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.
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weissand effect
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
weissand effect
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one per day, Dec. 20-29.🎅🎄☃️
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #BrookBenton #soulsky #soul
day 4 rank # 7
Brook Benton: “Soul Santa” (1971)
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #BrookBenton #soulsky #soul
day 4 rank # 7
Brook Benton: “Soul Santa” (1971)
Soul Santa
YouTube video by Brook Benton - Topic
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one per day, Dec. 20-29.🎅🎄☃️
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #BrookBenton #soulsky #soul
day 4 rank # 7
Brook Benton: “Soul Santa” (1971)
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #BrookBenton #soulsky #soul
day 4 rank # 7
Brook Benton: “Soul Santa” (1971)
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"A balloon seller filling his balloons' pockets with stones so they won't fly up into the sky from hunger." Miracle in Milan (1951), directed by Vittorio De Sica, is a short film that blends reality and fairy tale, with the poor flying into the sky on brooms in the finale.
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"A balloon seller filling his balloons' pockets with stones so they won't fly up into the sky from hunger." Miracle in Milan (1951), directed by Vittorio De Sica, is a short film that blends reality and fairy tale, with the poor flying into the sky on brooms in the finale.
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one per day, Dec. 20-29.
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #RunDMC #hiphopsky #hiphop
day 3 rank # 8
Run-D.M.C.: "Christmas in Hollis" (1987)
[sampling Clarence Carter: "Back Door Santa" (1968)]
"It's Christmastime in Hollis Queens . . ."
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #RunDMC #hiphopsky #hiphop
day 3 rank # 8
Run-D.M.C.: "Christmas in Hollis" (1987)
[sampling Clarence Carter: "Back Door Santa" (1968)]
"It's Christmastime in Hollis Queens . . ."
RUN DMC - Christmas In Hollis (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by RUNDMCVEVO
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one per day, Dec. 20-29.
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #RunDMC #hiphopsky #hiphop
day 3 rank # 8
Run-D.M.C.: "Christmas in Hollis" (1987)
[sampling Clarence Carter: "Back Door Santa" (1968)]
"It's Christmastime in Hollis Queens . . ."
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #RunDMC #hiphopsky #hiphop
day 3 rank # 8
Run-D.M.C.: "Christmas in Hollis" (1987)
[sampling Clarence Carter: "Back Door Santa" (1968)]
"It's Christmastime in Hollis Queens . . ."
Happy Sunday: A repost share for #SundayJazz courtesy of @melodymocha.bsky.social Love this Lp
#jazzsky #JazzSunday #jazz
#jazzsky #JazzSunday #jazz
Morning Jazz
Return To Forever with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, and Lenny White. Vintage jazz fusion.
h/t: @morbidanjel.bsky.social 🫶🏾
No Mystery
1975
#Jazzsky #jazz
youtu.be/g2vGe4VR2xA?...
Return To Forever with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, and Lenny White. Vintage jazz fusion.
h/t: @morbidanjel.bsky.social 🫶🏾
No Mystery
1975
#Jazzsky #jazz
youtu.be/g2vGe4VR2xA?...
No Mystery
YouTube video by Return to Forever - Topic
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Happy Sunday: A repost share for #SundayJazz courtesy of @melodymocha.bsky.social Love this Lp
#jazzsky #JazzSunday #jazz
#jazzsky #JazzSunday #jazz
Artist Fave Xmas: 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29.🎄
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MarloweMorris #HammondB3
day 2 rank # 9
Marlowe Morris Trio: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Jingle Bell Jazz, 1962)
Loathsome song in some other hands. Cheesy here, perhaps, but wonderfully so
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MarloweMorris #HammondB3
day 2 rank # 9
Marlowe Morris Trio: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Jingle Bell Jazz, 1962)
Loathsome song in some other hands. Cheesy here, perhaps, but wonderfully so
🎄Marlowe Morris Trio🎄 8/16/1962 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Papa Jo Jones, Ray Barretto❄️
YouTube video by thecrippledrummer
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Artist Fave Xmas: 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29.🎄
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MarloweMorris #HammondB3
day 2 rank # 9
Marlowe Morris Trio: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Jingle Bell Jazz, 1962)
Loathsome song in some other hands. Cheesy here, perhaps, but wonderfully so
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MarloweMorris #HammondB3
day 2 rank # 9
Marlowe Morris Trio: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Jingle Bell Jazz, 1962)
Loathsome song in some other hands. Cheesy here, perhaps, but wonderfully so
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
So this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #OpenHouse
And while that means anything is welcome and there is no actual theme, I'm taking it a little bit more literally😄:
"Keep Door Open"
(part of a study of some abandoned urban buildings)
#photosky #photography #sepia #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/b9Uyq6
And while that means anything is welcome and there is no actual theme, I'm taking it a little bit more literally😄:
"Keep Door Open"
(part of a study of some abandoned urban buildings)
#photosky #photography #sepia #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/b9Uyq6
December 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
So this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #OpenHouse
And while that means anything is welcome and there is no actual theme, I'm taking it a little bit more literally😄:
"Keep Door Open"
(part of a study of some abandoned urban buildings)
#photosky #photography #sepia #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/b9Uyq6
And while that means anything is welcome and there is no actual theme, I'm taking it a little bit more literally😄:
"Keep Door Open"
(part of a study of some abandoned urban buildings)
#photosky #photography #sepia #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/b9Uyq6
So, #jazzsky informs me that today was Lenny White's birthday. Here's a track from the first album I heard #LennyWhite on. And Lenny's drumming on this still knocks my socks off. 😄🧦🥁
Chick Corea & Return to Forever: Celebration Suite, pt. 1 (No Mystery, 1975)
w/ Stanley Clarke & Al DiMeola #jazz
Chick Corea & Return to Forever: Celebration Suite, pt. 1 (No Mystery, 1975)
w/ Stanley Clarke & Al DiMeola #jazz
Celebration Suite, Pt. 1
YouTube video by Return to Forever - Topic
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
So, #jazzsky informs me that today was Lenny White's birthday. Here's a track from the first album I heard #LennyWhite on. And Lenny's drumming on this still knocks my socks off. 😄🧦🥁
Chick Corea & Return to Forever: Celebration Suite, pt. 1 (No Mystery, 1975)
w/ Stanley Clarke & Al DiMeola #jazz
Chick Corea & Return to Forever: Celebration Suite, pt. 1 (No Mystery, 1975)
w/ Stanley Clarke & Al DiMeola #jazz
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Our concert - Either/Orchestra at Regattabar on Dec 17, 2025 - was a total blast!
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #livemusic #eitherorchestra
artsfuse.org/321847/jazz-...
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #livemusic #eitherorchestra
artsfuse.org/321847/jazz-...
Jazz Concert Review: The Either/Orchestra at the Regattabar - The Arts Fuse
Welcome back! The second half-life of the Either/Orchestra.
artsfuse.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our concert - Either/Orchestra at Regattabar on Dec 17, 2025 - was a total blast!
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #livemusic #eitherorchestra
artsfuse.org/321847/jazz-...
#music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky #livemusic #eitherorchestra
artsfuse.org/321847/jazz-...
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29.🎅🎄☃️🕎
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MilesDavis #BobDorough
#folderol
day 1 rank # 10
Miles Davis: Blue XMas, feat. Bob Dorough (Jingle Bell Swing, 1962)
"it's a time when the greedy give a dime to the needy"
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MilesDavis #BobDorough
#folderol
day 1 rank # 10
Miles Davis: Blue XMas, feat. Bob Dorough (Jingle Bell Swing, 1962)
"it's a time when the greedy give a dime to the needy"
December 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Artist Fave Xmas: pick and rank 10 fave holiday songs, one a day, Dec. 20-29.🎅🎄☃️🕎
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MilesDavis #BobDorough
#folderol
day 1 rank # 10
Miles Davis: Blue XMas, feat. Bob Dorough (Jingle Bell Swing, 1962)
"it's a time when the greedy give a dime to the needy"
#ArtistFaveXmas #MusicChallenge #MilesDavis #BobDorough
#folderol
day 1 rank # 10
Miles Davis: Blue XMas, feat. Bob Dorough (Jingle Bell Swing, 1962)
"it's a time when the greedy give a dime to the needy"
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December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Photographer John Bulmer. A woman pushing a pram past derelict houses, Manchester, 1977. On the door behind her is an anti-National Front poster reading 'Don't be fooled, National Front is a Nazi front'.
December 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Photographer John Bulmer. A woman pushing a pram past derelict houses, Manchester, 1977. On the door behind her is an anti-National Front poster reading 'Don't be fooled, National Front is a Nazi front'.
Xmas classic 'bout a Milwaukee suburb
You don't have to be good
You can cry all day
You can be really rotten
Cause Santa Claus skips Cudahy
Don't try to please Santa
Just act like a louse
When he finds out your from Cudahy
He'll fly right past your house
Couch Flambeau: Santa Skips Cudahy 🎅 ('85)
You don't have to be good
You can cry all day
You can be really rotten
Cause Santa Claus skips Cudahy
Don't try to please Santa
Just act like a louse
When he finds out your from Cudahy
He'll fly right past your house
Couch Flambeau: Santa Skips Cudahy 🎅 ('85)
1985 MILWAUKEE PUNK Couch Flambeau "Santa Claus Skips Cudahy" Wisconsin Die Kreuzen Sacred Order
YouTube video by Trick Knee
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Xmas classic 'bout a Milwaukee suburb
You don't have to be good
You can cry all day
You can be really rotten
Cause Santa Claus skips Cudahy
Don't try to please Santa
Just act like a louse
When he finds out your from Cudahy
He'll fly right past your house
Couch Flambeau: Santa Skips Cudahy 🎅 ('85)
You don't have to be good
You can cry all day
You can be really rotten
Cause Santa Claus skips Cudahy
Don't try to please Santa
Just act like a louse
When he finds out your from Cudahy
He'll fly right past your house
Couch Flambeau: Santa Skips Cudahy 🎅 ('85)
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TONIGHT is going to be awesome - Regattabar, two sets. First set is sold out but doors at 9pm for the second set, if you don’t already have tickets. Seriously awesome.
#doublebassist #holisticbassist #livemusic #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky
#doublebassist #holisticbassist #livemusic #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
TONIGHT is going to be awesome - Regattabar, two sets. First set is sold out but doors at 9pm for the second set, if you don’t already have tickets. Seriously awesome.
#doublebassist #holisticbassist #livemusic #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky
#doublebassist #holisticbassist #livemusic #music #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazzsky
Heading out in a bit to see the #EitherOrchestra at the Regatta Bar in Harvard Sq.
#Jazz #jazzsky #EthiopianJazz #livejazz
Either/Orchestra : Eyéyé (Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra, 2025)
ethiopiquesseries.bandcamp.com/track/ey-y
#Jazz #jazzsky #EthiopianJazz #livejazz
Either/Orchestra : Eyéyé (Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra, 2025)
ethiopiquesseries.bandcamp.com/track/ey-y
Eyéyé, by ETHIOPIQUES SERIES
from the album Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra
ethiopiquesseries.bandcamp.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Heading out in a bit to see the #EitherOrchestra at the Regatta Bar in Harvard Sq.
#Jazz #jazzsky #EthiopianJazz #livejazz
Either/Orchestra : Eyéyé (Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra, 2025)
ethiopiquesseries.bandcamp.com/track/ey-y
#Jazz #jazzsky #EthiopianJazz #livejazz
Either/Orchestra : Eyéyé (Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra, 2025)
ethiopiquesseries.bandcamp.com/track/ey-y
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Boston stands with our immigrant neighbors.
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Boston stands with our immigrant neighbors.
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Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Opinion | Trump’s crude remarks about Rob Reiner are unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner.
#ArtistFave15 : Pick an artist, then rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Dec. 1-15.
#MusicChallenge #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 15, rank # 1
Nightmares on Wax: "Nights Interlude" (World of Science, 1991), sampling and basically reworking #QuincyJones' "Summer in the City" (1973)
#MusicChallenge #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 15, rank # 1
Nightmares on Wax: "Nights Interlude" (World of Science, 1991), sampling and basically reworking #QuincyJones' "Summer in the City" (1973)
Nights Interlude
YouTube video by Nightmares On Wax - Topic
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#ArtistFave15 : Pick an artist, then rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Dec. 1-15.
#MusicChallenge #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 15, rank # 1
Nightmares on Wax: "Nights Interlude" (World of Science, 1991), sampling and basically reworking #QuincyJones' "Summer in the City" (1973)
#MusicChallenge #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 15, rank # 1
Nightmares on Wax: "Nights Interlude" (World of Science, 1991), sampling and basically reworking #QuincyJones' "Summer in the City" (1973)
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
I was just thinking about Rob Reiner's role in Season 4 of the Bear a couple days ago. And now . . . I can't even with this weekend . . . and this year. jfc 😱😭
December 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I was just thinking about Rob Reiner's role in Season 4 of the Bear a couple days ago. And now . . . I can't even with this weekend . . . and this year. jfc 😱😭
Artist Fave 15. Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Dec. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NoW #RickyRanking #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 14, rank # 2
Nightmares on Wax: "Flip Ya Lid" feat. Ricky Ranking (In A Space Outta Sound, 2006)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NoW #RickyRanking #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 14, rank # 2
Nightmares on Wax: "Flip Ya Lid" feat. Ricky Ranking (In A Space Outta Sound, 2006)
Flip Ya Lid
YouTube video by Nightmares On Wax - Topic
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Artist Fave 15. Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Dec. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NoW #RickyRanking #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 14, rank # 2
Nightmares on Wax: "Flip Ya Lid" feat. Ricky Ranking (In A Space Outta Sound, 2006)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #NoW #RickyRanking #GeorgeEvelyn
Artist: #NightmaresOnWax
day 14, rank # 2
Nightmares on Wax: "Flip Ya Lid" feat. Ricky Ranking (In A Space Outta Sound, 2006)
Haven't done a #Stunday post for a while, so here's a photo of mine shot in the late afternoon at Pine Point, Maine, at low tide.
"Dancing on Clouds"
#Photography #photosky #EastCoastKin #PinePointMaine
flic.kr/p/2rKoSyJ
"Dancing on Clouds"
#Photography #photosky #EastCoastKin #PinePointMaine
flic.kr/p/2rKoSyJ
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Haven't done a #Stunday post for a while, so here's a photo of mine shot in the late afternoon at Pine Point, Maine, at low tide.
"Dancing on Clouds"
#Photography #photosky #EastCoastKin #PinePointMaine
flic.kr/p/2rKoSyJ
"Dancing on Clouds"
#Photography #photosky #EastCoastKin #PinePointMaine
flic.kr/p/2rKoSyJ
“Some of the protesters brought items to keep the two men warm.
‘I brought like heat pads and food and an extra jacket to get to the guys that are stuck up there,’ one protester said. ‘This weather is super dangerous.’
But the agents told them they couldn’t get the items to the upper floor.“
‘I brought like heat pads and food and an extra jacket to get to the guys that are stuck up there,’ one protester said. ‘This weather is super dangerous.’
But the agents told them they couldn’t get the items to the upper floor.“
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Some of the protesters brought items to keep the two men warm.
‘I brought like heat pads and food and an extra jacket to get to the guys that are stuck up there,’ one protester said. ‘This weather is super dangerous.’
But the agents told them they couldn’t get the items to the upper floor.“
‘I brought like heat pads and food and an extra jacket to get to the guys that are stuck up there,’ one protester said. ‘This weather is super dangerous.’
But the agents told them they couldn’t get the items to the upper floor.“