oh no
RIP
― http://bit.ly/n1ntjo (markers), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
― an excellent source of vitamins and minerals (WmC), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
ugh RIP
― remy bean, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)
This is really upsetting. RIP Martin. Wasn't expecting it as the last email i got from him was on june 21st and he said he was hoping for 2 or 3 months without treatment as the growth had stopped growing due to chemo and hoped he could put some weight back on that he had lost.
We lost a good guy.
― Armand Schaubroeck Ratfucker, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)
Really sad to hear that. RIP.
Didn't know him personally but have always enjoyed his (many, many) contributions to The Singles Jukebox, and am also really grateful to him for getting me into the manga Nana through a lovely piece about it on freakytrigger.
― if, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:13 (fourteen years ago)
oh man, RIP Martin!
― Cindy Mancini can ride my lawnmower anytime (thebingo), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)
This is terribly sad, he will be missed.
― online pinata store (Nicole), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)
― estela, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)
oh this is awful. i remember him posting about this on facebook ages ago and so i was kind of sadly waiting for this thread. r.i.p. martin. you were a good dude.
― apichathong song (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
RIP :(
― latebloomer, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:22 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
Also, up the Gasheads.
Awful news. RIP :(
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:24 (fourteen years ago)
So sad. RIP Martin. x
― jed_, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:26 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
oh no, this is so sad. rip, martin.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:31 (fourteen years ago)
:(
― I'm goin' hongrø-øøøøøøøøøøø (crüt), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:32 (fourteen years ago)
RIP.
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)
. . .
― James Mitchell, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)
RIP. Fuck you, cancer.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:42 (fourteen years ago)
Terrible news. He will be missed.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:44 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
this is very sad. RIP, and my sincerest condolences to those of you who knew him well.
― 69, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
so sorry to hear it. RIP.
― apihopatcong weehawkul (get bent), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:48 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
being that prolific while being so sick is really quite remarkable. rip.
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
One hell of a bar billiards player as well.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
My memories, too brief and incomplete.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:54 (fourteen years ago)
RIP Martin.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:56 (fourteen years ago)
x-post - That was really touching, Ned.
― ladies love draculas like children love stray dogs (ENBB), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:59 (fourteen years ago)
RIP...really sad.
― LocalGarda, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:02 (fourteen years ago)
Rest In Peace Martin. And thank you for all you gave.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:03 (fourteen years ago)
That made me tear up, Ned.
― online pinata store (Nicole), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:04 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
Thank you all kindly. I was crying as I wrote it.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:05 (fourteen years ago)
Really lovely piece, Ned. RIP Martin.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:05 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
― why delonge face? (unregistered), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:16 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
rip, always seemed like such a good-hearted and intelligent guy.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:25 (fourteen years ago)
Just heard this. So sad...
― publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)