Category Archives: MPW’s published writing

The story of U.N.L.V.: Uptown Niggas Livin Violent (Narratively. November 2014).

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New Orleans Rapper Tec-9 steps onto a helicopter to be flown to his lucrative gig. He’s been off work for two weeks but is about to embark on twenty-eight straight days of giving people what they need. “Mondays I cook … Continue reading →

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A Rape Changed Things Forever at New Orleans’s Country Club (Vice. November 2014).

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This summer, Maria Treme was dru​gged and sexually ​​assaulted at the Country Club, a clothing-optional pool and bar in New Orleans’s Bywater neighborhood. On June 30 she spent several hours there, soaking up rays in the buff while sipping margaritas. Then, at some … Continue reading →

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Six stories from travel site NewOrleans.me (Oct/Nov/Dec)

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1) About the film “Oil & Water,” which explores the complicated relationship between indiginous Louisiana Cajuns, and the oil industry: http://www.neworleans.me/journal/detail/743/Oil-Water-Explores-Cajuns-and-Oil-industry 2) An overview of Filipino History in New Orleans: http://www.neworleans.me/journal/detail/761/NOLA-Filipino-History-Stretches-for-Centuries 3) About the funky, homemade “Blues Museum” in Algiers … Continue reading →

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How the ferry’s truncated hours effect Algiers’ culture and business (1A story, Times-Picayune. Aug 2014).

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Neil Timms has lived in Algiers Point for 10 years, the last four-and-a-half as the owner of Crown and Anchor, the self-described “authentic English pub” at the corner of Pelican Avenue and Bouny Street, one block from the Mississippi River. When he bought … Continue reading →

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The White Guy Who Claimed He Invented Jazz (Narratively. Aug 2014).

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Carol Tyner rolls up to the Old U.S. Mint in New Orleans in a beautifully restored maroon 1948 Mercury. She drives the car to promote the legacy of her father, Dominic James “Nick” LaRocca, a Sicilian-American cornetist, trumpeter and bandleader … Continue reading →

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Let Me Clear My Goat (radio piece, WWNO/NPR. Sept 2014).

Posted on September 3, 2014 by

This is the story of how my wife Morgana King entered into a business agreement… with a bunch of goats. It all began with just one goat, our pet, Chauncey Gardner: “We were joking about getting a goat instead of a … Continue reading →

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A Slut discusses trying out for Black Flag, Henry Rollins, and suicide (VICE. Aug 2014).

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The internet is still mad at Henry Rollins. Dee Slut, however, is not—even though Rollins beat Dee Slut out of a job singing for Black Flag back in 1981. Luckily Slut (a.k.a. Dave Turgeon) got the booby prize of becoming a … Continue reading →

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