BLOG LINKS:
John Gorenfeld
Paul Frankenstein
Jim Steinman
Soul of Trek
True Father
ST XI

ASSORTED WRITINGS:
"Cannon Films: The Rise and Fall of Menahem Golan" (2001)

"Fast Company" (2007)

"Last Man Dancing" (2001)

"Our Alien, HE" (1987)

"Drummer on Top: The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith" (2002)

"Singin' the Hi-Res Blues" (2003)

BIO:
I grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. I have a bachelor's degree in linguistics from Swarthmore College and a master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley. Feel free to email me at patrick@runkle.info.

From 2000 until 2004, I was the editorial director for ArtistPro, a music-industry trade publisher in the Bay Area. I also was editorial director for ArtistPro's short-lived national magazine, which was distributed to all the members of the GRAMMY organization. (That includes Phil Spector.)

Current activities include my band, Ganymede, my trips to Canada, and various other things I do. (See above for links.) I also have a large collection of oversize video boxes from the early 80s.