The Junior League songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist mastermind has also played and recorded with the Minus 5 with Scott McCaughy and REM's Peter Buck. A Beatles devotee since he heard "I Want To Hold Your Hand" on oldies radio at the age of 4, he's channeled his power-pop influences including Big Star, the Monkees, Bowie, Badfinger, and the Kinks into over a dozen excellent records. Tonight Joe joins the Troubled Men as they reflect on the chaos and ennui of the 1970s Me Decade. Key party, anyone?

 

Topics include a new mayoral candidate, Ricky Twiggs Jr., A.I., a captured fugitive, the Diddy verdict, Finnish fines, Lalo Schifrin RIP, Bobby Sherman RIP, Lou Christy RIP, Jimmy Lee Swaggart RIP, "Helter Skelter," Powers Boothe, Jim Jones, John Lennon's death, learning to play drums, college rock, the Record Stop, Florida, JJ Murphy, marriage, moving to New Orleans, the Magic Bus, Tiki Tuesdays, home recording, car phones, VCRs, answering machines, Alex Chilton records, Natasha Sanchez, Tom Stern, Blue Velvet Studio, Buffa's, Gardenia Moon, Jonathan Pretus, "Ranking the Beatles," theme records, Daniel Lanois, a Spiro Agnew quote, "The Ice Storm," Jay Gonzalez, and much more.

 

Intro music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman