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I’m very happy to announce that the noted art historian and curator David F. Martin has completed a new book about my grandfather’s life and art. Entitled “Invocation of Beauty: The Life and Photography of[…]

WC Handy: That Random Minor Note Part II

May 17, 2018May 11, 2018 Chris SunamiArt

Last time, we looked at Janelle Monae’s self description as “the random minor note you hear in major songs” and hinted that was somehow related to the artificiality of the even-tempered Western European scale. But[…]

That Random Minor Note, Part I: Janelle Monae

May 10, 2018May 17, 2018 Chris SunamiHistory

In her excellent new song, “I Like That,” multi-talented singer and former android Janelle Monae refers to herself as the random minor note you hear in major songs. A commentator on Genius interpreted this as[…]

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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[…]

Top 5 Epic Rap Battles of History

November 9, 2017November 10, 2017 Chris SunamiBest

Back before Thug Notes or Drunk History, Epic Rap Battles first brought the distinctive Millennial high-culture/pop-culture blend to YouTube with their vision of what it would like if some of the great names of history[…]

Context is Everything: This is Us

October 5, 2017October 4, 2017 Chris SunamiHistory

In honor of Season Two’s recent premiere, please enjoy this repost: One of the least understood impacts of technology on modernity is the way it alters context, and the way that, in turn, shapes how[…]

Strategies: Part IV – Big Visible Symbols of the American Commitment to Diversity

November 15, 2016November 23, 2016 Chris SunamiArt

Complete Trump Strategy Guide I am an Israelite myself a descendant of Abraham from the tribe of Benjamin – ROMANS 11 I have identified five symbols that I suggest we organize around, in the response[…]

Dangerous Days Ahead

November 10, 2016November 23, 2016 Chris SunamiHistory

As as existentialist I take full responsibility for the recent election of Donald Trump. I neither supported him nor voted for him, but there is always more that can be done to actualize the world[…]

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History of Humanism

August 11, 2016August 10, 2016 Chris SunamiHistory

As a Christian Humanist, a categorization far too many people see as a contradiction in terms, I find the identification of the term “humanism” with modern secular humanism far too confining. If we take humanism[…]

Attn. Rep. King: Non-European contributions to civilization

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Chris SunamiHistory

Recently US Representative Steve King of Iowa asked, out of what I think we can assume is a genuine and unfaked ignorance, “where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization [than Western Europeans]?” […]

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Invocation of Beauty

WC Handy: That Random Minor Note Part II

That Random Minor Note, Part I: Janelle Monae

I Never Meta Post I Didn’t Like

Top 5 Epic Rap Battles of History

Context is Everything: This is Us

History of Humanism

Attn. Rep. King: Non-European contributions to civilization