Record Review: Populous with Short Stories

Populous with Short Stories

Drawn In Basic

[2008, Morr Music]

3.5/5 

This trans-continental collaboration comes to us from Germany's Morr Music label. Italian Andrea Mangia (Populous) handles most of the music, while New Yorker Michael McGuire (MC Short Stories... a curious moniker, as he does no rapping) sings. Go read my review HERE, and let me know what you think!

At the time of submission, I wasn't sure whether I was giving this 3/5 or 3.5/5, hence the discrepancy in ratings. 

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Nine Stories

I'm sure that nearly everybody here has read J.D. Salinger's seminal work the Catcher in the Rye. Less known, though, are the author's short stories. I love Catcher, but Nine Stories is a much more mature work. The writing alone is incredible, and of a calibur I wasn't really expecting, having only read Catcher. Salinger's characters' conversations are so realistic, and all his work is imbued with an enviable subtletly. If you haven't read it, I can't recommend it enough. It's a collection of various stories (as the title reveals), so you don't have to dedicate time to reading the whole thing at once (though I recommend all of the stories here). If you pick it up, be sure to read A Perfect Day for Bananafish, The Laughing Man, and Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes.