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28 Oct 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark
Now that I've managed to resolve the issue of being unable to post discussions (and thus earn USD) on MyLot, I'm going to be heading there, my time in the cryptosphere having come to an unfortunate end. I'm hoping that if you enjoy my particular bran...
28 Oct 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”Oscar Wilde I've been juggling the sun & moon dichotomy my whole life. Not in an occult, mystical way. I'm talking about hair color. Shall I choose light, or dark? Sun o...
18 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"We were interested in not being considered professionals. I still consider myself an amateur filmmaker rather than a professional. Because professional means you do something for money, for a job. And the root of the word 'amateur' is a love of s...
13 Oct 2023 10 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I had a week to kill between the shows in São Paulo and Las Vegas, and I was out of money. It's unlikely I would have returned to Vegas early anyway, when I was already in an exotic, faraway, and foreign place, but even if I'd have rather been in V...
12 Oct 2023 15 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
In spite of having every technical difficulty under the sun, or perhaps the moon, the show at the Nazaré Paulista Country Music Festival in Brazil was the 2nd best of the entire Poor Man's Nick Cave Tour. Only the show in Santiago was better. I wa...
10 Oct 2023 9 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."Eva Perón Nick Cave once said something to the effect that he chose his band members based on how well they got along. Playing ability is secondary. Being able to live on a...
6 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Five years ago tonight was the night I arrived in Santiago, Chile. A long flight down from Mexico City, with a transfer in Bogotá. It was a long day. The flight left Mexico City at dawn, and the arrival in Santiago wasn't until 9 or 10pm. I forg...
5 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The road to hell is fraught with pearl.Shiny people going down."Fraught With Pearl This article is an afterthought to an afterthought, so I thought I'd use the title of a poem I refuse to write, "Suicide By Holding My Breath." The gist of the poe...
2 Oct 2023 10 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even themost High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee,neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Forhe shall give his angels charge over thee,to keep thee in all thy ways."Psalm...
22 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
In his own words, Aze Avora is a Canadian "writer & director who wants to bring you bizarre & thought provoking content" who "will be creating documentaries mixing reality with science-fiction." His dystopian short film Capitol of Conformity depicts...
