National Western Stock Show
Denver’s annual celebration of all things farm and rodeo, the stock show is a blast when you’re with a toddler. (And even when without one, to be honest.)
Mad Men Season 6
Midway through Season 6 and nearly the close of this wonderful series. Very amused by all the late 1960s culture that’s appearing. (One episode features Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot’s bonkers “Bonnie and Clyde.”)
Revolver, The Beatles
Speaking of Mad Men, Don Draper listens to “Tomorrow Never Knows” at the end of an episode in Season 6. It’s incredible how wild that song sounds for its time. Hearing it sent me on a kick listening to Revolver through several times.
Strays, Margo Price
I’ve always been rooting for Margo Price. Besides her incisive songwriting and crack backing band, she’s also attempting to define an unusual genre space for an artist today—a country-flecked classic rock that wouldn’t sound out of place alongside mid-career Tom Petty. (It’s appropriate that former Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell is featured on the album.)
The Prize, Daniel Yergin
Still working my way through this tome about the history of oil. I’m undereducated when it comes to history, so it was fascinating to learn what a critical role oil had in determining Japan’s entry into war with the US during World War II.
Midnight Organ Fight / The Winter of Mixed Drinks / Pedestrian Verse / Painting of a Panic Attack, Frightened Rabbit
I took a depressing stroll through the final four albums of Frightened Rabbit’s discography. I miss listening to this stuff, but it’s hard to go back to it too often.
Taylor Coe 