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20 Mar 2026 8 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Is it me or are concert tours not quite as weird as they used to be? I guess the rise of single-site festivals has pretty much taken their place, from Coachella to Bonnaroo and everything else in between. Even Lollapalooza for the past 20+ years...
16 Mar 2026 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Unpacking all of ’92 and most of ’93, to this point, is an exercise in frustrating near-misses. Regarding tonight and the connective tissue of lost opportunities, these extend well beyond the Blind Melon set that I was working too late during...
14 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Sixty 1. You can't sleep here. 2. This isn't a restaurant. 3. I understand the menu intellectually, but have yet to accept it into my heart. 4. Let's get a bite to sleep. 5. Who are the...
13 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Fifty-Nine 1. Roast beer; root beef. 2. Boot rear; boast reef. 3. The day of the bored will come as a thief in the night. 4. Do you want to leave this world alive? 5. Make yourselves read...
10 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
When darkness is Mixing with Fear; When things are not as they Appear; When things get Weird, and the soul needs Fixing; When inertia Kicks in, and a dead-end Route teen begins haranguing you In your dreams; When your schemes are pounding Floorboards...
9 Mar 2026 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Somewhere in the middle of day long Lollapalooza ’93 extravaganza, buzzworthy indie rockers Dinosaur Jr. will play the main stage. Though heavily hyped in advance by some of my trendier acquaintances, there’s almost always a gaping void in rev...
8 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Fifty-Eight 1. It's not even a story anymore. It's just a tangled ball of broken Christmas lights. There is neither beginning nor end to it. 2. Or so it seems. 3. Don't you want to go to...
7 Mar 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Although it is not in the authorizedrepertoire, if my people request itof me, I am going to sing it."Jorge Cafrune Proverbs of Smog Chapter Fifty-Seven 1. I was not yet 500 years old, but I have spent a lot of time in vans; 2. Was I the two 19-year...
6 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
A friend of mine in England recently reached out to me, asking how he could re-buy my discography. I took the albums out of private mode last April, but Bandcamp migrated over to Stripe, a fast-food bank with a chewing gum name I hate. I had a proble...
5 Mar 2026 1 minute read 1 comment Nathan Payne
"Searching for the sugar, man" Proverbs of Smog Chapter Fifty-Six 1. Rolling around in the sun with my grasshopper and helicopter friends is the best. 2. Every butterfly I know is a scientifical genius. 3. It may be kind of gross, but it isn't grand...
