Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2022 . New Music? . Do you listen to new music? If so, you’re in the minority, apparently. A study by MRC Data found that 70% of those surveyed only listen to old music. Why would that be, do you suppose? Could it be that those of us in older … Read more
Press Release: . Faces of Immigration: Photographs by Harvey Finkle . On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 3:00-7:30pm . For five decades social worker turned photographer Harvey Finkle (Penn MSW ’61) has documented immigrant communities as well as social and political activism across Philadelphia and beyond. He began photographing the work of the Sanctuary Movement in … Read more
Text by A.H. Scott, Copyright 2022 . “The Words of Wait” . “African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans.” – Senator Mitch McConnell, January 19th, 2022[A] Coming from a virginal ingénue in the topsy-turvy world of politics, this quote could be seen or just brushed off as a mistaken … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2022 . The’Alien Autopsy’ Film . In 1994 I was publishing a photography magazine called PIC (People In Camera) from an office near the Kings Cross station in London. I’d bought the magazine from the estate of my friend Captain Christopher Knight, the wealthy eccentric who’d founded it sixteen years … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2022 . ‘Mystery Hut’ On The Moon . China’s Yutu 2 lunar rover has spotted a mysterious object on the far side of the Moon, the side never visible from Earth.Often called ‘The Dark Side of the Moon,’ the far side of the Moon is far from dark — sorry … Read more