PalCinema, Television, & Music

Gay romantic fantasy/fiction, poetry, photography, and reflections on creativity and spirituality. Subscribe today and receive a free ebook introduction/charactour (with content not in the books!) for my "Magickal Lives" gay romantic fantasy book series!

interviews + writing on creativity, art, craft, mindfulness, small business and purpose

rock & roll • sound and sense

MK Piatkowski shares her song of the day, with song history, personal commentary, and sometimes alternative versions.

An exploration of making a life in and around music and art in the 21st century.

The intersection of music and data

Data-centric essays about movies, music, TV, and more.

"The only music podcast that matters."

This is a music newsletter that rediscovers forgotten top 10 hits. What made the songs popular back then? Why are they still awesome now? We're gonna find out.

Rock history written from a queer lens.

A chronological review of every #1 song on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, with occasional tangents into random musical musings.

The songs and bit-o'-songs that gets stuck in my head, worming to the digital surface, and inspiring a host of personal stories along the way.

"The best music history writing online!" says Mike Degen of "Deeg's Poems" on Substack. It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s!

Hot takes on cool records.