RIP :(
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
There's no doubt, Martin was a genuinely good chap.
One of my favourite ever pieces on Freaky Trigger, it's a really good way of remembering how Martin wore his great intelligence and his great insight lightly: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2004/11/everything-they-say-about-soul-is-wrong/
― Tim, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, up the Gasheads.
Awful news. RIP :(
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
So sad. RIP Martin. x
― jed_, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't know Martin but I'm very sorry to all his friends for their loss. It seems like a lot of people around here loved him. :( RIP.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Echoing everyone else here. RIP Martin. Will go to The Gas and think of you.
― 50,000 raspberries with the face of Peter Ndlovu (aldo), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i didnt know Martin, but you could tell that he was a good guy, and he always had interesting shit to say about a bunch of different subjects.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
What a wonderful person, I don't know what to say. I'm so glad I knew him.
― teeny, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Martin was one of the first ILX people I got to know when I first came here a decade ago and I always enjoyed chatting with him either here or over IM. This is a bit of a shock because I haven't been in close touch with him recently. We all lost one of the good guys today. :(
― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no, this is so sad. rip, martin.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
:(
― I'm goin' hongrø-øøøøøøøøøøø (crüt), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
. . .
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP. Fuck you, cancer.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Terrible news. He will be missed.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
So sad to hear this. He went out of his way to make me feel part of the wider ILX family when I felt like a total outsider, and I was always very grateful for that. RIP Martin and, yet again, a hearty 'fuck you' to cancer.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Such sad news, RIP Martin. I knew he'd been ill for several months and now hugely regret not having seen him in that time. Martin was one of the first ILXers I can remember meeting in the pub, as well as one of the friendliest and most sincere. And such enthusiasm, not just for pop music, I've never known anyone read like Martin - even this month he reviewed 10 books on his Livejournal, that's kind of inspirational.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
this is very sad. RIP, and my sincerest condolences to those of you who knew him well.
― 69, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
so sorry to hear it. RIP.
― apihopatcong weehawkul (get bent), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
oh no, that's terrible. RIP Martin.
― if you hipster on your fixie tonight, dont forget, wear black. amen. (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Awful. I remember meeting him in NY around 2005(?) and he was an incredibly nice, smart guy, and of course a great poster as well. He will be missed. RIP.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow. He was contributing to the Singles Jukebox as recently as yesterday. (Wish he could've gone out on a better track.) RIP.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
being that prolific while being so sick is really quite remarkable. rip.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
One hell of a bar billiards player as well.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
My memories, too brief and incomplete.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP Martin.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
x-post - That was really touching, Ned.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP...really sad.
― LocalGarda, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Rest In Peace Martin. And thank you for all you gave.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
That made me tear up, Ned.
― online pinata store (Nicole), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
He truly was one of the good guys, in every way. RIP Martin, and fuck you, cancer.
― Aphex Twin … in my vagina? (Karen D. Tregaskin), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Thank you all kindly. I was crying as I wrote it.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Really lovely piece, Ned. RIP Martin.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
so sad.
i didn't know him but he seemed very brilliant on ilx.
― amada thuggindiss (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
― why delonge face? (unregistered), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
very sad. despite his infamous frankness, the one word that always applied to him was "gentleman". RIP Martin.
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
rip, always seemed like such a good-hearted and intelligent guy.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Just heard this. So sad...
― publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Did not know him IRL but was fond of him as a poster--very sorry news and my condolences to the friends and family who will miss him so :(
― quincie, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I was just wondering how he was doing, and if he was getting any better. Fuck. RIP.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP, and sorry to all the ilxors that knew him better than I did.
― CH3C(O)N(CH3)2 (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry to all his friends, and selfishly, that I never met him. adieu.
― you call it trollin' i call it steamrollin' (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP Martin. echoing everyone's thoughts here - sorry I never got to know him but he was indeed one of ILX's best posters, and someone I remember who was incredibly nice to me when I first joined. Condolences to his family and all of those here who knew him.
― Roz, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Rest in peace Martin :(
― a million anons (onimo), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
really sorry and sad to hear about this. his posts were a highlight of my early ILX experience.
― T-T lonely lullaby T-T (reddening), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Damn. One of the few ilxors I've met irl and he was lovely, gracious and friendly. He raised the level of discourse here with intelligence and wit. I was sad that he felt he had to stop posting here and enjoyed it when I would bump into one of his posts on FT or elswhere. Just hope he's at peace now...RIP
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Very sad, RIP.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
only know him as a great presence on a lot of classic threads here, but he was always so engaged & good humoured, this is very sad.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link