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10 Mar 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
When darkness is Mixing with Fear; When things are not as they Appear; When things get Weird, and the soul needs Fixing; When inertia Kicks in, and a dead-end Route teen begins haranguing you In your dreams; When your schemes are pounding Floorboards...
7 Mar 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Although it is not in the authorizedrepertoire, if my people request itof me, I am going to sing it."Jorge Cafrune Proverbs of Smog Chapter Fifty-Seven 1. I was not yet 500 years old, but I have spent a lot of time in vans; 2. Was I the two 19-year...
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...
5 Mar 2026 1 minute read 1 comment Nathan Payne
"Searching for the sugar, man" Proverbs of Smog Chapter Fifty-Six 1. Rolling around in the sun with my grasshopper and helicopter friends is the best. 2. Every butterfly I know is a scientifical genius. 3. It may be kind of gross, but it isn't grand...
14 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Zelle: [email protected] You’re a War Letting goof how I feelthe circus floorthe roulette wheelthat steers the worldinto a ditch,dries your tears,blows out your brains,and makes you rich Hitch a ridewith my dreamsshow me whattrue freedom...
12 Feb 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
After four woexin Phoenix, a good-paying job at the healthiest work environment I have ever seen, a visit to the Arizona Deliverance Center, which ministry changed my life and whose videos I have been watching for almost 9 years, a move from a ghetto...
8 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Cercano está Jehová a los quebrantados de corazón;y salvará a los contritos de espíritu."Salmo 34:18 I recently sent the lyrics to "El Corrido de Jesucristo" to a Mexican friend of mine, in the hopes that she would find it encouraging. She did. ...
7 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Who will usurp the serpent if the crown of life is drowning in your bloodstream? The Berlin horse, or a fabulous dream? Fabulous Dream The first time we spokeI will never forgetthough I could not remember to speak The sun is a snakethat is always...
6 Feb 2026 7 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world, and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."Steve Earle Apparently, Steve Earle dialed those sentiments back in later interviews, but I think he should have doub...
25 Jan 2026 4 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
"We pass through our days with the freedom of a dogwho never reaches the end of its leash."Derrick Jensen It's time to dust off this old cloud of dust and see if the ghost of the original idea has grown any skin. While "fascists crashing through t...
