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.
On episode #30 of the Paltrocast, Darren spoke with 3 different musicians who have been recording and touring the world for decades: Wednesday 13, Monkees singer Micky Dolenz, and Korn and KXM drummer Ray Luzier.
Points of discussion with Wednesday 13's new album Necrophaze, Ray and KXM's new album Circle Of Dolls, Micky's upcoming run with the It Was Fifty Years Ago tour, staying healthy on the road, collaborating with other artists (e.g. Alice In Cooper, David Lee Roth), and upcoming touring and recording plans.
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
Mike Love co-founded The Beach Boys over 55 years ago alongside Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson and Al Jardine. Last year, Love released a double album through BMG titled Unleash The Love, his first solo album in decades. One year prior to that, Love released an autobiography, Good Vibrations: My Life As A Beach Boy. Meanwhile, The Beach Boys remain active as ever, performing over 170 shows in 2017 alone. Simply put, Mike Love shows no signs of slowing down, and I spoke to him about that by phone last December. More on Mike Love can be found online at www.mikelove.com.
Andy Summers first achieved worldwide fame as one-third of the legendary rock band The Police. However, The Police was only one chapter of Summers’ successful career as he was a prolific sideman before joining the Sting-fronted power trio. After The Police disbanded, Summers became an in-demand composer for film projects, beyond recording solo albums and presenting dozens of shows featuring his photography. The latest solo effort from Summers is last year’s Triboluminescence, and I had the pleasure of speaking with the guitar great by phone in September 2017.
More on Andy Summers can be found online at www.andysummers.com.
