Mostly Minutia

In this episode, Joe Pacella talks about his love for Metallica as well as working on the cult movie "The Room". Yes. "The Room". Joe loves Metallica. He loves Metallica enough to have seen them 91x. (and counting). Joe owns 700+ wearable Metallica items--450 of them being concert tshirts. In 2013, Joe won a contest called The Ultimate Metallica Giveaway by submitting a photo of himself in the middle of an auditorium surrounded by all his tshirts. He was flown to Detroit, given a guitar from the band, and attended a meet and greet where the band members signed a blown up print of the photo. Joe first started listening to Metallica in 1985 in Germany where he grew up. His first concert was in 1987. Joe often travels to international shows with two Norwegian friends whom he calls The Vikings. Joe also works in TV and has worked on shows like The Closer, Nip/Tuck, 24, Glee, which is where Joe and I met, and Code Black. Joe also is the only person I've ever met to have worked on the cult film "The Room" directed