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21 Jan 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
People who know me know how much I dislike the buzzwords that have infiltrated public discourse. "Community," "content," "creator," and the like, are all generic words that are interchangeable and therefore meaningless, and which devalue everything...
20 Jan 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"May they all sleep tight down in hell tonightor wherever they may be"Shane MacGowan Did I ever tell you the story about getting smoked out by Billy The Kid? It's true, Billy The Kid smoked me out from the great and horrible beyond. I was hanging...
18 Jan 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
It's over. I am throwing them away. The last 2 cigarros,hopefully for life. The gringo businessis finallycoming to a close. I find I amhungover from it. Dealing with gringosis like going on a bender. It's something from whichit is necessaryto recover...
16 Jan 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"I like bein' freeand that makes mean idiot I suppose"Stan Rogers Remember the scene from The Pianist when everybody is logging into their social media accounts, and either Adrien Brody's character or one of his siblings says this boxcar is better...
14 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Today was ridiculous. I copped a ride from a kid wearing a life preserver, and we went back in time to the 1930s. All the Mexicans were having a wedding, at which my great-grandfather was scheduled to perform. I bought a serape and a large hat and...
12 Jan 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The darkness is my birthright."Nico I might as well warn you up front, you may very well have no business here. Not reading this blog, not listening to my music, never stopping to wonder how the world never seems to improve in spite of a compulsi...
5 Jan 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"In the future only those who are members of a chamber are allowed to be productive in our cultural life. Membership is open only to those who fulfill the entrance condition. In this way all unwanted and damaging elements have been excluded." Jose...
3 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers." Man Ray I propose that we start the new year with a dream. A surreal foray into the beautiful world of the broken heart. Not in real life, of course. No way. I'm not...
30 Dec 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
How oppressed are transgender pigs, really? Was there ever a time when gay people were tough, maybe even cool? What was it like in the dark ages, when people had too much self-respect to wear their kink in their Army photos? Were they afraid to we...
28 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
The Lord put a great burden on my heart for my surviving family yesterday, after talking to a friend in Texas. I made a phone call this morning that I never thought I would make. As soon as I hung up, the words "LAST CALL" reverberated through me....
