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16 hours ago 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Featuring The Lady Who Eats Songbirds, "Dirty Magazine" is from the album Slow-Burning Fun. Thanks for listening. Dirty Magazine My baby's on the telephone againshe don't never put it downso many times I've told herwe are only friendsbut she's still...
19 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I just had a dream about the people I stayed with in Arkansas. True Christians though I do believe they are, the lack of faith they displayed toward me in the dream was painful. Another gringo-grade rejection. What a nightmare. I hesitated bringin...
18 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Written in a shotgun shack in Austin, Texas in 2006 or 7 while watching Jailhouse Rock, "Beauty Never Dies" was lost in the production graveyard that is Vampire Cats. Since it's not the kind of song that needs much production to begin with, "Beauty...
15 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
If you're like me, and have spent decades "doing time" in the wilderness as opposed to waiting on God, this video is for you: The church in this town in the Baja is clearly not interested in my offer of free English lessons in exchange for nothing. ...
13 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Rah-Kon
What’s good—welcome to Rah-Kon Chronicles. I’m Rah-Kon: an independent hip-hop artist, writer, producer, and builder from Oregon. This blog is where I’ll share the parts of the journey that do not always fit inside a song: the stories behind the musi...
11 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
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...
4 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Nobody knew anything about narcissism in the 90s, but this information is slowly becoming common knowledge. The more I learn about it, the more the world makes sense. What a nightmare. It occurred to me recently that my relationship with American c...
1 Aug 2026 2 minute read 4 comments Nathan Payne
"Go where you're treated best."The Nomad Capitalist So, we crossed the Rubicon. The future is finally behind us. Almost a year and a half back in the US, the entire purpose of which was to say goodbye, or so it appears from the present moment. A p...
14 Jul 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"We dance by faith, and not by sight." Proverbs of Smog 79:1 Dear Patreon Subscribers, The "solar" charger has yet to take an actual charge from the sun, and while it is a vast improvement over what I was doing before I got it, the phone is still o...
10 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Behold, the opening scene of 2026: A Frying Pan Shovel Odyssey. There is no soundtrack, but I imagine something grand, yet ridiculous. The theme from Thus Spake Tweedles, perhaps 🤔 2026: A Frying Pan Shovel Odyssey is a brilliant film, a work of st...
