Joseph Massaro, is an aspiring and thriving writer, who mainly focuses on writing about music and pop culture. Currently, he writes for his blog, Joe’s Pocket, but soon hopes to breakthrough and write somewhere more mainstream.
He is 20 years old and still in college. Even though sometimes his school work will get in the way of his blog, he tries his best to not allow that and focus at least on one album a day. He became interested in music journalism in the tenth grade, when he heard the Records’ debut album, Shades in Bed (1979). He couldn’t believe how underappreciated the band, their album, and the power pop scene in the late seventies/early eighties was to the public.
He graduated from high school in 2016, at Red Jacket and attended Monroe Community College soon after. He studied there for two years, where he earned an associates degree in Communications and Media Studies. He is transferring to the College of Brockport in the Fall of 2018, to earn a bachelors degree in Journalism and Broadcasting. He also plans on minoring in History. He hopes one day to write for SPIN or Stereogum.
His favorite things consist of:
- Watching reruns of Seinfeld and South Park.
- Running 5Ks (He hopes to become one of those “badass” old man runners in his lifetime).
- Playing backyard football.
- Record collecting.
- Watching “corny” classic horror movies.
- Some of his favorite artists/bands include: Spoon, the Strokes, the Beach Boys, the Who, Pavement, Beck, David Bowie, and Devo.
- Some of his favorite movies include: Frankenstein (1931), A Clockwork Orange, American Psycho, The Darjeeling Limited, I Shot Jesse James, and Baby Driver.
Contact Information
Phone Number: (585)-469-8179
Email: massaroj07@gmail.com
