Post Your Favorite Ecstatic Bimble Posts!!!

We will miss you, dude. You rocked. I'm glad you enjoyed your music as much as you did.

What happened to Bimble, scott?

M4rk Cr4ig (aka Bimble) RIP

incase anyone on ILM is unaware of what Scott means
M4rk Cr4ig (aka Bimble) RIP

Holy shit, thanks for the link both of you. Jesus.

i'm in public at the store and i'm trying really hard not to friggin' cry. this fucked me up. ilxors will fuck you up. never met him...

i understand, scott.

Will this work? Don't really know how to post to an individual post, so I hope I don't fuck it up...

Alone in a darkened POLL: Bauhaus

I'm at work and I've known about this since this morning but I guess because it was only confirmed by Curtis just now I was able to be slightly in denial about it. It's really hitting me now.

oh man, that is too sad. always liked Bimble's deep enthusiasm for Lou Reed/VU stuff on those threads! RIP

Yeah, he love his Lou

I cannot help it if Lou Reed is the sexiest being who ever lived on this Matrix thing. I cannot help it. That is not my fault.

I will try to play this Cole thing and be quiet, but I really believe that there might be peace on earth if we could only have all of this Matrix thing for our ears. Maybe the human race could be better than its ever been. Maybe the light will shine into our eyes. Maybe Lou will save us. Little children will laugh and smile, and it will all come together.

― Disruptor of Morals (Bimble), Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:29 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark

Oh shit. OH SHIT. Oh god.

I went to the store just now to buy more alcohol but I couldn't go inside right away. I had my headphones, and I had to sing Stevie Nicks songs outside the stupid fucking store because I couldn't help it. I felt like such a faggott whore. But strangely no one bothered me.

Blame it on my wild heart!!!!

aw geez

OTM

7 Chinese Bros. is the ultimate REM jam, man. Don't even fuck with that shit. Although if there was any justice in this world, "Time After Time" would win.

Listening to Side 2 of The Sky's Gone Out in his memory because it's really good music to cry to.

His posts always used to make me laugh with joy, but now they just make me weep.

the Loverboy epiphany:

I don't know why, I really don't. I've said this on the other threads, but I do not understand how this band, who I would have been absolutely mortified to have been associated with only 36 hours or so ago are absolutely doing it for me right now. I didn't give a shit about their singles when they came out. I saw the videos back then and I thought they were a stupid band. But this Classics thing of their greatest hits is just absolutely doing it for me right now. I'd suspect I'm the only one here who might be willing to talk about the music, but I think they go really well with Journey on the same plate and in any case, that picture is of a dude's ass and anyone who thought different is pretty insane in my book.

I can't believe he's gone.

more VU bimble fun
But I ask all of ILX...what ELSE DO YOU NEED FROM ROCK AND ROLL than "Guess I'm Falling In Love"?

Because I don't fucking need a goddamn thing from rock and roll besides that. Get on board this train with me, man. Are they not the shit? Is this stuff not the shit? Are they not the one and only band who could outdo the Stooges? Or should we (god forbid) do a Velvets vs. Stooges poll?

Oh god, I should be careful what I wish for.

― The More You Live The Faster You Will Die (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Thursday, October 2, 2008 11:02 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark

In response to this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaOlNfC8_xQ&feature=player_embedded

Jesus for the fuck of love, are you kidding? THAT IS A FUCKING AMERICAN MADE VIDEO FOR THE LOVE OF...THAT IS FUCKING ORGASMIC MAN. You don't understand. If I'd even heard the name "Cocteau Twins" on US TV when I was fucking 13 or 14 years old. Oh my god. Let's watch it again. And this is supposed to be about Newport, Illinois, right? Please someone confirm this is the town they're talking about (a town I've never even heard of). I can't even fathom it. Where is all this really happening? It wasn't in MY little US hometown at the time, I'll tell you that! Jesus H.! All I had were the odd imported MM and NME's and the local college radio station. Fucking Cocteau Twins on TV!!! PLAY THE CLIP AGAIN!!!!

― The Ungrateful Dead (Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You), Saturday, November 8, 2008 12:22 AM (8 months ago) Bookmark

Thanks for reviving this Alfred, cause I would have done it myself pretty soon (or maybe that other thread that asks for a reevaluation of H&O). I honestly don't know why I've found myself so fascinated with these guys right now. I mean, throughout the 80's I didn't dislike them, but they were just kindof...there. I only bought like maybe three of their singles, tops.

I listened to the War Babies album earlier tonight but I only really like the first half. It just gets to heavy and proggy and concepty after awhile, stretches my patience. But that is probably Todd Rundgren's problem rather than theirs.

I heard "Family Man" for the first time since it came out tonight and I swear to god, I do not remember that song at all even though I know I heard it when it was a hit. It's so weird.

So I am going to seek out some of their 80's albums cause I really do want to hear more. And you were right, Alfred about those tracks you recommended from H20, they were quite nice.

― Bimble, Monday, May 28, 2007 8:00 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

LAURA NYRO IS THE BEST FEMALE MUSICIAN/SONGWRITER TO HAVE EVER RECORDED EVER

I have decided this after very careful thought. She has transcended Ms. Kate for me. I am serious. I am spellbound.

And I especially wanted to note the ONE TWO punch of "Woman's Blues" followed by "Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)" which made me want to fucking dance around at work today. I don't know if it's her voice or the drumming, but my god, my fucking god. I can be STONE COLD SOBER and that shit SENDS ME OVER THE MOON. I am serious.

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 26 April 2008 04:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also Stoned Soul Picnic isn't fucking bad either. Sang it while walking down the street outside my work today.

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Saturday, 26 April 2008 04:09 (1 year ago)

I remember the day I found that EP of theirs called "To You With Regard". I found it in a Philadelphia record store. I was absolutely aghast cause I never thought I'd find it. This was extra weird because I actually saw a guy in that store who I knew from my hometown which was 2 hours away. This is what it was like, folks. I had to drive 2 or more hours to find the records which are so easily available through you computers. But yeah it was weird, I saw this guy at the store flipping through records like me, and I knew him from my hometown 2 hours away by car. I never really knew him all that well, though.

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:20 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

What I mean is now you find them through computers, but then you had to FUCKING GET IN A CAR AND DRIVE

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Sunday, 4 May 2008 22:22 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Thanks for this, Scott.

From this thread the thread in which British ilxors introduce glam rock to ignorant Americans

Wait..Sha Na Na is being mentioned now???

Oh my god, where do I begin? This thread freaking RULEZ. If the cops had any idea how much fun I'm having with the clips on this thread, they'd arrest me! God, leave it to ILM to blow my mind. Even when this stuff is bad, it's usually still pretty entertaining. It's hard to lose.

Glad you know the Sweet's Blockbuster, Colonel Poo! I feel like we must have talked about that one before, but I'm really not sure we have.

Don't like that Alvin Stardust one at all. Barely even heard of the dude.

I'm so happy someone posted the Runaways I could almost cry. Someone should probably post some Suzi Quatro too, but I'm really not the one to do it.

Pfunk's track rules. Have no idea what that is.

Gotta catch up with more Gorge videos and the rest of what's here. This is great stuff, man. I just love this shit.

― He was feeling canonical (Bimble), Friday, 3 July 2009 06:31 (1 month ago)

I mean, this is, wow:

Also, I'm determined to keep calm tonight about the music I love, but I just want to say that her song "Outside The Rain", I heard that on my iPod while running through this HUGE graveyard near my house a couple months ago with my friend, and I can't now divorce that feeling from the song itself. I felt like a child, and its a reminder that this gorgeous HUGE graveyard is near my house and I have only to walk a few blocks and I'm in that place again in my mind. There's something incredible about a child running through the greenery of nature, and she summed up that whole feeling for me.

― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Friday, April 17, 2009 3:32 AM (3 months ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uSTXn4H5jY

I sent him this once and we both FLIPPED OUT about it.

Fucking Louis Bunuel.

That Obscure Object of Desire.

That's one of my fave movies ever. Peace and love.

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, 14 July 2008 03:36 (1 year ago) Bookmark

Me too dude. Peace and love.

cheers scott, this thread makes me smile. dude was amazing.

I guess I never noticed this poll before, so I didn't vote, but I'm so damn happy with the results. ILM *high five*
bimble's recent run of genesis discovery and appreciation here
Taking Sides: Genesis 1970-1977 Vs. Genesis 1978-91
inspired me to give a major band i'd written off many times one more chance. more people should love music as enthusiastically and and unabashedly as this dude did. RIP

Not so much ecstatic as manic, but Pj Harvey & headphones & Bimble, here we go...

I was asleep, and then all of a sudden I awoke and I heard "Black Hearted Love" in my ears so loud as if I was actually hearing it. And then I got out of bed to realize it's 6 AM and remembered I broke my headphones last night and there is no goddamn justice in this world and as soon as the store opens (in what, 4 hours??) I am going to buy 5 pairs of fucking headphones if it kills me. I am going to stockpile headphones because this is like the 3rd or 4th fucking time this has happened to me and even my friend, even him - he took my other pair of headphones because I didn't like them and told him he could have them and oh my god. No justice in this world.

― Lucking Faptop (Bimble), Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:57 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

My favorite of all was this AIM chat:

bimble78 logged in
bimble78: fucking Peter Gabriel
bimble78 logged out

bimble78: MANIACS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bimble78: MANIACS
bimble78: MANIAC
bimble78: Fuck me up the butt! I have to see early Natalie on You Tube
bimble78: holy god
bimble78: she was so hotttt
bimble78: And they were so hotttt

always one of my favorite thread titles for some reason:

Bimble's Blog is Cooking Because...Um....Post Punk Rules and Um...Something like that

grace jones

I really liked how ecstatic he was about the new Grace Jones album on this thread, because I was really hyped about that album too, and there didn't seem to be too many other ILXors with so much love for Grace. Also, in that thread he mentioned finding a somewhat rare Grace remix on a 7", and I said it would be nice to hear it, and almost immediately he ripped it on MP3 and posted it for me. He was so nice.

This is terrible. RIP Bimble. Still more goth than the rest of us

That Gold & Braid song...when the piano explodes, I lose my shit, real easy.
STEVIE NICKS IS THE WITCH QUEEN OF ROCK AND ROLL SURRENDER NOW CHECK HER OUT IN DARK BLUE VELVET CAPES CHECK IT cuz ALL THE BATS IN THE BATCAVE LOVE HER

― I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, May 9, 2009 10:36 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Oh shit, can't get enough of this band. Gotta get the next two albums as soon as I can.

― Ozzy Goth Beatles (Bimble), Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:32 PM

yeah but a couple weeks ago you only liked one of their songs so don't make any hasty judgments

― Dimension 5ive, Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:11 PM

Haha. Okay, point taken.

― Ozzy Goth Beatles (Bimble), Saturday, January 31, 2009 10:35 PM

Just an excerpt. You have to read the thread itself to get the full flavour:

Cheap Trick: Classic Or Dud

Perfect display name. xp

AAAAAAH!!!!! SOMEONE IS MENTIONING ROBERT RENTAL ON THIS BOARD I'M GOING TO HAVE AN ORGASM!

Now I admit I heard some solo stuff of him that was lackluster, (I didn't see the worth in Private Planes, for example) but I dearly dearly dearly love the LP he did with Thomas Leer - The Bridge was it called? You know the one I mean 1979. God I love that thing. One of my most treasured LP's ever. The best song is - oh fuck I just realized I haven't ripped that to my computer yet. This is a tragedy of immense proportions. Especially since the speakers to my record player are not working properly now. BUT I know I've ripped that best song on it to my computer before because it appeared on my 8-Disc set of songs from 1979. It's called "Day Breaks and Night Heals". Talk about early electro.

I guess I'm not sure I knew he had a live album with the Normal, I mean Miller. I'm just not totally sure I've heard that or not.

― A Chocolate Ball of Sweet Confectionary Fire (Bimble...), Saturday, 11 November 2006 07:17 (2 years ago)

RIP

HOLY SHIT SOMEONE STARTED A KATE BUSH THREAD BESIDES ME
HOLY SHIT SOMEONE STARTED A KATE BUSH THREAD BESIDES ME
HOLY SHIT SOMEONE STARTED A KATE BUSH THREAD BESIDES ME
EVERYONE KNOWS SHE IS THE BEST BRITISH FEMALE MUSICIAN THAT
EVER LIVED
― Joker! Hysterical! Face! (Bimble...), Monday, August 28, 2006 1:31 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

My first tousle with him was in the Aerial thread, I think!

Joker! Hysterical! Face!

:) :)

Okay WOWWWW these Steeltown extra tracks BLEW MY MIND. I mean as if listening to the entirety of the original Steeltown album today at work in my headphones wasn't enough of a delightful experience - haven't heard it in many, many years and I was amazed to learn it was a Lillywhite production, I never knew or remembered that he had produced them. Listen to the drums the way they crack as if each is a rimshot all its own. Listen to the primitive rumble of the bass. Holy hell, and as if they didn't PLAY well as musicians I mean oh my god. They fucking shred.

So then these extra tracks come along and I'm like holy hell what is this? I've never heard this before. I'm talking about "Bass Dance", "Belief In The Small Man" (my favourite - what a tune!) and "Prairie Rose". Also I DIDN'T FUCKING REALIZE I WAS MISSING OUT ON A 12" VERSION OF WONDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

― Bimble, Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:36 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The guitar on Winter Sky!!!

― Bimble, Saturday, April 19, 2008 2:46 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

that stockpiling headphones thing is great

My all-time fave Bimble moment involved another ilxor in a snarky way so I'll avoid making that public. But Bimble and I first bonded over our love for The Spherical Objects and we listened to Past & Parcel together...on vinyl, y'all, with a correction in pencil on my copy of the lyric sheet ("corrected by Steve Solamar himself!!" I joked although it could have been him...) (and p.s. please check out Solamar's life story, willya?). So Bimble, I'm dropping the needle on "You Can Become" for you tonight, baby!

Why is there no thread for The Cure's Disintegration?

I've looked everywhere for a thread for this album. Why is there none? Surely this one deserves its own thread? I mean this is the album that finally made the Cure more or less a household name in the States, for one thing.

I pulled it out today on a whim sortof, and I was surprised that when "Fascination Street" came on, it suddenly sounded 3X better than it ever had before. I'm stunned about that, I really don't understand it. I guess a broader understanding or appreciation of post-punk helps...that song was never a fave of mine before. Strange hindsight.

Anyway, Disintegration is an album that has had several lives for me since it came out. There aren't that many albums that have been so enduring for me, it's quite unique in that respect. Although I suppose I would concede that you might have to be in a certain mood for it.

And I'm not quite certain why I didn't make this a poll...I just wanted to talk about it as a whole. Someone else can do a poll if they want.

"Same Deep Water As You" was always my favourite.

― Bimble, Sunday, October 28, 2007 12:28 PM (1 year ago)

I've never actually heard Entreat, though the sleeve looks familiar. I will certainly seek it out, it seems like a great idea to hear live versions of these songs.

I've never seen the Cure live, either.

― Bimble, Monday, October 29, 2007 9:51 PM (1 year ago)
This Entreat thing is fantastic!! Thanks ILM.

― Bimble, Saturday, November 3, 2007 6:50 AM (1 year ago)

fuck, fuck, fuck RIP

If I'd even heard the name "Cocteau Twins" on US TV when I was fucking 13 or 14 years old. Oh my god. Let's watch it again.

<3 <3 <3 I miss this motherfucker

Alfred, I've just died. I rented the video of her. Oh my god, please.

There's hot women backup singers, too.

Alfred, save me. I've got the DVD now. Stevie Nicks on my video screen.

She's here in my screen, now, at home. God how gay do you have to be to admit she's the queen of everything? She's singing Dreams, now. I'm going die. Be nice. Please be nice. A gay boy loves his icons, man. A gay boy loves those female icons.

My good goth rock friend left...so I can play Stevie on video over and over and he won't interfere. Jesus.

I keep my visions to myself. Alfred, she's going to kill me. Stevie Nicks is going to be the death of me.

― Get Unbanned (Bimble), Monday, February 9, 2009 4:38 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

bimble78: You know what? I love you all and I'll be back later. But I've decided to rip R.E.M.'s Murmur from vinyl because I am insane. So I have to disconnect the comuter. bye bye

Awesome thread.

elvis i love you for that thank you

Yeah, that was a true 'lock thread' post

I referenced this on the RIP thread: the 4AD vocalist poll series was (naturally) teeming w/ vintage Bimble. Over the course of these threads, I got to know him a bit better through email, as we were reciprocating various files at the time. Unlike many of you, I don't have a lot of IRL or otherwise extraneous contact with other ILXors, so as ephemeral as my bond with Bimble may have been, I felt like I was just starting to kind of get to know him & was looking forward to corresponding directly, even if mainly regarding music, with this new friend I had made. And then all of this.. I guess this is getting a little beyond the spectrum of what this thread is supposed to entail, but I'm not going to go back and repost it on the RIP thread, so I just stfu & post my favorite Bimble exchange from the 4AD polls:

I love all you guys, really, but you have to try to understand the history of 4AD records. All you people who voted Black Francis are in need of an education. Scott Walker is another matter, but to vote Black Francis shows a blatant ignorance of everything. Yes, the Pixies were brilliant as hell but they HAD PEERS ON THIS LABEL HELLO! HELLO~! I'm talking about major, major, major CLASSIC GOTHDOM here. MAJOR CLASSIC 4AD GOTHDOM. And you want to vote for Black Francis? Did you own the 4AD catalogue prior to 1986? No you did not. You did not grasp the essence. Repent. Repent now. You know not what you do.

Bimble is trying to tell you what goth is

― I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, May 9, 2009 6:56 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

But Bimble, you voted for Ian Masters..

― Fyodor Lolstoevsky (Pillbox), Saturday, May 9, 2009 8:35 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I know! But how is it that Brendan Perry gets two fucking votes! This is cause for a revolt!
Also John D. I don't mean any offense at all, this has nothing to do with you at all. You probably should have got 6 votes instead of 4. But Scott Walker...grrrrrrrr god don't even get me started.

Pillbox, please please put together a poll where Liz wins and we can all go walking off into the distance in peace forever?

REMEMBER LIZ WINS EVERY 4AD CONTEST WHATEVER GENDER REMEMBER

― I was still more rock and roll than anyone needed for the album (Bimble), Saturday, May 9, 2009 8:40 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol Scott Walker winning

wait wait still laughing

More from Bimble's drive-by chats...

(talking about my Priest = Aura proposal for the 33 1/3 series)

bimble78: Chris you're not a music writer though are you?
monolithmonsters: no
monolithmonsters: that hasn't stopped anyone though
monolithmonsters: And based on some of the volumes I've read, I can certainly write better
bimble78: Dude you're gonna make me wave my fist or something
monolithmonsters: It's an entire longshot though
bimble78: sure
bimble78: But deep down inside, you will know that Gary Numan is with you

HOOS WINS FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT ON THIS BOARD WITH A PHRASE LIKE "SENTIMENTAL SAPPY PAP"

― Bimble, Sunday, September 23, 2007

It's all good man. I want all the Cocteau Twins lovers to come to my house so we can form a secret society forever. We can overcome anything. I really believe this. It's only a matter of time.

― More Goth Than Your Grandmother (Bimble), Friday, May 15, 2009 9:25 PM (2 months ago)

Alfred, I've just died. I rented the video of her. Oh my god, please.

There's hot women backup singers, too.

Alfred, save me. I've got the DVD now. Stevie Nicks on my video screen.

She's here in my screen, now, at home. God how gay do you have to be to admit she's the queen of everything? She's singing Dreams, now. I'm going die. Be nice. Please be nice. A gay boy loves his icons, man. A gay boy loves those female icons.

My good goth rock friend left...so I can play Stevie on video over and over and he won't interfere. Jesus.

I keep my visions to myself. Alfred, she's going to kill me.

Haha, Mordy -- that's what his emails to me were like. If I don't go out I'll retire and awaken fairly early, so I'd open my mailbox and see Bimbs' stuff sent at 3 or 4 am. When he responded tO MY responses, he was always on. Hours of the morning and night seemed insignificant to him in his 4AD sanctuary.

thanks for that gershy.

I cannot help it if Lou Reed is the sexiest being who ever lived on this Matrix thing. I cannot help it. That is not my fault.

I will try to play this Cole thing and be quiet, but I really believe that there might be peace on earth if we could only have all of this Matrix thing for our ears. Maybe the human race could be better than its ever been. Maybe the light will shine into our eyes. Maybe Lou will save us. Little children will laugh and smile, and it will all come together.

― Disruptor of Morals (Bimble), Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:29 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban