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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...
7 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] "I'm just going over JordanI'm just going over home"Wayfaring Stranger It is not mydutyto sing anddance for you It's not my dutyto shake yourhand It's not my dutyto pay respect,or pander toYour fascistic,unimagi...
2 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments PVM
It’s been a long and unforgiving crypto winter. The kind that tests conviction, exposes weak hands, and forces builders to tune out the noise and focus on the work when nobody is paying attention. While timelines chased narratives and markets searche...
30 Jun 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
When we went back to Mexico in 2022, we didn't know where we were going to end up. One week after crossing the border, we moved into a house near San Miguel de Allende that wasn't listed on any platforms of any kind, based purely on the recommendatio...
12 Jun 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
My fans range from UK goth punks to ex-military Buddhist bikers who travel the great Beatnik highway like characters in a Ken Kesey novel. Behold Mark & Lily from Manchester, UK: And their band, X Republic: Also wonderful is this message from Alask...
7 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"O Beauty! dost thou generatefrom Heaven or from Hell?"Charles Baudelaire It's in our nature to idealize things. Even hell. It's in our nature to bring anger to a laugh fight, Fury to a funhouse, Tragedy in lights. We pause before the abyss To ki...
6 May 2026 3 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] The following is the transcript of a text exchange I had with a friend tonight. Out of the blue and way after the fact, I got an email about a job opening from a tire shop in Arkansas today, less than 24 hours af...
5 May 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] https://www.gofundme.com/f/arkansas-run As many of you know, I drove around in Mexico illegally for a year and a half before crossing up through narco checkpoints and the border with both expired driver's license...
2 May 2026 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
A short while after Swervedriver leave the stage, on this already dreamlike seeming night in December of ’93, the target of our latest infatuation finally materializes before us: Smashing Pumpkins, a Chicago foursome who’ve blown up beyond belie...
