Pink Floyd’s Inflatable Pig Once Got Loose Over London

Today in 1976, Pink Floyd was trying to take a photo of an inflatable pig flying over a power plant for one of its iconic album covers… only the situation literally got out of hand. 

The Black Dog That Helped Inspire Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog”

Today in 1971, the release of the fourth Led Zeppelin album. The opening track, "Black Dog," still gets played and shared today, and it got its name from a very unusual visitor to the studio.

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The Grateful Dead Once Jammed With Live Crickets

Today in 1975, a famous concert by the Grateful Dead at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. And if you look closely at the credits, you’ll see a peculiar listing that reads “Mickey Hart - percussion and crickets.”

By |2024-12-08T16:46:15-05:00August 13, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Taco Bell Once Trolled America By Claiming It Had Bought The Liberty Bell

More than two centuries after the first Independence Day, a fast food giant put out fake ads claiming that it had acquired the Liberty Bell to help pay off the national debt.

When The “Kenneth, What Is The Frequency” Guy Attacked Dan Rather And Inspired An R.E.M. Song

In 1986 a guy mugged one of the most famous people in TV news, all the while shouting “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” And that's only the beginning of the story.

By |2024-12-08T17:26:17-05:00June 22, 2024|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |

When Indiana Tried To Get “Louie, Louie” Off The Radio

Today in 1964, Billboard Magazine reported that the governor of Indiana had called on the state’s broadcasters to stop playing the song “Louie, Louie” by the Kingsmen because of its allegedly dirty lyrics.

By |2024-12-13T06:41:33-05:00February 1, 2024|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

To Get Out Of A Record Contract, Van Morrison Made A Malicious Compliance Album

Today in 1945, the birthday of singer/songwriter Van Morrison. His biggest fans and his loudest critics can agree that the guy does not like being told what to do, and he proved it by recording one of the strangest albums in the history of music. 

By |2024-12-02T10:00:44-05:00August 31, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |

Among Other “Pranks,” Black Sabbath Once Set Their Drummer On Fire

Rock bands are known for excess. Just ask Bill Ward, who, while drumming for Black Sabbath, got set on fire, poisoned (repeatedly) and knocked off the side of a hill. Because pranks.

By |2024-12-04T05:50:59-05:00July 22, 2023|Categories: Cruel Weird Awful, Podcasts|Tags: , , |

A Newspaper Called The Recycler Helped Bring Together Some Of The Biggest Rock Bands Of All Time

This month in 1973, a newspaper in California known as The Recycler started publishing. It was mostly a list of classified ads, but those ads have had a pretty big impact on music. 

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