Mile High Stash

The final episode of Mile High Stash's season two features Keith Karraker, whose late husband Steve Silberman passed away last month.Silberman, author of the award-winning autism history "NeuroTribes" and co-author of the Grateful Dead dictionary "Skeleton Key," was a world-renowned writer who loved music, literature and people deeply.Steve - who received beautiful obituaries in the New York Times, Rolling Stone and elsewhere - touched so many lives and inspired so many people that attempting to describe his unique and powerful passion for not just connecting with interesting people but connecting interesting people with each other seems impossible. But we tried.

This month's guest on Mile High Stash is the painter Remington Robinson, who has gone viral with his amazingly detailed plein air works inside Altoid tins. Rem, as he's known, also does murals and large-scale hyper-realistic paintings, and is a big music fanatic.

Scott Coulter of the Colorado alt-country band Gasoline Lollipops is our guest this week on Mile High Stash, and until August 8 you can donate to the band's Kickstarter for their upcoming album, via HelpGasPops.comPhoto by Jamestown's own Sal DeVincenzo

Alisha Sweeney of Denver radio station Indie 102.3 is our guest this month on Mile High Stash, and she's a Colorado music icon

This month's episode of Mile High Stash features the Northern Colorado music-industry powerhouse Greta Cornett, of the Bohemian Foundation, FoCoMX and a lot more, including the horn section of the great ska band 12 Cents for Marvin. Greta chose five albums from local bands and five from around the world:Local: 1. Born in the Flood – "If This Thing Should Spill"2. Sickly Hecks – "Go to Heck"3. Fierce Bad Rabbit – "Spool of Thread"4. Electric Animals – "A Bear and the Bull"5. 5. Horse Bitch – "Rest in Peace, Pistachio" Anywhere:1. David Bowie – "Ziggy Stardust"2. Pixies – "Doolittle"3. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue4. Selena - "Amor Prohibido"5. Weezer – "Pinkerton"

Speaker, DJ, emcee, business consultant and author of the new book on humanity in the workplace, "Stop Engaging Employees," Colorado native Eryc Eyl is the guest this month on Mile High Stash. Eryc's choices for his Mile High Stash:Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"Red House Painters - "Down Colorful Hill"Jeff Buckley - "Sin-é"Meat Beat Manifesto - "Storm the Studio"In the Nursery - "Duality"

Sponsored by the Boulder Roots Music Project, this episode of Mile High Stash features Ian Ehrhart of the Colorado band Jesus Christ Taxi Driver

Doug Gaddy and his wife, Annie, own and operate Absolute Vinyl Records & Stereo, which is currently celebrating its 15th year in Boulder County. Doug and I chatted at a Longmont hotel recently for this episode of Mile High Stash, and his five choices were:1. Herbie Nichols 2. Dmitri Shostakovich 3. Wayne Shorter 4. Jade Warrior5. Willie Weeks

Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros is one of the most influential and acclaimed drummers of the last 30-plus years, and one of my childhood heroes. As Porno for Pyros prepares to begin its combination reunion and farewell tour, Stephen spoke with me while sitting at a drumkit in Los Angeles, for the first episode of season two of Mile High Stash.His five album choices were:The Beatles - "The Beatles" (White Album)Pink Floyd - "The Wall"Led Zeppelin - "Physical Graffiti"The Who - "Tommy"Miles Davis - "Sketches of Spain"

Sponsored by the Boulder Roots Music Project and recorded live at Spirit Hound Distillers in Lyons, Colorado, this episode of Mile High Stash features Taylor Sims of the Bonnie and Taylor Sims Band, Everybody Loves an Outlaw and a lot more. Bonnie and Taylor have a new, eponymous album out now.Taylor's choices for his Mile High Stash were:Bob Dylan – “Oh Mercy”Neil Young – “On the Beach”Asleep at the Wheel – “Western Standard Time”Willis Alan Ramsey – “Willis Alan Ramsey”J.D. Crow – “Bluegrass Holiday”