I have fond memories of listening to 102.1 The Edge growing up. It was THE station when I was in high school. Matthew Good Band, Moist, Sound Garden, Smashing Pumpkins, The Hip, Radiohead all came to me via CFNY and their (once) great team of DJs.
After Corus purchased the station I noticed an immediate change. The music began to suck. They started playing what I like to call "I'm 15 and angry at my father music".
The DJs started to change too. Less "Tool" was played, but more were on the air you might say.
I stopped listening years ago, I was obviously about 10 years older than Corus's new demographic. I don't know why they seem to think clueless highschool kids would mean more advertising dollars than a generation that is finally starting to work and earning a large disposable income! Buying cars and iPods and cell phone plans... - But I digress.
Before I started to tune out the only people left that were worth listening to were: The Brother, Martin Streek and of course, Alan Cross. I don't know if The Brother is still there, I know Alan is. Martin was let go about 2 months ago (news to me, I've been in Geneva).
I learned via Facebook that Martin took his life yesterday. If you want the details, click through to the CBC here. What you should read though is a post from the ever eloquent Alan Cross.
It starts like this:
"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."
I can still hear Martin in my head calling me to The Phoenix, telling me the doors are now, OPEN.
You will be missed.
(photo courtesy "the Internets")
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