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Matthew
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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.
#LookAndSee 248 [💨]
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #Zappa

Many options, but the last time I did one of these I went with the Mothers of Invention, so keeping that streak going:

Zappa / Mothers of Invention: "Any Way the Wind Blows" (Freak Out!, 1966)

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November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
sooooooo many many ways that #SpotifyisEvil.

Also, this piece reminded me of how much I (still) miss Other Music (the NYC and shorter-lived Harvard Square locations and online presence).
The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop.

Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reposted by Matthew
No notes….nailed it 🎯
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #GrantGreen #McCoyTyner #ElvinJones

#BurtBacharach: jazz covers

day 10, rank # 6

Grant Green: "Wives and Lovers" (Matador, Blue Note, 1965)
Wives And Lovers
YouTube video by Grant Green - Topic
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #GrooveHolmes #HammondB3organ

#BurtBacharach: jazz covers

day 9, rank # 7

Groove Holmes: "Do You Know the Way to San Jose?" (Workin’ on a Groovy Thing, 1968)
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
YouTube video by Richard Holmes - Topic
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Keep your glory gold and glitter...
Slip like Freudian
Your first and last step to playing yourself like accordion"

Brilliant reimagining of MF DOOM & Madlib's "Accordion" by Neneh Cherry & Swedish avant jazz trio The Thing

Neneh Cherry: Accordion (The Cherry Thing, 2012)

#jazzsky #hiphopsky
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Accordion (Madvillain/MF Doom cover)
YouTube video by NenehCherryTV
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I haven't done a #BlueskyArtShow or a #Stunday post for a while. This week's Bluesky Art Show theme is "evening."

This photo fits the bill and is also appropriate for a Stunday post.

#photography #photosky #EastCoastKin #evening

"The Sea Wall (November)" Pine Point, ME.

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The Sea Wall (November)
Spent Thanksgiving in Maine. The weather was beautiful and so was the beach, especially at low tide in the late afternoon November sun. And at sunset. (Not to be confused with The Sea Wall (Durutti...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Senior Judge Mark Wolf, U.S. Dist. Court, D. Massachusetts, steps down to speak out: "The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable. It is contrary to everything that I have stood for on the bench."
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Doubling down while adding more confusion & chaos. Memo threatens harsh penalties to “scare states partway along the process, and tells them to turn back.” But law prof. David Super notes that it is "not legal to claw back benefits already provisioned without affording people due process." 🎁article
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Tremendous enthusiasm among architects for Zohran Mamdani."

"Architects are excited because they know that under glorious communist regime of Comrade Mamdani, brutalism is so back." 😄

. . . (famed brutalist architect) Paul Rudolph's prescient support for the Portland Frog:

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November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #jazzsky #QuincyJones

#BurtBacharach: jazz covers

day 8, rank # 8

Quincy Jones: "What's New Pussycat?" (Quincy Plays for Pussycats, 1965)
What's New Pussycat?
YouTube video by Quincy Jones - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
😁 (AND the alt txt 😆)
Just a little more gold and it will be perfect
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Reposted by Matthew
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #jazzsky #CalTjader #vibes

#BurtBacharach: jazz covers

day 7, rank # 9

Cal Tjader: "My Little Red Book" (Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach, 1968)
My Little Red Book
YouTube video by Cal Tjader - Topic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Reposted by Matthew
New ad dropped:
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Artist Fave15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #Rahsaan #RahsaanRolandKirk

#BurtBacharach: jazz covers

day 6, rank # 10

Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "Alfie" (Now Please Don't You Cry, Beautiful Edith, Verve, 1967)
Alfie
YouTube video by Roland Kirk - Topic
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#LookAndSee 244 [🌸🌺🌼]
#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #jazzsky #jazz

Manfred Schoof Quintet: "Flowers All Over" (live, 1977)

Manfred Schoof (trumpet) Michel Pilz (bass clarinet), Jasper van't Hof (piano), Günter Lenz (bass), Ralf Hübner (drums)
love the bass clarinet solo

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November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Artist Fave 15: artist: Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #CalTjader #vibes

#BurtBacharach : jazz covers

day 5, rank # 11

Cal Tjader: "Walk on By" (Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach, 1968)
Walk on By
YouTube video by Cal Tjader - Topic
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Mamdani won with higher turnout than in any mayor’s race in fifty years. . .When leading figures in the Democratic Party seem practically complicit in the abuses & outrages of the Trump era, Mamdani offered an unsullied message of hope. He emphasized the similarities between Trump, Cuomo, & Adams."
The Mamdani Era Begins
His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
www.newyorker.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
that was quick! Prop 50 (big) win already called in CA.
#Prop50Win #Prop5CA
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Not a huge surprise, but more good news, this time from Boston: Ruthzee Louijeune, Julia Mejia, AND Henry Santana won reelection to at-large city council seats. AND Frank Baker was denied (came in 5th). Unfortunately, Alexandra Valdez came in 6th. #Boston #ProgressiveMass
Mayor Wu declares Councilors Ruthzee Louijeune, Henry Santana won reelection to at-large seats - The Boston Globe
All eyes were on the race for the four at-large council seats in the weeks leading up to Election Day, which was largely seen as a matchup between incumbent Councilor Henry Santana and former District...
www.bostonglobe.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
YES!!! More grrrrrrrreat election night news!
#PASupremeCourt
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I was a bit concerned about the NJ Gov. race (not so much VA) and certainly didn't think it would get called this quickly (with that kind of margin). Way to go NJ and VA! 👏😃
BREAKING: Decision Desk calls New Jersey Governor for democrat MIKIE SHERRILL
November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Artist Fave15 : artist: Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #JimmySmith #HammondB3Organ

#BurtBacharach: jazz covers

day 4, rank # 12

Jimmy Smith: "Wives and Lovers" (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Verve, 1964)
Jimmy Smith: Wives And Lovers
YouTube video by John “DJ ONE” Beake
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#ArtistFave15 : artist: Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.

#MusicChallenge #jazzsky

#BurtBacharach: jazz covers

day 3, rank # 13

#BillFrissel (solo guitar): “What the World Needs Now Is Love” (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
What The World Needs Now Is Love
YouTube video by Bill Frisell - Topic
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM