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25 Nov 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Part of being a songwriter is to forever live in a state of trepidation as to what the next song may bring... Each comes with its own inherent danger."Nick Cave It's all therapy. Or can be. It certainly has been the case for me. Maybe that's wh...
22 Nov 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The whirlwind is in the thorn tree."Johnny Cash While headed west in the winter of 2013, I stopped at Shakespeare Cemetery in New Mexico, in search of the local ghost town. It was hidden behind a locked gate and a PRIVATE PROPERTY/NO TRESPASSING...
14 Nov 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"In infinite still night the moon swam lowAnd saffron in a silver dusted sky;Beauty and sorrow hand in hand with slowSoft wings and soundless passage wandered by."William Noel Hodgson William Noel Hodgson was a Lieutenant in the British Army, who w...
2 Nov 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Hope E Davis
As many of you know, besides writing novels as an author, I also work as a writer for hire in various industries. To many, this concept is foreign, as most people think that a company with a blog actually takes the time to write its own articles. In...
28 Oct 2023 8 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.”Oscar Wilde I've been juggling the sun & moon dichotomy my whole life. Not in an occult, mystical way. I'm talking about hair color. Shall I choose light, or dark? Sun o...
18 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"We were interested in not being considered professionals. I still consider myself an amateur filmmaker rather than a professional. Because professional means you do something for money, for a job. And the root of the word 'amateur' is a love of s...
13 Oct 2023 10 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
I had a week to kill between the shows in São Paulo and Las Vegas, and I was out of money. It's unlikely I would have returned to Vegas early anyway, when I was already in an exotic, faraway, and foreign place, but even if I'd have rather been in V...
12 Oct 2023 15 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
In spite of having every technical difficulty under the sun, or perhaps the moon, the show at the Nazaré Paulista Country Music Festival in Brazil was the 2nd best of the entire Poor Man's Nick Cave Tour. Only the show in Santiago was better. I wa...
10 Oct 2023 9 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time."Eva Perón Nick Cave once said something to the effect that he chose his band members based on how well they got along. Playing ability is secondary. Being able to live on a...
6 Oct 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Five years ago tonight was the night I arrived in Santiago, Chile. A long flight down from Mexico City, with a transfer in Bogotá. It was a long day. The flight left Mexico City at dawn, and the arrival in Santiago wasn't until 9 or 10pm. I forg...
