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The Cautionary Fairytale

9 May 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I can't remember the wordsto my ownstory The unauthorized autobiography The cautionary fairytale The boots that never fit The mansion in the driveway If you think you're not a writer you arewrite or maybewriting,maybe Wrong Not to say that you are...

House of Stone

28 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Well, it's confirmed.  First actual show in almost 6 years.  If you're in the DFW area, I'm playing at the House of Stone in Weatherford on Sunday.  It's at some guy's house, presumably of stone.  He films the performances.  It's a  house show, but p...

Austin is a Special Ed Class

23 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

DamnedDoomendCondemend You can't even see it The hubris on your face Your lipstick madeof scrambledeggs "Liberalize Yourself" Tik-Tok Filter   You don't remember Red River,do you Never found the lightswitchfor the moon Or scuffed your boots on neon...

The Singularity Lane

21 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I found myself in the singularity lane at the border recently, and it was very efficient.  If you're tired of long lines at the border, sign up for the Singularity Program. The singularity program is for cars who want to disappear into the transdime...

Gulf of Pablosmogtopia

8 Jan 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

In this press conference, Donald Trump was observed throwing shade at Pablo Smogtopia, like he's not even aware it's a real country.  He probably doesn't even admit to attending the state dinner at the purple bouncy castle in 2019, where the Pablo A...

Pablo Smog's End Tunes Oddcast #1

10 Sep 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Baboon climbs the mountain, so hastily, so troublesome,Baboon climbs the mountain, so hastily and so troublesome,Baboon climbs the mountain to annoy the farmers.Hooray!  For the jolly baboon..."The Last Fire Watch   Since these are the end tunes, an...

She's No Good

18 Jul 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Another song from the anti-produced Vampire Cats, the album that resists production value like a vampire resists sunshine.  I tried to produce it, but every time I touched it with EQ, compression, or reverb of any kind, the songs burst into flames, o...

Reservoir Cats

31 Jan 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

On the FAQ page of my Discography site, I answer 2 of the most common questions I receive.  The first, of course, is "What's your problem, anyway?"  The second is, "Who is Pablo Smog?" This is Pablo Smog: Pablo Smog was my pen name when I lived in L...

The Neon Gaschamber

28 Nov 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

The Neon Gaschamber   I was napping through the war I heard nothing when the armored bumper cars overran the city, and ran off with my garbage, my garden of debris Weird, smokingbones of bicycleswere scattered on the lawn A motorcycle melted The rid...

Wild Irish Rose

31 Aug 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

     "I got a hiccup truck,     but I ain't no hick"Laundromat on the Southside of Detroit   I have always liked graveyards.  They are like cornfields full of bones.   Beds of sleeping flowers, fertilized with ghosts.  Shall I awake the broken Rose? ...