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We Go Alone

11 Dec 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"You and me are molded by thingsWell beyond our acknowledgment"Stereolab   I had a friend in Austin who was the leader of a traditional Irish punk band.  He said something once about backing him up in a bar fight and was offended when my response was...

A Convalescent Stroll Through La Condesa

8 Dec 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I'm changing my opinion of my favorite song of mine from "Fabulous Dream" to "All I Want."  "All I Want" is the most-true song I will ever write.  Not a trace of poetry anywhere near it.  It's more like a crime scene set to music. Remember the falle...

An Inexplicable Mood For Mechanical Tacos

3 Dec 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"I immediately notice that his education is poor before he speaksHe asks me for identification with an ugly expression"Apache & Canserbero   I walked onto the set of Total Recall today, for the purposes of buying a new phone.  It looked like a mall,...

Slippers on the Ground (a call to arms & legs)

1 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

This is not a call to arms.  It's a call to arms and legs.  We need slippers on the ground to finance the financing of American Migrant, a Rock & Roll road musical across Mexico starring myself and Denver Williams.  Subscribe to me on Subscribestar f...

Way Beyond The Rainbow

29 Nov 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

To Emily X, Malcolm Y, and Theodore Z, There was rightness with the people at the other place.  It's about $100 cheaper.  Mexico City is at least 4x as expensive as the house I'm being overcharged to live in now.  My neighbor knew I was leaving, and...

The Americano Struggle

9 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then suddendestruction cometh upon them, as travail upon awoman with child; and they shall not escape.”1 Thessalonians 5:3   As soon as Trump won the election, Mexico gave the northbound migrants 24 hours t...

A Recreational Blackout

27 Oct 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a trainIt seemed easier than just a-waitin' around to die"Townes Van Zandt   I'm tired of Mexican cops.  They are seriously shady.  Nothing like a bunch of bloodthirsty Aztec warriors in Soviet...

¿Qué Tal, Carlos Marrón?

15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Today was the darkestsunny day I've everseen The shadows were bright There was a butterflyfight Deep within my bones. ¿Qué tal,Carlos Marrón?   The soda man was doing business with adoor,and a gale of brightand hatefullightblew the fingersout of my...

EU - Mexico relations - populism or democracy?

10 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

    TL;DR: Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is expected to reshape Mexico's relationship with the EU. With the stalled EU-Mexico Global Agreement (GA) needing modernization, the EU should prioritize engaging Mexico to strengthen trade ties...

Gangsters of the Heart

7 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.  She bought a guitar. And lived in it, Too. Originally intended as a tool shed, this 2-story guitar (the power lines in the lower left corner are life size) may very well end up becoming my home.  In my dr...