Never knew Bimble and I can't recall seeing his posts here, but just from reading this thread it seems like he was an incredible dude and the world is lesser for his not being here anymore. RIP dude.
― kshighway, Thursday, 6 August 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Suicide is such a shit...
RIP Bimble....
My thoughts are with those who knew him better than me...
― Jack Battery-Pack, Thursday, 6 August 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't feel like I have anything else to add but this is very sad.
RIP.
― sleeve, Thursday, 6 August 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
a youtube post for the master of youtube posts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5P0v0kGauc
― irritating freepers and morbsists alike (get bent), Thursday, 6 August 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
It seems as if anything I write here will only add to my already gargantuan self-absorption (even with this sentence...is using "self-regard" chickenshit? is wondering if it's chicken shit just more self-absorption?). But what can I say? Bimble hurt me and I responded in kind. After the SB, I opened up communication with him again and it seemed as if things were going well. And by "going well" I mean that it seemed as if he was making an effort to relate on a less manic level. But deep, deep down, I suspected that Bimble might not have wanted that, that banal, even-keeled communication was a sort of end for him. Or maybe he couldn't find a midpoint. I don't know.
Maybe saying nothing at all would've been the best tribute to him.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 6 August 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Holy shit, this is awful.
Bimble was an ilxor to whom I felt a tiny connection because of some silly decided minority shared opinion (we both liked a Police song that everyone else hates) and his quirky posting style became comforting in its familiarity and frequency. So much enthusiasm - it'll be hard for me to read his old posts as threads get revived and not wonder how much of that was desperation.
My condolences to Mark's friends and family members, including the ones who already posted here. This is really sad.
RIP Bimble (more goth than anyone)
― Stop wishing death on people just for the cool thread titles (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 6 August 2009 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
(yeesh, prolly should've changed that display name before posting)
― New display name coming soon (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Incrediby sad news. Poor fella. RIP.
― bidfurd, Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
it might be a compliment to surmounter that i always regarded him and bimble as a kind of enthusiasm tag team and on the days when both were simultaneously *on* it was fun to watch.
― omar little, Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:08 (fourteen years ago) link
very sad, take care
one of us
― cozwn (webinar), Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone, They shall have stars at elbow and foot; Though they go mad they shall be sane, Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again; Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion. Under the windings of the sea They lying long shall not die windily; Twisting on racks when sinews give way, Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break; Faith in their hands shall snap in two, And the unicorn evils run them through; Split all ends up they shan't crack; And death shall have no dominion.
And death shall have no dominion. No more may gulls cry at their ears Or waves break loud on the seashores; Where blew a flower may a flower no more Lift its head to the blows of the rain; Though they be mad and dead as nails, Heads of the characters hammer through daisies; Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:26 (fourteen years ago) link
i definitely was a dick to him once or twice, but backed off. it seemed like he mostly posted on ILX while drunk, and internetting while drinking is something I was definitely guilty of in the early/mid-90's when I still drank. I think what I probably reacted to in him was seeing some parts of myself that I didn't really care for; he was mostly enthusiastic, but it seemed a bit like a train wreck. I backed off when I realized that, because random stranger being a dick isn't really helping. I hope he found whatever peace he was searching.
― akm, Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:40 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe he loved music too much. he was so incredibly serious about it. in the last couple of years i have been fighting with my fading interest in music. somehow i adored his enthusiasm but on the other hand i found it rather immature, it reminded of the joni mitchell song from "hejira" where she shouts "grow up". maybe that is a good tribute to bimble. which must mean straying around, looking for something and not finding it. and going on.
A Strange BoyA strange boy is weavingA course of grace and havocOn a yellow skateboardThru midday sidewalk trafficJust when I think he's foolish and childishAnd I want him to be manlyI catch my fool and my childNeeding love and understandingWhat a strange, strange boyHe still lives with his familyEven the war and the navycouldn't bring him to maturityHe keeps referring back to school daysAnd clinging to his childFidgeting and bulliedHis crazy wisdom holding onto something wildHe asked me to be patientWell I failed"Grow up!" I criedAnd as, the smoke was clearing he said"Give me one good reason why!"What a strange, strange boyHe sees the cars as sets of wavesSequences of mass and spaceHe sees the damage in my faceWe got high on travelAnd we got drunk on alcoholAnd on love the strongest poison and medicine of allSee how that feeling comes and goesLike the pull of moon on tidesNow I am surf risingNow parched ribs of sand at his sideWhat a strange, strange boyI gave him clothes and jewelryI gave him my warm bodyI gave him power over meA thousand glass eyes were staringIn a cellar full of antique dollsI found an old pianoAnd sweet chords rose up in waxed New England hallsWhile the boarders were snoringUnder crisp white sheets of curfewWe were newly lovers thenWe were fire in the stiff-blue-haired-house-rules
A strange boy is weavingA course of grace and havocOn a yellow skateboardThru midday sidewalk trafficJust when I think he's foolish and childishAnd I want him to be manlyI catch my fool and my childNeeding love and understanding
What a strange, strange boyHe still lives with his familyEven the war and the navycouldn't bring him to maturity
He keeps referring back to school daysAnd clinging to his childFidgeting and bulliedHis crazy wisdom holding onto something wildHe asked me to be patientWell I failed"Grow up!" I criedAnd as, the smoke was clearing he said"Give me one good reason why!"
What a strange, strange boyHe sees the cars as sets of wavesSequences of mass and spaceHe sees the damage in my face
We got high on travelAnd we got drunk on alcoholAnd on love the strongest poison and medicine of allSee how that feeling comes and goesLike the pull of moon on tidesNow I am surf risingNow parched ribs of sand at his side
What a strange, strange boyI gave him clothes and jewelryI gave him my warm bodyI gave him power over me
A thousand glass eyes were staringIn a cellar full of antique dollsI found an old pianoAnd sweet chords rose up in waxed New England hallsWhile the boarders were snoringUnder crisp white sheets of curfewWe were newly lovers thenWe were fire in the stiff-blue-haired-house-rules
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP. I hope it was quick and painless and you're at peace now.
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 6 August 2009 20:55 (fourteen years ago) link
i forgot: whenever i hear from something who has killed himself i find that extremely courageous. it is the decision i respect most, the one which is most human. as nobody has asked us if we wanted to live on this planet before we where born.
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I won't get behind that.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:11 (fourteen years ago) link
o_0
― 3 mods 1 banhammer (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I had been stupidly holding off posting here because I didn't feel I had anything remotely useful to say. Dumb. Who does? RIP. And good wishes to all of you who knew him better than I did.
― nabisco, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiP8H_B3dOk
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:15 (fourteen years ago) link
I wonder how he would have felt about his RIP thread next to that of John Hughes?
― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:22 (fourteen years ago) link
He'd have loved it.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
one of us. RIP.
― im a fucking unicorn you douchebags (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
aw fuck bimble why
didn't know him but our shared love of swans n foetus n the fall n such ensured we crossed paths frequently on ILM
RIP you crazy enthusiastic goth maniac
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh jeez, this is fucked up. Feel so sad for Bimble and all his friends on here. You got such a sense of how intensely this guy loved music, it's sort of scary thinking about how that intensity of feeling might have translated into other parts of his life. Sweet dreams Bimble.
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Also I can't help thinking about what a shit year this has been for Seattle folks here :(
― Joerg Hi Dere (NickB), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Sad News, R.I.P
― Oppenheimer's Deadly Toy (Boxing Kangaroo), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
damn, that fucking sucks. He sent me a strange love note on an older account that I forgot to respond to a few months ago... hopefully it didn't contribute to any composite effect. One of the few posters on here who I truly liked. :{{{
― Spectrum, Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i didn't know the guy, but i hope he is r-ing in p, more p than he had yesterday or the day before.
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 6 August 2009 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
wow. what a terrible tragedy.
― max, Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
condolences to his friends and family - I loved his posts and will definitely miss them/him ... I have some people close to me dealing with depression/mental illness and this has pushed me to check in with them a bit more and be there for 'em
― BlackIronPrison, Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I am totally shocked by this news, his post-punk music blog i read via bloglines and bimble was always a friendly positive contributor on ilm
― djmartian, Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
My condolences to all. RIP.
― barry totoro (suzy), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
ah shit, he was an awesome guy. RIP.
― wilter, Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
man, i thought out of anyone he would keep on keeping on but i didnt know him like that tbh. be in peace brother
― yosemi to me like a valley (tremendoid), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:47 (fourteen years ago) link
damn, that's just terrible. RIP and my condolences to everyone here who knew him.
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I only interacted with him once or twice but he was, yeah, such an enthusiastic poster and stray posts of his made me dig out and relisten to tons of albums to see if I could feel something of that enthusiasm. RIP, & my condolences to those close to him.
― la belle dame sans serif (c sharp major), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i didnt know him but the enthusiasm in his posts was often so infectious. rip bimble, i'll miss you.
― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Thursday, 6 August 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
v few interactions with bimble, occasional AIM chat, but sad to hear of someone in a situation where they felt they needed to do what he did.
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Thursday, 6 August 2009 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not quite sure what to say other than 'RIP.' And also thank you for introducing me to a lot of excellent music. And I hope you're dancing to the radio with Ian Curtis.
― Tape Store, Friday, 7 August 2009 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
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― joeks, bruv will tear us apart (k3vin k.), Friday, 7 August 2009 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm really sad to hear this. i didn't know him or interact with him outside of ILM threads, and i didn't know anything about any of his personal issues (except for the mood swings that were obvious in his posts). but like lots of other people have said, i loved his enthusiasm, especially since it often overlapped in improbable ways with things i love. and i liked his blog (and told him so) and got some good stuff off it. he seemed like an interesting guy who i would have been happy to get a drink with.
he got sort of typically ecstatic when i posted this video on a big country thread he'd revived, so i'll do it again (and probably will always associate this song with him from now on):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k626lSsx0uA
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 August 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkNIQ24QxPI
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Friday, 7 August 2009 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I was unkind to him on more than a few occasions (always in jest, of course), but he always seemed to take it well! He was certainly a distinct character and this is very sad news. RIP
― admrl, Friday, 7 August 2009 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I just saw this thread. I can barely believe this, RIP Bimble.
― Enjoy your exciting tour of market research! (Z S), Friday, 7 August 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I knew him and talked to him off-board, but blocked him on AIM a while back after he randomly screamed at me while drunk. I'm happy that he did have so many ilxors who were willing to put the time in w/ him and I guess I feel guilty for not being there til the end, but I just wasn't interested in getting involved w/ the train wreck.
We had v. v. similar taste in music - it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that our friendship was basically built on talking about John Cale. I introduced him to some stuff that seemed to make his life temporarily more bearable, so I guess I can tell myself I ended up being a net positive.
RIP
― iatee, Friday, 7 August 2009 00:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh shit, oh shit :( I think, deep down, I saw this coming. I felt something in Mark that was dark and unreachable when he'd talk to me, and when he was at his darkest/most flailing on here. I always feared this day would come but I dismissed my mind as making its own drama.
I could have been a better email pal to him, we used to talk more than we have recently, but like some other people have said I just didn't know how to handle the depth of his despair.
I'm very sad now.
― My boss say I can't not do this (Trayce), Friday, 7 August 2009 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
i see some of myself in the way mark was. i cling to music, and to ilx, in a world that often confuses me. i think ilx is a sort of safety net for a lot of people, and it's really sad to see that it didn't end up being enough for him.
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Friday, 7 August 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Also from the glam rock thread:
But where would I be without ILM? Without ILXors? NOWHERE, that's where.― Where's All The Hippies? Fuck off! (Bimble), Friday, July 3, 2009 10:23 AM (1 month ago)
― Where's All The Hippies? Fuck off! (Bimble), Friday, July 3, 2009 10:23 AM (1 month ago)
Such an enthusiastic guy. He'll be missed.
― ken tynan's spanking buddy (sciolism), Friday, 7 August 2009 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
(meant to post that in the other thread, but I guess it's more appropriate here.)
― ken tynan's spanking buddy (sciolism), Friday, 7 August 2009 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
I just read the Kate Bush song surm posted in the ILM thread and I have tears in my eyes now which isn't good at work. :(
― My boss say I can't not do this (Trayce), Friday, 7 August 2009 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link