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20 Jan 2023 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"May they all sleep tight down in hell tonightor wherever they may be"Shane MacGowan Did I ever tell you the story about getting smoked out by Billy The Kid? It's true, Billy The Kid smoked me out from the great and horrible beyond. I was hanging...
14 Jan 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Today was ridiculous. I copped a ride from a kid wearing a life preserver, and we went back in time to the 1930s. All the Mexicans were having a wedding, at which my great-grandfather was scheduled to perform. I bought a serape and a large hat and...
12 Jan 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The darkness is my birthright."Nico I might as well warn you up front, you may very well have no business here. Not reading this blog, not listening to my music, never stopping to wonder how the world never seems to improve in spite of a compulsi...
3 Jan 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers." Man Ray I propose that we start the new year with a dream. A surreal foray into the beautiful world of the broken heart. Not in real life, of course. No way. I'm not...
22 Dec 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Tonight, while picking limes from the tree out back so I could prepare my nightly bowl of boots & cream, I decided against watching the news, the amateur battle of the bands that is a proxy war between the heated elite and most of humanity, held in a...
13 Dec 2022 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
One of the greatest regrets of my life is missing the Iggy Pop show at the Vic Theater in Chicago in 1999 or 2000. I was strung-out on a chick at the time, and spent the night with her, instead of going to see Iggy Pop with my rockabilly friend. Th...
10 Dec 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"It is not sufficientto be innocent—Jesus rhymes with cross"Los Espíritus How does a band or songwriter traverse the minefield of contradictory, dogmatic absolutes without being torn to shreds by an artistic booby-trap? How does a soldier, or a si...
1 Dec 2022 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Stupid Old Heart is my attempt at an album of nudes. Visual artists have life drawing sessions with nude models in an attempt to capture the human form in whatever medium they happen to be working in. So, why not music? Is it possible to capture t...
28 Nov 2022 6 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
“What I do is between me and the Lord, to examine and possibly alter the state of grace in which I live, and thereby the state of grace of anybody who listens.” Townes Van Zandt "There's hardly anything fun to do, since they made music illegal." Fr...
16 Nov 2022 13 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"'La Bruja' (The Witch) is a popular traditional song from the state of Veracruz, Mexico. There's various tales and legends in Mexico and one of those is of La Bruja, which can perhaps be compared to the legend of the vampire 'Dracula' (made popular...
