Steve Gilliard, Dead at 41 (Audio Interview With Steve)
I was very saddened to learn of Steve Gilliard’s untimely death at age 41. Over the last couple of years, my husband Mark and I had the pleasure of spending some fun times with Steve at sundry blogger barbecues at the Queens, New York home of Julia of Sisyphus Shrugged. In fact, during one of those barbecues back in September 2005, I did a short outdoor interview with Steve (just 90 seconds). You can hear my audio interview with Steve Gilliard right here.
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[…] Madeleine Kane provides a short audio interview with Steve. […]
[…] I didn’t know Steve personally but I always enjoyed his commentary and his wit. He will be missed… Big Tent Democrat on TalkLeft, Jane Hamsher on FireDogLake, Jill on Brilliant at Breakfast, Mole333 on CultureKitchen, Kevin on American Street, Sara on Orcinus, Digby, Madeleine at MadKane, Bob Geiger on AlterNet, Julia at Sisyphus Shrugged, and Meteor Blades on DKos all express their condolences. […]
Steve Gilliard 1966-2001…
I don’t know why I feel this overwhelming sadness at Steve Gilliard’s loss. I really didn’t know him at all….
[…] Update 2: Via Jon Swift, here is a round-up of posts about Steve: Tom Watson, American Street, Firedoglake, Mad Kane’s Political Madness (featuring a short interview with Steve), Sisyphus Shrugged, AlterNet.org, Daily Kos, skippy the bush kangaroo, State of the Day, The Carpetbagger Report, TalkLeft, August J. Pollak, Jesus’ General, All Spin Zone, the talking dog, The Impolitic, Happy Furry Puppy Story, The Democratic Daily, culturekitchen, Comments From Left Field, Brilliant at Breakfast, Digby, Orcinus, Avedon Carol’s The Sideshow, Meteor Blades, Making Light, Shakesville, Off the Kuff […]
I saw the news posted on TPM this morning and I cried out loud. And then I wimpered like a baby for someone I’ve never met.
Steve was so reliable. A real fighter. A real blood-boiler. One of the good guys. He could be funny as hell, too, couldn’t he?
He never ever moaned about his health. Hell, he never even mentioned it in passing. I had no idea and, from comments left on his blog when he went into hospital in February, I realized I wasn’t the only regular who had no idea.
What a smart guy. What an interesting read: Iraq, American history, the military, local and US politics, food, drink, music.
I’ll miss him dearly.
[…] UPDATE: Thanks to Jon Swift, a compendium of links and tributes – some great (and sad) reading: American Street, Firedoglake, Mad Kane’s Political Madness (featuring a short interview with Steve), Sisyphus Shrugged, AlterNet.org, Daily Kos, skippy the bush kangaroo, State of the Day, The Carpetbagger Report, TalkLeft, August J. Pollak, Jesus’ General, All Spin Zone, the talking dog, The Impolitic, Happy Furry Puppy Story, The Democratic Daily, culturekitchen, Comments From Left Field, Brilliant at Breakfast, Digby, Orcinus, Avedon Carol’s The Sideshow, Meteor Blades, Making Light, Off the Kuff. […]
Sad news.
[…] Powerful farewells from Sara at Orcinus. Digby. Peter Dauo. Jane Hamsher. Jon Swift and Tom Watson have tributes and more links. Kid Oakland wrote this “For Steve Gilliard” while Steve was ill back in March. People have been pointing out their favorite Gilliard pieces, like his Colonial Warfare series or 2003’s prescient “How Iraq Could Devolve Into Civil War“. Meteor Blades picked “Abusing History.” WhiskeyFire pointed out Steve’s work on Civility. Lots of folks picked “I’m a Fighting Liberal.” The NY Times blog wrote a piece. Mad Kane has an audio interview with Steve. Thanks to the General for the graphic I borrowed. […]
[…] UPDATE: Thanks to Jon Swift, a compendium of links and tributes – some great (and sad) reading: American Street, Firedoglake, Mad Kane’s Political Madness (featuring a short interview with Steve), Sisyphus Shrugged, AlterNet.org, Daily Kos, skippy the bush kangaroo, State of the Day, The Carpetbagger Report, TalkLeft, August J. Pollak, Jesus’ General, All Spin Zone, the talking dog, The Impolitic, Happy Furry Puppy Story, The Democratic Daily, culturekitchen, Comments From Left Field, Brilliant at Breakfast, Digby, Orcinus, Avedon Carol’s The Sideshow, Meteor Blades, Making Light, Off the Kuff. Note: that wonderful photo above is by Lindsay Beyerstein. […]
[…] UPDATE: Thanks to Jon Swift, a compendium of links and tributes – some great (and sad) reading: American Street, Firedoglake, Mad Kane’s Political Madness (featuring a short interview with Steve), Sisyphus Shrugged, AlterNet.org, Daily Kos, skippy the bush kangaroo, State of the Day, The Carpetbagger Report, TalkLeft, August J. Pollak, Jesus’ General, All Spin Zone, the talking dog, The Impolitic, Happy Furry Puppy Story, The Democratic Daily, culturekitchen, Comments From Left Field, Brilliant at Breakfast, Digby, Orcinus, Avedon Carol’s The Sideshow, Meteor Blades, Making Light, Off the Kuff. Note: that wonderful photo above is by Lindsay Beyerstein. […]