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.

We Can Put Old Mattresses To Use In Gardens

A project run by researchers at the University of Sheffield, is using foam taken from discarded mattresses to help Syrian refugees start hydroponic gardens in Jordan.

By |2024-12-07T08:02:48-05:00February 25, 2020|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

How About We Put Shade Plants Under Solar Panels?

There's work out of the University of Arizona that says solar arrays can be even more efficient if you grow food underneath the panels. And no, the panels don't block the plants from growing by taking all the sun.

By |2024-12-02T10:14:23-05:00September 12, 2019|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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