The Late Smithereen Pat DiNizio Will Be Part Of ‘Part Time Job’ by Full Time Men

Written By Mike Greenblatt

Yep Rock Records will release Part Time Job by Full Time Men on October 27, the classic 1980s side project from Fleshtones Keith Streng, Gordon Spaeth, Robert Warren and Bill Milhizer. Members of The Lower East Side Rockers (Rich Thomas), The Smithereens (Pat DiNizio), Hoodoo Gurus (Dave Faulkner), Andy York (John Mellencamp), The Dead Boys (Stiv Bators) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) make guest appearances. Twenty tracks strong, with four previously unreleased songs, the compilation will include all 12 tracks of the original release plus portions of their self-titled 1984 debut, 1988’s Your Face My Fist and 1999’s The Fabulous Sounds Of Coney Island.

Smithereens Jim Babjek, Mike Mesaros and Dennis Diken all graduated Carteret High School in Middlesex County. DiNizio was from Scotch Plains in Union County. They found each other through a classified ad placed by DiNizio in the Aquarian Weekly. 

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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