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NPPA executive director Akili Ramsess and her son Taraja Ramsess. Courtesy Akili Ramsess. So many of our ASMP and NANPA members are members of, or familiar with, our colleagues at the National Press Photographers Association. Last week, their Executive Director Akili Ramsess suffered a tragic and heartbreaking loss as a vehicle collision took the lives … Read moreNANPA & ASMP Offer Its Support to NPPA Exec. Director Akili Ramsess and Her Family

Music Reviews (Sacred Bones) PSA: It would be easy to write this album off as simply an album of covers, but that would be a mistake. In an age when the phrase “Taylor’s Version” boasts cultural currency and reboots of film series are as ubiquitous as air and water, the public is well-accustomed to the … Read moreMusic Review: SPELLLING & The Mystery School – SPELLLING

Why must we all work long hours to earn the right to live? Why must only the wealthy have access to leisure, aes­thet­ic plea­sure, self-actu­al­iza­tion…? Every­one seems to have an answer, accord­ing to their polit­i­cal or the­o­log­i­cal bent. One eco­nom­ic bogey­man, so-called “trick­le-down” eco­nom­ics, or “Reaganomics,” actu­al­ly pre­dates our 40th pres­i­dent by a few hun­dred years at … Read moreBertrand Russell & Buckminster Fuller on Why We Should Work Less, and Live and Learn More

We are huge Iron & Wine fans. Sam Beam is just phenonomenal songwriter, composer and musician. So, it was a pleasant surprise to Iron & Wine’s November 17th as the accompanying live album to the concert film, Who Can See Forever. The film is the first ever in-depth look into the life and music of … Read moreAlbum Review: Who Can See Forever Soundtrack by Iron & Wine

Our series Dusting ‘Em Off looks at how classic albums found an enduring place in pop culture. Today, we spend some time with Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s Trilogy. At times, Emerson, Lake & Palmer were downright maniacal. It’s evident in their most celebrated material; the absurd 10/8 time signature in “Tarkus,” the proto-heavy metal detour in … Read moreEmerson, Lake & Palmer’s Trilogy Set a Cosmic New Standard for Progressive Rock

“Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularitywe once were?” A stunning poem inspired by Stephen Hawking, who would have been 82 today. source