Outer Limited: The Outer Limits Lounge Podcast

This week, Chad and Jeff welcome Aleahia Thompson and Chris Campbell, the two founding members of the punk-rock quartet Day Residue. They chat about their productive couple of years, releasing two EPs and performing several shows around the region. Aleahia also talks about her other band, Rough Patch, while Chris shares some memories from his days in Terrible Twos. We also talk quite a bit about Sonic Youth, hair metal, and conquering stage fright! 

They're performing at Fuzz Fest at the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor THIS SATURDAY NIGHT. 

 

 

 

Mike Kuzmanovski is a self-taught musician and producer living abroad in a diplomatic capacity. Currently helping out in Facilities Management at the US Embassy in Lusaka, I was also the Diplomatic Pouch and Mailroom Supervisor in Pretoria, South Africa between 2018 and 2020. 

He was based in Ann Arbor from 2000-2009, where he was active in the local music scene and eventually got signed to Ghostly International. Later, his wife got a job with the Peace Corps Suriname, from there he was off to Paramaribo, Guatemala, then over to Falls Church, VA. He's worked full time for the US Department of State for 7 years, while continuing to release music under the moniker KUZBEATS. 

This interview was conducted entirely by Chad Stocker, who's been friends with Kuzmanovski for years. 

https://kuzbeats.bandcamp.com/ 

 

This week, Chad decided to just simply interview Jeff! Jeff Milo is the host of MI Local, heard Tuesdays at 9pm on WDET, but he's also worked at the Ferndale Library for several years, coordinating live music and art exhibitions! Jeff also talks about growing up in Ferndale and other random adventures. 

www.wdet.org 

This week, Chad and Jeff welcomed Vanessa Ilene Beard into the bar to talk about her studio space, Porcelinen, where she hosts ceramics classes/workshops. We talked about the art of ceramics, but we ALSO talked about Vanessa's musical projects, including the garage-pop group known as Co-Stars, which has now evolved into Nancy Friday! We talk about kilns, songwriting, Kim Gordon, and so much more!

Porcelinen is on Joseph Campau in Hamtramck! https://www.porcelinen.com/ 

 

This week, Chad and Jeff are chatting with three musicians from three different bands. Even though each band, Extra Arms, Big Life, and Speed Circuit, share a similarity: i.e., they all have Ryan Allen as a member! Ryan Allen is the lead singer and songwriter from Extra Arms, Dan Nixon is the lead singer from Big Life, and John Nelson is the lead singer/guitarist from Speed Circuit. We're talking about a whole slew of topics, particularly the fact that all three of these bands recently released new music and are currently gigging around the local music scene whenever possible! Also covered are smartphones, mellow yellow, and a little bit about how Chad recently joined ECK! 

Songs featured:

Extra Arms - Space And Time
Big Life - I'm Nowhere
Speed Circuit - Think Fast
New Grenada - Fashion Disaster
Extra Arms - Be Someone Else

Linda Ann Jordan has a new band! More on that, in a sec, but meanwhile: Chad and Jeff welcomed Linda Ann Jordan to the bar to chat about her origins as a songwriter, poet, and also visual artist (watercolor paintings!). Linda was in a fantastic lo-fi indie-rock group known as Best Exes during a good chunk of the latter 2010s, but she's been a fan and ardent supporter of the local music scene for years, including helping to coordinate several large-scale live music events, notably for nonprofits like the Seraphine Collective!

ALSO: Linda also has a new band called Pretty Island, which grew out of her flurry of songwriting from the last five years, featuring Lauren Milia and Dina Bankole! They are playing their first show Sunday night at the Polka Dot bar in Hamtramck, with Fred Thomas! 

Featured songs:
Best Exes: "Rock 'n' Roll Liquor Store" "Best Exes" "Walk Me To The Bar"
Drunken Barn Dance: "Last Desperate Stand of the Last Fair Man"
Frontier Ruckus: "Sitcom Afterlife" 

 

This week, Chad and Jeff actually recorded an interview OUTSIDE of the bar... We were still indoors, though, so to speak. We were down in Chad's basement when virtuosic guitarist and music educator Nick Schillace stopped by to talk about finger-picking guitar styles and the nuances of the acoustic guitar, as an instrument. We talked about the blues, bluegrass, and "folk," and we also talked about Nick's most recent album, A Rich Boy's Measured Blues, as well as his other projects, like Lac La Belle (with Jennie Knaggs) and the Post Imperial Jazz Band!

https://www.nickschillace.com/ 

This week, Chad and Jeff welcome Deleano Acevedo from the dream-pop quintet Mango Star, to talk about, among other things, ambient music, production, serendipity, and more! Mango Star have recently released their second album, Totally Normal, following up their debut, Wasted Daydream. The hosts get awfully nostalgic, in the best way, with Delenao, since they've all been running around this music scene for quite a while. 

https://mangostar.bandcamp.com/ 

Mango Star songs featured: "Sorry" and "Noisemakers"