Josh L they/them

@ledwell.bsky.social

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DJ on @uncertainfm featuring the wide variety of North American Indigenous rock and pop music artists. White trans person from Boston, MA, USA. No one is illegal on stolen land. Abolish ICE. https://www.decolonize.show/

Jingle dress dancers
Block illustration of a hand holding a native feather. Art by my Indigenous spouse.
Sci-fi pixelated city screen from the computer game Sundog, Atari ST, 1985
Graph showing I'm 86% Woke, 14% Chud, 48% Techbro, 52% Neo-Luddite, 52% Hopepilled, 48% Doomer (hmm), 91% Davos, 9% Dubai, Your Closest Match: Zohran Mamdani
Joshua Ledwell: Name With No Clear Public Figure
2SPGBTQ+ pictured art detail from a Canadian postage stamp.
A damaged sign reading We Want Land Rights When? RIGHT NOW
Large plant leaves
Sign on a fenced tennis court saying Pickleball Players Only
Hans Gruber from Die Hard saying “benefits of a classical education.”
Closeup on a hand drum painted with a stylized buffalo
Medieval looking oil, painting of a woman rolling her eyes back with caption this too shall pass, but holy fuck
Photo from space with the Moon in the foreground half eclipsing the Earth behind it.
Pacific Islander canoe race at sunrise near Hawai'i.
Concert photo of a singer, Kee'ahn, a Yalanji, Jirrbal, Badu islander artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
Desaturated close-up image of didgeridoos
A polar bear standing tall in the snow.
A photo of a native hand drum being held high and played. Sunlight transmits through the drum.
A hillside with snowy pine trees, winter greens grays and blues dominating.
A stage with amber-hued spotlights
A buffalo illustration, staring into the camera. It has a glowing red nose in the style of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.
An old bus broken down and abandoned in a scrub forest in Utah.
Many ladybugs lined up along the edge of a hot tub.
Monochrome historic photograph from National Archives USA of Indigenous women and girls in blankets.
Photograph art from Martine Gutierrez called Demons, Xochiquetzal 'Flower Quetzal Feather.' A person with braids, multicolored hair ornaments, and a veil over their nose and mouth poses with one hand raised.
Cover art from OK Computer album by Radiohead, 1997.
A skull icon as promotion for goth / darkwave Indigenous music radio show.
Block print wall art of cassette tapes, promoting the Decolonize Your Playlist streaming radio show of Indigenous contemporary music.
Indigenous man in regalia holding up an orange shirt that says Every Child Matters.
Promotional graphic for my radio show, Decolonize Your Playlist, on a 1960's style messy color block background.
A magazine cover with a drawing of an anxious red rabbit. The rabbit says, “I should exercise more.”
A neon sign heart with "Summer Love" for tomorrow' episode of Decolonize your Playlist indigenous radio show.
A colorful guitar painted on a box on the street
Drummers in regalia play the big powwow drum
Diné bi Yágháhookáán atsaa (Navajo Universe & Constellation basket) over a starry night photo. Basket woven by Loraine Black. It tells of the story of how first man was carefully planning putting the stars up and Coyote came along and grabbed the blanket full of all the stars and shook them up into the sky making the Milky Way, along with the Holy People, the moon and the Sun, the bat and the Eagles and animals who were a witness to this event long ago.
A two-spirit Pride flag celebrating Indigenous queer musicians.
Photo of an American southwest red desert scene with a two-lane highway receding into distant mesas.
A photo of a large American plains buffalo with a pair of bloody denim jeans hanging from its horn.
An ink wash illustration of an Indigenous women's face, with a red handprint across the mouth, for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womens, Girls, and Two-Spirit Day. Art by Aimee Ledwell.
A LP record on a wood grain table, with text superimposed Indigenous Music Radio Show: Decolonize Your Playlist, Tuesday April 15 4pm ET on uncertain.fm
Ribbon skirt from Deb Haaland’s 2021 swearing-in as US Interior Secretary. More info: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/23/deb-haaland-swearing-in-skirt-dress-agnes-woodward
Stylized sound wave image over medicine wheel color blocks to advertise the next Decolonize Your Playlist radio show, Tuesday March 4 at 4pm Eastern.
Promo graphic for Afro-Indigenous Music on Decolonize Your Playlist, streaming 4pm ET today at uncertain.fm
Blade from Deadpool and Wolverine movie aiming a rocket launcher and saying "There's only been one Blade. There's only ever gonna be one Blade."
Indigenous dot-art style illustration for the radio show Decolonize Your Playlist, Indigenous Music from AUSNZ, Tuesday Feb 4 4pm ET on uncertain.fm
A promo image showing a Tiktok-style interface featuring Indigenous artist Leonard Sumner
Big from Reservation Dogs saying “100% organtic”
A photo of a cenote with text superimposed Decolonize Your Playlist: Protecting the Water
Holiday tree with Decolonize Your Playlist 4pm ET
An electric guitar on a psychedelic background.
A collage of album covers with the title "New Drops" superimposed. See more info in the accompanying text.
Promo graphic on an Indigenous weaving pattern. Decolonize Your Playlist: We Are Power airs Tuesday Nov. 12 4pm ET on uncertain.fm
An old broken-down teal-colored bus in scrub desert.
A photo I took of Dia de Muertos decorations, with the labels Decolonize Your Playlist Dia de los Muertos Indigenous Music Radio Show, Tuesday Oct. 29, 4pm ET uncertain.fm
Dole whip truck in San Diego
Seven Teachings: Humility, wisdom, love, respect, honesty bravery, truth.
Scene from The Good Place. Janet says “Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.”
Indigenous music radio show Decolonize Your Playlist, Tuesday Oct. 1 at 4pm Eastern.
Promo graphic for my show Decolonize Your Playlist, 4pm ET every other Tuesday.
Revere Beach, MA, in January. Winter sidelight highlights many clamshells strewn over the low tide sand.