'til gone's another day

I first heard this song back in May from the urban outfitters playlist LSTN #2 (yes, that means it's free). When my computer died, I only had it on my ipod for the longest time and only played it now and then. I just got my computer back last week and transferred my music and remembered this. It's so deliciously ethereal and of course I love songs with sleep themes. It really reminds me of summer.

On a somewhat related note, I'm having a hard time with my restored music library. About a third of the songs on here are pop and hip-hop and other stuff from my high school years that I don't listen to anymore. Should I delete all of it? What if I one day want to listen to one song only to realize I deleted it? Isn't it a waste when I paid for all of this? But my iTunes is so cluttered! And so much of this is crap! But what if I'm feeling nostalgic and want to make a playlist of 1995-2001 dance tracks or something? What if I'm asked to dj some party where the kids are calling for Eminem? Help!



Half Asleep - School of Seven Bells

Sometimes I go whole days
listening bored, half asleep
I won't say anything
that's worth a thing to me One day,
Suddenly, time took a turn that once felt so brief
I blinked to see polite ghosts fading quickly

What begins as an unguarded
train of thought slowly can become
an addiction
to the slumber of disconnection
and the resonance of
memory that no longer has a shape
but keeps you numb
through the hours 'til gone's another day

Be aware, my darling
these things I say I mean
are just traces of something
I long to feel again I see
our time expand in the air almost forcibly,
spreading thinner 'til it dissolves completely

What begins as an unguarded
train of thought slowly can become
an addiction
to the slumber of disconnection
and the resonance of
memory that no longer has a shape
but keeps you numb
through the hours 'til gone's another day

Echo, originally uploaded by www.mattdevino.com.

morning dreams come true

Morning Dreams - Ladyhawke

When I get you home
I'll never let you go
Too bad it never lasts long
When I'm all alone
You creep into my mind
And I pretend it's you by my side

You look a little better, each day to me
And you try a little harder each day to be
Everything that I wanted in you
And do everything that I need you to do

Morning dreams come true
Cause I wake up next to you
And only for your eyes
Do I sing these lullabies

Everything you do is all I need to know
Cause I'm yours
I'll never let you down
Anywhere you are is where I want to be
Anywhere, anytime or place

You look a little better, each day to me
And you try a little harder each day to be
Everything that I wanted in you
And do everything that I need you to do

Morning dreams come true
Cause I wake up next to you
And only for your eyes
Do I sing these lullabies

You look a little better, each day to me
And you try a little harder each day to be

Morning dreams come true
Cause I wake up next to you
And only for your eyes
Do I sing these lullabies
Morning dreams come true
Morning dreams come true
Morning dreams come true
Morning dreams come true

let me sleepwalk

mirror, mirror

figures

figure study

his phone call

last sunday

before going to sleep

my sunny midnight

on the way to work

roof photos part 3

roof photos part 2

roof photos part 1

self-portrait

rooftop reverie

after a night of feverish insomnia, i clambered onto the roof and shot one and a half rolls of film and several cell phone shots

here's the theme song for the night:


lyrics:
you're so afraid to lose control,
standing closer when it takes hold
you said, "it feels so good to be right here with you and turned on by her"

I don't want to complicate
making the same mistake,
feeling the room spin around us

on, as the night goes on,
you lead me on and take your time.
wrong, don't get me wrong
and wait too long or we'll come down.

I don't mean to hesitate
now that it's getting late
and everyone's standing around us

the look she gave me said it all
we're coming down now,
we've gone too far

I don't want to complicate
making the same mistake,
feeling the room spin around us

on, as the night goes on
you lead me on and take your time
wrong, don't get me wrong
and wait too long or we'll come down

they fell all around you
now you're all alone, coming down...

morning in brooklyn

Morning near prospect park after all night partying, i saw a cool cloud.

dawn in deep brooklyn

I've gotten more and more used to seeing the sun come up these days but usually from the comfort of a bed.

east side dawn

Dawn over east manhattan. Instead of going to sleep, i got a phone call and went to brooklyn.