In addition to writing reviews and criticism, Joe is a rock music composer/performer who plays frequently with several bands including Long, Tall & Ugly and Chicken Town: a tribute to Bob Dylan. Five years ago he began co-writing a Lovecraftian rock opera set in a 1980s music television network named the Global Mind Warp Corp. While the composition of the rock opera is on extended hiatus due to several extenuating factors, one song from the production, a jingle for the music network entitled "Global Mind Warp," appears on Alpha Dahlia's CD, Mind Warp.Born in Florida, Joe now physically resides in Eugene, Oregon, but mentally dwells somewhere between Innsmouth, Transylvania, and the Arkham Asylum. Occasionally he is incapacitated by fits of cosmic horror.