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Best Fans Ever

12 Jun 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

My fans range from UK goth punks to ex-military Buddhist bikers who travel the great Beatnik highway like characters in a Ken Kesey novel. Behold Mark & Lily from Manchester, UK: And their band, X Republic: Also wonderful is this message from Alask...

Agent/Publisher Wanted

16 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Seeking agent and/or publisher for Proverbs of Smog, a bilingual book of Rock & Roll road proverbs for road rats and intellectuals alike. I see two versions of the book: a nice, hardcover indoor copy with cool ar...

The Real Greatest Hits

6 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

For anyone unfamiliar with my music, the greatest hits albums on YouTube are the best place to start. I actually compiled them with the intention of letting people have them for free. But, other than the enjoyment I received from making them, it hasn...

The Van Halen Radiation Belt

5 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

My theory about "conspiracy theories" is that people who believe in none of them are the same as people who believe in all of them. Bart Sibrel makes a compelling argument that the moon landing was faked. I'm inclined to believe it. Look it up and de...

Proverbs of Smog #74

4 Apr 2026 1 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Seventy-Four 1. Do not go with Genghis Nudist. 2. Clothe your inner drunken Judas. 3. Forsake the way of Genghis Naked. 4. You will never be forsaked. Proverbios de Smog  Capítulo Setent...

Rock & Roll Garage Sale (re-redux)

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...

Proverbs of Smog #37

13 Jan 2026 1 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Thirty-Seven 1. Leopard print sunset; kittens in the Cool Whip. 2. Depart from me, ye pie rats! 3. Is this a motel, or a hungry Bible 4. Whale? 5. Sunlight has ripped the roof off. 6. The...

Proverbs of Smog #26

5 Dec 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Twenty-Six 1. Beware the homeless preacher blowing from the holy bubble beneath a halo of high, unsightly lions. 2. Take off your stylish sense of scorn; discard your sunglasses of thorns...

The Monochrome Garage

7 Dec 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"I was in high cotton just a-bangin' on my six-stringA-kickin' at the trash can, walkin' skin and bone"John Prine   If God hadn't intended us to write love songs, He wouldn't have shaped the heart like a guitar pick. Because the future is a concrete...

Faithful To Your Demons

23 Jun 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I didn't know that the inscription on Jim Morrison's grave is Ancient Greek for "Faithful To His Demons." Did you? The world is a sad, sorrowful nightmare, riddled with violence, rage, and death.  I hate it.  I understand what people are trying to d...