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The Weight of Fire

25 Feb 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02

"You don't always get what you go after.  But you do getwhat you wouldn't have got if you hadn't goneafter what you didn't get."Blaze Foley   I have reached another level of expat dissociation.  When you live so long with the locals that they talk to...

Martyr, Migrant, or Moron?

20 Feb 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02

"Don't wanna be an American idiot."Green Day Hello, I am writing to request asylum for my friend, an American refugee who has been living in Mexico for over 4 years.  The leader of "Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores," Nathan Payne is an American songwrit...

Burgers With Dust

13 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.11

I went to the bunkerfor burgers withdust Circus con queso Pork rinds & rust Children playedwith handheldtornadoes Dogs slept in the shadows Shadowsextendinglike bones of the nightfrom the feet of the streetlight Skeletons screaming     ©Nathan Payn...

Death is Not a Part of Life

10 Feb 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.07

"We were searching for a place of refuge for our love,but instead, the road led us to the land of the dead."The Color of Pomegranates   The Color of Pomegranates is a Soviet-Armenian art film made by Sergei Parajanov in 1969.  It tells the story of t...

The Infernal Venus

8 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02

Infernal Venus, Yes indeed.  Riding up through desert yesterday, super-stoned and spacey, the Strip was slow and glowing, the show was alright — not bad — and afterward we won almost $30 at roulette between the 2 of us.  And the casino was singing it...

The Infinite Capacity of Human Incapacity

7 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.07

I was working up some songs with my old friend Mr. Unicorn Man today, and it occurred to us that our gringo friends are still clinging to their self-righteous indignation and virtue like a person who falls overboard will stubbornly cling to a bloody...

St. Pablo The Ridiculous

3 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.06

"I’m a street,I’m your favorite crazy uncle"Happiness is Submission to God   I had to reload the cannon of saints today.  The cannon of saints is the weapon of choice for many recovering love addicts.  The only candidates for cannon-ization were The...

The Albino Ramone

30 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02

"Jazz is a word they use to sell our music,but to me that word does not exist."John Coltrane   Preppers always talk about water filters, self-defense, and food, but they never talk about music videos.  But the discerning culture warlord will have at...

The Repolux Arms

27 Jan 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04

"The life of a repo man is always intense."Repo Man   About a year ago, the CIA recruited me to be the manager of a chain of inner-city golf resorts throughout Latin America.  Intended as a refuge for rogue agents to unwind and let off some steam, Th...

Three Invisible Paintings

24 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02

"A moving painting, but with sound.That idea stuck in my head."David Lynch   Three invisible paintings, but with sound, composed in honor of the life and work of David Lynch.  Thank you for many decades of mystery and inspiration.  You will be missed...