Input: June 2026

Jul 1, 2026, 5:56 AM 2 min read #media

What I watched, listened to, and read for the month of June 2026. As always, best things highlighted.

Books

Finished

The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman.

Started and finished

The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: Volume Two: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams by Mark A. Altman.
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King.
Weapons of Choice: World War 2.1 by John Birmingham.
Designated Targets: World War 2.2 by John Birmingham.
Final Impact: World War 2.3 by John Birmingham.
Stalin’s Hammer: Rome by John Birmingham.
Stalin’s Hammer: Cairo by John Birmingham.
Stalin’s Hammer: Paris by John Birmingham.
World War 3.1: A Novel of the Axis of Time by John Birmingham.
World War 3.2: A Novel of the Axis of Time by John Birmingham.

Started

3 Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager by Buzz Bissinger.
Night People by Mark Ronson.

Music

Top artists this month:

Beastie Boys (24 plays)
Pixies (23 plays)
Queens of the Stone Age (15 plays)
Arctic Monkeys (14 plays)
Against Me! (9 plays)
Stevie Wonder (7 plays)
Frank Turner (7 plays)
Green Day (6 plays)
Taylor Swift (5 plays)
The Paradox (4 plays)

Movies & TV

House of the Dragon S03E01-02
Not Suitable For Work S01E01-09
The Bear S05E01-08
The Boys S05E03-08
Tokyo Vice S01E07-08, S02E01-05
Top Chef S23E13-14
Welcome to Wrexham S05E05-08

Comics