Lots going on so lets get to it… The Dead Milkmen are playing in Boston MA at the Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub on Saturday June 12. Tickets on sale NOW! Get ‘em while they’re hot. SOLD OUT! Another Joe Solo Tour Joe has another tour coming up in early April. Below is a listing [...]

Hey folks, hope your summer was a good one. This post will attempt to catch you up on what happened and what is coming up over the next few months. Dead Milkmen Scheduled Fall Performances We have a few shows scheduled – here are the details: We’ll play two shows at the Riot Festival – [...]

Dead Milkmen Will Play Fun Fun Fun Festival! The DM have decided to reunite and play the Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin Texas on the weekend of November 8-9, 2008. We’ll have Danny Stevens on bass again. Rehearsals have started and are going well. Check the festival website for updates and details. Based on [...]

NEW LOW BUDGETS ALBUM OUT NOW! Chunksaah Records have just released the new album by The Low Budgets. Titled ‘Leave Us A Loan‘, the album boasts 15 newly recorded Low Budgets originals. For a limited time you can hear the entire album for free. It is being streamed by PunkNews.org. Check it out! An Autumn [...]

Long time no post eh? Here’s what I have: There was a bizarre Milkmen mention over on Pitchfork the other day. I’ll let you decide how to take it. Who is going to play me? I’ve updated the link to the T-Shirts to go straight on over to the good folks at Impact Merchandising. They’ve [...]

Hey folks, the Narthex “Twin Cities” CD is finally available now on CD Baby (and on iTunes soon). Twin Cities is a recording by the duo I was in from 1980 to 1983 has been released on CD by Skip Heller’s Skyeways label. Recorded live to 8 track – no overdubs – on our only [...]

Long time no post eh? Here are a few items to click: Joe has some solo shows coming up opening for Pleaseeasaur: Thursday, November 2 @ Great Scott, Boston, MA Friday, November 3 @ Geno’s Rock Club, Portland ME * and Dilly Dilly Saturday, November 4 @ Brighton Bar, Long Branch NJ Sunday, November 5 [...]

Joe has just updated the jacktalcum.com website with a clean stripped down interface. Plenty of good stuff there. Did you know he’s playing a solo show on 09/24/2005 with Kablammo @ The Well, 1631 Loretta Avenue, Feasterville, Pennsylvania. 7 PM sharp. All Ages! Did you know that Home Recordings 1984 – ’97 has been released [...]

I’ve added a few photos to the site from the DVD commentary recording session we did in the summer of 2003. This was the first time in many years that all of us were in the same room at one time. It was a great afternoon and we had fun talking and joking around. These [...]