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Matt McCleskey

@mattmccleskey.bsky.social

Music Maker, Runner, Dad, Duke Blue Devil. Radio Guy, formerly at WAMU, NPR, KQED. https://mattmccleskey.bandcamp.com

186 Followers  |  141 Following  |  81 Posts  |  Joined: 31.08.2023  |  1.9285

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Meanwhile our cat is spending time in this box. 🍎🀣

18.10.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A tabby cat looking out from the handle opening of an empty and upside-down apple box.

A tabby cat looking out from the handle opening of an empty and upside-down apple box.

How you like them apples? 🍎🀣

17.10.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I want to hear this record.

13.10.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's not kid ourselves
It gets really really bad

11.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait what exactly are you trying to squeeze back in? 🀣

09.10.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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World Enough and Time, by Matt McCleskey 9 track album

Hey folks, today is #BandcampFriday, a great day to support artists and check out some new music. There’s a lot to find there, including (if I do say so myself) my collection from earlier this year. Hope you enjoy! mattmccleskey.bandcamp.com

03.10.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tortoise in front of a sign in Greek and English saying β€œDo not walk on the grass”

Tortoise in front of a sign in Greek and English saying β€œDo not walk on the grass”

Saw this one at the Temple of Hephaestus, just a few blocks from there!

13.09.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
FREDDY FENDER, FLACO JIMENEZ .......Volver, Volver...
YouTube video by elmasfino1 FREDDY FENDER, FLACO JIMENEZ .......Volver, Volver...

RIP Flaco Jimenez β€οΈπŸ’”

youtu.be/Z7PxPVuZLqU

02.08.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Friday is Bandcamp Friday

This Friday is Bandcamp Friday.

28.07.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 68

Yeah that Dark Star and jam is great. Also, I’m reading your book now and really enjoying it, thanks for writing it!

25.07.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

[Exit with his Train.]

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Whoa.

That's a sprite, an elusive, high-altitude electrical discharge from a thundercloud photographed by NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers from the ISS earlier today.

With reported sightings going back more than a century, this phenomenon was first photographed in 1989.

03.07.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6463    πŸ” 2120    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 141

Yeah even as I think about what my top five would be, I find the list it is a-changin’

30.06.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Behind the music
Don Henley saw a Cadillac with a Grateful Dead sticker, which inspired the lyric "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac."

Behind the music Don Henley saw a Cadillac with a Grateful Dead sticker, which inspired the lyric "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac."

This is the kind of insight that only artificial intelligence can provide.

23.06.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

[Exeunt Musicians.]

11.06.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 269    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Wow, Sly Stone yesterday and Brian Wilson today. Both 82. Different guys but both geniuses who lived through some troubles. Rest in peace gentlemen.

11.06.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2/24/73 University of Iowa, only a little bit circulates, but it sounds great and is very hot β€” I want to hear the rest for the actual first time!

07.06.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Cornell β€˜77 Day to all those who celebrate. #GratefulDead

08.05.2024 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Listen all y’all

04.05.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World Enough and Time, by Matt McCleskey 9 track album

Hey, today is Bandcamp Friday, when the site waives its share of revenues and sends it to artists instead β€” and that means it’s a great day to discover new music…

There’s a lot there, including my latest, World Enough and Time. Check it out! mattmccleskey.bandcamp.com/album/world-...

02.05.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a great photo. Kickin’ Out the Jams

30.04.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

reading the news is like a DDoS attack on my brain

17.04.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 939    πŸ” 122    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excellent work by new NYT headline writer Werner Herzog

28.03.2025 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17115    πŸ” 2629    πŸ’¬ 144    πŸ“Œ 114

My ears are stopp’d and cannot hear good news,
So much of bad already hath possess’d them.

09.03.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 475    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4
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World Enough and Time, by Matt McCleskey 9 track album

Hey folks it’s Bandcamp Friday, and amidst all the insanity it’s still a great day to check out new music! My new release World Enough And Time is there, along with lots of other great stuff from many, many artists β€” hope you can give a listen. mattmccleskey.bandcamp.com/album/world-...

07.03.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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vikingschoice - We Care A Lot A mixtape of benefit releases for those affected by the LA wildfires, Asheville floods, Ukrainian invasion, Gaza occupation

For the past couple months, I've kept a running thread of albums on Bandcamp that benefit those affected by the LA wildfires. It's useful! But unwieldly.

So here's a way to collect them all in a mixtape β€” one track per album. It's Bandcamp Friday.

www.buymusic.club/list/vikings...

07.03.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

just learning that the iconic canadian prog rock band "Rush" has introduced a devastating 5/8 tariff on all tempo exports to the United States

04.03.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4689    πŸ” 534    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 46
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#listentoafewrecords

26.02.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

RIP David Johansen, who lived many lives.

01.03.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1251    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 3

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