A Liner Note Detective Wants The World To Know Something About The “London Calling” Cover Photo

The famous cover of The Clash's landmark album "London Calling" was taken on September 21, 1979, according to the liner notes. Except that Dave Marin, a concertgoer who was there when the photo was taken, has a concert stub that says September 20th. And he's spent decades trying to get the world to notice that the album credits are a day off.

When Marvel Printed A KISS Comic Book, The Band Added Its Blood To The Ink

Today in 1977, Marvel Comics publishes a KISS Super Special - and what was really unusual was that the band members had each added a little of their blood into the ink.

By |2024-12-02T09:40:20-05:00May 26, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

Keith Richards Started Writing “Satisfaction” In His Sleep

It was this week in 1965 that Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards got up in his sleep, started up a portable tape recorder, and recorded a guitar riff and an opening line that would soon be iconic: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." Here's more of how the song came together.

When A 19 Year Old Drummer Got Onstage With The Who

On this day in 1973, the Who's drummer, Keith Moon, collapsed and had to be taken to the hospital. Amazingly, the band chose a 19 year old from the crowd, Scot Halpin, to fill in for the rest of the show.

By |2024-12-04T05:51:36-05:00November 20, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Why Van Halen Said No To Brown M&Ms

It's hard to believe we're saying goodbye to guitar great Eddie Van Halen. His band won millions of fans on record and offstage, and won a reputation for offstage excess. But one of their most infamous stories - that they banned brown M&Ms from backstage - wasn't quite what it seemed.

By |2024-12-16T10:40:47-05:00October 7, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Drones Can Go Through Windows Now. That’s Good, Right?

There’s a quadcopter drone that uses spring-loaded arms and a process called "rapid aerial morphing" to fold itself up as it flies. So we’re a step closer to real-life Transformers.

By |2024-12-02T08:16:09-05:00July 24, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , |
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