Author: Christopher Baldwin

Review: Monks of Mellonwah’s Sky and the Dark Night

I’ve had the pleasant opportunity to review the new EP entitled Sky and the Dark Night from upcoming Australian progressive indie rock band Monks of Mellonwah. The EP is a single composition split up into three sections, which blend into each other so naturally that I’m almost puzzled as to why they would choose to… Continue reading Review: Monks of Mellonwah’s Sky and the Dark Night

She Moon

She had the moon in her mouth. It was a light that radiantly beamed from deep in her throat; a light that could impair any man’s mind into blind, incoherent pleasure. She was born with the talent. When she presented her show-and-tell at the front of her third grade class, all the boys would scratch… Continue reading She Moon

The Mighty, Terrific, Luxurious and Jeweled! An Interview With Lightsbane

Long ago, within a metal scene far, far away, a quartet of mighty superhero musicians were birthed in the secretive and sacred valley of the fifth colony of a massive world power. They immediately sprung to monstrous size, thrashing about their enormous instruments of death upon the ears of the entire valley and beyond. For… Continue reading The Mighty, Terrific, Luxurious and Jeweled! An Interview With Lightsbane

Baldwin’s Top 12 Albums of 2012: Part II

  Baldwin listened to so much music this year that we had to split it into two columns!  Here are his top seven picks for the best albums of 2012. Swans – The Seer This double album gives new meaning to the term, “sprawling”. This thing is a monster, with the wolf-like creature on the… Continue reading Baldwin’s Top 12 Albums of 2012: Part II

Baldwin’s Top 12 Albums of 2012: Part I

This was an excellent year for music, that much is apparent. I’d be hard-pressed to find someone who disagrees with that sentiment. No matter what genre you’re into, it seems that most artists truly did believe that the world was coming to an end this December and stepped up their game to go out with… Continue reading Baldwin’s Top 12 Albums of 2012: Part I

I Like Them Hard and Old (It’s A Book Rant, Stupid!)

So, I’m officially playing the part of a Victorian housewife here, reviewing a set of books that came out at least 140 years ago. I’m also going to play the part of a tunic-wearing Ancient Greek politician, reviewing books that came out when the world was run by inanimate objects personified by other tunic-wearing individuals…with… Continue reading I Like Them Hard and Old (It’s A Book Rant, Stupid!)