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

let those who matter to you know it while you can, when you can.  If you’re too shy or embittered to manage i, that’s alright, too.  Maybe you’ve got boxes of stuff you can argue with.   Normal programming will resume next week most likely, at which time there will be an introductory announcement that is either 100% hyperbolic or seeks to avenge some sort of slight (real or imagined)  - possibly a...

if you’ll allow me to put on my investigative journalism cap for a momement (not unlike the one Jim Belushi is sporting in this still from Oliver Stone’s “Salvador”, another example of reporters operating under great pressure), I have decided this week to tackle a question that has most likely been plaguing each and every one of you.  WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH “YUM” AT THE END OF THE BANDCAMP DOWNL...

For the few of you who didn’t catch the news late Monday night, my ben white blvd storage container was the subject of an (UNANNOUNCED) federal search and seizure. Unlike another raid that took place some 1300 miles east, I would like to assure my friends and associates that I am cooperating 100%,  no 110% with this investigation. When the dust clears (and trust me, it’s pretty fucking dusty in th...

  so i hope we know each other well enough that i can confide in you a weird, reoccurring dream I have every year around the end of July/start of August. I’m standing on the infield grass at Citi Field and I’m crying. Sobbing, uncontrollably. I’ve been told I’ve been traded and I don’t want to go. And I’m wailing away out there for the entire world to see. I get back to the dugout and it turns out...

welcome to episode 113 of the program  fig 1 : rules for entry to Lawrence’s pad (taken from ‘Lawrence Of Belgravia’, 2011, Paul Kelly), almost word for word the same sign I’ve had posted above my front door since moving to Austin some 18 years ago (there’s a few minor changes, see below).  It’s worked out almost as well for me as it has for Lawrence — my residence is largely handprint / wetness f...

the cover of the new issue of Time Magazine declares “INTO THE METAVERSE : The Next Digital Era Will Change Everything”, to which I can only say I sure as fuck hope so because the current digital era BLOWS.  I had a series of meetings with a gang of Austin tech pencil necks who devised a scheme in which this show would jettison the tired, played-out podcast/mixcloud format and it’s triple digit (a...

As we hit episode #111, far too many of you are consumed with the burning question, “is it appropriate to wear a Falling Down Fuckface t-shirt to a congressional hearing”? You might as wonder aloud about wearing a Fang shirt to a job interview (which might work out quite well if the position was selling Fang merch), it means little to me as I’m devoted to staying above the fray. No distractions. E...

for episode 110, I’ve chosen to reflect upon the 487th anniversary of the death of Sir Thomas More, beheaded on this day in 1535 for his refusal to accept King Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England. From one great humanist (More) to another (me), it’s difficult to reconcile that Sir Thomas was the same age as me upon his execution, however there is some solace in knowing he died doing wh...

following up from another recent IG post, the televised revelation that is Dean Cain’s “Masters Of Illusion” (it’s been on for nearly a decade  — this is a hiding in plain sight of nearly Byron Allen-esque proportions) led me to investigate whether or not Cain had ever booked illusionist supreme DAVID SLEAZE on the program.  The sprawling wiki entry from Sleaze’s alter ego, character actor/filmmak...

the heat’s been absolutely brutal in this part of the country over the past few weeks and with the launch of episode 108, I had to do something to address air conditioning issues in what i will optimistically call my “home studio”.  Through a third party who shall remain nameless (OK, I forgot his name), arrangements were made to sublease a portion of Taylor, TX’s SST Superstore, however, upon arr...

presumably you've all seen this week's story about Google silencing one of their own engineers for claiming the company's A.I. had become sentient, which was surprising on multiple levels.  For starters, I had no idea Allen Iverson was working for Google, but beyond that, of course he's sentient. I really don't understand how that's a controversial statement.

before we find ourselves in the midst* of episode 106 of The Radio Hour That Feels like Two Hours, I much as i respect your right to your (screwy) opinions, I no longer wish to read another sentence about the many historical inaccuracies in Hulu’s Count Bishops TV series.   It’s not a documentary, folks. If it were, it would’ve been directed by Dziga Vertov.     There’s no Count Bishops songs on t...

For episode 105, let’s consider that in this era of Thomas J. Henry spending untold zillions to convince the state of Texas he’s not the T-800 in a six thousand dollar suit, we can instead recall a simpler time, when criminal attorney Betty Blackwell referenced her own late night television advertisement in a subsequent advertisement that swapped out the perp’s photo for something that looked vagu...

when I was growing up, calls for firearm regulation were often met with the reply, “if guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.” Look back on this piece of logic, no one would want to live in a society where the men responsible for “Green Grass & High Tides” were toting guns, however it doesn’t seem as though it would be very difficult to keep an eye on them (even with all the lineup ch...

 Third prize is Curtis Stigers. Fourth prize Is Curtis from Taang (which auto-correct changes to “Curtis from Twang”, which really doesn’t resonate the same way). There is no fifth prize. I’m not made of prizes.

Much the way Marc Maron is late to the party when it comes to appreciating Seth Putnam's vast oeuvre, I have been late to the party when it comes to contracting you-know-what. I was not, however, about to let omicron ba.2 prevent me from completing episode 102 of this program, and if you think I'm the sort of person who is above milking this scenario in order to ensure a few extra listen...

It’s funny how our interests and fears can merge when we’re sleeping. Maybe not funny “ha ha”, With the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, my mind is certainly in one place and last night I found myself dreaming that noted reproductive rights advocate Tie Domi had pulled Joseph Alito’s robe over the latter’s head and proceeded to pummel the 72 year-old Supreme Court Justice. While this was happeni...

for episode 100, I resisted the temptation to take a victory lap — not out of modesty, but rather because it’s a rather long lap around the block and I twisted my ankle falling over 12XU overstock the other day.  Instead, keeping a mindful eye on court proceedings taking place in Virginia, I thought we could deal with EXORCISING the self-pitying testimony (if not the entire visage) of the trial’s...

if Faxed Head can form, rehearse and record in a taco bell’s mensroom, I see no reason why Reggie Miller cannot live in a Wendy’s - comparatively, there’s more than enough space.  But this also got me to thinking — in light of director Craig Zobel receiving so much acclaim for “Mare Of Easttown”, WHAT IF  he could be compelled to film a prequel to his 2012 effort “Compliance”, though on this occas...

for the 98th edition of this program, we're taking a hard look at the possibility the 2008 exploits of Australian party monster Corey Worthington --- a former guest of the show --- would inspire some sort of Southern Hemisphere oneupmanship in the residency destruction sweepstakes. I thought I had it bad in this neighborhood -- there's a home on the adjacent street where I don't thi...

A very wise man in the financial sector once coined the phrase “grow or die” and since I am not a fan of dying, I am pleased to announced a ten percent share in this show has now been acquired by ATL social media sensation Darius Coooks.    I recently took Coook’s online MASTERCLASS, “Unstoppable : How To Create A Winning Brand When Everyone Wants You To Lose” and was blown away by his powerful me...

for episode 96, I've taken a slight detour --- shortly after the one hour mark, there's a lengthy interview with Max Meehan and Justin Bissonette the curatorial minds behind Austin independent wrestling company Inspire A.D. (FKA Inspire Pro)  It would take several hours to properly detail these individuals' accomplishments as developers of talent so instead I just glossed over it.  ...

A lot of thought went into the preparation of episode 95 of this program so I'm slightly frustrated upon learning it's debut is going head to head with the Lifetime Movie Network's "Mommy's Deadly Con-Artist" ("after Denise (Jackie Harry) loses her husband, she is determined to find who did it, which leads her to tracking down Stephanie and her 'mother.&apos...

For episode 94, I would like to openly confess that I am just more than a little bit conflicted about doing this show right in the middle of WFMU’s annual marathon — the last thing I would want to do is undermine their fund-raising efforts even slightly by streaming a show that is so utterly fantastically entertaining, all other programs — online or off — seem feeble by comparison.  So with that i...

This week’s planned and carefully researched episode, “Top New 20 Bands For The Music Trade Fair Jamal Khashoggi Would’ve Recommended Had He Not Been Hacked To Death” was scrapped at the last minute on the advice of the program’s legal counsel. He put it to me in terms even I could understand :  “listening to Disappears’ extensive back catalog = good. Getting disappeared = bad.” So with that firml...