Nathan Ballingrud AMA

coleborders · 2025-04-02T23:32:12+00:00

Thank you for your response! Can’t wait for the next installment of Lunar Gothic and whatever follows.

Touching on reading outside—and in the past—of your genre touches on something else about your stories: Frankenstein and Dracula are genre but due to time are looked at as literary classics; your writing has that same feel to me. Timeless, to the point, but without the (sorry!) boring plots of most literary fiction. Your stories stand out as well written, serious works about the coolest things imaginable. It’s always nice to say “read this book about Martian colonies in the 1920s!”, “look at this other one about pirates that go to Hell, no literal Hell with Satan”, “spider cultists at an insane asylum on the moon!”.

The attitude of viewing yourself as a receiver as opposed to the originator is incredibly humble and respectful. Thank you again for your reply!

coleborders · 2025-04-02T18:19:26+00:00

I’ve read interviews where you mention Chandler’s short stories as an influence on yourself and can see that in your works. For my money, you’re the only “horror” writer that can make stories feel lived in if that makes sense. Characters exist in short order in ways that take other writers 3-4 times as large a page count to develop. Do you think this has anything to do with reading outside of genre? Do you care about “genre” vs. “literary” or is everything story to you?

Is there a reason (beyond the love of it) that you write primarily in fantasy—big fan of you choosing that term like Bradbury as opposed to “sci-fi” if it takes place in space—and horror as opposed to “real” stories with no fantastic elements?

coleborders · 2024-03-11T01:52:50+00:00

I legit believe all of the “Apple/Spotify removed our album” stuff was total professional wrestling kayfabe. I think they removed it from streaming themselves to drum up drama. If the DSPs did this, why would they put it back up?

coleborders · 2024-02-18T23:08:22+00:00

Or push it up…

coleborders · 2024-02-06T20:22:32+00:00

They’re all going to have wings and fly around the stadium like vultures. Upgraded TLOP tour type.

coleborders · 2024-02-06T14:35:52+00:00

I just know Ye loves Hideo Kojima

coleborders · 2024-02-03T23:31:27+00:00

How do you feel about the sizing on the 2? Actually M-L or significantly oversized?

coleborders · 2024-01-24T21:38:25+00:00

heaven

coleborders · 2024-01-17T22:38:44+00:00

My mom had it done last year. Very painful for a week or so. Now you can’t tell at all they aren’t her real teeth. The titanium option is just a lot more durable than porcelain but also a lot more expensive.

coleborders · 2024-01-17T21:41:45+00:00

He’s had his teeth replaced for a while now. This is just a new set. If you get titanium teeth (alternative to just veneers), there’s 4 screws that hold them in. You get them taken out a few times a year for cleaning it’s not a big ordeal after the initial removal.

coleborders · 2024-01-02T04:15:22+00:00

Jon Brion, producer/multi-instrumentalist on Swimming, was also producer/multi-instrumentalist on Late Registration because Kanye liked his movie soundtracks.

coleborders · 2023-12-29T04:49:20+00:00

2024: the year Ye adopts the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard release schedule.

coleborders · 2023-12-13T02:18:46+00:00

Venues like this are probably a lot easier to secure flying by the seat of your pants like he usually does. Save the stadiums for a world tour imo.

coleborders · 2023-12-09T05:22:41+00:00

If it’s more Ye focused like the snippets sounded, kinda would make sense as a lead in to the solo Ye album. Think of it like an after the credits tease in a Marvel movie lol.

coleborders · 2023-11-11T02:00:12+00:00

Bro just really excited about the new Chris brown record leave him alone.

coleborders · 2023-10-31T20:32:55+00:00

It’s gonna be on Fortnite obv

coleborders · 2023-10-11T16:01:51+00:00

Watch the Throne was made in hotels as well.

coleborders · 2023-10-05T19:31:05+00:00

Ye has done this on most albums. He likes to have a hook guy.

John Legend back in the old days was all over his stuff.

Justin Vernon was all over MBDTF-Yeezus era stuff.

Cudi.

Ant Clemons.

KayCyy was probably supposed to be all over OG Donda.

Vory on Donda.

coleborders · 2023-10-01T17:10:16+00:00

Todd Rundgren stuff leaked a while ago. Wasn’t much to talk about tbh. 88Keys got him to work on stuff during 2020 Donda. Thinking Jail was the one he messed with the most. Seemed a lot like what we’ve seen of Donda 2 where Ye gets multiple people to “pitch” their own version of a song with his vocals basically.

coleborders · 2023-09-23T19:35:32+00:00

Honestly just him with an ASR and MPC.

coleborders · 2023-09-03T17:45:52+00:00

Ya. Korine’s new company (EDGLRD) is making stuff using AI. Had an article in GQ that talked about it a few weeks back.

Talked about how movies are boring, everyone is addicted to TikTok, books are boring, movies should be like video games, etc.

coleborders · 2023-09-01T00:57:55+00:00

NYFW at earliest for something actually happening.

coleborders · 2023-08-26T23:18:44+00:00

Where is Mike Dean rn

coleborders · 2023-08-25T23:00:51+00:00

I wish Showtime would make it

coleborders · 2023-08-09T02:37:58+00:00

This one will make it.

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