Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident and licensed Private Investigator with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on 50+ television stations weekly, plus key podcast and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast." His third book is slated for a 2023 release via Backbeat Books.
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On this edition of the “Paltrocast,” Darren spoke with LP (singer and songwriter), TJ Perkins (professional wrestler, actor and gamer) and John Oates (one-half of Hall & Oates).
Topics of discussion included life during COVID-19, Filipino culture, livestreaming, video games, tattoos, Long Island, IMPACT Wrestling and musical influences.
Theme song by Steve Schiltz. Audio mix by Mark Piro. Produced with V13 Media. Thanks for listening!
On this edition of the “Paltrocast,” Darren spoke with Brandi Rhodes (wrestler, YouTube host and All Elite Wrestling’s Chief Brand Officer), Don Dokken (long-time frontman of Dokken), and “Bit Playas” stars Kris Siddiqi and Nigel Downer.
He also talked up new albums and recommended re-issues, including titles by Willie Nile, Paul Kelly, Cheap Trick, Trooper, Britney Spears and Neil Diamond and soundtracks of “Peanuts,” “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead” and “Dune.”
Theme song by Steve Schiltz. Audio mix by Mark Piro. Produced with V13 Media. Thanks for listening!
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with 3 entertainers from very different walks of life, professional wrestler MJF (AEW and MLW star Maxwell Jacob Friedman, singer/songwriter Imani Coppola, and Dragonforce guitarist Herman Li.
Points of discussion include heavy metal, music industry survival, Long Island, Judaism, martial arts, video games, and finding long-term success as an entertainer.
For this edition of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with legendary guitarist Kane Roberts, singer/songwriter Bobby Long, and comedian, actor, writer, producer and director Marlon Wayans. Points of discussion include Alice Cooper, Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Alissa White-Gluz, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and WWE Superstar Kane.
Episode #009: Marc Summers, Engelbert Humperdinck & Ted Nugent
Episode #008: Greg Holden, Dee Snider & Greg Behrendt
