Sports blogger’s house burned to the ground!
Posted on August 11th, 2009 by Mike under New York, social media, sports, twitterI actually saw this first on Pitchfork, and it happened to catch my eye because I happen to be reading the book Our Band Could Be Your Life at this time.
Thoughts and condolences go out to Gerard Cosloy, whose Austin, TX house burned down early this morning.
Gerard is indeed a sports blogger who runs Can’t Stop The Bleeding. He posted a photo of the rubble of his former home on his site today, along with the quote: “This was a hell of a way to get out of hoovering the living room.”
Gerard told the Austin American-Statesmen, “There are a lot of people who have a lot less than I do who deal with a lot worse, but this is pretty bad.”
More so than an establish sports blogger, Cosloy is an indie rock legend. He’s worked with such influential bands as Sonic Youth, Big Black, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, and Yo La Tengo. He started the rock label Homestead Records, putting out early work by Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, and is the co-owner of Matador Records.
I just got done reading about how he got F’d over by Dinosaur Jr in the mid-80s in Our Band Could Be Your Life. Plus, I think he’s a Mets fan. Wow, I feel bad for this dude.
Shoot Gerard some encouragement (he’s @cstbtweet or @gerardcosloy on twitter) if you have a minute.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Man, CSTB is one of the first blogs I ever read. I had no idea that he was so involved such great indie bands–and owns Matador!!!!!!!! How did I not know all this?
August 11th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Matador and Pavement changed my life. I say we find the bastards that did this, drag em outside, and kick the shit out of them. This isn’t over. Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!