Outer Limited: The Outer Limits Lounge Podcast

”Keep Bringin’ Em” - Frank Woodman

This week, Jeff and Chad welcome Frank Woodman to the upstairs space of the Outer Limits Lounge. Frank is literally a life-long music fan, with plenty of stories to share..., but he's also a singer and guitarist, having recorded and performed with his family band, Woodman, during the mid-late 2000s, and then eventually joining forces with drummer Brandon Moss to form Caveman & Bam Bam, a prehistoric-themed punk/garage rock onslaught. 

Frank has been going to shows in-and-around Detroit for 40+ years, and has passed that love of music onto his children (and, inevitably, with time, his grandchildren). We talk about that, but we also talk about the plethora of amazing new bands that have emerged from the Detroit rock scene, Woodman's longtime appreciation of Prince, and a few other odds and ins like ghost peppers, R.E.M. and 70s biker bars. 

 

”Just How Crispy Are you?” - John Salvage of New Twenty Saints

John Salvage is a Detroit-based singer/songwriter who's been playing music in and out of bands since he was a teenager. He moved here to Detroit from Toledo a little over ten years ago and started performing around the Metro area music scene. In January of 2021, he released a solo album, Coyote Hasten. But Salvage longed to be part of a band again. So, just in time for the pandemic, he "got serious" and formed a proper band, New Twenty Saints, and started to write and rehearse cautiously, eventually putting out one album, right out of quarantine, Nikita (on Outer Limits Lounge Records). 

When John sat down with Chad and Jeff, New Twenty Saints were just on the cusp of releasing their 2nd proper full length which wound up being self-titled (and also released on Outer Limits Lounge Records!)

This week, we're talking about punk-rock roots, the Toledo Zoo, getting "serious" (by means of moderation), and a couple of really fun tangents about the Replacements and Community. 

To find out more about New Twenty Saints, click here:  https://newtwentysaints.bandcamp.com/album/new-twenty-saints 

***This is also the last episode that we bothered censoring a bit, so...expect adult language in future episodes. 

”Chupacabra” meets ”Gigaspora” - Jenny Pearson of The Antibuddies

Singer/bassist Jenny Pearson of the Antibuddies visits the Outer Limits Lounge to talk with Chad and Jeff about, among many things, playing the bass. The Antibuddies is a punk rock trio that, along with Jenny, includes Cale on guitar/vocals, and Angie on drums. This is a band that formed during the pandemic, and wound up hosting their album release party HERE at the Outer Limits Lounge. We talk about that, along with yodeling in the bathroom, the inclusivity of house shows, tour experiences, the bass lines of the 90s, and so much more. 

If you happen to see this in time, you should know that the Antibuddies are playing at Small's Bar this Saturday, June 24. 

https://theantibuddies.bandcamp.com/ 

 

featured songs
Robot Disco (Not Disco) by Carjack
808 States by Carjack 
Honest to Goodness by Honest to Goodness
Hits Like a Girl by the Antibuddies
Like, Ya Know, Whatever by the Antibuddies 
Run It Back by the High Strung

 

Kelly Jean Caldwell - ”A Lot of Twang”

This week, Chad and Jeff are chatting with singer/songwriter/guitarist & flutist Kelly Jean Caldwell. Kelly is the co-owner of the Outer Limits Lounge and thus one of our podcast landlords, but she also writes, records and performs some amazing music, with the Kelly Jean Caldwell Band, as well as with Aran Ruth in WICCANS and her newest band, Wild Shape. 

We talk about a lot of things on today's podcast, including lyric-writing, "twang," Ann Arbor, and the potentially haunted origins of our recording space. 

featured songs
Robot Disco (Not Disco) by Carjack
808 States by Carjack 
Littered by Honest to Goodness
Destroyer by Kelly Jean Caldwell Band
Meatloaf by Kelly Jean Caldwell Band

Jon Moshier - ”He Didn’t Have a Bass Player”

This week, Chad and Jeff welcome Jon Moshier into the Outer Limits Lounge for a conversation about radio and "the theatre of the MIND!" We talk about his formative moments, his early experimentations, and even some classic anecdotes that take us back to the old Gold Dollar/White Stripes days... We talk about the Electrifying Mojo, Halloween, and our "desert island records." 

Always with an ear to the underground, Jon Moshier presents a curated collection of the best new music, emerging artists, and classic trailblazers each week on Modern Music, heard on WDET, 101.9 FM, Saturdays at 4pm. After an almost ten-year run from 1996 to 2005, he returned to WDET in 2010. Jon's also a musician--he has played drums in various local bands, is a professional voice-over artist, and is the Executive Music Producer for Doner Advertising.​

 

featured songs
Robot Disco (Not Disco) by Carjack
808 States by Carjack 
Littered by Honest to Goodness

John Szymanski: ”There’s Windows In The Car”

This week, we're talking to one of our podcast-landlords, John Szymanski, co-owner of The Outer Limits Lounge. John helps oversee the bar and the record label, but we're also talking about the band's he's been in (and continues to be in), including The Hentchmen, SSM, and the newest project, ECK! 

featured songs
Robot Disco (Not Disco) by Carjack
808 States by Carjack 
Littered by Honest to Goodness
La Sabre Radar by The Hentchmen
Woke Up by Eck! 

Josh Malerman: ”Ya’ got to celebrate TWICE!”

Singer/songwriter/guitarist/WRITER Josh Malerman sits down with Chad and Jeff to talk about many things, including the newest album from The High Strung, Address Unknown. Chad and Josh are bandmates, so this made for a natural choice to be our first episode--but along with that, Chad just helped score a forthcoming documentary about Josh's writing process.

We also talk a great deal about the ideal mindset of an artist during the creative process! Listen for more details! 

Josh Malerman is an American novelist, short story writer, film producer, and one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. He is best known for writing horror and his post-apocalyptic novel, Bird Box, which was the inspiration of the Netflix film Bird Box. 

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featured songs
Robot Disco (Not Disco) by Carjack
808 States by Carjack 
Littered by Honest to Goodness

Getting Our Thoughts Together

Jeff Milo is a longtime reporter, covering the local music scene around the Metro Detroit area (and beyond).

Chad Stocker is a musician (guitar/bass/vocals), part of the bands The High Strung and the Mythics, as well as his own solo project. He's also a pretty good audio engineer.

They're your hosts for this brand new podcast which is recorded inside the Outer Limits Lounge in Detroit, (just outside of Hamtramck).

Here's their introduction.

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featured songs
Robot Disco (Not Disco) by Carjack
808 States by Carjack