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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.
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Feb. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #hiphopsky #AlternativeHipHop #jazzrap

Artist: #Oddisee pt. 1: 2009-2015

day 11, rank # 5

Oddisee: "Tangible Dream" (Tangible Dream, 2013)
Tangible Dream
YouTube video by Oddisee - Topic
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Belated happy Dilla Donuts day to all who celebrate! Agree that there are so many amazing tracks on Donuts. But I won't pass up this opportunity (or excuse😄) to post this excellent video (and it's also among my fave Donuts tracks):

J Dilla: "Last Donut of the Night" (Donuts, 2006)
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.

BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned

NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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A White Historian Claimed That Black People ‘Had No History.’ This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise

Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history,” founded the celebration now known as #BlackHistoryMonth in 1926.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
A White Historian Claimed That Black People 'Had No History.' This Trailblazing Scholar Dedicated His Life to Proving Otherwise
Carter G. Woodson, the "father of Black history," founded the celebration now known as Black History Month in 1926. A prolific writer and activist, he viewed his efforts to educate the public as a "li...
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Feb. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #hiphopsky #jazzrap

Artist: #Oddisee pt. 1: 2009-2015

day 10, rank # 6

Oddisee: "CounterClockwise" (The Good Fight, 2015)

(cool video by Brandon Black & Zack Schamberg)
Oddisee - CounterClockwise
YouTube video by Mello Music Group
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
ICE initially lied, denying zip ties were used on children after the raid by >200 officers w/ "a helicopter thudding overhead, followed by five armored cars rumbling in...children said ICE guns pointed at them; an 8-yr old said he picked tiny shards of glass out of his mouth from a broken window."
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Feb. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #hiphopsky #InstrumentalHipHop #AlternativeHipHop #jazzrap

Artist: #Oddisee pt. 1: 2009-2015

day 9, rank # 7

Oddisee: "The Gospel" (The Beauty In All, 2013)
The Gospel
YouTube video by Oddisee - Topic
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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#LateNightRandomSong #MusicSky #MusicChallenge

"Darkness envelopes the scene like a shroud
A veil of emptiness hangs from the clouds
Filling up the cracks in this desolate place"

"The City Sleeps" by MC 900 Ft Jesus ("Welcome to My Dream", 1991)

#AcidJazz #Downtempo #TripHop #JazzRap #Turntablism
The City Sleeps
YouTube video by MC 900 Ft. Jesus - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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If Bad Bunny was serious about uniting Americans, he would have given his Grammy to Donald Trump.
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Feb. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #hiphopsky #UndergroundHipHop #jazzrap

Artist: #Oddisee pt. 1: 2009-2015

day 8, rank # 8

Oddisee: "Own Appeal" (Tangible Dream, 2013)
ODDISEE - OWN APPEAL (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mello Music Group
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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You know Stephen Miller is losing his fucking mind right now. 🤣
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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DONALD TRUMP: Have Ricky Ricardo killed.
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
February 8, 2026 at 4:34 AM
So, this week's #BlueskyArtShow theme is: #sunshine

1. "Minot (bathed in sun) Light" (Minot Ledge Lighthouse)
flic.kr/p/aEtrG4

2. "Dawn Dog Walk on Golden Beach" (Fair Harbor, Fire Island)
flic.kr/p/WZMSRD

#photosky #photography #EastCoastKin #lighthouse #silhouette #beach #FireIsland
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Feb. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #hiphopsky #InstrumentalHipHop #UndergroundHipHop #jazzrap

Artist: #Oddisee pt. 1: 2009-2015

day 7, rank # 9

Oddisee: "Is That Why You Are Here?" (Mental Liberation, 2009)
Oddisee - Is That Why You're Here?
YouTube video by jamutka3
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
yup:
FBI, w/ a warrant to document bullet holes in Good’s SUV, were ordered to stop. Kash Patel worried an investigation would contradict Trump's claim that Good “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer.” Later, they urged prosecutors to instead investigate Good’s partner. 🎁
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 AM
ICE has dramatically expanded its surveillance infrastructure without meaningful oversight or public debate. "A digital dragnet that captures & retains massive amounts of data about all of us without clear limits, safeguards, or accountability measures. This is dangerous. This is authoritarianism."
ICE’s growing surveillance state - The Boston Globe
ICE has constructed a digital dragnet that captures and retains massive amounts of data about all of us, citizens and noncitizens alike.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Feb. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #hiphopsky #AlternativeHipHop

Artist: #Oddisee pt. 1: 2009-2015

day 6, rank # 10

Oddisee: "Let It Go" feat. Olivier Daysoul (People Hear What They See, 2012)
Let It Go
YouTube video by Oddisee - Topic
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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For anyone who wondered how the Germans turned a blind eye to the Holocaust, we are living through the answer. We watched it start in real time. Do you remember last October? The details slip away fast but holding onto them helps us hold onto who we are joycevance.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
We are not Nazis.
Also: No Kings, No Dictators.
joycevance.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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"Eight pieces of …" ( #jazzsky series 36)

"Jazz" outside "Jazz" (B)

#3: Wolf Eats Wolf (Allen/Jankielewicz)

Tony Allen d
Mathias Allamane db
Indy Dibongue g
Jean-Phi Dary keys

Yann Jankielewicz as
Jean-Jacques Elangué ts
Rémi Sciuto bars
Nicolas Giraud tp
Daniel Zimmermann tb

Paris 2017

>#1 #2
Tony Allen - Wolf Eats Wolf
YouTube video by TonyAllenVEVO
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Your suspicion was right.

Trump shut down the Kennedy Center out of pure embarrassment after the cancellations.

He’s betting we forget in two years.

In 2023 the Kennedy Center was in the black, pulling in $286M in revenue. And it reopened from a $250M renovation in 2019.
February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, Feb. 1-15.

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #hiphopsky #InstrumentalHipHop #jazzrap

Artist: #Oddisee pt. 1: 2009-2015

day 5, rank # 11

Oddisee: No Rules For Kings* (The Beauty In All, 2013)

*one of Trump's mantras 😡
No Rules For Kings
YouTube video by Oddisee - Topic
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM