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What is BitSong and Why Should You Care?

15 Sep 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

Long-term readers will know that I have released a number of albums on Band Camp, but haven't any traction there. (A whopping total of two people have bought any of my music from it.) I gave Audius a try, but haven't been able to earn any Audius Toke...

PayPal: A Pain in the Arse

23 Nov 2024 1 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

Urgh. I hate PayPal. Long-time readers will tell you as much. Every time I try to withdraw money from it, I invariably do something wrong. Today, I was trying to withdraw money from my personal PayPal account to my bank account. What I did instead wa...

What happened to my staying power? (A Mini Rant)

18 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

I'm not one to consider myself blessed with an abundance of endurance or stamina (for which I blame my ADHD). What little I do have seems horribly diminished. Perhaps shockingly, I'm ready to throw in the towel before I've even found a job to keep me...

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...

[ENG/ITA] Rising Star Christmas Event Has Started: Looking for a Present from Mrs. Clause! | SUB Token

18 Dec 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Arc7icWolf

La versione italiana  si trova sotto quella inglese  The italian version  is under the english one  Rising Star Christmas Event Has Started: Looking for a Present from Mrs. Clause! | SUB Token     The approach of every holiday always brings at le...

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...

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...

The Infinite Capacity of Human Incapacity

7 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I was working up some songs with my old friend Mr. Unicorn Man today, and it occurred to us that our gringo friends are still clinging to their self-righteous indignation and virtue like a person who falls overboard will stubbornly cling to a bloody...

The Singularity Lane

21 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I found myself in the singularity lane at the border recently, and it was very efficient.  If you're tired of long lines at the border, sign up for the Singularity Program. The singularity program is for cars who want to disappear into the transdime...