Matthew
@imatthewi.bsky.social
Photographer & environmental lawyer
Known to be enthusiastic about music & photography
Fond of Brutalist architecture
#Jazz #HipHop #Architecture #ProgressivePolitics #Photography #EndangeredSpecies #Urbanism #BostonCeltics #Boston
Opinions my own, etc.
Known to be enthusiastic about music & photography
Fond of Brutalist architecture
#Jazz #HipHop #Architecture #ProgressivePolitics #Photography #EndangeredSpecies #Urbanism #BostonCeltics #Boston
Opinions my own, etc.
A new year, another month of Artist Fave 15 : Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Jan. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #IdrisMuhammad #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 2, rank # 14
Pharoah Sanders: “Greeting to Idris”(Journey to the One, 1980)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #IdrisMuhammad #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 2, rank # 14
Pharoah Sanders: “Greeting to Idris”(Journey to the One, 1980)
Greetings to Idris
YouTube video by Pharoah Sanders - Topic
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
A new year, another month of Artist Fave 15 : Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Jan. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #IdrisMuhammad #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 2, rank # 14
Pharoah Sanders: “Greeting to Idris”(Journey to the One, 1980)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #IdrisMuhammad #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 2, rank # 14
Pharoah Sanders: “Greeting to Idris”(Journey to the One, 1980)
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January 2, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Mamdani is channeling FDR’s rhetoric and worldview. There are problems to solve and we are going to try to solve them using all the powers of government for the benefit of all.
Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
January 2, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Mamdani is channeling FDR’s rhetoric and worldview. There are problems to solve and we are going to try to solve them using all the powers of government for the benefit of all.
A new year, another month of ArtistFave15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Jan. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 1, rank # 15
Pharoah Sanders: Summun, Bukmun, Umyun (Deaf, Dumb, Blind (Summun, Bukmun, Umyun), 1970)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 1, rank # 15
Pharoah Sanders: Summun, Bukmun, Umyun (Deaf, Dumb, Blind (Summun, Bukmun, Umyun), 1970)
Summun, Bukmun, Umyun
YouTube video by Pharoah Sanders - Topic
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 12:04 AM
A new year, another month of ArtistFave15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Jan. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 1, rank # 15
Pharoah Sanders: Summun, Bukmun, Umyun (Deaf, Dumb, Blind (Summun, Bukmun, Umyun), 1970)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazz #jazzsky
Artist: #PharoahSanders
day 1, rank # 15
Pharoah Sanders: Summun, Bukmun, Umyun (Deaf, Dumb, Blind (Summun, Bukmun, Umyun), 1970)
Among other factors:
“Structural frailty. American democracy and the Constitution are not equipped to deal in an effective and timely manner with a president who aggressively and willfully tramples the law.”
Gift article 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
“Structural frailty. American democracy and the Constitution are not equipped to deal in an effective and timely manner with a president who aggressively and willfully tramples the law.”
Gift article 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | Why Does Trump Get Away With It?
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Among other factors:
“Structural frailty. American democracy and the Constitution are not equipped to deal in an effective and timely manner with a president who aggressively and willfully tramples the law.”
Gift article 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
“Structural frailty. American democracy and the Constitution are not equipped to deal in an effective and timely manner with a president who aggressively and willfully tramples the law.”
Gift article 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
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All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
All based on a “gotcha” video claiming that 3 daycares had no kids. One hadn’t opened yet for the day; one is actually closed. Dude arrived with no I.D. No call ahead. They DIDN’T LET HIM IN!
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
The fraud they’re referencing was investigated & prosecuted by the Biden DOJ. The ringleader was white.
Reposted by Matthew
This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
Reposted by Matthew
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
BONUS #ArtistFaveXmas
I don't care what the newsman say, Christmas is full of cheer
I don't care if you think it's lie, Christmas will soon be here
I don't care what the calendar say. . .
. . . "I Wish it Was Christmas Today" (SNL, 2001)
Horatio Sanz w/ Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan & Tracy Morgan
I don't care what the newsman say, Christmas is full of cheer
I don't care if you think it's lie, Christmas will soon be here
I don't care what the calendar say. . .
. . . "I Wish it Was Christmas Today" (SNL, 2001)
Horatio Sanz w/ Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan & Tracy Morgan
A Song from SNL: I Wish It Was Christmas Today II - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
BONUS #ArtistFaveXmas
I don't care what the newsman say, Christmas is full of cheer
I don't care if you think it's lie, Christmas will soon be here
I don't care what the calendar say. . .
. . . "I Wish it Was Christmas Today" (SNL, 2001)
Horatio Sanz w/ Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan & Tracy Morgan
I don't care what the newsman say, Christmas is full of cheer
I don't care if you think it's lie, Christmas will soon be here
I don't care what the calendar say. . .
. . . "I Wish it Was Christmas Today" (SNL, 2001)
Horatio Sanz w/ Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan & Tracy Morgan
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I just donated to Rick McLaughlin's Music -> community project (see repost below) fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/rick-mclaugh...
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I just donated to Rick McLaughlin's Music -> community project (see repost below) fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/rick-mclaugh...
Artist Fave Xmas: pick & rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29🎅🎄
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #jazzsky
day 10, rank # 1
#VinceGuaraldi: "Linus and Lucy" (A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965)
Really all of the album, but you can't beat L&L as it originally appeared in the TV special:
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #jazzsky
day 10, rank # 1
#VinceGuaraldi: "Linus and Lucy" (A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965)
Really all of the album, but you can't beat L&L as it originally appeared in the TV special:
Peanuts Gang : Christmas Song "Linus & Lucy"
YouTube video by mano1971music
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Artist Fave Xmas: pick & rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29🎅🎄
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #jazzsky
day 10, rank # 1
#VinceGuaraldi: "Linus and Lucy" (A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965)
Really all of the album, but you can't beat L&L as it originally appeared in the TV special:
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #jazzsky
day 10, rank # 1
#VinceGuaraldi: "Linus and Lucy" (A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965)
Really all of the album, but you can't beat L&L as it originally appeared in the TV special:
Reposted by Matthew
They played Neneh Cherry’s “Buffalo Stance”?
Neneh Cherry was Missy Elliott before Missy Elliott.
Neneh Cherry was Missy Elliott before Missy Elliott.
December 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They played Neneh Cherry’s “Buffalo Stance”?
Neneh Cherry was Missy Elliott before Missy Elliott.
Neneh Cherry was Missy Elliott before Missy Elliott.
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As Jaylen Brown (27 in the first half) prepares to make history by tying Larry Bird's franchise record for consecutive 30-point games (we're live from Portland
@985thesportshub.bsky.social), he's also about to take his next step up the Celtics' all-time scoring list...
@985thesportshub.bsky.social), he's also about to take his next step up the Celtics' all-time scoring list...
December 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
As Jaylen Brown (27 in the first half) prepares to make history by tying Larry Bird's franchise record for consecutive 30-point games (we're live from Portland
@985thesportshub.bsky.social), he's also about to take his next step up the Celtics' all-time scoring list...
@985thesportshub.bsky.social), he's also about to take his next step up the Celtics' all-time scoring list...
Happy Sunday: #SundayJazz and also:
#EmojiSounds 🫠
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Day 29: 🎪
Charles Mingus: "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" (Let My Children Hear Music, 1972)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday #Mingus #CharlesMingus
#EmojiSounds 🫠
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Day 29: 🎪
Charles Mingus: "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" (Let My Children Hear Music, 1972)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday #Mingus #CharlesMingus
Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too
YouTube video by Charles Mingus - Topic
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy Sunday: #SundayJazz and also:
#EmojiSounds 🫠
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Day 29: 🎪
Charles Mingus: "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" (Let My Children Hear Music, 1972)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday #Mingus #CharlesMingus
#EmojiSounds 🫠
#MusicChallenge 🎶
Day 29: 🎪
Charles Mingus: "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" (Let My Children Hear Music, 1972)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday #Mingus #CharlesMingus
also an homage:
Stereolab: International Coloring Contest (Mars Audiac Quintet, 1994)
"Into outer space with Lucia Pamela
The moon is the place where there's space for Lucia
Before Armstrong took his steps
She'd been there with friends
They took all instruments and
Recorded on the moon . . ."
Stereolab: International Coloring Contest (Mars Audiac Quintet, 1994)
"Into outer space with Lucia Pamela
The moon is the place where there's space for Lucia
Before Armstrong took his steps
She'd been there with friends
They took all instruments and
Recorded on the moon . . ."
December 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
also an homage:
Stereolab: International Coloring Contest (Mars Audiac Quintet, 1994)
"Into outer space with Lucia Pamela
The moon is the place where there's space for Lucia
Before Armstrong took his steps
She'd been there with friends
They took all instruments and
Recorded on the moon . . ."
Stereolab: International Coloring Contest (Mars Audiac Quintet, 1994)
"Into outer space with Lucia Pamela
The moon is the place where there's space for Lucia
Before Armstrong took his steps
She'd been there with friends
They took all instruments and
Recorded on the moon . . ."
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #holiday
"'Tis the Season"
The Christmas Tree is lit at Faneuil Hall, Boston (with the Custom House Tower looming in the background).
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
flic.kr/p/2c1H3SJ
"'Tis the Season"
The Christmas Tree is lit at Faneuil Hall, Boston (with the Custom House Tower looming in the background).
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
flic.kr/p/2c1H3SJ
December 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #holiday
"'Tis the Season"
The Christmas Tree is lit at Faneuil Hall, Boston (with the Custom House Tower looming in the background).
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
flic.kr/p/2c1H3SJ
"'Tis the Season"
The Christmas Tree is lit at Faneuil Hall, Boston (with the Custom House Tower looming in the background).
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
flic.kr/p/2c1H3SJ
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29🎅
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #DarleneLove #soulsky
day 9, rank # 2
Darlene Love: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (live on Letterman 2011)
Darlene performed this every December on Letterman for 28 yrs (1986-2014)
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #DarleneLove #soulsky
day 9, rank # 2
Darlene Love: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (live on Letterman 2011)
Darlene performed this every December on Letterman for 28 yrs (1986-2014)
Darlene Love 2011 25th Anniv Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) The Late Show David Letterman
YouTube video by Richard D
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29🎅
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #DarleneLove #soulsky
day 9, rank # 2
Darlene Love: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (live on Letterman 2011)
Darlene performed this every December on Letterman for 28 yrs (1986-2014)
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #DarleneLove #soulsky
day 9, rank # 2
Darlene Love: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (live on Letterman 2011)
Darlene performed this every December on Letterman for 28 yrs (1986-2014)
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #holiday
Some holiday lights from Boston's South End a few years back:
1. Union Park flic.kr/p/2mTfih1
2. Metropolis Cafè & Wine Bar flic.kr/p/2mTFbiR
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
Some holiday lights from Boston's South End a few years back:
1. Union Park flic.kr/p/2mTfih1
2. Metropolis Cafè & Wine Bar flic.kr/p/2mTFbiR
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
December 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #holiday
Some holiday lights from Boston's South End a few years back:
1. Union Park flic.kr/p/2mTfih1
2. Metropolis Cafè & Wine Bar flic.kr/p/2mTFbiR
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
Some holiday lights from Boston's South End a few years back:
1. Union Park flic.kr/p/2mTfih1
2. Metropolis Cafè & Wine Bar flic.kr/p/2mTFbiR
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #HolidayLights #HappyHolidays 🎄☃️
Reposted by Matthew
Happy born day to Bob James, last year I spent weeks restoring live sets to create full "All Around The Town Concerts" - you can find them on ctproduced to stream or download.
Here is my 2022 post
www.ctproduced.com/podcast-time...
Here is my 2022 post
www.ctproduced.com/podcast-time...
Podcast Time Machine - Bob James - Creed Taylor Produced
Today isn't just Christmas Day, it's Robert McElhiney James aka Bob James 83rd birthday, he was born on Christmas Day 1939. Bob has always been very generous with his time when it comes to interviews....
www.ctproduced.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Happy born day to Bob James, last year I spent weeks restoring live sets to create full "All Around The Town Concerts" - you can find them on ctproduced to stream or download.
Here is my 2022 post
www.ctproduced.com/podcast-time...
Here is my 2022 post
www.ctproduced.com/podcast-time...
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29.🎅🎄
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #soulsky
day 8, rank # 3
National Lampoon: “Kung Fu Christmas” (1975)
Paul Shaffer (music), Brian Doyle-Murray (lyrics), David Hurdon (vocal), feat. Christopher Guest and Gilda Radner
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #soulsky
day 8, rank # 3
National Lampoon: “Kung Fu Christmas” (1975)
Paul Shaffer (music), Brian Doyle-Murray (lyrics), David Hurdon (vocal), feat. Christopher Guest and Gilda Radner
Kung Fu Christmas - Ultimate Director's Cut
YouTube video by ElvisRockatansky
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29.🎅🎄
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #soulsky
day 8, rank # 3
National Lampoon: “Kung Fu Christmas” (1975)
Paul Shaffer (music), Brian Doyle-Murray (lyrics), David Hurdon (vocal), feat. Christopher Guest and Gilda Radner
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #soulsky
day 8, rank # 3
National Lampoon: “Kung Fu Christmas” (1975)
Paul Shaffer (music), Brian Doyle-Murray (lyrics), David Hurdon (vocal), feat. Christopher Guest and Gilda Radner
It's unseasonably warm where I am for the holidays, but cold with snow arriving back in Boston. With no hope of snow here, I'm looking back at this snowy photo from Boston's Southwest Corridor Park from this time last year:
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #B&Wphotography
flic.kr/p/2qBN3C4
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #B&Wphotography
flic.kr/p/2qBN3C4
December 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It's unseasonably warm where I am for the holidays, but cold with snow arriving back in Boston. With no hope of snow here, I'm looking back at this snowy photo from Boston's Southwest Corridor Park from this time last year:
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #B&Wphotography
flic.kr/p/2qBN3C4
#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #B&Wphotography
flic.kr/p/2qBN3C4
Artist Fave Xmas: pick & rank 10 fave holiday songs, one per day, Dec. 20-29🎅🎄☃️
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #Temptations #soulsky
day 7 rank # 4
Temptations: “Give Love on Christmas Day” (Give Love at Christmas, 1980)
initially ranked a bit lower; bumped up to post on XMas day, appropriately
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #Temptations #soulsky
day 7 rank # 4
Temptations: “Give Love on Christmas Day” (Give Love at Christmas, 1980)
initially ranked a bit lower; bumped up to post on XMas day, appropriately
The Temptations - Give Love On Christmas Day
YouTube video by Tunes342
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Artist Fave Xmas: pick & rank 10 fave holiday songs, one per day, Dec. 20-29🎅🎄☃️
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #Temptations #soulsky
day 7 rank # 4
Temptations: “Give Love on Christmas Day” (Give Love at Christmas, 1980)
initially ranked a bit lower; bumped up to post on XMas day, appropriately
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #Temptations #soulsky
day 7 rank # 4
Temptations: “Give Love on Christmas Day” (Give Love at Christmas, 1980)
initially ranked a bit lower; bumped up to post on XMas day, appropriately
Reposted by Matthew
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.