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31 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I met a piano on the subway today. He was singing a low and mournful tune. He was obviously crazy, and the other passengers gave him a wide berth. The sad piano sat amongst his shopping bags, alone in the corner of the subway car, and ranted and r...
27 Oct 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a trainIt seemed easier than just a-waitin' around to die"Townes Van Zandt I'm tired of Mexican cops. They are seriously shady. Nothing like a bunch of bloodthirsty Aztec warriors in Soviet...
24 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"I will always be a message.Only now, the message is different."Sicario 2 Man, I am tired of listening to people talk about their girlfriends. It's like listening to a homeless alcoholic talking about his favorite drink. I'm tired of drinkers too...
22 Oct 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"An ignorant people is a blind instrument of its own destruction."Simón Bolívar Cuba is having a rough time. Sometimes referred to as the North Carolina of Latin America, Cuba has been without power for days. Decades, really. Ruled by Miguel Díaz...
19 Oct 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“It is a fearful thing to fall into thehands of the living God.”Hebrews 10:31 I had a dream last night in which I was in a military special forces group with Vladimir Putin. He was the only well-known person in the group, but he wasn't leading it...
15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Today was the darkestsunny day I've everseen The shadows were bright There was a butterflyfight Deep within my bones. ¿Qué tal,Carlos Marrón? The soda man was doing business with adoor,and a gale of brightand hatefullightblew the fingersout of my...
12 Oct 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Voices ought not be measured by how pretty they are.Instead they matter only if they convince youthat they are telling the truth."Sam Cooke 1. Conflict Songs Conflict songs, or "blood" songs, are songs that are mined directly from the earth. The...
7 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She bought a guitar. And lived in it, Too. Originally intended as a tool shed, this 2-story guitar (the power lines in the lower left corner are life size) may very well end up becoming my home. In my dr...
2 Oct 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The descent into Hell is easy."Virgil Attention shoppers. The recruitment office for the Department of Death will be closed until further notice. Nude shoplifters have been apprehended in the fruit aisle. A snake and a woman have been charged w...
26 Sep 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“Liberals can understand everything but peoplewho don't understand them.”Lenny Bruce "L.A. Makes Me Wanna Die" is an instrumental track from my 2008 album, What's The Deal, Bufu Harem? It tells the story of a space cowboy who escaped the Bufu warl...
