Replacing my blog at http://pablosmoglives.wordpress.com
13 Dec 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.11
One of the greatest regrets of my life is missing the Iggy Pop show at the Vic Theater in Chicago in 1999 or 2000. I was strung-out on a chick at the time, and spent the night with her, instead of going to see Iggy Pop with my rockabilly friend. Th...
10 Dec 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.08
"It is not sufficientto be innocent—Jesus rhymes with cross"Los Espíritus How does a band or songwriter traverse the minefield of contradictory, dogmatic absolutes without being torn to shreds by an artistic booby-trap? How does a soldier, or a si...
7 Dec 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.12
From the land of rhyming couplets, I beheld the burning, baleful eye of an omen so beautiful, it caused me to forget my rhyme scheme "He aquí, un caballo pálido," in a field all alone, behold, a pale horse waiting for an angel to untie him Beyond h...
4 Dec 2022 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
The purpose of this article is not to fill people with gratuitous hopelessness, which leads to death. It's to fill people with purposeful hopelessness, which leads to life. Or can. Death is always an option. At some point, it's the only option. ...
3 Dec 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.13
"With what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt tho...
1 Dec 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.11
Stupid Old Heart is my attempt at an album of nudes. Visual artists have life drawing sessions with nude models in an attempt to capture the human form in whatever medium they happen to be working in. So, why not music? Is it possible to capture t...
28 Nov 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.08
“What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who listens.” Townes Van Zandt "There's hardly anything fun to do, since they made music illegal." Fr...
26 Nov 2022 17 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.33
"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." Colossians 3:2-3 "I've come back aroundto uncharted ground,or so it seems"Me I've never been here before. Have you? Mayb...
16 Nov 2022 13 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.29
"'La Bruja' (The Witch) is a popular traditional song from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. There's various tales and legends in Mexico and one of those is of La Bruja, which can perhaps be compared to the legend of the vampire 'Dracula' (made popular...
4 Nov 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.08
“As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.” Proverbs 25:20 “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:12 I went scuba diving on...
