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Replacing my blog at http://pablosmoglives.wordpress.com


Let's Just Be Friends

15 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Love is deadly serious business, so it's important to turn your heart into found VHS footage from a band on 80s Mexican public access TV, before it's too late. It's also wise to make sure the song is less than 2 minutes long.  That way, the stone sh...

The Wolf Who Wept Eternity

12 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I turned the pages of the streetfrom 99 & Broadwayto the narrow path downtown I walked the length of the entirebookin an hour and ahalf I scrubbed the blood off the doorpostswith a dishrag soaked inwine I drove a symbol through an open field I did...

Scissors of Moral Relativism

11 May 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

The "Fates" are a group of disgruntled, mythological textile workers who determine the fate of man.  According to legend, they weave the threads of life into a tapestry of pain and good fortune, in whatever proportion they please.  In spite of their...

The Cautionary Fairytale

9 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I can't remember the wordsto my ownstory The unauthorized autobiography The cautionary fairytale The boots that never fit The mansion in the driveway If you think you're not a writer you arewrite or maybewriting,maybe Wrong Not to say that you are...

American Noah

6 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I've been following Tony Lamb on YouTube for several years.  We've become friends, and so I stopped by his house recently for a visit.  One day, we went out for breakfast, to the restaurant of the unknown soldier.  After 4 years in Mexico, it is stra...

The Yellow Martini

30 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Piss Christ is a picture of a crucifix submerged in controversy.  Piss Demons is the alternate title for the original cover art for Everything I Have Is Yours, my only gospel album to date.  The stained background of the photo is so disgusting you ca...

Rock & Roll Garage Sale (redux)

21 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

My Bandcamp is live again, after nearly a decade of being in private mode.  Not only does Bandcamp fail to provide alternative payment platforms, such as direct deposit, they take it upon themselves to automatically donate their proceeds on certain d...

Farewell Song Sweet From My Trees

19 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I already wrote the story behind this song in an article titled "Farewell Song Sweet From My Trees."  Nick Cave once said something to the effect that his songs know more about his life than he does.  So, for reasons I'm not entirely aware of, I'm po...

God Listens To The Album

17 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outwardappearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."1 Samuel 16:7 "Man is hung up on the cover art.God listens to the album."Pablo Smog   Collin at House of Stone posted this video yesterday,...

The True Believers

16 Apr 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"We don’t engage with religious a******."Gary Lamb "Remember me well, when you go to hell."Pablo Smog   Cringe Alert:  If you have back problems or are prone to dislocating your funny bone, it is perhaps unwise to read this article.  Inoperable stage...