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To Whom It May Not Entirely Disinterest, I have a theory about love songs. It isn't ironclad. The theory is that any song that claims to be about love but fails to express the pain and horror of sliding downward toward hell is disingenuous pap th...
PREFACE Most of the people who read this article will have been conditioned to be offended by it. They will read it with an air of sanctimony that they have been taught to think of as a sign of strength. They are not aware that this sanctimony (and...
I never actually went to a rave. It wasn't my scene. I wasn't into candy bracelets, rainbow colors, or designer drugs. I never went down a K-hole, or was ever even in the room with GHB to my knowledge. I did take Molly a handful of times, but...
In this era of magnetic meat and metallic cheese, you may want to visit your local Mexican market, and start shopping there. The cheese in this place comes from the next town: I also have some new "Made In America" merchandise available on...
Recorded almost entirely on a broken 4-track on cassette tapes purchased exclusively at the dollar store, All The Diamonds You Can Eat is a bumpy ride through the lo-fi part of town. From the soaring, cracked-out "A Beautiful Place," through the or...
When I lived in Austin, there was an organization that provided health care for musicians. I don't know if it's still there. It was called HAAM, the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians. You had to live in Travis County, TX, and prove that you wer...
New merch designs, available at https://www.redbubble.com/people/nathanpayne/shop "Nathan Payne & The Wild Bores," available as a poster, print, etc... "Rock & Roll High School, available as a poster, print, etc... "Hecho En Los Estados Un...
My management company hired a group of peaceful promoters to infiltrate the Britney Spears hearing in Los Angeles the other day. The mostly peaceful hearing/promotional event was attended by #FreeBritney activists, the #FreeBritney army, and a bunch...
Early Martian colonies were fraught with the same screeching, artless political division found on Earth today. While Kuato is portrayed as an underdog and a hero in the evil, satanic political documentary Total Recall, in fact he was a jealous, artl...
I want to thank everybody who down-voted my "Karens & The Man" post for reminding me why I left the U.S. Most people don't understand that music is an industry, an actual trade that requires compensation, and not a hobby for idlers and wastoids. Lo...
