Matt Hanson
@matthansonaf.bsky.social
Writer moviesbooksmusicpolitics. Masshole now living in the land of dreams. Cont. ed at The Arts Fuse. Byline all over the place. Opinions solely my own, whoever I am. Website: www.hansonmatthew.com
good reference point to rebut the whole "but the billionaires create jobs" line
I guess if you bankroll a bomb like "Melania," there isn't a lot left over to pay your people. Amazon, you've got to budget your bribes better.
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
good reference point to rebut the whole "but the billionaires create jobs" line
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I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
Land of a Thousand Dances 1/27/26
Playlist - Land of a Thousand Dances 1/27/26 - 42 items
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January 28, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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Nice theory, I suspect it would have happened.
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
The #1 reason that Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022 was to stop Ukraine from succeeding as a capitalist democracy with real freedom and prosperity for their people.
If Ukraine achieved what Poland achieved before them, then this would have led to revolution in Russia within a decade.
If Ukraine achieved what Poland achieved before them, then this would have led to revolution in Russia within a decade.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Nice theory, I suspect it would have happened.
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
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Today's vinyl is Big Star Live in Memphis. Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens reunited in the early nineties, along with Jon Auer (and, sadly, the since-credibly-accused-of-multiple-sex-crimes Ken Stringfellow) of the Posies. Auer is here singing Chris Bell's solo song "I Am The Cosmos".
Big Star- 04- I am the cosmos- Live in Memphis 94
YouTube video by Juan C Marioni
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January 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today's vinyl is Big Star Live in Memphis. Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens reunited in the early nineties, along with Jon Auer (and, sadly, the since-credibly-accused-of-multiple-sex-crimes Ken Stringfellow) of the Posies. Auer is here singing Chris Bell's solo song "I Am The Cosmos".
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Alex Pretti did not “tragically die. He was murdered.
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Alex Pretti did not “tragically die. He was murdered.
what's the purpose of teaching literature in today's world, you ask?
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
what's the purpose of teaching literature in today's world, you ask?
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Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
Poetry Review/Interview: Poet Martín Espada - Resistance is Obligatory - The Arts Fuse
Martín Espada’s lyricism sings deeply in the key of loss, turning the anguish of social and personal histories into hope.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
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Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
Land of a Thousand Dances 1/20/26
Playlist - Land of a Thousand Dances 1/20/26 - 50 items
tidal.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
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Cassidy sentenced countless children to death, knowingly, by confirming RFK
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
January 18, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Cassidy sentenced countless children to death, knowingly, by confirming RFK
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
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Congrats to everyone who voted for Trump to lower prices! You’re now paying more for everything so Trump can feel better about himself bsky.app/profile/twse...
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Congrats to everyone who voted for Trump to lower prices! You’re now paying more for everything so Trump can feel better about himself bsky.app/profile/twse...
Living in New Orleans a few years really does strange things to a guy
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Living in New Orleans a few years really does strange things to a guy
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Wrote last month about the media’s use of “crackdown” to legitimize and validate the regime’s occupation of opposition strongholds. It’s driving me insane.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Wrote last month about the media’s use of “crackdown” to legitimize and validate the regime’s occupation of opposition strongholds. It’s driving me insane.
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Know Your Rights
There Is Power In A Union
Land of the Freak
Paint It Black
The Room Got Heavy
Let England Shake
Strange Overtones
Waiting For The Night
Natural One
Little Wing
Girl
Ways To Be Wicked
With Arms Outstretched
Something Is Working
#MusicSky #Playlist
Know Your Rights
There Is Power In A Union
Land of the Freak
Paint It Black
The Room Got Heavy
Let England Shake
Strange Overtones
Waiting For The Night
Natural One
Little Wing
Girl
Ways To Be Wicked
With Arms Outstretched
Something Is Working
#MusicSky #Playlist
Land of a Thousand Dances 1/13/26
Playlist - Land of a Thousand Dances 1/13/26 - 40 items
tidal.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 AM
tidal.com/playlist/bc0...
Know Your Rights
There Is Power In A Union
Land of the Freak
Paint It Black
The Room Got Heavy
Let England Shake
Strange Overtones
Waiting For The Night
Natural One
Little Wing
Girl
Ways To Be Wicked
With Arms Outstretched
Something Is Working
#MusicSky #Playlist
Know Your Rights
There Is Power In A Union
Land of the Freak
Paint It Black
The Room Got Heavy
Let England Shake
Strange Overtones
Waiting For The Night
Natural One
Little Wing
Girl
Ways To Be Wicked
With Arms Outstretched
Something Is Working
#MusicSky #Playlist
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Huge if true. I'd better give The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars a listen at some point to check this.
Listening to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, and you know what’s a good album? The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.
January 14, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Huge if true. I'd better give The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars a listen at some point to check this.
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Trump is clearly not well.
At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.
At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Trump is clearly not well.
At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.
At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.
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Recalling my Walter Benjamin today: "The logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life... All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war"
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Recalling my Walter Benjamin today: "The logical result of Fascism is the introduction of aesthetics into political life... All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war"
did not realize that I had a live Substack account
but hey why not get it rolling
join me, won't you, for a world
of various cerebrations:
substack.com/@matthanson8...?
but hey why not get it rolling
join me, won't you, for a world
of various cerebrations:
substack.com/@matthanson8...?
Matt Hanson | Substack
Writer on Books, Movies, Music, TV, Politics, all kinds of stuff. Cont. Ed at The Arts Fuse and a byline in a bunch of different places. Masshole now floating around in the Land of Dreams. Seizing the...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
did not realize that I had a live Substack account
but hey why not get it rolling
join me, won't you, for a world
of various cerebrations:
substack.com/@matthanson8...?
but hey why not get it rolling
join me, won't you, for a world
of various cerebrations:
substack.com/@matthanson8...?
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DISMAL JOB NUMBERS REPORTED
Worse numbers since 2003
Worse numbers since 2003
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
DISMAL JOB NUMBERS REPORTED
Worse numbers since 2003
Worse numbers since 2003
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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With Trump very transparently saying that the invasion of Venezuela was to take their oil, let's dive into oil markets. TL;DR - it's not at all clear to me that Trump or the people around him have any coherent long term strategy.
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
With Trump very transparently saying that the invasion of Venezuela was to take their oil, let's dive into oil markets. TL;DR - it's not at all clear to me that Trump or the people around him have any coherent long term strategy.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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If you don't think the capture of Nicolas Maduro has made the world safer, just remember how the death of Saddam Hussein brought stability to the region and a lasting peace to the world.
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
If you don't think the capture of Nicolas Maduro has made the world safer, just remember how the death of Saddam Hussein brought stability to the region and a lasting peace to the world.