Tony Brummel, the iTunes/Ne-Yo-despising Victory Records proprietor and bete noir of DIY hardcore since time immemorial, appears to have crossed yet another line. Gerard Cosloy, whose Austin home burned to the ground completely in the early hours of Tuesday morning, took the Matablog today to share an email from someone claiming to be Brummel with the subject line "Good morning..." and, in the body of the message, a reproduction of a satirical Victory logo Cosloy once dreamed up, with the word KARMA appended above it. Brummel may be settling a score: like the vast majority of the independent music community, Cosloy's had his conflicts with Brummel in the past. "What he expressed to me today, however, is another story," writes Cosloy. "I think he deserves to have it widely circulated." No problem. In Cosloy's honor, we figured we'd revisit some of our favorite Tony Victory takedowns from over the years. (There are, you will not be surprised to hear, many.)

This photo is filed under "Internal Affairs, Technical Difficulties" on Cosloy's blog

Our sincere condolences to Matador's Gerard Cosloy, whose motherfucking house burned down this morning in Austin, Texas, taking with it untold amounts of alt-rock memorabilia and most of Cosloy's worldy belongings. The fire apparently did "about $500,000 worth of damage," and left a smoking ruin where Cosloy's 98-year-old, 3,888-square-foot home had previously stood. The cause of the blaze remains unknown. Everyone, including the dogs, made it out alive. "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," Cosloy told The Austin American-Statesman. Or, as he had it on his own blog: "This was a hell of a way to get out of hoovering the living room."

Matador Records co-owner loses home in early-morning fire [The Austin American-Statesman]
The End Of CSTB HQ [Can't Stop the Bleeding]