Welcome To My Nightmare: JOE JACKSON VS. SUCCESS

On the second evening of Joe Jackson’s 1980 mini-American tour, both the mercury and the humidity are hovering close to 100, enveloping several thousand Central Park-goers in a cloud of water vapor, warmed-over booze and sweat. Uneasily pacing across the stage, Joe Jackson, becomingly attired in a black suit, is about to expire of heat prostration.