Podcasts about way out club

Bob Putnam, co-owner of the iconic St. Louis artist's haven the Way Out Club, passed away August 26, 2024. His wife and fellow Way Out Club owner Sherri “Danger” Lucas shares memories of Putnam, who was beloved as a friend, mentor and dedicated supporter of local arts.

Today Lynn, Carl & special guest Thomas Stosckman talk about new releases Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, The Sword of Trust & Crawl. Long Shot, The Intruder & Ugly Dolls on DVD. Plus The Muny's Paint Your Wagon and what's coming up at the Way Out Club.

WOAH.  It's been a minute, even for us.  Just so you know, we're planning on being around more in the new year.  Way Out Weirdo Wednesday has been chugging along this whole time, the next one (#35!) is on January 9th, which will be guest curated by our good friend Stephen Houldsworth.  Other than WOWW, we'll be stepping back from the booking angle a bit (although Dingus is looking forward to putting on occasional Sunday afternoon potluck shows in the basement of his new crib out in the County), and focusing more on the podcast. Episode 40 is in the development as we speak, and we are super pleased to be breaking our radio silence with this wonderful tune from our pals over at Realicide Youth Records, "Upward and Outward" by Watabou, who we booked at the Way Out Club in May 2017, on tour with Seanni B and Hypnogram (locals were Jaded Evil Lambs, Solid State Disaster, and Blank Thomas- a hell of a night). From Realicide Youth: "Midwest US chiptune breakcore gabber punk grrrl Watabou releases her Coaxial Chaos LP this winter via Realicide Records, on vinyl record along with download. Several long years in production, very much carrying the gravity of all life experiences during that time, there is nothing else quite like this album in the world. Records mail March 2019, followed by tentative touring."   Further words and linx on here, smash that donate button. https://www.gofundme.com/help-us-press-watabou039s-coaxial-chaos-lp-to-vinyl/

Going Live with Local Tree One Four, Dirty Kings at Way Out Club. Doing whqat we do. Happy Birthday Kevin

Interview with Bob Putnam - Owner of the Way Out Club

We'll keep this one brief, these guys Particle Devotion are friends of friends of ours from New Orleans, and we're pleased as punch to be putting them up at the Way Out Club this Thursday, 10/6.  These guys employ a wide range of instrumentation to sculpt flawless artisanal dreamy indie rock gems.  Seriously, anytime you have somebody in your band credited with both vibraphone and vocoder, you have our attention, lol.  Give it a swing if that is your thing, and then come catch them Thurday with locals The Oddfellows and Comrade Catbox.  Full album available at: https://particledevotion.bandcamp.com (cough) also, don't forget WAY OUT WEIRDO WEDNESDAY #13 also at the Way Out the day prior, 10/5, featuring Nebulosa, Scheiffv, Jason LaChance, the long awaited return of the original 4-piece lineup of Brain Transplant, and a musical blind date between Santur (persian hammered dulcimer) player Ali Naeini and percussionist Drew Gowran. SUCH FUN.  (cough cough cough)

Nathan Cook is one of the heavy thinkers of the STL experimental scene, every performance he gives and every single stellar release on the tape label he curates has a ton of thought and meaning and intent behind it.  When he joined us at the Way Out Club back in May, evidently his intent was to get a synthy minimalist dance party going.  A pleasantly unexpected head-bopper.  Get yourself more at http://www.close-far.com/ and also be sure to check out his monthly experimental concert series Bruxism.  It's a great time to be a weirdo in St. Louis. Next Way Out Weirdo Wednesday is in two days, 8/3/16, featuring Jessipher, Larva Lu, Regicide Bureau, Tom Hill, and Kenshiro's.  Be there.

Gonna keep the notes brief today.  Modular maestro Kevin Harris always crushes, but this set he turned in at the Way Out Club on 7/6/2016 was exceptionally fun.  Thanks, homeskillet! The next Way Out Weirdo Wednesday is coming up fast, we've got sets lined up for you by STL experimental/noise legends Regicide Bureau and Larva Lu, the debut noise set by Jessipher, the psychedelic ramblings of Kenshiro's, and a stand up comedy set by Tom Hill!  You don't want to miss this one. Expect more snacktimes soon, I know we've been quiet lately, but that's about to change.  Starting to get a bit of a backlog here, so get ready for the dam to break.  You should have like a month of canned goods on hand. Aight.  Later.  See you at the Way Out next week!

This episode was recorded at Arts Admin in London with Natasha Stavropoulos. We talked about adventure and moving to the big city.  About cross dressing and about surgery. About taboos and the stories we tell about ourselves. Natasha Stavropoulos is an openly transgender woman, currently studying to become a counselling psychologist at the University of Roehampton. Natasha originally moved to the UK from her native Greece at 18 to study. London was to become her home and the environment that allowed her to discover and become herself over two decades, transitioning in her mid-30s while working for an advertising agency. You can follow her on instagram at www.instagram.com/natashacomms and you can find out more about London Gender Support here: Www.facebook.com/LondonGenderSupport And you can keep up to date with Emma's movements through the None of Us is Yet a Robot project at www.notyetarobot.co.uk or @elbfrankland on twitter. Opening music was by Visitors and Closing music by Señor Coconut. Some things we mentioned in the conversation were: Links to: The Way Out Club (http://www.thewayoutclub.com) Magic Theatre (http://www.magic-theatre.co.uk) London Gender Support (www.facebook.com/LondonGenderSupport) TAGS (https://www.facebook.com/London-Trans-And-Gender-non-conforming-Swimming-group-540358062757588/) Trans Pride Brighton, 2016 (http://transpridebrighton.tumblr.com)

Grocer specializes in improvised ambient soundscapes of strictly hardware origin.  He was sent our way by fellow ambient pal of the podcast Biggie Stardust, and we are super proud to be able to host Grocer's debut live performance in two days at the next Way Out Weirdo Wednesday!  Somehow the usual mixed-genre format got subverted and we have a full bill of chillout droney minimalist stuff in a range of different flavors, featuring Grocer, Blank Thomas, Berdella, and Zwornikins. We're calling it "Ambient April" and we might just have to make it a yearly thing.   This cut right here is a special bonus track outtake from Grocer's debut cassette, recorded and pressed with the assistance of wunderkind Chelsi Webster on Pack Rat Records, which a little birdie tells us may or may not make it in the mail in time for release at the show Wednesday.  You'll just have to come on out to the Way Out Club and find out for yourself.  Doors at 9.  Free show.  It'll do you good. Grocer soundcloud action: https://soundcloud.com/inclusive003/

"Xome is a harsh noise music project conceived and operated by Bob Scott. Xome first started experimenting with dissonant forms of music in 1989 but the first organized live performance in Tokyo in 1994 marks the true activation of the project. Now based in Sacramento, CA, Xome has evolved into a highly refined and extremely harsh noise music unit by means of improvised manipulation of sound generating and processing equipment." Here's Xome's brief but blistering set from the Way Out Club a couple weeks back, complete with PA failure at the end (we were pushing it pretty hard that night, first time we've had that problem since we started running shows up there last fall).  It was lots of fun to host him and Boar on the final stop on their tour, two of the nicest guys in noise.  For more, check out http://www.xome.org/

Hey everybody!  Legendary Dubuque, IA harsh noise artist BOAR is returning to St. Louis TOMORROW NIGHT!  Paradoxal Pterodactyl is proud to present the harshest show of the season 3/8 at the Way Out Club (2525 S. Jefferson).  STL knows BOAR from his many past appearances at NoisefeSTL and other shows at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, where he established himself as a fan favorite for connoisseurs of the harshest of the harsh.  Since then, he's broadened and diversified the focus of the project a bit, with astounding results. The last time Alex came through town, he dropped this killer set at Livery Company, which we are super happy to be able to share with you now in celebration of his triumphant return! For this current tour BOAR has teamed up with the possibly even-more-legendary XOME, international noise star based in Sacramento, CA.  When the possibility of booking this show came up in discussion, several STL noise bigwigs started practically hyperventilating at the mention of his name.  One said he'd quit his job to catch this show if he had to.  Local support is a veritable who's who of STL HARSH:  FECAL DAM and BEAUTY PAGEANT of course were no brainers for such a lineup, Rusty Anderson & David Bell are debuting the genetically spliced amalgam of their respective solo acts as MONSTER SIZED EVIL LAMBS, and we even coaxed a set out of the elusive slumbering noise giant CHARLIE.  Seriously, we heard/saw no less than ten people upon announcement of this show say "Holy shit, wait a minute- MONEYBAGS?"  YES.  THAT CHARLIE.  Don't sleep on this shit. Show starts at 9, for more details (including a wicked sick printable souvenir 11"x17" flyer with 10 color variants that Dingus made), check out the facebook event page at : https://www.facebook.com/events/1113320992032353/  and while you are there, go ahead and click "subscribe to events" so you don't miss hearing about any of the fabulously confounding concerts sponsored by this humble little podcast, including our ongoing "WAY OUT WEIRDO WEDNESDAY" mixed-genre showcase at the Way Out Club on the first Wednesday of every month.    Also, if you live elsewhere or have friends who do that may be interested, the event page for the full BOAR/XOME tour is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/954751764616658/ Alright.  See you cats tomorrow!  

One of our favorite local standup comics and promoter behind several of the comedy shows you've heard bits of in our podcast, wickedly funny badass Micaela Mohr kicked in the new year's teeth with back to back sets on January 2nd- this recording (courtesy Dingus) is from the second set, where she closed out the evening at San Loo (if you haven't been there yet, new bar on Cherokee where Livery Company was before they moved, still a fun little space and glad to see it open again).  She's our kind of dirtbag, and we're stoked to announce she'll be cutting it up with us at Way Out Weirdo Wednesday #5 on February 3, along with Monster Sized Monster, Drew Gowran, Jaded Evil Lambs, and the debut of an exciting new act St. Michael!  Find Paradoxal Pterodactyl on Facebook to peep the event page.  Starts at 9, 21+, FREE SHOW at "your home away from home", the Way Out Club.  See you there!

We were a little busy, so we missed our opportunity to present this recording as a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Dystopian Future, however it's just as apt and we're totally fine with presenting this as the death rattle of 2015 (good riddance).  Beauty Pageant closed out the third installment of Way Out Weirdo Wednesday with a special trio performance (Mr. Ben/Sam/Rick) which came on like an awesome and terrible storm.  It was frigging rad and rattling.  Join us for the next WOWW on 1/6/2016 at the Way Out Club with performances by Patrick Weston (first solo set since the dissolution of Ou Où), Biggie Stardust, Freq E. Steve, Alex Cunningham, and a improv collab by Matt Muslin and David Bell.  Killer first show of the year.  Be there.  Have fun. Don't be dumb tonight.

You see now, THIS is what you miss when you skip a pterodactyl party.  Joe Hess (Complainerr, Hardbody, Sun Bros., Hess/Cunningham, Wrong Division, etc.) hit some drums, David Bell (Jaded Evil Lambs, Fry 13, Anhydrous Man, Ventriloquim, Paradoxal Pterodactyl, etc.) processed said drum hits and provided additional synthesis.  Special guest appearance by a suicidal xmas ornament.  Hope you asked Santa for a new stereo this year, because this shit right here is about to crush your speakers.  Thanks as always to Bob & Sherry at the Way Out Club.  Come start the new year right on January 6, 2016 for Way Out Weirdo Wednesday #4, featuring Biggie Stardust and Patrick Weston.  More acts to be announced soon, keep an eye on the PP facebook for details.

So, if you missed the announcement, Paradoxal Pterodactyl is hosting a full bill of weirdo music on the first Wednesday of every month at the Way Out Club, with acts hand selected by our curatorial staff with the goal of booking new and/or rarely seen acts alongside our usual scene favorites, and the greatest hits from our podcast feed spun between sets.  The inaugural edition was on 10/7/2015, and was kicked off with this shimmering ambient set by Harvey Forest, aka Matt Muslin, playing his first STL set in five long years!  Also on the bill was Benjamin Kaplan bringing his unique flavor of thoughtful cut-up manipulations, PP regular Jaded Evil Lambs with his junksynth meanderings, and noiser power-trio-come-lately Bicycletricycle.  Don't miss the second installment of Way Out Weirdo Wednesday coming up quickly on 11/4/2015 featuring Brandywine River, Dave Stone, WHSKY JANEToR, and a one-off duo performance from David Bell & Joe Hess.  Big thanks as always to Bobbo & Sherri Danger.  Much love.  New legit episode of Paradoxal Pterodactyl coming soon, we'll likely whet your appetite with a couple more snacktimes meanwhile.  Stick around.Check out more Harvey Forest at: https://soundcloud.com/forest-wizardBen Kaplan has a really cool new release you should check out as well: https://iheartbuffets.bandcamp.com/releasesGet hip to the BikeTrike steeze: https://bicycletricycle.bandcamp.com/releasesJaded Evil Lambs is overdue for new shit, stay tuned to: https://jadedevillambs.bandcamp.com/releases

On the third episode of Instant Expert we talk to experts on three different subjects: sex, Scientology & potty training. Recorded live at City Of Night St. Louis Presents: That's Comedy, April 2nd 2015 at The Way Out Club.

John Parker and Justin Pitonak have made a name for themselves in the STL music scene in a relatively short period of time, playing with their various projects (32 Pc. Vintage Party Set, Pet Rock: the Musical, and Stone Hen), and booking a series of ambitious and successful shows with diverse lineups that straddle several genres.  This piece, entitled "John Carpenter Lied To Me" closed out an evening at the good old Way Out Club back in September, a sparsely attended show that Davelybob booked as part of the Way Out's 20th anniversary celebration.  Not a lot of people came, but every single set that evening was blisteringly great (also on the bill were The Top Grossing Films of 1984, Jaded Evil Lambs, A Black Cat, and all the way from Indiana, the amazing chiptunes artist Hypnogram).  Luckily Dingus and his Zoom recording thingus were there to document it all, so you don't feel too terribly left out by not having been there.  But next time, don't fuck around.  Get your ass to the show.Go check out https://32pc.bandcamp.com/ for more.