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21 Oct 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05
“I was perplexed as to what the usefulness of any of the arts might be, with the possible exception of interior decoration. The most positive notion I could come up with was what I call the canary-in-the-coal-mine theory of the arts. This theory argu...
18 Oct 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.05
Gómez Palacio. Just over the Durango state line from Torreón. What is apopleptic? Apoplepsy? Is that the word? They use dead bodies for the foundation of the highway. In order to ensure the ride is as insane as possible, they pour asphalt over...
9 Aug 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.13
"If we're out fixing the world but we're still damaged, we're just bleeding on everything we touch." Lisa Freeman I just caught episode 5 of HBO's "The Anarchists" series on BitChute last night, and found it more compelling than I expected to. At...
30 Jul 2022 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.09
My guitar is in jail. It was convicted on 5 counts of rocking too hard in the free world, and was sentenced to 3 years in the Kemp Calaboose in Kemp, TX. Bonnie Parker of Bonnie & Clyde fame once spent the night in the Kemp Calaboose. According to...
21 Jul 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.22
"The words of the prophets are written on thesubway walls, and tenement halls." Simon & Garfunkel I like street art. Always have. Nothing beats the street for checking the artistic pulse of a city. While I'm not one to criticize art museums for...
17 Jul 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.11
The recent shooting death of a 21-year-old mariachi singer at the hands of her jealous 79-year-old husband in a restaurant in Mexico City highlights the dangers of playing with fire, whatever side of the death table you're sitting on. What leads a 2...
23 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES In October 2019, a convoy of 5 Michoacán State Police cars was ambushed by the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación in Aguililla, Michoacán. 13 cops were killed, and 9 were wounded. There were 20 survivors. A 21-year-old "jefa s...
23 May 2022 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.06
Living in Mexico for a little over a year and a half, I don't see Mexicans in these videos. I see Americans. I hear it, the Chicano accent. I see the Spanish names for the small businesses in the background. But these subcultures are quintessent...
20 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.04
I wanted to write this when Eminem took a knee for the Superbowl halftime show earlier this year, but I didn't care enough. However, after reading some Mexican fake news about a 30-second diss track Eminem made for AMLO, the president of Mexico, I h...
3 May 2022 3 minute read 1 comment CodyMac50 $0.05
So, here we are, sitting under a few trees thinking about my favorite things in Mexico, and it hit me... Why not tell others about it...lol Since moving here, I have had my fair share of ups and downs, and lots of misunderstandings. I have started an...
