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18 Aug 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Written in a shotgun shack in Austin, Texas in 2006 or 7 while watching Jailhouse Rock, "Beauty Never Dies" was lost in the production graveyard that is Vampire Cats. Since it's not the kind of song that needs much production to begin with, "Beauty...
11 Aug 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Recorded almost entirely on a broken 4-track on cassette tapes purchased exclusively at the dollar store, All The Diamonds You Can Eat is a bumpy ride through the lo-fi part of town. From the soaring, cracked-out "A Beautiful Place," through the or...
4 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Nobody knew anything about narcissism in the 90s, but this information is slowly becoming common knowledge. The more I learn about it, the more the world makes sense. What a nightmare. It occurred to me recently that my relationship with American c...
1 Aug 2026 2 minute read 4 comments Nathan Payne
"Go where you're treated best."The Nomad Capitalist So, we crossed the Rubicon. The future is finally behind us. Almost a year and a half back in the US, the entire purpose of which was to say goodbye, or so it appears from the present moment. A p...
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...
7 May 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"O Beauty! dost thou generatefrom Heaven or from Hell?"Charles Baudelaire It's in our nature to idealize things. Even hell. It's in our nature to bring anger to a laugh fight, Fury to a funhouse, Tragedy in lights. We pause before the abyss To ki...
6 May 2026 3 minute read 2 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] The following is the transcript of a text exchange I had with a friend tonight. Out of the blue and way after the fact, I got an email about a job opening from a tire shop in Arkansas today, less than 24 hours af...
5 May 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] https://www.gofundme.com/f/arkansas-run As many of you know, I drove around in Mexico illegally for a year and a half before crossing up through narco checkpoints and the border with both expired driver's license...
12 Apr 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] Proverbs of Smog Chapter Seventy-Six 1. We danced on the rooftop of the world. 2. We watched the sun run across the sky 3. Like the king of the night. 4. We ate the dirty pearl. 5. We never asked why. 6. We wrote...
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...
