Ashley Morris (blogger)

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Hinton Ashley Morris (October 20, 1963 – April 2, 2008) was an American cultural and political blogger and a professor of computer science at DePaul University in Chicago.[1] He was a prolific blogger, commenting on New Orleans culture and politics, often critical of the status quo. He became popular through a series of post-Katrina blog posts that dealt with the destruction caused by the hurricane and the efforts to rebuild New Orleans. One post in particular, entitled "Fuck You You Fucking Fucks"[2] earned Morris a great deal of notoriety and inspired an "FYYFF" T-shirt.[3]

Morris was an accomplished musician, playing guitar, bass, keyboards, and percussion. He was a member of the

Sky Ryders Drum & Bugle Corps. As a melodic percussionist in the University of Southern Mississippi's "Pride of Mississippi"
marching band in the early 1980s, he earned the nickname "Knife" by attaching some of his homemade fiberglass tom-toms to his xylophone and periodically striking them with his wooden mallets. Band director Kelley Love quickly called a halt to practice and demanded to know "what that noise was." Love said it sounded "like a knife in the night."

In the 1990s, Morris contacted musician Warren Zevon and volunteered to develop a website for him. Zevon accepted the offer. Morris' version of the website was Zevon's first, and remained up for several years. Morris was also known for being a fan of Billy Idol and The Smithereens.

Morris was a very big fan of

Treme, even quoting Morris' blog for some of Goodman's dialogue.[3][6]

Morris, a native of

heart attack on April 2, 2008 while in Florida settling some minor legal issues.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Chris Rose: We'll Miss the Blogger Next Door". nola.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  2. ^ ""Fuck you, you fucking fucks", made famous in the movie blue velvet, blog entry by Ashley Morris". Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
  3. ^ a b c "Meet Ashley Morris: The Real Creighton Bernette from 'Treme'". TV Squad. 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  4. ^ "Blogger Ashley Morris provides some of the words for John Goodman's 'Treme' character". nola.com. 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  5. ^ "David Simon Interview TREME". Collider. 2010. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  6. ^ "Interview: 'Treme' co-creator David Simon post-mortems season one". HitFix. 2010. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-20.

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