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Rock & Roll Garage Sale (redux)

21 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

My Bandcamp is live again, after nearly a decade of being in private mode.  Not only does Bandcamp fail to provide alternative payment platforms, such as direct deposit, they take it upon themselves to automatically donate their proceeds on certain d...

Farewell Song Sweet From My Trees

19 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I already wrote the story behind this song in an article titled "Farewell Song Sweet From My Trees."  Nick Cave once said something to the effect that his songs know more about his life than he does.  So, for reasons I'm not entirely aware of, I'm po...

God Listens To The Album

17 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"The Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outwardappearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."1 Samuel 16:7 "Man is hung up on the cover art.God listens to the album."Pablo Smog   Collin at House of Stone posted this video yesterday,...

No Place For Me

1 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"No Place For Me" is from the album Wild Irish Rose.  It also appears on the Hellfire in a Nutshell collection. Thanks for listening. No Place For Me The sky is redmy heart is deadit's time to head on down the line Don't care about your pastI'm sor...

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...

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...

BBQ Lovecraft

15 Mar 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Hello,   I am currently in a hotel on I-35, in the high-density traffic corridor between Austin and San Antonio, and am considering my options.  Which is a worldly way of saying I'm waiting to see where God's finger points.   Thank you for your praye...

Death is Not a Part of Life

10 Feb 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"We were searching for a place of refuge for our love,but instead, the road led us to the land of the dead."The Color of Pomegranates   The Color of Pomegranates is a Soviet-Armenian art film made by Sergei Parajanov in 1969.  It tells the story of t...

The Infernal Venus

8 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Infernal Venus, Yes indeed.  Riding up through desert yesterday, super-stoned and spacey, the Strip was slow and glowing, the show was alright — not bad — and afterward we won almost $30 at roulette between the 2 of us.  And the casino was singing it...

The Infinite Capacity of Human Incapacity

7 Feb 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

I was working up some songs with my old friend Mr. Unicorn Man today, and it occurred to us that our gringo friends are still clinging to their self-righteous indignation and virtue like a person who falls overboard will stubbornly cling to a bloody...