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I’m Not There: Film Review

April 19, 2018April 18, 2018 Chris SunamiMovies

Repost I knew even before the house lights went down that I needed to approach this film in the right frame of mind. I knew not to expect a rational or linear plotline, that my[…]

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Reconstructivist Art: Mona Lisa

April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 Chris SunamiMusic

Repost: Wyclef Jean’s Mona Lisa as an example of Reconstructivist Art Mona Lisa was a little noted deep-album cut from hip-hop impresario Wyclef Jean’s multiplatinum album The Carnival (1997). A radical reinvention of the remixed[…]

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This is my Church

March 29, 2018March 31, 2018 Chris SunamiHumanism

This is a wonderful profile that was recently filmed about the ministries of what has been my church home for well over a decade, the United Methodist Church for All People in Columbus Ohio.  Started[…]

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Django Jane’s African Beat

March 22, 2018March 21, 2018 Chris SunamiFeminism

Perhaps to showcase her many sides, the incomparable Janelle Monae released two very different songs/videos in advance of her hotly anticipated new album, Dirty Computer.  A few weeks ago I showcased her funky, bubbly, sex-drenched[…]

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7 Best Dylan Covers

March 15, 2018March 7, 2018 Chris SunamiBest

I’ve always been fascinated by cover songs.  The vast majority of them just make you long for the original.  But every once in a while, someone does one that brings the song a whole new[…]

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Seven Nation Army

March 8, 2018February 28, 2018 Chris SunamiCover Songs

It can be tough sometimes to separate the greatness of a song from the greatness of a particular performance of that song. And in the case where a great songwriter is also an amazing performer[…]

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Princess Janelle

March 1, 2018February 28, 2018 Chris SunamiArt

The late great Prince always claimed he was “50-50 girl.” Well, apparently when his male half departed this earthly plane, his female half was reborn as Janelle Monae’s new alter-ego in this smoking new video.

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Reconstructivist Art: Kehinde Wiley

February 22, 2018February 21, 2018 Chris SunamiArt

In honor of Kehinde Wiley’s new presidential portrait, please enjoy this repost of my article considering him as an exemplar of Reconstructivist Art, originally published not long after his Columbus Museum of Art show in[…]

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Presidential Portraits

February 15, 2018February 16, 2018 Chris SunamiArt

Everything President Obama has done since first taking office has been viewed with particular scrutiny, and his and Michelle’s selection of portraitists was no exception. Each took the opportunity provided to raise the profile of[…]

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I Never Meta Post I Didn’t Like

February 8, 2018February 7, 2018 Chris SunamiHistory

In recent years I’ve more often been the interviewer than the interviewee, but I had a chance to be on the other side of the “hot seat” recently, when I was the subject of a[…]

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