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Searching For The Sugar, Man

13 Aug 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"While the rain drank champagne,my Estonian Archangel came and got me wasted"Rodriguez   "The Weight" is a great song.  In fact it makes me kinda sad.  It reminds me what has been lost, and what has been thrown away.  I don't really want to talk abou...

Are You Happy, Mr. Superman?

10 Aug 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

1.  Beginners Without End   "Not conservative master of one profession but the jack-of-all-trades by being the perpetual beginner."From The Amateur Manifesto   Western culture has become a city without green spaces.  Have you noticed?  A town without...

Lagoon of the Land of Palms

8 Aug 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Chott el Djerid (Arabic: شط الجريد Šoṭṭ el-Jarīd) is a large endorheic salt lake in southern Tunisia.  The name can be translated from Arabic into English as "Lagoon of the Land of Palms."  "A Portrait in Light and Heat" was filmed there by Bill Viol...

Sparrows of Resistance

2 Aug 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The world changed so precipitously.  From this time forward, it was the painful theater of an animal struggled all out."AquaSixio   The muse has been colonized.  Not just my muse.  Your muse too.  Colonized.  Slaved.  Caved.  Un-braved.  De-brained....

Ode To Sinéad

27 Jul 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"If only I can fight off the voices of my parentsand gather a sense of self-esteemThen I'll be able to REALLY sing..."Sinéad O'Connor   I hearya sister.  A buncha right bastards, aren't they.  I was at least blessed with a great mother.  Unfortunatel...

Album Review - "Game Over" by TrippyB3ats

13 Jul 2023 2 minute read 0 comments amberbyers

Electronic musician TrippyB3ats returned with her third full-length album, Game Over, on September 2nd, 2022! This one is comprised of 11 brand new tracks, and I am back to rate them each on a scale of 10, and then give you an overall score for the a...

The Imagination Betrays The Mind

13 Jul 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The imagination betrays the mindby sabotaging it into becoming a heart"Blackbird   I wrote the song "Blackbird" in the summer of '94.  I worked at a golf course during the day as a landscaper, and smoked weed and drank beer with my brother and his f...

Album Review - "War Crimes" by TrippyB3ats

12 Jul 2023 2 minute read 0 comments amberbyers

Electronic musician TrippyB3ats returned with her second full-length album, War Crimes, on August 9th, 2022! This one is comprised of 9 brand new tracks, and I am back to rate them each on a scale of 10, and then give you an overall score for the alb...

The Tragedy of Artificial Holiness

11 Jul 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”Matthew 10:39   While I'm on the topic of dying to self, of initiating divorce proceedings from the devil and hell, and not turning back, I'm going to pos...

Album Review - "Deviations" by TrippyB3ats

11 Jul 2023 1 minute read 0 comments amberbyers

Electronic musician TrippyB3ats returned with their final EP (to date), Deviations, on August 8th, 2022! This one is comprised of 7 brand new tracks, and I am back to rate them each on a scale of 10, and then give you an overall score for the album....