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Top 10 Movies: #1 – Children of Men

July 19, 2018July 18, 2018 Chris SunamiBest

Repost: Just rewatched this amazing film recently, and what once felt like a warning from the near future now feels ripped from the headlines… Today, most people know director Alfonso Cuarón as the first Latino[…]

Alt Classical: The Innovators

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 Chris Sunamialt-classical

Reposted from 2015 This week brings a new installment of my series on alt-classical music –music that combines the instrumentation, elegance and sophistication of classical music with the vitality of newer and more modern approaches[…]

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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[…]

Alt Classical: The Jazz Connection

January 18, 2018January 19, 2018 Chris Sunamialt-classical

Repost from 2014 A month or so ago, I explored the “cover songs” side of alt classical music, a genre that combines the pleasures of classical music with the vitality of more modern forms. This[…]

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[…]

Alt Classical: Cover Tunes

September 14, 2017September 13, 2017 Chris Sunamialt-classical

Nothing Else Matters – Apocalyptica (Metallica) Repost from 2014 When I was a child, my parents listened almost exclusively to classical music –it was years before I realized their radio could tune in other stations! […]

8 Great Dance Videos

March 10, 2016March 9, 2016 Chris SunamiDance

This week I present a highly subjective showcase of eight classic music videos where the dancing makes up a major part of the appeal: 8. “Uptown Funk” – Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars The funky[…]

Top 10 Movies: #2 – Do the Right Thing

April 30, 2015May 13, 2015 Chris SunamiBest

It’s the hottest day of the year. Spike Lee is known as an actor’s director, and nowhere is that more apparent than in his masterpiece, 1989’s Do the Right Thing, an acknowledged classic of American[…]

Top 10 Movies: #3 – Casablanca

April 9, 2015May 13, 2015 Chris SunamiBest

What hasn’t been said about Casablanca? It’s a nearly flawless piece of cinema, and the crowning achievement of the old “assembly-line” system of movie-making, under which the studio would pull a director, a couple of[…]

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Alt Classical: The Innovators

7 Best Dylan Covers

Alt Classical: The Jazz Connection

Top 5 Epic Rap Battles of History

Alt Classical: Cover Tunes

8 Great Dance Videos

Top 10 Movies: #3 – Casablanca