And Everywhere (1966)

The Dolls Pod season 1 finale is dedicated to a real rock-and-roll legend: artist, “recovering groupie,” and beloved Chicagoan Cynthia Plaster Caster. Cynthia was just as vibrant and fun as she was dedicated to her art. She had a wicked sense of humor, and she lit up every room she was in.

We’d like to extend our sincerest thanks to Cynthia’s friends for helping us make this episode happen: Bryan Wendorf, Babette Nov, and our special guest this week, “Plaster Caster” director of photography Jeff Economy. “Cynthia Plaster Caster: Breaking The Mold” is available wherever you listen to your podcasts 🌭 Follow @thedollspod on Instagram to see photos and clips from this episode - and don’t forget to participate in our Q&A!

(Episode starts at 2:19)

Materials used for this episode:
“Plaster Caster” (dir. Jessica Villines, 2001)

Bob Bert, “Casting Call: Cynthia Plaster Caster” (BB Gun Issue no. 5, 2001)

David Kamp, “An Oral History of the British Invasion” (Vanity Fair Magazine, 11/2002)

“Casting Call” (Pop Music via the LA Times, 8/18/2002)

Stephanie Goldberg, “A Groupie Legend’s Tribute to Her Casts” (Woman News via the Chicago Tribune, 10/16/2002)

The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University Annual Report (2023)

And very select quotes from Cynthia’s “Done Dick” book proposal, Rig Books, and Breast Cast book

Songs in this episode:

Julian Fulco Perron - “Intermission” (2022)

Paul Revere and the Raiders - “Just Like Me” (1966)

Noel Redding - “She’s So Fine” (1967)

MC5 - “Ramblin Rose” (1969)

Frank Zappa - “Penis Dimension” (from the “200 Motels” soundtrack, 1971)

The GTOs - “Miss Pamela’s First Conversation with the Plaster Casters of Chicago” (1969)

Kiss - “Plaster Caster” (1977)

“Nardwuar the Human Serviette Theme Song”

L7 - “Monster” (1997)

Those who say “if you remember the 60s, you didn’t live them” clearly don’t account for Uschi Obermaier. From finding fame as a model to being the last person seen with Peter Green before his mysterious weekend at the High-Fish commune, wild nights with Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones, and traveling the world by van, Uschi truly lived life to the fullest. Just as mysterious as she is controversial, there was no such thing as an obstacle for Uschi! Catch “Uschi Obermaier: Globetrotter and Groupie” on the Dolls Podcast, wherever you listen to your podcasts 🦈

(Episode starts at 7:57)

Books:

Uschi Obermaier with Olaf Kraemer, “High Times: Mein Wildes Leben” (2008)

Songs/interview clips in this episode:

Amon Düül - “Between The Eyes” (1970)

“Legendär: Uschi Obermaier. Ich. Narzisstin.”

Jimi Hendrix - “Little Wing” (1967)

The Rolling Stones - “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” (1971)