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30 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man is an animated short film by Aleksandr Petrov. It is based on a short story by Dostoevsky, and tells the tale of a suicidal nihilist who has a near death experience. Whether he survives his own suicide attempt, or is m...
30 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
"Bleeding Heart" contains 3 chipped, plastic pearls of wisdom from the thrift store: 1. Don't fall in love until you fall apart 2. The sharp tongue is actually dull, and 3. Your shallow grave is deeper than you think If you fail to apply these...
28 Apr 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.01
"What happened to the days where guitarists were gods, like my ancestors? Technology has crushed us and robbedus of our culture. Turning us into machines."El Mariachi I love Roseanne. Her trademark laugh and sardonic wit were part of the prime-t...
25 Apr 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02
"Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird!"John Keats ASMR exists in the cultural demilitarized zone between human interaction and total isolation and detachment. It is a no-man's-land of soft-spoken librarians and role-playing whisper chicks,...
24 Apr 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.01
"The pope is like Hitler with wings."Certain Stratospheres I always thought the black burn marks in the field across the street were made by borrachos playing with matches and bottles of 90-proof gasoline at 2 in the morning. But as it turns out,...
21 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.02
I saw into the future It was bitmap asadaall theway There were hash machinesand paper strippersblowing through the alley Everything was digital Money,hamburgers,desire,the footage of the grisly maulingdeath of a gang of nudistfurries,all of it,and...
20 Apr 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
Van life is all about finding privacy, and staying clean. Things most people take for granted, from bathing to being able to change your clothes while standing up (without being outdoors), are all luxuries to be savored. The American West is good f...
17 Apr 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.01
I have recently been brought up on charges in the court of the birds for perjuring myself in song. An indictment of insubstantial mist was filed against me, a cloud-based document of illegible precipitation in which I was accused of using my imagina...
16 Apr 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.01
"If love is a room,my life is a series of hallways"Love is a Room I used to love California. Especially L.A. When I lived in Silverlake, my idea of recreation would be to get really stoned, pop a CD into my portable sound machine, and walk to Hol...
15 Apr 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04
"Jesu, Jesu, the mad days that I have spent!" "Jesus, the days that we have seen!"Justice Shallow I wrote "Jesus The Days We Have Seen" sometime in the 90s. The title was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2. It is an expression...
