@imatthewi
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.
One of my all time Stevie faves (I think I "ranked" it 2nd in my fave 15 list many months ago). btw, I saw Stevie perform all of SITKOL at Boston Garden about 11 years ago. Sprung for pretty good ($$) seats; it was well worth it!
.. also: #Oddisee is "both a rapper chronicling the perils and joys of ordinary existence, and a virtuosic producer attuned to the vibrations of how life actually sounds. ... [The Odd Tape] is that internal soul-jazz reverberating at the back of your brain.
oddiseemmg.bandcamp.com/album/the-od...
...The Odd Tape by #Oddisee follows a typical day. Per Bandcamp: "It starts w/ 'Alarmed,' that sounds like Shuggie Otis doing a psychedelic eye-opening cover of Nas’ 'Shootouts,' then 'Right Side of the Bed' w/ glitter-gold sax lines, loose drums & sunshine-slanting-through-the-blinds keyboards."
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, March 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #hiphopsky #instrumentalhiphop #jazzrap
Artist: #Oddisee pt. 2: 2016-2025
day 14, rank # 2
Oddisee: "Right Side of the Bed" (The Odd Tape, 2016)
Here's the thing. Whitney Houston made her debut on this Material album, which means that there's a straight line to from Archie Shepp's free jazz to "I Will Always Love You." www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xj4...
. . . line also from Grandmixer DXT. Holy crap. This is news to me (and I bought a whole lot of Celluloid releases back in the day).
. . .speaking of Sam Ervin's voice, I had the National Lampoon's Missing White House Tapes album as a youngster and the parody and over-the-top impersonation of Sam Ervin always cracked me up. And relevant here as Sam struggles to remember and pronounce Butterfield's name:
youtu.be/bOCSV4NwPhQ?...
r.i.p. Alexander Butterfield. Would be nice if some Trump staff or aide would have the guts to do something analogous at an opportune moment. *not holding my breath*
Oh and btw, I'm old enough to remember watching the Watergate hearings as a youngster and vividly recall Sam Ervin's voice.😄
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important and informative thread :
#SongsILoveToPlay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky
"Angel" by Luscious Jackson ("Natural Ingredients", 1994)
#AlternativeDance
I know there are no moral victories, but playing the defending champs without Derrick White and Jayson Tatum and almost beating them after playing a close game against the Spurs after Jaylen Brown is ejected early looks different than just back to back "scheduled road losses" near mid March...
"I mean what's more tragic, living in a hyper reality
Or the systematic murder of magic
I'm chasing the wild things and they're becoming harder to find
In time I'm sure they'll only live in my mind..."
Slow Groove by #Oddisee (and Alwatsa Ep) on bandcamp :
oddiseemmg.bandcamp.com/track/slow-g...
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, March 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #hiphopsky #hiphop #jazzrap
Artist: #Oddisee pt. 2: 2016-2025
day 13, rank # 3
Oddisee: "Slow Groove" (Alwatsa Ep, 2016)
So to review: Oil > $100 a barrel, ~30% increase at pump. Mortgages >6%. We replaced one Supreme Leader with his more hardline son, whose whole family we killed. We murdered ~160 girls. Everybody in world but Bibi is pissed at us. Spent more in 1 week on war than USAID costed for 6 months.
Do you think she realizes what she just typed?
such a classic
It is. Thanks! I think he's under-appreciated (and not as well known as he should be). Not only a gifted rapper but an excellent beat maker and producer.
Pharoahe's remake of P.E.'s classic hits harder now than it would have 2 or more weeks ago.
… Bonus : “Want to Be” by #Oddisee (live at Sofar in D.C. 2017):
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, March 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #hiphopsky #hiphop #jazzrap
Artist: #Oddisee pt. 2: 2016-2025
day 12, rank # 4
Oddisee: “Want to Be” (The Iceberg, 2017)
The Onion is having an increasingly hard time catching up and competing with Trump 2.0 Stephen Miller and Project 2025 reality:
It is indeed! Thx 🙏
Funky clavinet and syths! Great track and Choice. I must admit I'm not familiar with this album. I know _many_ of his pre-Music of My Mind hits, but this Lp escaped me over the years. Thx!
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, March 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #hiphopsky #hiphop #jazzrap
Artist: #Oddisee pt. 2: 2016-2025
day 11, rank # 5
Oddisee: "Tomorrow Can't Be Borrowed" (En Route, 2025)
In announcing the funding Tuesday, Wu and other city leaders pointedly condemned the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and mass deportation policies, and said that the new funds would help uplift immigrant communities who have been fearful of going about their every day lives amidst increased arrests and detentions. “Whether your family has been here for generations, or you are a new resident in our city — we will not let anyone storm into Boston and disrupt our community,“ Wu said at a press conference at City Hall. “With today’s announcement, we’re showing that the best way to keep our city safe is for us to come together as one. History is clear, when Boston stands together, no matter the odds, no matter the monarch, justice wins.”
. . . From the article:
Mayor Wu announces millions $ in funding to serve immigrants w/ legal assistance, language access & other resources—the latest local effort amid a federal enforcement crackdown (in the wake of Boston resident & Haitian immigrant Emmanuel Damas dying in ICE custody from an untreated tooth infection)
. . ."Choices" (and the To What End album) by #Oddisee on Bandcamp:
oddisee.bandcamp.com/track/choice...
Artist Fave 15: Pick an artist, then select and rank 15 fave tracks. A song a day, March 1-15.
#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #hiphopsky #jazzrap
Artist: #Oddisee pt. 2: 2016-2025
day 10, rank # 6
Oddisee: "Choices," feat Phonte, Bemyfiasco & Kay Young (To What End, 2023)
"The following stay here: Lewandowski, Homan, Fetterman, and Gutfeld."
"Calm down Bari Weiss, you can hire her as a contributor"