mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 18/09/2026Brought my Duncan Sheik CDs to work today to vigil. 020
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 17/09/2026Alanis Morissette dropped on Call Her Daddy that she’s recorded a holiday album and I’m BEGGING the good lord and Cher that it’s called “You Oughta Snow”. @alanismorissette.bsky.social 030
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 01/09/2026This week my 10 SONGS playlist is all Dolly Parton … but the songs aren’t culled from the usual batch you always hear. Dive in below 🦋 Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/51n... Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 31/08/2026Bring back CD Maxi-singles with FLP cases that snapped. We used to be a proper country! 020
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 30/08/2026This Sunday morning music lineup of Beth Orton, Midlake, Natalie Merchant and Billie Myers albums did what it needed to do! Time to switch over to Rochelle Jordan and Madonna’s Confessions II 🪩🪩… 010
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 30/08/2026Love this Madonna nugget inside a bt retrospective CD I picked up recently where he regales about the “Drowned World / Substitute for Love” remix he made with DJ Sasha. It involves Madonna calling a local CompUSA on his behalf when things went off the rails. Always read the liner notes! 020
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 30/08/2026David Rooney from THR on Dolly Parton: "For gay men, she was our North Star, a beacon of inclusivity in a world of persistent intolerance...If gays ran the Oval Office, her birthday would be a national holiday." I concur!hollywoodreporter.comDolly Parton, a Hollywood Treasure Who Lit Up the Screen With Her Authentic SelfThe country superstar was a luminous natural in a small but indelible body of much-loved feature films, chief among them '9 to 5,' 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' and 'Steel Magnolias.' 110
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 15/06/2026New Madonna era got me making fan edits for Danceteria 👸🏼🪩 WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE 010
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 01/06/2026If you watched John Travolta’s “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” apple.co/propeller this weekend on Apple TV and loved the music… I made a playlist of select tracks from our film just for you! Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6iC... Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 30/05/2026We made a film with John Travolta (his directorial debut!) and it’s streaming now on Apple TV! Watch “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” now: apple.co/propeller It’s only an hour so sit back and enjoy the flight ✈️🎬apple.coWatch Propeller One-Way Night Coach - Apple TVDuring the golden age of aviation, a young airplane enthusiast and his mother embark on a cross-country journey to Hollywood—and their simple flight t… 020
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 21/05/2026I wrote this article about the great Patty Griffin’s ‘Living With Ghosts’ five years ago and every word still rings true. Her clarion call debut moonlights as a rock album. Argue with the wall. 010
Reposted by mark j. marracciniAlbumism @albumism.com · 16/05/2026Patty Griffin released her debut album ‘Living With Ghosts’ (1996) 30 years ago this week | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @marramark.com here: album.ink/PGriffinLWGalbum.inkPatty Griffin’s Debut Album ‘Living With Ghosts’ Turns 30 | Album AnniversaryGriffin’s dynamic debut album reinforces the virtues of sticking to your guns and demanding that your art is only sent out into the world once it meets your high standards. 083
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 18/04/2026OBVIOUSLY I updated my Madonna playlist this morning with I Feel So Free. Links below! Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0Jb... Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... Youtube: youtube.com/playlist?lis... 030
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 17/04/2026Nice sonic callbacks to Future Lovers in Madonna’s I Feel So Free. Even the lyrics about creating a new persona are a reference to the message in FL. Effective tethering to the vibe of COADF without being overtly referential. Chills! 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 15/04/2026My thoughts on Madonna’s Confessions II cover… and what some of the subject matter on the album may lean into. 020
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 15/04/2026Here's a video from November where a DJ dropped that spoken word snippet "Oh by the way it all started like this" right before Lil Louis's "French Kiss" … the same snippet we hear in the preview for Madonna's "I Feel So Free". Anyone know where this spoken word is from? 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 15/04/2026Blake Watt's long-awaited Family Stereo debut album dropping in July on the same label as Father John Misty, Midlake and Beach House feels very very right.thelineofbestfit.comFamily Stereo signs to Bella Union and announces debut album, The ThreadFamily Stereo, the recording alias of singer-songwriter Blake Watt, has announced his signing to Bella Union, his upcoming debut album, The Thread, and shared lead single, "Fault Lines". 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 02/04/2026Big day today! For over a year I’ve been working on this John Travolta film “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” as an EP and one of its two editors… plus a bunch of other bts roles but that’s indie film! We’re so proud of it and it’s PREMIERING AT CANNES 😱 Drops globally on Apple TV 5/29!hollywoodreporter.comCannes to World Premiere John Travolta’s Directorial Debut ‘Propeller One-Way Night Coach’The feature, an adaptation of a 1997 book written and illustrated by the star, will premiere in the Cannes Premiere Selection ahead of its Apple TV debut in late May. 012
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 21/03/2026Our season premiere of FOX Reality Check with superstar Kalen Allen @thekalenallen.bsky.social just dropped on YouTube. Watch and send to your friends and situationships! ⬇️youtu.beFear Factor’s Jayleen Was Getting Played By Rob? + A Scary Near Death Experience | Reality CheckYouTube video by Reality Club 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 18/03/2026Sometimes you stumble upon an album you immediately want to frame. 010
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 15/03/2026I grabbed this Dirty Vegas non-stop mix CD bc it kicks off with the Scumfrog remix of Kylie Minogue’s “Love At First Sight” but with Underworld, Frankie Knuckes, Celeda etc…the entire album is five star. 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 15/03/2026Finding this European Enya collection (promo copy!) with a suede cover was quite a surprise. Only $4! 131
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 14/03/2026Picked up some CDs this week as I continue building a new collection after the fire last year. I never say “rebuilding” bc tbh so many I lost were either rare or I didn’t have catalogued so I’ll never be able to fully replace them. Still incredibly angry about that… and also all the vinyl I lost. 130
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 12/02/2026To celebrate Sarah McLachlan’s Tiny Desk today (finally!) shout out if you BOUGHT her new album last year 💁🏻♂️ 020
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 08/02/2026And I was geeked to stumble upon this European release (CD2 of 2) of “Spark” by Tori Amos that has her cover of Steely Dan’s “Do It Again” and several cardboard inserts that look like Polaroid snapshots. Now I need CD1. 010
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 08/02/2026Also happy to find a 1984 German CD release of The Style Council’s ‘Cafe Bleu’ with “The Paris Match” featuring Tracey Thorn on vocals and Ben Watt on guitar. They were named as “Hon. Councillors” in the liner notes. 100
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 08/02/2026Particularly happy to get this limited edition Mariah Carey double CD of ‘Memoirs of an imperfect Angel’ back in my collection because it includes a CD of “Obsessed” remixes plus the mini Elle magazine insert where Mariah lists her LP releases up to that point… except for ‘Glitter’. 100
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 08/02/2026Picked up a few more CDs lately as I build a new collection after the fire: EBTG, Deep Dish, Mariah Carey, Cher, Thievery Corporation, William Orbit, The Style Council, Mandalay, Ben Watt, Sasha & John Digweed… Some of these you can’t get on streaming but physical media lasts forever 💿 110
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 04/02/2026Let’s not forget that Janet Jackson’s ‘Control’ was the album that broke Whitney Houston’s 14-week streak at number 1 in the U.S. with her debut album. Janet knocked it down to number 3. I wrote about that here: albumism.com/features/whi... A stone cold classic in this house. FIN! 4/4 010
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 04/02/2026“When I Think Of You” played right into my hands as a 16-yr old when it dropped. Everything is about infatuation at that age. Perfect roller skating song. 🧵3/4 120
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 04/02/2026Only nine songs. Seven of them were spun off as singles in the U.S. If I gotta pick a top track… it’s “When I Think Of You”. A song about infatuation. Those two piano notes succinctly illustrated the highs and off-kilter lows in those emotionally chaotic early days of falling for someone new. 🧵2/4youtu.beJanet Jackson - When I Think Of YouYouTube video by JanetJacksonVEVO 110
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 04/02/2026Janet Jackson’s ‘Control’ is 40 today. 40!!! I was 16 when she dropped this and it immediately became one of several pop albums - along with Madonna, Duran Duran and others - that laid the bedrock to my pop music taste that’s forever in overdrive today. 🧵1/4 120
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 02/02/2026Happy for Durand Bernarr’s Grammy win for ‘BLOOM’. Much deserved! Overqualified” is in my weekly playlist for next week ⬇️open.spotify.com10 SONGS 2.2.26 010
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 31/01/2026…their swirly collab with Everything But The Girl “The Future of the Future (Stay Gold) which EBTG included on their 1999 album ‘Temperamental’. 2/2youtu.beEverything But The Girl-"The Future of the Future"YouTube video by kwbsystems 010
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 31/01/2026Slowly rebuilding my dance CD collection. Been hunting for this Deep Dish album and finally got my hands on it at Amoeba Hollywood this week. Richard Morel is all over this, Lem Springsteen (Ultra Naté’s “Free”) and BT play on it and it’s got one of my all time fave dance tracks… 1/2 ⬇️ 110
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 29/01/2026Lol’ng at the whiplash of my Heavy Rotation on Apple Music 000
mark j. marraccini @marramark.com · 17/01/2026The transition from Candi Staton’s “Hallelujah Anyway” to “Worthy” ft Jocelyn Brown brought a tear to my eye. Church! 010