R.I.P. Stephan Pickering

[Will Dockery]

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 3:04:30 AM UTC-4, Robert Burrows wrote:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001134726997

Sad news, thanks for posting, Robert.

[zodwe...@gmail.com]

Fare the well. Most of the world considered you an asshole.

[Grave Digger]

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 10:07:06 AM UTC-4, zodwe...@gmail.com wrote:
> Fare the well. Most of the world considered you an asshole.

===

I know...I've read lots of shit. It's too early to.......

[Willie]

RIP? I don't see anything on that Facebook page about him dying. Did I miss it?

[Willie]

For once, I'm hoping this is a forgery. Will?

[Will Dockery]

No, Willie, it seems true (the Facebook page seems to have privacy settings), sadly.

Here is the Expecting Rain discussion on Stephan Pickering:

https://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97977

[Willie]

If this is true, and I'm still not certain about it, his last words on RMD (on July 2) were "Your last sentence is true." (Referring to a comment JW made.)

If anyone knows of an obituary, please let me know. Are there partidulars about his death on the Facebook site. I think I'll go over to ER and ask the person who mentioned a heart attack if there are more partidulars known.

[Will Dockery]

So far as I can tell, it is true, Willie.

[General Zod]

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 9:07:12 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:

He will be missed.....

[Just Walkin']

Sad news if true, my brothers and sisters. Stephan was a true believer and one of the few who made it his life's work to understand, not just enjoy. Since we corresponded off line, I reached out directly to confirm the news and will report back if I learn anything. Kaddish and RIP will have to await confirmation. Nonetheless, I am still looking forward to reading his monograph in progress.

[Will Dockery]

My brother David also corresponds with Stephan Pickering by mail, and just a couple of weeks ago received a letter from him, stating all was basically well. Another letter, like yours, has been sent, for confirmation.

Meanwhile, the poets who care have this page:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157849526474363&set=gm.2325944204121578&type=1&theater

R.I.P. Stephan Pickering

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 3:04:30 AM UTC-4, Robert Burrows wrote:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001134726997

Sad news, thanks for posting, Robert.

"It has been reported that Stephen Pickering (Later known as Stephan) the Author and Dylanologist has sadly passed away...."

https://expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97977

[Willie]

He gave us bits of it:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.music.dylan/stephan|sort:date/rec.music.dylan/I_oPzvbNNtI/tJnUZOmeAgAJ

I think elsewhere (perhaps repeatedly), he posted a Table of Contents for "davening in the musematic dark."

The thread linked to above has some memorable figures: M.Rick, luisb, DianeE (you still out there?). And speaking of absentees: Rachel, hope all's well.

[Just Walkin']

Kaddish for Stephan

יִתְגַּדַּל
וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ
שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא.
בְּעָלְמָא דִּי
בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ
וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ,
(וְיַצְמַח פֻּרְקָנֵהּ
וִיקָרֵב מְשִׁיחֵהּ.)
בְּחַיֵּיכוֺן
וּבְיוֹמֵיכוֹן
וּבְחַיֵּי
דְכָל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל,
בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב.
וְאִמְרוּ
אָמֵן:

I pray –
that the power residing
in God’s Great Name
be increased and made sacred,
in this world
which God created freely
in order to preside in it,
(and increase its freeing power
and bring about the messianic era.)
May this happen
during your lifetime
our lifetimes,
and those of all the house of Israel.
Make this happen soon, without delay.
We express our agreement and hope
by saying *AMEN*

יְהֵא
שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא
מְבָרַךְ
לְעָלַם
וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא:

“May that immense power
residing in God’s great name
flow freely
into our world
and worlds beyond.”

יִתְבָּרַךְ,
וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח,
וְיִתְפָּאֵר,
וְיִתְרוֹמֵם,
וְיִתְנַשּׂא,
וְיִתְהַדָּר,
וְיִתְעַלֶּה,
וְיִתְהַלָּל,
שְׁמֵהּ דְקֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא.

לְעֵלָּא מִן כָּל
בִּרְכָתָא וְשִׁירָתָא,
תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא וְנֶחֱמָתָא,
דַּאֲמִירָן בְּעָלְמָא,
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן:

May that Great Name,
that sacred energy,
be shaped
and make effective
and be acknowledged
and be given the right honor
and be seen as beautiful
and elevating
and bring jubilation.

Way beyond
our input
of worshipful song and praise,
which we express in this world,
As we confirm our agreement and hope
by saying *AMEN*.

יְהֵא שְׁלָמָה
רַבָּא מִן שְׁמַיָּא
וְחַיִּים טוֹבִים
וְעַל כָּל יִשְֹרָאֵל,
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן:

May that endless peace
that heaven can release for us
bring about the good life
for us and for all Israel
As we express our agreement and hope
by saying: *AMEN*.

עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם
בִּמְרוֹמָיו
הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה בְּרַחֲמָיו שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ
וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל כָּל יוֺשְׁבֵי תֵבֶל

You, who harmonize it all
on the highest planes –
bring harmony and peace to us,
to all Israel and all sentient beings

וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.

As we express our agreement and hope
by saying: *AMEN*

[NancyGene]

Our tribute to Stephan Earl "Pickles" Pickering:

https://nancygeneandmesinstagram.yolasite.com/pickles-obit.php

We trust that he is enjoying the heat at his new campground.

[President_dudley]

AMEN & z"l

May his memory be a blessing.

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

Will Dockery <will.d...@gmail.com> wrote in news:ad8cb630-3822-4a00-
8c5a-f6b...@googlegroups.com:

> On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 3:04:30 AM UTC-4, Robert Burrows wrote:
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001134726997
>
> Sad news, thanks for posting, Robert.

So which lying scumbag will you suck up to next, pissbum? Be sure to pick
one as talentless as yourself but even more pointless. Remember,
surrounding yourself wit bigger scumbags makes you look better.

It doesn't but you're too wrapped up in yourself to know the difference,
delusional imbecile!

PS: When you plan to start dragging around his corpse, douchebag?

--
Cujo - The Official Overseer of Kooks and Trolls in dfw.*,
alt.paranormal, alt.astrology and alt.astrology.metapsych. Supreme Holy
Overlord of alt.fucknozzles. Winner of the 8/2000, 2/2003 & 4/2007 HL&S
award. July 2005 Hammer of Thor. Winning Trainer - Barbara Woodhouse
Memorial Dog Whistle - 12/2005 & 4/2008. COOSN-266-06-01895.
"At the moment, half the spool of this group is subsequent to things that
I wrote. That bores the hell out of me too." - Fucknozzle Jr.

[Will Dockery]

Troll much, Cujo?

:)

[General Zod]

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 5:59:16 PM UTC-4, Just Walkin' wrote:
>

Very nice... eloquent...

[dpy...@gmail.com]

May he find answers to his search and path in life.

[Will Dockery]

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 6:12:17 PM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 11:39:22 PM UTC-4, Rex Entwhistle wrote:
> > On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 8:31:30 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > > The image of Stephan Pickering with Bob Dylan is the obvious, iconic one to paint, Zod.
> >
> > That is what I am envisioning as well...……….
> >
> > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157849526474363&set=gm.2325944204121578&type=1&theater
> >
> > That one if any here have not seen it.....
>
> Frankly, I don't think Dylan's distinctive enough - I don't recognize him from the picture alone. OTOH, your Stephan is very well done - it catches perfectly his look and even his manner in the iconic 1974 photo.

I brightened the only known copy of the drawing (although the original remains in the late Stephan Pickering's archives) and agree that Zod takes a unique look at Dylan, to say the least:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395404999424/

> I've no plans to start an SP page on PPP; but that might change depending on what information comes out online; and, if so, I'd like to be able to crop out and use your drawing of him there.

I cropped the brightened copy, and I must say it looks splendid:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/357684395404999374/

[Grave Digger]

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 10:52:20 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> Troll much, Cujo?
>
> :)

Will...I can't understand why these trolls are fucking with you...IMO You've always been righteous and legit.Fuck Em!

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

Grave Digger <geronim...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:e3f24401-087f-4e50...@googlegroups.com:

> On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 10:52:20 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>> Troll much, Cujo?
>>
>> :)
>
> Will...I can't understand why these trolls are fucking with you...IMO

It might be because he's a douchebag.

> You've always been righteous and legit.Fuck Em!

Legitimately worthless.

--
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Memorial Dog Whistle - 12/2005 & 4/2008. COOSN-266-06-01895.

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Christian cult, or astrology." - Ed, getting his act confused with
more successful scammers.
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[General Zod]

I thank ye Doc....

[NancyGene]

We second that, Cujo. If Grave Digger spent any time at alt.arts.poetry.comments, he would know why Will is disliked and vilified there.

Oh, and Stephan Pickering was a liar and an asshole.

[Will Dockery]

On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 12:22:10 PM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:
>
> Oh, and Stephan Pickering was

Was and is your biggest obsession, Nancy G.

[JD Chase]

Sad that people spend so much time and energy being hateful and nasty towards strangers on the internet... 🙁😒

[General Zod]

On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 12:22:10 PM UTC-4, NancyGene wrote:

> On Thursday, July 25, 2019 at 11:16:58 PM UTC, Grave Digger <geronim...@gmail.com> wrote in

> > news:e3f24401-087f-4e50...@googlegroups.com:
> >
> > > On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 10:52:20 PM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > >> Troll much, Cujo?
> > >>
> > >> :)
> > >
> > > Will...I can't understand why these trolls are fucking with you...IMO
>
>

> If Grave Digger spent any time at alt.arts.poetry.comments, he would know

Come have a look folks... I post my poetry there as does Doc...

But beware the Troll Brigade there....

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.arts.poetry.comments

[General Zod]

On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 3:07:35 PM UTC-4, JD Chase wrote:
>
> Sad that people spend so much time and energy being hateful and nasty towards strangers on the internet... 🙁😒

Malicious fools....

[JD Chase]

Hope to meet you someday, GZ! You seem like a VERY kind hearted, nice, interesting person...

[General Zod]

May he rest in peace....

[Chafed Foreskin ha'Yehu'di]

On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 11:00:51 PM UTC-4, General Zod wrote:
> May he rest in peace....

You are the spawn of known Nazi scum, George Sulzbach.

[General Zod]

On Monday, July 29, 2019 at 1:16:29 PM UTC-4, Chafed Foreskin ha'Yehu'di wrote:
> On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 11:00:51 PM UTC-4, General Zod wrote:
>
> > May he rest in peace....
>
> You are the

You are the stupidest troll I ever did see.....

[Will Dockery]

Did you ever hear anything, Ken?

My brother has written to Stephan's P.O.Box, no response of any kind, yet.

http://retrobbs.novabbs.com/index.php?t=msg&th=325147&start=0&

That's how this thread looks on the other Usenet portal.

[General Zod]

Rest in peace my friends Jerry and Stephan....

[Will Dockery]

I wouldn't put it past Stephan to fake his own death. He faked other things so it wouldn't be a surprise.

[Grave Digger]

====

Kinda like Huck

[Willie]

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 10:19:21 AM UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
> I wouldn't put it past Stephan to fake his own death. He faked other things so it wouldn't be a surprise.

But if he did, wouldn't he do it in a way that some news was made of it? I haven't found one real piece of evidence (e.g., Death Notice, Obituary, or announcement by a friend: only a reference to a Facebook page that I can't access. You have accessed it, right, Will? What does it say exactly? It does seem probable, though, since he hasn't responded to emails or other attempts to contact him. Somewhere a heart attack was mentioned. Where did that come from?

I was surprised to see, I think in the ER thread, a link to a book he'd written for sale at a book site. I might find that link and buy the book. As for his in-progress magnum opus, I wonder if that will ever surface. He must have had some friend who will go through his papers. He always said he had a lawyer investigating his attackers. Maybe that lawyer knows something about his papers. Maybe there'll be a graduate student who digs into the Pickering Files.

[JD Chase]

Willie, almost positive that it was the FAKE Will who posted that! Sadly, the trolls clearly love Will!

[General Zod]

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 10:19:21 AM UTC-4, Fake Doc:

>
> I wouldn't put it past

This looks like a fake Doc to me folks.... here I am with the real Doc....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nla61NcT9Wo&t=1271s

And I do not think this impostor is him.....

[Grave Digger]

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Pretty cool....words and faces together in a live format

[General Zod]

Hello G.D.

[Cujo DeSockpuppet]

JD Chase <jdcha...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:8eb6154e-de4b-487e...@googlegroups.com:

> Hope to meet you someday, GZ! You seem like a VERY kind hearted,
> nice, interesting person...

George is a pissbum who has frequent alcoholic blackouts.

--
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alt.paranormal, alt.astrology and alt.astrology.metapsych. Supreme Holy
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award. July 2005 Hammer of Thor. Winning Trainer - Barbara Woodhouse
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"You have trouble dealing with reality I see. You are one sick puppy."
- Edmond Wollkook shattering Irony Meters worldwide.

[General Zod]

I drinks a bit and some times shit myself. So?

[Grave Digger]

>
> > Pretty cool....words and faces together in a live format
>
> Hello G.D.

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I enjoyed it.

[General Zod]

Thanks......

[georgethe...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 3:07:12 PM UTC+2, Will Dockery wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 3:04:30 AM UTC-4, Robert Burrows wrote:
> >
> > https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001134726997
>
> Sad news, thanks for posting, Robert.

Good riddance, i hope that maggot kike burns in hell forever. May God destroy and torture his filthy kike soul for all eternity, and the same for every kike maggot in this newsgroup.

[georgethe...@gmail.com]

On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 9:07:35 PM UTC+2, JD Chase wrote:
> Sad that people spend so much time and energy being hateful and nasty towards strangers on the internet... 🙁😒

Sad that mentally ill jewish ffaggots are allowed to spread their sodomite disease among humans.

How many sex partners have you had in your life, you filthy kike faggot? If you're anything like a typical kike, and I'm sure you are, the answer is thousands. You are a sick diseased fuck that belongs in a trash incinerator, and I will do all I can to make that happen, along with whatever inbred trash spawned you.

[Grave Digger]

====

This person is obviously suffering from a severe mental illness...Hopefully he doesn't have access to weapons.I hope something is done before it's too late...maybe he can even get the psychiatric care that he deeply needs.

[Grave Digger]

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Imagine a World Without Hate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KyvlMJefR4

In all my years I can't remember a time when HATE was in my heart.

[Just Kidding]

On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 07:47:07 -0700 (PDT), Grave Digger
<geronim...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 10:36:25 AM UTC-4, Grave Digger wrote:
>> On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 10:11:35 AM UTC-4, georgethe...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > On Friday, July 26, 2019 at 9:07:35 PM UTC+2, JD Chase wrote:

>> > > Sad that people spend so much time and energy being hateful and nasty towards strangers on the internet... ??

>> >
>> > Sad that mentally ill jewish ffaggots are allowed to spread their sodomite disease among humans.
>> >
>> > How many sex partners have you had in your life, you filthy kike faggot? If you're anything like a typical kike, and I'm sure you are, the answer is thousands. You are a sick diseased fuck that belongs in a trash incinerator, and I will do all I can to make that happen, along with whatever inbred trash spawned you.
>>
>> ====
>>
>> This person is obviously suffering from a severe mental illness...Hopefully he doesn't have access to weapons.I hope something is done before it's too late...maybe he can even get the psychiatric care that he deeply needs.
>
>=====
>Imagine a World Without Hate
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KyvlMJefR4
>
>In all my years I can't remember a time when HATE was in my heart.

Right. And Donald Trump doesn't have a racist bone is body.

[Grave Digger]

>
> Right. And Donald Trump doesn't have a racist bone is body.<<

===
Bro..Shut Up! This ain't the time

[General Zod]

On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 10:36:25 AM UTC-4, Grave Digger wrote:

Are we still talking about Stephan?

[Grave Digger]

===

Me:

>In all my years I can't remember a time when HATE was in my heart.>>

Him:

Right. And Donald Trump doesn't have a racist bone is body.

====
You think everybody that isn't down with the Socialist agenda is a racist....It's the lefts talking point du jour.
Maybe you're just suffering from white privilege and TDS....I don't know.
All the best to you.

[Grave Digger]

> Are we still talking about Stephan?

====

No..about that hate monger Georgethe...@Gmail.com...at least I was

[General Zod]

Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference.

[Just Kidding]

You aren't my "bro". You're a troller, just like Trump, always trying
to stir up shit. Do us all a favor and go away.

[Grave Digger]

> You aren't my "bro". You're a troller, just like Trump, always trying
> to stir up shit. Do us all a favor and go away.

=====
You are my bro....But With you everything's Trump,Trump,Trump,Trump and more Trump...You left out Racist.
If I were to leave who stir up your mind to think for yourself?
Love Ya Man;)

[Grave Digger]

> You aren't my "bro". You're a troller, just like Trump, always trying
> to stir up shit. Do us all a favor and go away.

====
My Saviour First Of All (hymn) - Fanny J. Crosby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMFM-lpzCC0

[Will Dockery]

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 11:40:01 AM UTC-4, Willie wrote:
> On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 10:19:21 AM UTC-4, Fake Dockery forged:

>
> > I wouldn't put it past Stephan to fake his own death. He faked other things so it wouldn't be a surprise.
>
> But if he did, wouldn't he do it in a way that some news was made of it? I haven't found one real piece of evidence (e.g., Death Notice, Obituary, or announcement by a friend: only a reference to a Facebook page that I can't access. You have accessed it, right, Will? What does it say exactly? It does seem probable, though, since he hasn't responded to emails or other attempts to contact him. Somewhere a heart attack was mentioned. Where did that come from?
>
> I was surprised to see, I think in the ER thread, a link to a book he'd written for sale at a book site. I might find that link and buy the book. As for his in-progress magnum opus, I wonder if that will ever surface. He must have had some friend who will go through his papers. He always said he had a lawyer investigating his attackers. Maybe that lawyer knows something about his papers. Maybe there'll be a graduate student who digs into the Pickering Files.

Willie, that was the forger troll again posting as me who wrote that... I don't know for sure if Stephan has passed away, but I suspect so.

[Just Walkin']

George's function is to make GD look like a regular lover boy.

[The Real Zod]

I am also being forged here so watch carefully....

[Will Dockery]

On Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 3:04:30 AM UTC-4, Robert Burrows wrote:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001134726997

Karen, in nearly a year, all George Dance and I have found on the probable passing of Stephan Pickering:

George Dance: "I really wish there was something definitive anyone could post on what happened to Stephan. He seems to have simply dropped out of sight. There's been one post saying that he died, and that's it.

It's a fact that the guy was being harassed online, for years, by trolls who would post private information (mixed with copious falsehoods and outright smears) about him, and replying to those was probably taking a big toll on his work. So it's possible that he merely changed his identity, the way he said he did back in the 60s when he evaded draft registration. But that's just theory: even "conspiracy theory," since it's all mere speculation. I'd just like to know what happened. Has anyone seen an obituary (online or print)?"

Will Dockery: "Nothing yet, still looking. Letters to him were not returned so I think someone is collecting his mail?"

George Dance: "And redirecting it to him? That's what he said he did in the 60s."

A mutual friend just posted this:

"A mutual friend of ours called me from Brookings when it happened. Said he’d had a heart attack. Several others substantiated that.."

And, so far, that is all.

[Willie]

Yes, still no inkling. I left a note on his Facebook page (the one linked to above) asking if any visitors there knew anything, but that page seems to have been completely dormant. I went to the link I mention in this thread, where Stephan gives a couple of excerpts from his work (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.music.dylan/stephan%7Csort:date/rec.music.dylan/I_oPzvbNNtI/tJnUZOmeAgAJ), and noticed something I hadn't before, which was Stephan saying "Foot of Pride" was about antisemitism, and references a book by Malcolm Hays called "The Foot of Pride." I don't see how that song is about antisemitism, not that I know what it *is* about (though it's a very cool song).

It does have the following lines in it:

Yes, I guess I loved him too
I can still see him in my mind climbin’ that hill
Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped
Struck down by the strength of the will
Ain’t nothin’ left here partner, just the dust of a plague
that has left this whole town afraid
From now on, this’ll be where you’re from
Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come
Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade

Maybe Stephan thought it was Jesus climbing that hill, and that his followers raised the "dust of a plague" of antisemitism. Where did Bob come up with that "Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade" line? Even its tense is bizarre.

Stephan also said that "Caribbean Wind" was Bob's statement of rejection of Christendom and embrace of his Jewishness. I think I asked him where in that song he found that, but he didn't reply. That wind goes from Nassau to Mexico, not to Jerusalem. The song does have the line "We went into the wall to where the long arm of the law could not reach." Maybe that's the wailing wall? And I see Caribbean Wind also has a line about hot iron ("Fanning the flames in the furnace of desire / And them distant ships of liberty on them iron waves so bold and free / Bringing everything that’s near to me nearer to the fire"). Actually, thanks to bobdylan.com's search through songs feature, I see that Bob mentions iron in 18 songs. Well, he's from the Iron Range, right?

[Just Kidding]

And he welds ironwork sculptures and gates.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/bob-dylan-musician-by-day-iron-welder-by-night/article15514074/

"I've been around iron all my life ever since I was a kid," the
native of Duluth, Minn., says in exhibition literature. (In keeping
with his reclusive nature, he did not come to the gallery opening and
was not made available for phone interviews.) "I was born and raised
in iron ore country – where you could breathe it and smell it every
day."

[Grave Digger]

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Didn't know Stephan...but I miss him.

Who's gonna cry when old Ron dies?

[Mr Zod]

Long may you run....!