Category Archives: Famous People I Have Met

Interview with Katey Red. Feb. 2009. AntiGravity.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by michaelpatrickwelch

With the release of her album Melpomene Block Party ten years ago on DJ Jubilee’s Take Fo’ imprint, Katey Red staked her claim as the first ever homosexual, transgendered bounce rap artist. To celebrate this milestone, Katey and her popular … Continue reading →

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Interview with Luther Campbell (2LiveCrew). March 1999.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by michaelpatrickwelch

Early on in my writing career I conducted a great interview with Luther Campbell of 2LiveCrew, who was funny, honest, articulate, dirty, everything one could want from an interview subject. He was so charming that by the end of our … Continue reading →

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Interview with Chuck D (Gambit. March 2007).

Posted on May 12, 2012 by michaelpatrickwelch

Chuck D is my all-time hero. I finally got to interview him in 2007 in conjunction with a New Orleans Public Enemy concert at House of Blues. As this was just a couple years after Katrina, I wanted to talked … Continue reading →

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FPIHM: Allen Toussaint

Posted on May 12, 2012 by michaelpatrickwelch

Author’s note: as a journalist, musician and a resident of New Orleans (where the famous run carefree, treating the city as a sort of celebrity refuge), I have interacted with more known names than a freakin’ Hollywood agent. A lot … Continue reading →

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Interview breakfast with Kool Keith. March 2012.

Posted on May 12, 2012 by michaelpatrickwelch

Just over ten days after Mardi Gras 2012, legendary perverted New York rapper Kool Keith played a last minute 2am New Orleans show at the tiny Dragon’s Den on Frenchmen Street, on his way out to a bigger performance at … Continue reading →

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MPW and Jonathan Ames tour Spellcaster Lodge

Posted on May 12, 2012 by michaelpatrickwelch

A couple years back I was visited by my friend Jonathan Ames who, at the time, was chin-deep in his HOB series Bored to Death. Before that Jonathan wrote several great books including Wake Up Sir! The Double Life is … Continue reading →

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