Show Notes
Happy springtime! In the shadow of the new series dramatising the fictionalised trials and tribulations of this fictionalised 70's rock band, I explore Taylor Jenkins Reid attempt to capture that time but missing something essential about why we're so intrigued and obsessed: the music and the cool. I explore the limits of genre, what even is cool and how she should have been braver and just written a biography of Fleetwood Mac.
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Links:
Cool Rules: Anatomy of an Attitude (2000) by Dick Pountain & David Robins
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/02/taylor-jenkins-reid-daisy-jones-and-the-six-interview
https://hello-sunshine.com/post/how-fleetwood-mac-influenced-daisy-jones-the-six
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