Joe’s Journal

NEW YORK (WABC) — Gov. Kathy Hochul says New York State is aiming for zero-emission vehicles by the year 2035. She directed the state Department of …

In the debate over the divisive concept bill which could change the way topics considered controversial are taught in public institutions.  There are moments in …

Rocker Pat Benatar‘s recent setlists are missing one of her most popular songs: “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.” The reason, she told USA Today in an interview …

As soon as House Republicans passed a bill to block transgender girls from playing on female sports teams in K-12 or college, opponents started questioning …

The Republican National Committee said Thursday it was withdrawing from the Commission on Presidential Debates, alleging that the organization was biased in favor of Joe …

A Georgia high school coach was suspended after he defended himself and restrained a student who was in possession of a loaded weapon in school. …

A Canadian high school principal loves Iron Maiden and posts about the band on social media. Parents started a petition to transfer Eden High School …

Owners of a Kansas City area gun range accused of discriminating against a Muslim woman by not allowing her to shoot while wearing her hijab …

 A plane passenger has sparked outrage online after a photo emerged of her long hair draped over the back of her seat. The picture, showing …

The Rolling Stones retired one of their most popular rock songs due to lyrics that depict the horrors of slavery. The Stones have not played …

A Washington state high school reportedly called off a student-led tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks after an unnamed staffer said …

On Friday, Jenny Grondahl flew from Phoenix to San Diego, carrying a souvenir: a cardboard. It read “Arizonenses Con Biden” with a cactus and was …

Experts reveal the fridge staples that are safe to eat past expiry – and some last for TWO YEARS Australian food scientists have revealed the …

Florida’s governor has signed legislation that will require public colleges and universities to annually survey their students and staff about their beliefs and viewpoints in …

HELBY, N.C. – For many students, prom is a pivotal high school memory, but for Isabella Killough, plans to celebrate a final time among her …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a controversial bill into law on Monday that critics say constitutes a direct attack on the First Amendment in …

Late-night host and comedian Jay Leno has issued an apology for a series of jokes told over his career targeting Asian communities. The apology comes …

Trump supporters are calling for a boycott over reports that Coca-Cola is forcing employees to go through racism training that teaches white workers to “be …

One day after it became known that the Dallas Mavericks would not play the national anthem before their home games, the NBA said all teams …

People in Washington state can now literally push up daisies after their death — as the first human composting efforts in the country recently began …

A high school cheerleader had her college “dream” shattered when a black classmate arbitrarily posted a years-old video of her saying the N-word, her lawyer …

Chris Kennedy’s Christmas display features a seven-foot Black Santa that stands tall in his yard along with a Christmas tree and a large shining sign …

A third-grade pupil in Mississippi was robbed of her First Amendment rights when her school forced her to take off a mask that said “Jesus …

                                                                HUNTER BIDEN Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) – A 12-year-old boy has been suspended for having a toy gun he never brought to school. Isaiah Elliott attends Grand …

The ice cream truck jingle of your childhood is about to get an upgrade — and RZA is behind it. The hip-hop icon of Wu-Tang …

MUNCIE, Ind. — On her Facebook page, Jeannine Lee Lake recently posted photographs of racist collectibles she says she photographed at U.S. Rep. Greg Pence’s …

City employees began painting a stretch of Fifth Avenue, just in front of the Trump Organization’s headquarters, on Thursday morning. Mayor Bill de Blasio authorized …

Two San Francisco-area elementary schools named after a pair of Founding Fathers who owned slaves will get new names after a school board approved a …

An American Airlines flight attendant said she was forbidden from wearing a face shield because it didn’t fit with the company’s “image standards” — and …

All of them got their licenses without taking an official road test. It’s Georgia’s way of handling the backlog of the thousands of road test …

In a development that could challenge the Constitution’s prohibition of any law “respecting an establishment of religion,” the federal government will soon provide money directly …

Alicia Hobson’s 11-year-old daughter, Azlyn, was counting down the days until the Valentine’s Day dance at her Utah middle school. That afternoon, when Azlyn got …

The suit contends the school had no jurisdiction for off campus behavior. The parents of four Saline, Michigan, high school students filed a federal lawsuit …

Asheen Phansey, a Babson College professor was fired for satirizing the Trump administration’s threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites. In Pansy’s post on his personal …

As I am an expert on hangovers here is my tips to avoid them and then what to do. Please note do not drink and …

Donald Trump Junior drew scorn on social media as he asked his 4.1 million followers to “Trigger a Liberal” by talking politics at the dinner …

The coach of a New York high school football program was suspended for one game for allegedly allowing his team to run up the score …

Students at a Wisconsin high school skipped class Friday and marched through the streets of the state capital to protest the firing of a black …

Long Island comedian Mike Keegan has been banned from performing at Theater Three in Port Jefferson, New York over a tweet he made about Greta …

On the show we periodically discuss health care. Davin and Pip take the side of Obama care and I take the side that it should …

  I used to cringe when I heard the term of a comic being called an artist. An artist is someone who creates beauty and …

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                              Last week Joe’s girl and I went to see Bohemian …

I am thankful for Thursday. Not the one coming up that Americans call Thanksgiving. The one from last week that was a complete white shit …

                                   Halloween is in several days and the big Compound party is tonight. The …

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                                                              Since I was a kid, I would always dream of being in a recording studio making an album. For the past thirty years I …

For eighteen years I have owned a cell phone, we live in a society now where we can’t remember not having one and there is …

My long time band Rotgut played last night, we played all cover tunes and no originals. Gone are the days of the full show and …

I got some sad news last week, the transmission in my Honda Element is starting to go and the heater is not working that great. …

                                                             I was able to dodge the bullet for over eleven years, and then two months ago I got a questionnaire and then they …

As our fans know Davin, Pip and I are all big music fans, we have gone to concerts together and they have come to see …

                                            As one of …

                     As I stated from the beginning from the time my old house went up for …

When I left off in part four Joe’s girl and I pulled away in a red rape van from the only place I called home …

If you told me five years ago that I would pull away from my house for the last time with Joe’s girl in  a red …

As I was saying in part 2 the whole process in my life change is what I called hurdles. At this point of the game …

                 During the whole part of my life changing ordeal there was so many frustrating moments in selling my house, such as the home for …

This past April to June was the most stressful part of my life since the passing of my Mom twenty four years prior. I was …

                                          WHY? I may have sold my house, we will see, as the propensity for things to go tits up as it has been pretty …

It is now March and my house has been on the market since June of last year and I am at the end of my …

                  Tuesday for me is usually a long day, I am up at six am and usually tired as band rehearsal was the night …

For over a year I have been questioned why in the world would I vote for Trump??? My reasons are as follows, He has the …

As a major rock fan and musician, the reunion of Guns N Roses is about as major as it gets. The impact they had on …

Every July 4thfrom sunset until eleven pm it sounds like a war zone with fireworks.  But it always used to be me in my neighborhood …

THE WEIGHT IS OVER” .In 2002 Al Rosenblum asked Camille Halpin and I to help him write a sitcom about weight loss. We would get …

                                   As many people that listen to our show know I am in the middle of a major life change as I am now separated …

                                                  This past Easter while people were with their families on a high holy holiday, I decided to go to the Auto show at Javits …

On February second I became legally separated, it would have been twenty years in October we would have been married, but it just did not …

                                           When I played in bands in my twenties we would always discuss if we ever had kids if they would love music as …

For years I did not like the holidays, it was always something to deal with and get over with, but something happened this holiday, I …

                                        The worst feeling in the world is when you just want to go home and you have to go to the super market because …

                             After fifteen years the New York Mets are in the World Series. I can’t believe it’s been fifteen years, Fifteen years of ups and …

This past July I had a wakeup call. For years I was told by my Doctor that I was a borderline diabetic and I finally …

Last week’s blog was by Davin saying why Trump was a feel good and not the right man for the job. I feel he is …

                                   I was not planning on writing the blog I am writing now. I was looking for something that was going to be the topic …

We will be speaking to Amanda the physic on our show in regards to if our dearly departed are trying to reach out to us …

 In classic rock magazine this month they dedicated most of the magazine to the most amazing records that were ever released on vinyl. A lot …

Several weeks ago I posted this meme on my Face Book page one morning and then went to the day program. I went on line …

This year will mark a very big event in my life, as of this year I have lived in the same place for fifty years, …

I am so done with winter, I mean done I am sick and tired of getting up walking out into the second week of temperatures …

In January I shared a picture on Face book that showed cartoon of a soldier in world war two under the caption of the greatest …

There was a tragic story in the news about a young women named Brittany Maynard. She was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and given …

As I am getting older I find myself getting softer. If you know me I curse, drink, tell dirty jokes, and smoke Cigars, well I …

It’s been a week since I have smoked. I have tried on many occasions but this Time is different, why?  The first incident was my …

As a lot of people know besides being second mic on our radio show and a Comedian, I am also a musician. I loved music …

As you may have heard on the show we make a lot of in jokes about my life off the show and do not go …

Being the grouch I am, I’m getting less patient with the things around me especially people that I have to deal with that are non …

Of my many vices and antics, the one vice I would like to get a grip on is smoking. I actually started smoking when I …

On last week’s show we did a segment on a Georgia law that just was passed that made it legal to carry guns into bars, …

Yeah, that’s right I am being punished, by whom you say, The Show? The club? The wife during my current marital situation? Well the answer …

I use to be standup comedian.  That was the plan.  That was the career.  A little TV, a lot of touring, and a lot of …

There was a study released by Reuters earlier this month on Comedians. In this study by the British journal of Psychiatry  said Comedians among other …

It is my turn to write the blog this week and I almost told Davin I could not get to it because I don’t have …

THE DAVIN’S DEN NOVEMBER TOUR.   Out of the year one of the things I look forward to is when Davin and I go out …

As some of you may know the Fat Horse Challenge ended back on the August 27th show. What happened you say? Well the basis of …

As most of the people know who listen to our show I am the Right Wing side of Davin’s Den.   When the Trayvon Martin …

THE BEACH Living on long island is an expensive crowded place. One of the perks of paying some of the  highest property taxes in the …

Well it is June and the Fat Horse Challenge has been well under way since January and I am down just about twenty pounds. I …

To start, this blog is twelve hours past the dead line and two months ago I would never even bothered to call Davin and say …

I have to get all my receipts together for my accountant this week to get my taxes done. After all the hassle I go through …

So Joe came to us to help him lose weight.  He wanted inspiration via punishment.  I guess feeling better and looking better were not enough …

CAT FOOD If you were on Facebook this past week you would have been treated to pictures of me eating cat food live on our …

Last week if you listened to our show I was not on due to the passing of my Mother in Law. A lot of comics …

When I was much younger I thought maybe I would like to run for public office.  I thought maybe I could even be President one …

If you have read my last blog it was all about being in a different place in my life at the end of this year. …

Goodbye 2012 hello 2013   As Davin is working in paradise, I have the task of writing the blog for the show. Personally I hope …

As someone who has lived on Long Island all my life, we have been warned from all the doom saying officials about the big storm …

Well President Obama won re-election much to the chagrin of a little less than half the nation.  I guess it is time we all rally …

Last week we  had Comdian Rich Vos call in to our show in response to a segment he did on the ABC’s television show What …

Half the fun of interacting with Mavis my scammer is that I keep baiting her that I will be into a lot of money soon.I …

I apologize to Davin. This statement alone makes me cringe and want to jump in a wood chipper but it has to be done. A …

When it comes to blogs it could be something for the show or about something in one of our livesthis will probably be both. On …

Well I have been up for hours before Joe gets up.  He senses I am about to go for breakfast and rises from the dead.  …

Are we on to something??: Last week on Davin’s Den we were discussing the latest exploits of Davin and his new Face Book Friend Agnes …

My partner Davin has been having a fling with African women on our showfor the past several months on a bit we do calling out …

Hello Everybody, I hope you are well.  It has been very busy here at Side Splitting Productions.  Last weekend we had a fun show for …

Hello All, I hope you are doing well.  Fortunately, of late Side Splitting Productions comedy shows have been selling out.  Maybe the economy is getting …