Hello! I’m Joe, a queer artist currently based in Philadelphia, PA. I run Consonant Collective together with my partner Katie Haegele, an arts collective based in Philadelphia that runs a record label and a micro-press. 

I am a DIY enthusiast and record lathe cutter, and like to make records in my home studio. I use two different machines to emboss grooves into polycarbonate records in mono: a 1936 Presto 6DSP and a 1950 Rek-O-Kut Imperial II. I’m also currently repairing two 1942 Presto 6Ns, with the dream of one day being able to make 4 records at a time. The machines work by using a sapphire stylus to push the grooves, and thus the music, into the records. You can read more about the process if you’re interested here.

My first book, The Queer Affirmations Coloring Book, was published by Microcosm Publishing in 2023, and my second book Queer Horror: Fun and Freaky Perspectives on Macabre Media, co-written with Gina Brandolino, came out in 2025, also through Microcosm.

New Releases (as of April 23, 2026)

- Queer Horror: Fun and Freaky Perspectives on Macabre Media
- How to Have Fun Rockhounding
- How to Have Fun at the Ren Faire
- I’m in a Noise Band by Katie Haegele + Mother Love 8” Record by assholeknife
- HEXERCISE VHS by Matt Cannon + Soundtrack on 12” Record

Stats (as of April 23, 2026):

Zines assembled: 34,799
Published works: 5,120
Cassettes duped: 2,912
Records pressed & embossed: 3,780

Residencies, Press, & Other Cool Shit:

Bangers only. Not included: zine fests, local vendor markets, poetry readings, etc.

2026
- Artist Residency at Skriðurklaustur (Egst, Iceland)
- Record Cutting at Franklin Institute’s Science After Hours: Rhythm & Booms (Philadelphia)
- Love Notes at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (Philadelphia)
- DIY Discs at The Free Library of Philadelphia (Central Branch)
- DIY Discs at The Free Library of Philadelphia (Roxborough Branch)
- DIY Discs at The Free Library of Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill Branch)
- Quarterly Record Residency with MovieJawn Magazine

2025
- Consonance at The Fabric Workshop and Museum
- Consonant Collective x The Fabric Workshop and Museum Pop-Up (Philadelphia, PA)
- Monthly Record Cutting Residency (DIY Discs) at The Free Library of Philadelphia Central Branch
- VinylFest at Swarthmore College
- Vendor at American Librarian’s Association (ALA) Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
- Interview with Other Record Labels
- Quarterly Record Residency with MovieJawn Magazine
- Super-limited records cut with The Dwarves

2024
- Cloudcroft Studios Artist Residency (sponsored by Tioga Arts Council) (Owego, NY)
- RVK Art Book Fair (Reykjavík, Iceland)
- Interview with Rowan University
- Record-making Workshop at The Athenæum of Philadelphia
- Record-making Workshop at Swarthmore College

2023
- Vienna Fanzineist Art Book & Zine Fair (Vienna, Austria)
- Interview with Microcosm Publishing
- Interview with It’s Always Halloween Podcast

2022
- UNESCO City of Literature Writing residency (Reykjavík, Iceland)
- Interview with Microcosm Publishing

2021
- Interview on NPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show
- Feature in Chestnut Hill Local

2020
- Interview with WXPN’s The Key Magazine
- Interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Interview with Magnet Magazine
- Feature on WHYY’s Movers & Makers
- Feature in Dosage Magazine

2019
- Zine Vitrine Reading at DobraVaga (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

For events & general information, follow me on Instagram, and feel free to get in touch if you’d like.

Here’s a short film I made about the cats in my neighborhood:

Ann Arbor, MI: Vault of Midnight
Asheville, NC: Downtown Books & News
Berkeley, CA: Pegasus Books Downtown
Brooklyn, NY: Quimby’s Bookstore
Chicago, IL: Quimby’s Bookstore
Jersey City, NJ: Word Bookstores
Jersey City, NJ: The Word Distribution
Lansdowne, PA: The Scrappy Cat
Philadelphia, PA: The South Street Art Mart
Philadelphia, PA: Vault + Vine
Portland, OR: Antiquated Future
Portland, OR: Microcosm Publishing

Displaced Snail was founded in December of 2008. Rad.