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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Morning Jazz
Watch saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin play 'Trane', a tribute to John and Alice Coltrane. Wow.
#Jazzsky #jazz
youtu.be/6wE7gfozRcc?...
Watch saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin play 'Trane', a tribute to John and Alice Coltrane. Wow.
#Jazzsky #jazz
youtu.be/6wE7gfozRcc?...
Lakecia Benjamin plays Song "Trane"
YouTube video by Lakecia Benjamin
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Morning Jazz
Watch saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin play 'Trane', a tribute to John and Alice Coltrane. Wow.
#Jazzsky #jazz
youtu.be/6wE7gfozRcc?...
Watch saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin play 'Trane', a tribute to John and Alice Coltrane. Wow.
#Jazzsky #jazz
youtu.be/6wE7gfozRcc?...
For those getting on an airplane tomorrow, remember:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants you to "dress up when you go to the airport." That's right!
Some Sean Duffy-approved flight attire:
#dressupwhenyoufly
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants you to "dress up when you go to the airport." That's right!
Some Sean Duffy-approved flight attire:
#dressupwhenyoufly
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
For those getting on an airplane tomorrow, remember:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants you to "dress up when you go to the airport." That's right!
Some Sean Duffy-approved flight attire:
#dressupwhenyoufly
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants you to "dress up when you go to the airport." That's right!
Some Sean Duffy-approved flight attire:
#dressupwhenyoufly
A movie that takes place where you're from.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from.
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Happy (belated) 125th to Boston Symphony Hall! 🎂
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Happy (belated) 125th to Boston Symphony Hall! 🎂
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
Maps: Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1898); Bromley, Atlas of the City of Boston (1902), Indexed map of Boston (1900)
Source: WBUR
Images: Digital Commonwealth, Boston Symphony Orchestra
#bpl #LMEC #maps #bostonmaps #localhistory #BSO
Happy Sunday : #SundayJazz
Chick Corea: Captain Marvel (Light as a Feather, 1973)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday (1970s)
#ChickCorea (Fender Rhodes), Stanley Clarke (bass), Joe Farrell (flute), Flora Purim (vocals), Airto Moreira (drums, percussion). This just _leaps_ off the vinyl from the get go.
Chick Corea: Captain Marvel (Light as a Feather, 1973)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday (1970s)
#ChickCorea (Fender Rhodes), Stanley Clarke (bass), Joe Farrell (flute), Flora Purim (vocals), Airto Moreira (drums, percussion). This just _leaps_ off the vinyl from the get go.
Captain Marvel
YouTube video by Chick Corea - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy Sunday : #SundayJazz
Chick Corea: Captain Marvel (Light as a Feather, 1973)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday (1970s)
#ChickCorea (Fender Rhodes), Stanley Clarke (bass), Joe Farrell (flute), Flora Purim (vocals), Airto Moreira (drums, percussion). This just _leaps_ off the vinyl from the get go.
Chick Corea: Captain Marvel (Light as a Feather, 1973)
#jazzsky #jazz #JazzSunday (1970s)
#ChickCorea (Fender Rhodes), Stanley Clarke (bass), Joe Farrell (flute), Flora Purim (vocals), Airto Moreira (drums, percussion). This just _leaps_ off the vinyl from the get go.
Underworld, The Names, and White Noise still rank among my fave novels (and I have first editions of two of them, one signed😃📚).
#HappyBirthdayDonDeLillo #DonDeLillo
#HappyBirthdayDonDeLillo #DonDeLillo
The novelist Don DeLillo turns 89 today. Throughout his career, the books of this perennial Nobel Prize favorite have overflowed with ideas, language, personas, and historical fragments that, released into the minds of readers, transcend their fictional origins and become part of the real world.
Don DeLillo - Library of America
www.loa.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Underworld, The Names, and White Noise still rank among my fave novels (and I have first editions of two of them, one signed😃📚).
#HappyBirthdayDonDeLillo #DonDeLillo
#HappyBirthdayDonDeLillo #DonDeLillo
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #small.
Which begs #macrophotography. Like of a blueberry breakfast:
#photography #blueberries #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/6sGEd3
Which begs #macrophotography. Like of a blueberry breakfast:
#photography #blueberries #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/6sGEd3
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #small.
Which begs #macrophotography. Like of a blueberry breakfast:
#photography #blueberries #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/6sGEd3
Which begs #macrophotography. Like of a blueberry breakfast:
#photography #blueberries #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/6sGEd3
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Donald Trump raving about his new friend Zorro Montana
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Donald Trump raving about his new friend Zorro Montana
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Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
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Whoever said that Trump looks like a Make A Wish kid meeting Zohran nailed it
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Whoever said that Trump looks like a Make A Wish kid meeting Zohran nailed it
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"One of those perfect songs" indeed. And a good video (one continuous shot) to boot.
#MassiveAttack #SharaNelson #musicsky
#MassiveAttack #SharaNelson #musicsky
#20SongsByYear
1991
#MusicChallenge
Unfinished Sympathy—Massive Attack
One of those perfect songs, where the vocals, samples and synths all come together like magic. It's one of the songs of the 90s and one of the best tracks of 1991. In fact, I can only think of one better…
#musicsky #nowplaying
1991
#MusicChallenge
Unfinished Sympathy—Massive Attack
One of those perfect songs, where the vocals, samples and synths all come together like magic. It's one of the songs of the 90s and one of the best tracks of 1991. In fact, I can only think of one better…
#musicsky #nowplaying
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
YouTube video by MassiveAttackVEVO
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"One of those perfect songs" indeed. And a good video (one continuous shot) to boot.
#MassiveAttack #SharaNelson #musicsky
#MassiveAttack #SharaNelson #musicsky
Happy birthday #DonCherry. 🎂🎺
The free jazz & avant guard innovator who, in addition to leading his own groups, played w/ Ornette Coleman’s ground breaking quartet, and others including Coltrane, Charlie Haden & Carla Bley.
#jazzsky #jazz
Don Cherry: Pettiford Bridge (Inside/Outside, live 1987)
The free jazz & avant guard innovator who, in addition to leading his own groups, played w/ Ornette Coleman’s ground breaking quartet, and others including Coltrane, Charlie Haden & Carla Bley.
#jazzsky #jazz
Don Cherry: Pettiford Bridge (Inside/Outside, live 1987)
Pettiford Bridge (Live (Remastered))
YouTube video by Don Cherry - Topic
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Happy birthday #DonCherry. 🎂🎺
The free jazz & avant guard innovator who, in addition to leading his own groups, played w/ Ornette Coleman’s ground breaking quartet, and others including Coltrane, Charlie Haden & Carla Bley.
#jazzsky #jazz
Don Cherry: Pettiford Bridge (Inside/Outside, live 1987)
The free jazz & avant guard innovator who, in addition to leading his own groups, played w/ Ornette Coleman’s ground breaking quartet, and others including Coltrane, Charlie Haden & Carla Bley.
#jazzsky #jazz
Don Cherry: Pettiford Bridge (Inside/Outside, live 1987)
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View from the top of the 700.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
View from the top of the 700.
The 79 year old was under ongoing medical care after 3 back surgeries and missed a scheduled spinal procedure because of his detention. He has not been unable to get his regular medications. He fell out of his wheelchair and they left him on the cell floor for hours at Alligator Alcatraz.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The 79 year old was under ongoing medical care after 3 back surgeries and missed a scheduled spinal procedure because of his detention. He has not been unable to get his regular medications. He fell out of his wheelchair and they left him on the cell floor for hours at Alligator Alcatraz.
BONUS: one extra #ArtistFave15 : in addition to his "Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach" album (accounting for 4 of my entries this month), #JohnZorn showed his love and deep respect for #Bacharach is this Masada songbook composition:
#jazzsky #jazz #Zorn
Masada: Bacharach (Zayin, Tzadik, 1996)
#jazzsky #jazz #Zorn
Masada: Bacharach (Zayin, Tzadik, 1996)
Bacharach by John Zorn
YouTube video by Masada World
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
BONUS: one extra #ArtistFave15 : in addition to his "Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach" album (accounting for 4 of my entries this month), #JohnZorn showed his love and deep respect for #Bacharach is this Masada songbook composition:
#jazzsky #jazz #Zorn
Masada: Bacharach (Zayin, Tzadik, 1996)
#jazzsky #jazz #Zorn
Masada: Bacharach (Zayin, Tzadik, 1996)
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Consciousness of Gilt
Fam, not to worry…
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
You too can decorate your home like the White House, and it’s just a click away.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Consciousness of Gilt
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Perfect.
The Supreme Court made up the "major questions doctrine," under which the Court gets extra powers when things are a Big Deal and what's a Big Deal is up to the Justices.
Why not make up a new "signature policies" rule where a president can put things beyond the court's reach, like a franchise tag.
Why not make up a new "signature policies" rule where a president can put things beyond the court's reach, like a franchise tag.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Perfect.
Oh right, the "presidential signature policy doctrine." 😳
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Oh right, the "presidential signature policy doctrine." 😳
Happy Sunday : Sunday Jazz
#SundayJazz #jazzsky #jazz #BlueNoteSunday #JazzSunday (1960s)
Herbie Hancock: Three Bags Full (Takin’ Off, Blue Note, 1962)
#HerbieHancock (piano),
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet),
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax),
Butch Warren (bass),
Billy Higgins (drums)
#SundayJazz #jazzsky #jazz #BlueNoteSunday #JazzSunday (1960s)
Herbie Hancock: Three Bags Full (Takin’ Off, Blue Note, 1962)
#HerbieHancock (piano),
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet),
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax),
Butch Warren (bass),
Billy Higgins (drums)
Herbie Hancock - Three Bags Full
YouTube video by jazzhole13
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy Sunday : Sunday Jazz
#SundayJazz #jazzsky #jazz #BlueNoteSunday #JazzSunday (1960s)
Herbie Hancock: Three Bags Full (Takin’ Off, Blue Note, 1962)
#HerbieHancock (piano),
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet),
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax),
Butch Warren (bass),
Billy Higgins (drums)
#SundayJazz #jazzsky #jazz #BlueNoteSunday #JazzSunday (1960s)
Herbie Hancock: Three Bags Full (Takin’ Off, Blue Note, 1962)
#HerbieHancock (piano),
Freddie Hubbard (trumpet),
Dexter Gordon (tenor sax),
Butch Warren (bass),
Billy Higgins (drums)
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #Bright
digging into my archives for this onel:
Minot Light Bathed in Light
Minot Legde Light lighthouse, off the MA coast south of Boston Harbor, with late afternoon sun.
#photography #photosky #colorphotography #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/aEtrG4
digging into my archives for this onel:
Minot Light Bathed in Light
Minot Legde Light lighthouse, off the MA coast south of Boston Harbor, with late afternoon sun.
#photography #photosky #colorphotography #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/aEtrG4
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #Bright
digging into my archives for this onel:
Minot Light Bathed in Light
Minot Legde Light lighthouse, off the MA coast south of Boston Harbor, with late afternoon sun.
#photography #photosky #colorphotography #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/aEtrG4
digging into my archives for this onel:
Minot Light Bathed in Light
Minot Legde Light lighthouse, off the MA coast south of Boston Harbor, with late afternoon sun.
#photography #photosky #colorphotography #EastCoastKin
flic.kr/p/aEtrG4
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #ErikFriedlander
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 15, rank # 1
Erik Friedlander: "Promises, Promises" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #ErikFriedlander
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 15, rank # 1
Erik Friedlander: "Promises, Promises" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
Promises, Promises
YouTube video by Release - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #ErikFriedlander
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 15, rank # 1
Erik Friedlander: "Promises, Promises" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #ErikFriedlander
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 15, rank # 1
Erik Friedlander: "Promises, Promises" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #DaveDouglas
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 14, rank # 2
Dave Douglas: "Wives and Lovers" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #DaveDouglas
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 14, rank # 2
Dave Douglas: "Wives and Lovers" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
Wives And Lovers
YouTube video by Dave Douglas - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #DaveDouglas
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 14, rank # 2
Dave Douglas: "Wives and Lovers" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #DaveDouglas
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 14, rank # 2
Dave Douglas: "Wives and Lovers" (John Zorn, Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach, Tzadik 1997)
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #RahsaanRolandKirk
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 13, rank # 3
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "You'll Never Get To Heaven" (Bright Moments, 1974)
a phenomenal live album
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #RahsaanRolandKirk
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 13, rank # 3
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "You'll Never Get To Heaven" (Bright Moments, 1974)
a phenomenal live album
You'll Never Get to Heaven
YouTube video by Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Topic
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Artist Fave 15: artist : Burt Bacharach, ranking 15 fave #jazz covers. A song a day, Nov. 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #RahsaanRolandKirk
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 13, rank # 3
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "You'll Never Get To Heaven" (Bright Moments, 1974)
a phenomenal live album
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #jazzsky #RahsaanRolandKirk
#BurtBacharach: jazz covers
day 13, rank # 3
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "You'll Never Get To Heaven" (Bright Moments, 1974)
a phenomenal live album