The ecstasy of gold

October 2009, Drakopoulo, Athens

No matter where I put my head,
I'll wake up feeling sound again.
Breathe. It's all you can.
Tomorrow smells of less decay,
the flowers greet this blooming fray,
be thankful. That's all you can.

~ Flogging Molly, "Float"

Fuck off, human

July 2008, Hydra

That stuff inside your houses
And that stuff behind your eyes
Well it all ends up as stuff that you can buy

~ Chumbawamba, "On eBay"

Can you say "brainwashing"?

Summer 2008, Fix, Athens

Blood

2008, Athens

Could you forget the awful things I've done?
Could you forget the awful things I've done?
Well I'm sure I would become your favorite son
If you forgive the awful things I've done

Sweet jesus could you take this pain away?
Sweet jesus could you drag this shame away?
If the devil offers, know that I would say
"Sweet jesus, blood it washed my sins away"

Make room in your mansion house in the sky
Open up your big house in the sky
But don't ask me what I've done cause I will lie
Just make room in your mansion in the sky

~ The Brian Jonestown Massacre, "Mansion in the sky"

Remains of the day

2008, Exarcheia, Athens

Infinita tristeza

Winter 2008, Karytsi, Athens

In my heart
a deep and dark and lonely part
wants her
and waits for after dark

~ Tito & Tarantula, "After dark"

Devil may care

2008, Patissia, Athens

Your focus determines your reality.

Haul!

2008, Exarcheia, Athens

King Louis was the king of France before the revolution
- Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe -
And then he got his head cut off, which spoiled his constitution
- Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe -

Way, haul away, we’ll haul and hang together
Way, haul away, we’ll sail for better weather

~ Traditional, "Haul away, Joe"

One fist of iron, the other of steel

Summer 2008, Euboia

Some people say a man is made outta mud

A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong

You load sixteen tons, what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

~ Merle Travis, "Sixteen tons"

Miles nevermore

Summer 2008, Euboea

It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat

Summer 2008, Euboea

Simple things

Summer 2008, Hydra

Kites

February 2008, Veikou, AthensAnd if you think you're gonna be spared,
you're wrong.

And if you think you won't walk on coals,
you will.

~ Eels, "Flyswatter"

Black letter day

November 2007, E-75, Attica

Satan

Winter 2007, Exarcheia, Athens

On the first day of March, it was raining....

March 2009, Patissia, Athens

But now, I've the most charming of verandas
I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks, the pimps, the whores
Five green bottles are sitting on the floor
I wish to Christ, how I wish to Christ, that I had fifteen more

~ The Pogues, "Boys from the County Hell"