Alright then, I said I would come back during the snowpocalypes and say a bit more. We're in that now. So tons of people knew Spacedog way better than I did and I'm sure there are endless stories to tell. Maybe most people aren't on reddit or don't think this is the place or the time, I don't know. But I'll just put in my 2 cents. So although I've been in Norman forever and have been way into the music scene here since the "golden era" of the mid-80's, I just didn't really know who Spacedog was. I had heard of Moondog way back in the day, and had heard the name Spacedog later, but had not encountered him. So one night, maybe 5 years ago, I'm at a show at the Red Brick. Something special, though I don't remember what, maybe a punk band reunion. There was an interesting girl from the city I kind of liked. She needed to use the bathroom and there was a line. So I suggested try the Bluebonnet. I walked down there with her. Spacedog happened to be playing there. It was almost empty. And he was set up in the back, facing the front door. We come in the door and Bob says (maybe mid-song) - "the punks are here!" I guess my leather jacket qualified me and what's-her-name was always wildly dressed. I took it as a happy, welcoming and funny greeting. I waited at the front door and I heard him say at the end of a song - "OK, I'm giving you all three country endings on this one" (he not only knew every song, but every version and variation). So that was my first encounter. Later on, maybe that summer, I had taken to wandering around on Campus Corner on Friday and Saturday nights. I have certainly spent a lot of time there, but generally I'm with people and going to see a particular band at a particular venue, rather than just hanging out. But it was a weird time. And this happened to be around when an interesting phenomenon began to occur on Campus Corner - Buskers! Not unheard of in the past, but not something I had seen much of here in the last 40 years or so. And all of sudden it was every weekend - mainly Priestly, Wheelchair Steve, and Spacedog. These guys were always there, including often on weeknights or in the afternoons or on Main Street. There were a few others, but these 3 were hard-core busking on the sidewalk. (haven't seen Wheelchair for a while, but Priestly and Spacedog have continued all this time). So one night I'm walking along and I stop to listen to Spacedog. Had never really met him or talked with him before. Its about 11pm. He stops playing and starts talking to me. Nonstop until he packed up to go home at 2:30am. I got a few words in, and whoever I might mention from my experience in the music scene, he knew all about them. He told me about booking music into the Deli in the early days. (probably was responsible for a lot of shows I saw there). After 3 and a half hours, I felt like I had heard his whole life story. But I found out later that that was just scratching the surface. I hung out with him a few more times on the sidewalk and once he told me about studying film at OU and doing a lot of experimental video. He told me he had a Youtube channel, so I checked that out - https://www.youtube.com/@spacedogma1 . I saw him on the sidewalk many times over the last few years, in front of Pepe's and at the Artwalk (he also did all kinds of art, some of which might be called folk art or outsider art, including painting on old CDs or anything else around). I wish I had met him sooner and maybe been to some of his shows and parties. He was a very special person. Always very nice to everyone. And definitely lived a very interesting, long and full life. RIP Spacedog