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Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy was the owner and resident of a nearly 100-year-old home on Lindell Avenue [in Austin] that burned to the ground early this morning.---Cosloy and another person escaped a fire this morning at the home near the intersection of South Congress Avenue and West Live Oak Street, said Austin fire Captain Andy Reardon.
Fire officials received the call about 3 a.m., Reardon said, and crews arrived to find the entire house on fire. Police had to alert the people inside the home that it was on fire, Reardon said. The 3,888-square-foot home, which is estimated to be a total loss, was evacuated safely.
The two-story house was built in 1911, and is located in the Bouldin Creek neighborhood.
Officials said the fire did about $500,000 worth of damage. The cause is still under investigation, officials said.
Cosloy sounded shaken but calm this morning. "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," he said.
Cosloy worked out of his home." [Austin Statesman]
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The diabolical team of Jay Reatard and Cat Power definitely did it.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 5:03 PM
Watch out! You might get what you're after.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 5:06 PM
Charging $30 + for vinyl will bite you in the ass.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 5:07 PM
Oh man, hope that there weren't any Railroad Jerk masters being stored there.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 5:14 PM
Aside from the awful personal loss to him and whoever else lived there, there must have been a lot of amazing musical paraphanalia in there.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 5:19 PM
Charging $30 + for vinyl will bite you in the ass.
>>
you are right.. losing all your possessions and nearly your life is definitely a fair punishment for that...
...... I'd talk about the massive record collection he probably lost but most of you guys download shit illegally anyway that you could never relate...
Stay classy BV readers..
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 5:20 PM
my old boss... good guy, but poor guy
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 5:31 PM
There goes the entire Homestead catalog.
Posted by drewo | August 11, 2009 5:37 PM
ive been listening to tons of my dad is dead lately. sorry for yr loss gerard.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 6:10 PM
Absolutely terrible news, but good to hear he is safe.
Posted by Dany | August 11, 2009 6:39 PM
@5:20
congrats. you have made the both the snobbiest and unintentionally self-referentialest post. you are literally a piece of shit, hope this helps.
anyway thats horrible to hear about his house. whether you paid for his shit or not, chances are this label was responsible for introducing everyone to lots of shit so show some respeck.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 8:06 PM
i remember getting the matador distribution mail order catalog when i was 12 years old and ordering jon spencer blues explosion stuff...ah, youth.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 8:44 PM
"self-referentialest"? Is that even a word? haha
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 9:59 PM
8:06, what the hell are you on about? i think you are targeting the wrong target in the person who posted at 5:20.
anyway, Gerard's been responsible for a fairly massive chunk of my listening and purchasing habits, and this has to really be a low point. hopefully he's got a decent insurance policy and rebounds quickly.
Posted by Anonymous | August 11, 2009 10:28 PM
his record collection was my first thought..
Posted by Anonymous | August 12, 2009 10:25 AM
"Watch out! You might get what you're after."
+1
/after having to google it
Posted by Anonymous | August 12, 2009 2:48 PM
"his record collection was my first thought.."
Yup. I'd be in tears for weeks if it happened to me.
Posted by Travis | August 12, 2009 11:43 PM
It is very sad to hear that Gerard Cosloy's house was eaten by fire. I hope that he could easily recover from this tragedy. A great and prominent person like him will surely be supported by a lot of people.
Posted by replacing boiler | May 24, 2010 5:22 AM