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24 May 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I've been on a Shostakovich kick lately, which is the best way to put it, since it in no way implies I am familiar with his work. I'm not. But his story is interesting. He was engaged in a nearly-lifelong fight against Stalinist/Soviet censorship,...
16 Apr 2020 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
While I was buying my laptop from the Mexican Nazi last winter, he showed me some clips from a new Star Wars movie, something animated. He was very excited about the picture quality and resolution, and was in awe of the "set," or "fake digital wallp...
3 Apr 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
One of the minor, unfortunate by-products of the current wave of self-righteous entitlement that has become the unquestioned default setting for most people in "civilized" societies is that there is a presumption that because there is a comment secti...
2 Apr 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Nathan Payne
Everybody is a cinematographer these days, but nobody can write. Everyone is a master of graphic design, source code implementation, sound-file production (not necessarily music), video editing, and meme warfare, but nobody knows which "your" to use...
17 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Dear Marcus Rogers, I owe you an apology. I don't believe the spirit behind my critique of your new video is righteous, or comes from a godly place. Your song is in fact beautiful, and a wonderful, moving piece of true worship that I find beautif...
17 Mar 2020 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
For a short time (less than a month), I was the caretaker on a farm near Cortez, Colorado. I fed and counted hundreds of pigs, chickens, cows, and sheep, chased the neighbor's bulls off the property with a tractor, and repaired the barbed-wire fence...
17 Mar 2020 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
For too long, derivative, sub-par sonic garbage has been given a pass in the name of "praising God." Because we live in a culture that is weak, insecure, and incapable of taking the criticism necessary for actual improvement in any given field, fake...
17 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I have decided to celebrate Super-Hardcore History Month by commemorating Galileo, and his famous fight against Antifa during prehistoric times. In this famous 1857 painting by Cristiano Banti, Galileo is depicted facing the Roman Inquisition, who ar...
5 Feb 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Misty morning take-off,clouds of rainbowsglowing It’s like we’re flying through a soda The sky is gray with bubbles Gulf of Mexico below us—shining rippledcopper Cargo ships of Veracruz,Galveston, NewOrleans Tiny iron toys in a bathtub of goldenfire...
17 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Iglesia de mango polvoriento,palomas en la radio. Lindas palomas, cantandoen español, seco Fuente llena de sol,decapitado Cabezasde caídoDioses. Las raíces están trepandoarriba del tronco del árbol. Hace años que,o más. * * * Du...
