mark j. marraccini
@marramark.com
🏳️🌈exec producer, tv/film editor, music writer✍🏼
ex: mtv news, vh1, fuse
wrote abt madonna: album.ink/MadonnaVrgn
wrote abt taylor: album.ink/tswift1989
help my altadena next door neighbors who also lost their home: https://gofund.me/fbd826b5
marramark.com
ex: mtv news, vh1, fuse
wrote abt madonna: album.ink/MadonnaVrgn
wrote abt taylor: album.ink/tswift1989
help my altadena next door neighbors who also lost their home: https://gofund.me/fbd826b5
marramark.com
Björk’s Homogenic is a stellar Sunday morning album
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Björk’s Homogenic is a stellar Sunday morning album
On Saturdays I spend a couple hours going through my camera roll to log CDs I lost in the fire. Crazy that all these months later I’m still dealing with all of this but I’ve learned it’s not uncommon. Thankfully Real Housewives of Melbourne on Peacock is breaking up the monotony.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
On Saturdays I spend a couple hours going through my camera roll to log CDs I lost in the fire. Crazy that all these months later I’m still dealing with all of this but I’ve learned it’s not uncommon. Thankfully Real Housewives of Melbourne on Peacock is breaking up the monotony.
Anyone else clock Frankie Knuckles in Robyn’s “Dopamine”?
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Anyone else clock Frankie Knuckles in Robyn’s “Dopamine”?
Just rewatched one of the greatest episodes ever made in the history of television.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just rewatched one of the greatest episodes ever made in the history of television.
35 years ago today in its October 27, 1990 issue, Billboard changed its “Hot Black Singles” and “Top Black Albums” chart titles to “Hot R&B Singles” and “Top R&B Albums”
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
35 years ago today in its October 27, 1990 issue, Billboard changed its “Hot Black Singles” and “Top Black Albums” chart titles to “Hot R&B Singles” and “Top R&B Albums”
I was 16 when "Krush Groove" came out so obvi I keep a copy of the soundtrack album in my office. Back then you couldn't peel Sheila E.'s 'Romance 1600' album out of my hands.
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I was 16 when "Krush Groove" came out so obvi I keep a copy of the soundtrack album in my office. Back then you couldn't peel Sheila E.'s 'Romance 1600' album out of my hands.
There's been a lot of posts celebrating the 30th anniversary of the UK release of Todd Terry's Everything But The Girl "Missing" remix on October 16th.
Important to remember that the remix was not commissioned in 1995, it was done in 1994. Billboard wrote about it in December of that year.
Important to remember that the remix was not commissioned in 1995, it was done in 1994. Billboard wrote about it in December of that year.
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's been a lot of posts celebrating the 30th anniversary of the UK release of Todd Terry's Everything But The Girl "Missing" remix on October 16th.
Important to remember that the remix was not commissioned in 1995, it was done in 1994. Billboard wrote about it in December of that year.
Important to remember that the remix was not commissioned in 1995, it was done in 1994. Billboard wrote about it in December of that year.
Madonna spotted at Miya Thai restaurant in Altadena on Sunday
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Madonna spotted at Miya Thai restaurant in Altadena on Sunday
Happy birthday to Madonna’s ‘Erotica’. An album so good I keep a cassette copy on my dresser.
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy birthday to Madonna’s ‘Erotica’. An album so good I keep a cassette copy on my dresser.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only....
October 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only....
Years ago, probably late ‘90s or in 2000, I met Billie at the legendary Big Cup coffee house in Chelsea NYC. We both were sitting by the front windows and immediately hit it off. So friendly. She revealed some interesting info on who inspired a few songs which I’ve never told anyone else about.
October 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Years ago, probably late ‘90s or in 2000, I met Billie at the legendary Big Cup coffee house in Chelsea NYC. We both were sitting by the front windows and immediately hit it off. So friendly. She revealed some interesting info on who inspired a few songs which I’ve never told anyone else about.
Having a moment again with Billie Myers’ ‘Vertigo’ album from 2000. I’ve always felt this album was 4 or 5 years too late.
October 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Having a moment again with Billie Myers’ ‘Vertigo’ album from 2000. I’ve always felt this album was 4 or 5 years too late.
I owned a lot of Sheryl Crow’s discography on CD but these three albums I always kept on a short leash.
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I owned a lot of Sheryl Crow’s discography on CD but these three albums I always kept on a short leash.
D'Angelo's 3 studio albums are at the top of the week's best sellers list on Discogs
October 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
D'Angelo's 3 studio albums are at the top of the week's best sellers list on Discogs
This convo on Love Is Blind was a horror film
October 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This convo on Love Is Blind was a horror film
Oh man. Yesterday while watching the trailer for Hulu’s “All’s Fair” I thought “I really hope they cast Diane Keaton as a client”. Such an icon. What a loss for her family and pop culture.
October 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oh man. Yesterday while watching the trailer for Hulu’s “All’s Fair” I thought “I really hope they cast Diane Keaton as a client”. Such an icon. What a loss for her family and pop culture.
A bit of what was my Janet Jackson CD collection. Some of these I had since my high school and college days in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Those CD singles traveled with me for prob 25 years or more. That ‘20 Y.O.’ box I think I found at Permanent Records here in LA.
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A bit of what was my Janet Jackson CD collection. Some of these I had since my high school and college days in the ‘80s and early ‘90s. Those CD singles traveled with me for prob 25 years or more. That ‘20 Y.O.’ box I think I found at Permanent Records here in LA.
First up… this is the last CD pic I took before the fire. Took it on New Year’s Day.
R.E.M.’s “Monster” was the last CD I played in 2024 and Danny Tenaglia was the first one I pulled up in 2025.
Think I had Danny on the CD player while I was working out in the backyard. Really love this mix.
R.E.M.’s “Monster” was the last CD I played in 2024 and Danny Tenaglia was the first one I pulled up in 2025.
Think I had Danny on the CD player while I was working out in the backyard. Really love this mix.
October 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
First up… this is the last CD pic I took before the fire. Took it on New Year’s Day.
R.E.M.’s “Monster” was the last CD I played in 2024 and Danny Tenaglia was the first one I pulled up in 2025.
Think I had Danny on the CD player while I was working out in the backyard. Really love this mix.
R.E.M.’s “Monster” was the last CD I played in 2024 and Danny Tenaglia was the first one I pulled up in 2025.
Think I had Danny on the CD player while I was working out in the backyard. Really love this mix.
I don’t really collect 45s but couldn’t resist these Madonna and Teena Marie singles at Arroyo Records in Highland Park today. I absolutely obsessed over both of these songs (and their albums) back in the day. Only 8 bucks!
October 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I don’t really collect 45s but couldn’t resist these Madonna and Teena Marie singles at Arroyo Records in Highland Park today. I absolutely obsessed over both of these songs (and their albums) back in the day. Only 8 bucks!
Mariah Carey’s “The Distance” walked so that Mariah Carey’s “Confetti & Champagne” could run
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Mariah Carey’s “The Distance” walked so that Mariah Carey’s “Confetti & Champagne” could run
Good morning. It’s October 1st. Pull out your Juicy Couture sweats, grab a pack of Marlboros and meet me at Kitson on Robertson. ’Blackout’ szn has officially arrived.
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Good morning. It’s October 1st. Pull out your Juicy Couture sweats, grab a pack of Marlboros and meet me at Kitson on Robertson. ’Blackout’ szn has officially arrived.
Sad to hear Richard Cheese will not be doing the Super Bowl halftime show
September 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sad to hear Richard Cheese will not be doing the Super Bowl halftime show
That time in 1991 when Steven Meisel took Marianne Faithfull to meet Madonna at her house.
September 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
That time in 1991 when Steven Meisel took Marianne Faithfull to meet Madonna at her house.
Sarah McLachlan backed by banjo is actual rapture
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Sarah McLachlan backed by banjo is actual rapture
Well THIS is a piece of music history I never knew about.
To think we almost had Larry Blackmon of Cameo producing Pet Shop Boys' "Shopping." Wowza.
To think we almost had Larry Blackmon of Cameo producing Pet Shop Boys' "Shopping." Wowza.
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Well THIS is a piece of music history I never knew about.
To think we almost had Larry Blackmon of Cameo producing Pet Shop Boys' "Shopping." Wowza.
To think we almost had Larry Blackmon of Cameo producing Pet Shop Boys' "Shopping." Wowza.