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Let's Just Be Friends

15 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Love is deadly serious business, so it's important to turn your heart into found VHS footage from a band on 80s Mexican public access TV, before it's too late. It's also wise to make sure the song is less than 2 minutes long.  That way, the stone sh...

New Music Release: Mother Africa

7 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Solar Phasing

Bonjour, A new official release for @solarphasing called: Mother AfricaA Groovy World Music Downtempo with Percussions.(2025 Master).Listen it! :0) On Audius:Solar Phasing - Mother Africa: https://audius.co/SolarPhasing/mother-africa On Bandcamp:Sola...

The Yellow Martini

30 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Piss Christ is a picture of a crucifix submerged in controversy.  Piss Demons is the alternate title for the original cover art for Everything I Have Is Yours, my only gospel album to date.  The stained background of the photo is so disgusting you ca...

Rock & Roll Garage Sale (redux)

21 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

My Bandcamp is live again, after nearly a decade of being in private mode.  Not only does Bandcamp fail to provide alternative payment platforms, such as direct deposit, they take it upon themselves to automatically donate their proceeds on certain d...

Farewell Song Sweet From My Trees

19 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I already wrote the story behind this song in an article titled "Farewell Song Sweet From My Trees."  Nick Cave once said something to the effect that his songs know more about his life than he does.  So, for reasons I'm not entirely aware of, I'm po...

God Listens To The Album

17 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outwardappearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."1 Samuel 16:7 "Man is hung up on the cover art.God listens to the album."Pablo Smog   Collin at House of Stone posted this video yesterday,...

Early Empire

17 Apr 2025 14 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

As someone who was at their first and last shows, not to mention countless in between, I had a bird’s eye view of their all too brief flight path. During that time, Early Empire went from being a good group to one I was going around proclaiming as t...

No Place For Me

1 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"No Place For Me" is from the album Wild Irish Rose.  It also appears on the Hellfire in a Nutshell collection. Thanks for listening. No Place For Me The sky is redmy heart is deadit's time to head on down the line Don't care about your pastI'm sor...

Cafe Bourbon Street: Columbus Ohio's Preeminent Rock Club

1 Apr 2025 19 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Though a local live music institution at this point, it’s kind of funny to look back and recall that Cafe Bourbon Street took considerable arm twisting before owner David Brown agreed to host a single show. Considering it was the guys from Sup...

House of Stone

28 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Well, it's confirmed.  First actual show in almost 6 years.  If you're in the DFW area, I'm playing at the House of Stone in Weatherford on Sunday.  It's at some guy's house, presumably of stone.  He films the performances.  It's a  house show, but p...