The Gerard Cosloy Radio Hour (That Feels Like Two Hours)

a faulty microphone cable briefly derailed my long story about boring a fellow airline passenger with an even longer story about Boston's DMZ (or more to the point, my DMZ shirt) yesterday. The entire experience left me so disoriented and disillusioned, I misidentified Peter Greenberg as "Jeff Greenberg".  I apologize to all listeners (and Peter Greenberg) for the lack of profession...

there was a considerable amount of frustration last week following the announcement a media outlet that at one time seemed part of the fabric of everyone’s routine was essentially being shut down by ownership. And while I would never applaud anyone losing their jobs, in the case of The Hard Times, yeah, this was a moment for celebration.  Fuck that unfunny pseudo-Onion-putting-the-tired-in-satire...

There’s an old saying in the streaming radio business ;  you have forever to organize your first show, but you only have 1330 days to prepare for your 190th.      I’m no making excuses, far from it.  I’ve always been the type to embrace a challenge, even with the clock ticking, so to speak. And I’m pretty sure I’d not be able to successfully complete such monumental tasks were it not for the examp...

I am going to assume most of you heard about the host of a recent (bullshit) awards show bombing so badly his name will now be forever associated with BOMBING BADLY. While I would not watch such a program even if you paid me $300 (though might reconsider for $350), I am not without empathy for this person as his profession is quite difficult. I only know one joke (it's the one about the guy t...

2024 resolutions for the show   1) as I’ve been bereft of ideas for at least 3 years, lean on @bogstandard2 for all programming decisions (he’s responsible of this week’s Su Lyn selection)  2) when Mark runs out of ideas in 4-5 weeks, segue to an ALL-FANG FORMAT. Nothing but Fang, every show.     3) after the initial FANG BUMP, listenership will drop to the low double digits at which point I’ll an...

Prior to the taping of the LAST EPISODE OF 2023, I photographed the automotive monstrosity above in the parking lot of East 7th Street's H.E.B. and decided to hang around for a bit in order see what sort of person would willingly own such a thing. I'll admit, I had my own preconceptions. Perhaps it was a Tesla exec looking to create a "viral" moment.  Or maybe it would be someo...

this week’s show is devoted to identifying which product —if any — can be called “the Furby of Xmas 2023” (actual Furbies made in 2023 are ineligible as they’re substantially less popular than The Replacements ‘Tim’ remixes box, currently half off at online retail because everyone knows if you get one for a kid you’ll be done for child abuse). Apparently it’s someone or something called a Squishma...

Dear Friends, presumably you've seen or read about the TikTok manifesto recited by a semi-popular recording artist deeply aggrieved over the somewhat muted launch for a new recording project. Please understand that while I've not seen the rant or heard the album in question, I wholeheartedly applaud any and all efforts to BLAME THE AUDIENCE (especially if takes the heat off long-suffered...

I wasted precious minutes / brain cells this week reading about the modern phenomena dubbed “The Envy Office”. Though I’ve come to understand that every occasion in life — from hotel stays to medical procedures to Static-X reunions to self-immolations - is meant to be a  gramable moment, please understand that this program stands in stark opposition to such craven behavior. Congrats on having a jo...

sincere apologies for the plethora of engineering errors on this week's program --- I've been up very late the last several nights trying to locate the second episode of "Tattingers" (1988) in which Stephen Collins' titular character tangles with a young provocateur quite obviously based on Peter Missing. While I remember this (awful) episode quite vividly, I've not b...

I'm sure you were all shocked to read reports out of Australia this morning that Anton Newcombe allegedly fired / assaulted his guitarist onstage last night (he probably has a name but I cannot be bothered to look it up) and it does seem a genuine shame that a person with so much talent / humility is prone to breaking up his own bands in such a fashion. Which poses the question, wouldn't...

It was 4 years ago today that Doug Mosurock introduced the world (well, me, anyway) to the wondrous independent cinematic achievement "Gramps Goes To College", in which a decrepit protagonist introduces an all-too-typical university campus to the joys of CRITICAL THINKING.  Widely ignored at the time, "Gramps Goes To College" has since gone on to become a cult classic in the ol...

This week’s program is a star-studded salute to Bridgewater Associates’ Ron Dalio and his valiant, one-man battle to identify, apprehend and punish whichever of his 1000 employees defiled the men’s executive toilets.  Some might consider Dalio’s response disproportionate but that’s why he has more money than god and why you and I have, well, less money than god.  RADICAL TRANSPARENCY is an anagram...

You may or may not have read yesterday’s reports of a (disgruntled) junior staffer at HBO being ordered to create burner accounts for the purpose of attacking TV critics who had the temerity to suggest The Weeknd star vehicle “The Idol” was the televised equivalent of a flaming bag of dog shit.  Unethical?  Probably.  Petty?   DON’T DO ME LIKE THAT.  I’m just happy, nah thrilled this scandal has c...

Tony Cluedo. Patch Lafeyette. Les McQueen. Bob Chagnall. Individually, their names don’t add up to much. Collectively, their ensemble, 1981 Eurovision entrants CRÈME BRÛLÉE are either one of the most important bands of the post-psych era… or one of the most important bands of the pre-psych revival era. I sometimes cannot recall which, which makes the Levitation Festival’s efforts to BAN Crème Brûl...

Last week’s passing of thespian/comic powerhouse Suzanne Somers was noted far and wide, in particular her pivotal role in shepherding the career of the reunited Wire in 1987.  As you all know, it was not a relationship that would stand the test of time ; Somers’ insistence that inviting Ex-Lion Tamers to support Wire’s first US tour in many years was “the worst idea ever”  didn’t go down well and...

this friday marks the first WFMU Record Fair since 2019 (typical dealer, shown above) and while I am deeply saddened to miss this event, I’ll be getting vicarious thrills galore seeing your successful hauls online.  Barring another global pandemic (or more likely, me oversleeping and missing my flight), I look forward to the 2024 edition and am warning all of you in advance that I am never again f...

so out of the blue some guy (who I've never met or spoken to before) insists that I intervene in a dispute between he and an ex bandmate (an acquaintance of mine) over ownership of some master tapes from the 1990's. I know nothing of the band or the recordings in question. I politely reply, stating this has zero to do with me and wish him luck resolving the matter. He responds with a ser...

 i think we’re all familiar with the phenomena of an eagerly anticipated album that has great songs but is handicapped by a confusing, murky-at-best mix, we all know there is one prominent example that has been the subject of endless debate.  I’m speaking of course of Upsidedowncross’ 1993 album, ‘Evilution’, the recording of which (with all due respect to the very talented Wharton Tiers) doesn’t...

It’s been a more difficult week than usual at TRHTFLTH HQ and I am going to try to explain why. For several years I’ve been compiling intimate conversations with some of the most important icons of our age for my first book. Interview subjects included Joey Welz, the late Curt Low, James Dolan, “Get Metsmerized” auteur George Foster, Robert “Ozn” Rosen of Ēbn/Ōzn and The Great Kat. Sadly, when doi...

as we hit episode 172, I am reminded of the time Boston’s Channel 7 — after what has to be considered an exhausting manhunt — bragged they’d secured the services of a highly touted young anchorperson with the ad campaign, “WE FOUND BRAD HOLBROOK IN A DENVER HOTEL ROOM”.  Needless to say, may of us wondered what was happening in said hotel room.      By contrast, this week’s show was entirely conce...

You may or may not have read this morning of a Swedish money laundering scheme in which "criminal networks have for several years been using money from drug deals, robberies, fraud and contract killings to pay for false Spotify streams of songs published by artists with ties to the gangs" If you're like me (and I suspect you're not), your first thought was "HOW CAN I GET I...

At least Blabbermouth.net spared us the editorializing for a change. By contrast, the fucking ghouls at METAL INJECTION went with a headline reading "Killswitch Engine's bus hit an elk but everyone is ok". Everyone? The elk didn't survive what the band are optimistically calling "an accident", and it doesn't sit well with me at all that wildlife are being snuffed...

strange times in show business for sure and while I’m not (at all convinced) Jason Whitlock-as-hitmaker is an upgrade on Anthony Fantano, I cannot plead ignorance that there’s been an astonishing amount of conversation squandered on the topic of Fudge Rounds and the People That Love Them. By contrast, not one fledgling troubadour has addressed the burning topic that is my local “FOODS OF THE WORLD...

this week's program begins with a lengthy tribute to the late Ron Peno but around the mid-way mark becomes inexplicably bogged down in a panel discussion about where the 2003 staged stabbing of "Cheaters" host Joey Greco ranks on the all-time list of televised hoaxes (then becomes bogged down even further in a heated argument where this incident ranks on the all-time list times Joey...