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RIP Martin Streek of Edge 102 (pg. 2)
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| rabbitjoker |
| Oh, suicide... |
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| Elendil |
| Strange to hear someone who had such an impact on my own childhood music development go like that. 20 years down the drain in an unforgiving industry can be pretty tough - but he must have had a lot of other struggles going on. Ah well - the choice was his - safe journeys to him. |
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| gummybear |
very sad..
i've never understood how someone can end their own life like this but I'm sure there were other factors at play...
RIP |
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| VERTiG0 |
| So no more free pizza? |
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| kotsy |
| quote: | Originally posted by chinamon
who? |
He did the Thursday 30 and the live to air club shows fri/sat/sun night for about 15 years on 102.1 the edge |
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| love_child |
| He had a big coke problem |
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| chinamon |
| quote: | Originally posted by kotsy
He did the Thursday 30 and the live to air club shows fri/sat/sun night for about 15 years on 102.1 the edge |
oh... ive listened to 102.1 may three times in my life and only for about 45 seconds. :( |
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| evil_cookie |
I often played pool with him at Phoenix--an amazing player--and overall good guy.
rip |
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| kotsy |
Here's a good article from Alan Cross
| quote: | Originally posted @ http://www.exploremusic.com/news/20...is-Charming-Man
Martin Streek: This Charming Man
Posted by: Alan Cross | Jul 7 2009 4:10PM
Let me start with this: Martin Streek was the most charming dude I ever met.
He could turn it on like THAT, no matter what the circumstances. There wasn't a person on the planet that Martin couldn't win over within minutes. He had a savage wit and an ultra-quick mind. No wonder he had been trying his hand at stand-up comedy. If by the grace of geography he'd have been born in LA, he would have had a three-camera sitcom on CBS years ago--probably after hosting Weekend Update on SNL for two years.
The guy lived to make people laugh and to entertain. He was energized. Small wonder he made a career of being a nightclub host at places like NRG, Fever, the Kingdom, the Phoenix, Whiskey Saigon, Joe and Velvet Underground. If you ever went to any of these clubs over the last 20 years, you danced to Martin's beat.
I first met Martin in the fall of 1986 when I got the all-night shift at CFNY--which, for the current generation, was the original name of 102.1 the Edge. At the time, he was running something called the CFNY Video Road Show, which travelled from school to school, college to college and university to university playing video dance parties. (I know, I know: it sounds so quaint now, but back in the day, it was a big deal.) CFNY announcers like me hosted; Martin drove the truck, played the videos and looked after the road crew.
We covered a lot of Ontario together, including a gig where I fell off the stage in mid-sentence at a school in Shelbourne. Or the time we came across the gangs armed with butterfly knives at an inner city school. Or the post-show 3am chowdowns at truck stops and hotdog stands. I can honestly say that Martin was the first member of the staff to make me, this scared, naive mullethead from the Prairies feel welcome in Toronto and part of the ultra tight-knit CFNY family.
I often admired and even envied Martin's Peter Pan existence, something that I told him many times. While everyone around him grew up and got old, Martin always seemed to be 22 years old. He never lost that enthusiasm that most people outgrow halfway through their third decade. "How," I asked, "Do you do it?" Martin would just shrug and smile.
Trust me when I say that Martin never did anything by halves. When he committed to something, whether it be a band, an activity, a cause, a project or a sport, he did it to the absolute extreme. These passions included (but not restricted to) the following:
- Snowboarding (Especially at Whistler)
- Skateboarding (He'd even skate to work.)
- Following Tool around North America (I'm sure he was on a first-name basis with Maynard.)
- Getting so close to Nine Inch Nails that he got text messages from the band
- A variety of charities that required much time and effort.
- School visits (He was often first to volunteer.)
- Organizing parties (He did an office Christmas party and that involved booking live entertainment.)
- Running (He went from not being able to run around the block to doing 10K)
- Healthy eating (In the last three years, he shamed me with his devotion to nutrition)
- Skydiving (No, seriously. He liked jumping out of planes.)
- Halloween costumes (One year, he showed up at work dressed up as the Scarface movie POSTER. You had to see it to believe it)
And yes, Martin also had his demons. They're none of your business.
Wherever he is now, I'll bet that he's on a snowboard with 100 inches of fresh powder on a 10,000 ft run in front of him. At the bottom is his literary idol, Hunter S. Thompson, waiting with a pitcher of fine gold tequila. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by love_child
He had a big coke problem |
who doesn't |
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