Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz·Oct 27Chris Jericho & Derek Sulek on the New Horror Thriller ‘Dead of Night’, Fozzy, and Filming in L.A.When a small town is terrorized by a series of brutal murders, a determined sheriff, his daughter, and a desperate mayor race to uncover…
Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz·Oct 5Interview: Composer Michael Wandmacher Discusses Eddie Van Halen’s Secret Sauce and Scoring ‘Lice’I recently featured composer Michael Wandmacher on the Paltrocast to discuss his meticulous and brilliant score for The Seventh Turn…
Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz·Oct 4In Memoriam: Revisit Our Archival Interview with Rock and Blues Powerhouse Sass JordanThe rock and blues world has lost a truly massive voice. On October 2, 2026, the family of Sass Jordan announced that the singer…
InWord by Word: An Author’s JourneybyJonathan Scott Griffin·Sep 12Songs of the Muse: How Four Songs are Motivating Me to WriteOne of the difficulties in being a writer is finding the motivation. Part of the lack of drive, for me at least, is fear. I may explore…
Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz·Aug 17Award-Winning Composer Michael Wandmacher on Scoring ‘The Seventh Turn’ Exclusively Using Amy Lee’s…Award-winning composer Michael Wandmacher has completely pushed the boundaries of conventional film scoring with his work on the…
Dzimas·Jul 21Bands you surprisingly hear almost nothing about these days, unless one of their mates diedA response icon7A response icon7
Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz·Jul 2The Beach Boys & Van Halen: A Paltrocast Study in ParallelsThe Beach Boys and Van Halen occupy different coordinates of the American psyche: one is the sun-bleached, sand-in-the-toes soundtrack of…
Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz·Aug 19, 2025A Look At David Lee Roth LIVE At The Wind Creek Event CenterLast week, the Paltrocast was on-site for David Lee Roth shows in Huntington, New York and in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A few months prior…
InThe RiffbyA.L. Bellettiere (Anna Louise Bellettiere-Kuyper)·Aug 17, 2025Humans Being, Too Human: The Tornado, the Soundtrack, and the Van Halen Nobody ExpectedFrom flying cows to flying egos — how Van Halen’s stormiest song became prophecy.
Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz·Aug 11, 2025A Look At David Lee Roth LIVE At The Paramount In Huntington, NY