M4rk Cr4ig (aka Bimble) RIP

yeah but he died on sat night

xpost yeah, that's why I felt the need to point it out.

@Turangalila, thanks for telling that. I've had the same thing, image, on my mind as Curtis and Pfunkboy..

the fuck is klonopin. is that like valium or something?

yes

once i took valium, and i shouldn't have. felt good though!

Katy Perry in 10 yrs.

I'm really sad he missed getting hyped about the Stone Roses rerelease.

also Abbott don't rely too much on klonopin or before you know it your anxieties will be 10x greater from withdrawals. just based on personal encounters w/rx drug abuse + depression

Ah no worries, I haven't done it since that day & before that not since March. It's like a for-emergencies-only thing. thx for the kind advice tho (not sarcasm).

anyway, yeah, I am very sorry, if nothing else

Just read Drew's tribute on Pfork this morning -- I spend most of my time on ILM so hadn't come across this thread/news. Just shocked and saddened... We emailed from time to time and Mark always seemed full of life, granted he was talking about the Bunnymen shoe with the full orchestra that he had recently seen, or some other passion of his at the moment. I knew he was troubled but never knew the extent of it, or that it may have come to such an end. RIP, Mark -- we'll see you on the other side, someday.

link?

Its on Pitchfork ffs, Google broken?

i looked on pitchfork - it wasn't on the front page and the search didn't turn up anything.

Scroll down the page:

http://pitchfork.com/features/guest-lists/7698-guest-list-2000s-edition/3

Sorry that was a snotty response and certainly not in the spirit of this thread.

wow <3 drew for that entire article :)

Bimble's suicide still gets to me a few times a day, every day.

Yeah I often think of certain bands or songs he loved and get sad.

I think of him every time I play The Velvets.

I've been listening to Bruce Hornsby for the first time since I was a kid (parents were big fans) due to Bimble, and think of him when I listen. The music's obvs dated, but it sounds fantastic! so catchy.

also, agreed Drew's article is terrific.

Yeah it is, <3 Drew for what you wrote. Unlike Momus and his unpleasant aggrandising lies.

thats a really nice tribute.

Bimble's suicide still gets to me a few times a day, every day.

me too. I still come across albums that I want to make his fuckin day with.

I'm glad you guys are cool with it, I wasn't really sure about talking about Bimble in public and on another site as if I had some particular expertise or right to do so, but the more I thought about it, I finally just decided that it felt appropriate in the context of remembering things that gave us pleasure and meant something. Mostly I wish Bimble was alive to talk shit online with; just yesterday I was listening to Felt and thought "I wonder if Bimble thinks . . ." and then went, oh, right.

It was very appropriate and very well done.

Seconded. I'm glad you wrote it.

Me too, and Curtis otm with what he said. Everytime i hear something or read about something i still feel the urge to pass on the links to Bimble knowing he would love it.

great piece, yeah, and v cool of p4k to allow it!

thoughtful and thought-provoking. thanks NPS.

(glad I missed that momus stuff/what a prick)

was reading through the whole Guest List thingy on the bus tonight, without seeing this revive - Drew's was so wonderful, and so out of place, that I wish they'd given it at least its own page of the section.

I want to link Bimble to this so bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxZX8LpFOKo

oh wow

I'm pretty sure that I never had any interaction with Bimble. None that I can remember. But his passing, and the sentiments and feelings expressed on this thread really make me realize how important this board is.

I would obviously prefer that there were one more registered user online. RIP, Bimble.

Well, roxy, you managed to bring a tear (oh hell, a dozen) to my eyes.

Yes it's the same here. Very beautiful.

I still feel bad that I never responded to any of his emails. Of course it seemed a bit odd at the time to receive them, considering how discreet I've always been here. Now I realise that because of my stupid shyness, I missed the occasion to know someone like him better.

No reason to feel guilty, Jamie.

i never got an e-mail by him though we were often participating in the same threads and often i had the impression he was my alter ego. he liked more or less the same bands. sometimes i felt caught when he eulogized a song or album i had wanted to praise before but had forgotten about. lots of weird coincidences with bimble.

You can spot a few tears on this recording, because this was our last day together in school.

A few tears here too (I am a big soppy). Thanks for posting rozy.

I think Bimble would have fucking loved that.

I think he would have loved to see them getting hugs with Stevie Nicks too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgRfpkzN48
(very low audio - but that's beside the point)
(maybe he did see this - I see it was posted up at the beginning of July - I hope so)

awful news :(

rip Bimble, one of the most genuine and likeable posters on the entire board if this thread isn't proof enough of that already.

for me, much kate bush, but especially "the ninth wave," belongs to bimble now & always

john hughes + bimble passed away within days of each other. subsequently I was listening to a bunch of hughes soundtracks and I will likely never hear this again without thinking of bimble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw1fqgg42vo

</3 ;_; </3

oh god, even before i knew bimble that track turned me into a sobbing mess whenever i heard it.

yup, still turns me into a sobbing mess. one of my best friends has sort of disappeared (as in no one knows where he is, if he's stil alive, etc) , and i remember sitting in his house, listening to that song, being high as fuck on lots of bad c0ke and just losing our shit together, just collapsing. argh.

okay, i'm all right. just had to get that out.

one of my best friends has sort of disappeared

Oh table I'm so sorry to hear that :(

<3 that 'Pictures of You' vid

;_;

Delurk ... discovering Kate Bush was a pretty big deal for me. When I mentioned it here Bimble responded in the tone of the music freak mentor I'd have loved to have. It was nice to have someone give a shit.