Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Hey Kurt,
I've just learned that Toronto radio host and DJ, Martin Streek, took his life yesterday.
I had been e-mailing back and forth with Martin over the past few months regarding the 15th anniversary of your suicide.
I initially wrote him about the documentary I made about my attempt to outlive you. He kindly mentioned the film on his radio
show on April 5 this year, and also asked me to send him a DVD copy. I did. In May, Martin wrote to congratulate me on the
film. It meant a great deal to have someone like Martin say he thought that the doc was well done.
Our recent correspondance stirred a memory of the day I met, a then long-haired, Martin in the mid-90s. He was
DJing at an alternative bar in Toronto named Catch 22 (now closed).
I was really digging White Zombie at the time and I asked Martin if he would play a cut off their new disc.
He said he didn't have the CD on him but that it was in his car.
Martin then jumped down from the elevated DJ booth, ran out of the club, ran back through the crowd, and up to his booth
in time to mix in White Zombie's song More Human Than Human without missing a beat.
That's how I choose to remember Martin.
A really nice guy and a great DJ who loved music and his listeners.
sjm
p.s. Here is an excerpt from one of Martin's e-mails where he talks about
the music of Nirvana:
> Subject: RE: Via Web: CFNYFM
> Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:40:52 -0400
>
From: martin
> To: sjm
>
> Hey Steven...
