waverly Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I'll give you a call, Irezumi. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario desa Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 dan is singing in a new band, he has joined the swedish band SKULL DEFEKTS. the album came out today and it is awesome! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Aspvik Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Thanks for the info Mario! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perez Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 yeah the record is pretty cool, kind of Sonic Youth meets White Hills stoner/noise. He also has a new book out. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario desa Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 way better than that banjo-jaw harp-chanting bullshit. and the book "morphtraits" is great. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 the banjo stuff was hit or miss for me. some of it i liked and a good amount of i would just skip. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6973 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 most of you have probably seen this but its some classic lungfish. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky papers Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 the banjo stuff was hit or miss for me. some of it i liked and a good amount of i would just skip. agreed, I feel the same way. This may be a controversial opinion, but I feel this way about some of the Lungfish catalogue as well. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 agreed, I feel the same way. This may be a controversial opinion, but I feel this way about some of the Lungfish catalogue as well. i can see that but a good majority of it was strong and some of my favorite music of its era/genre. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 higgs radio interview. speaks briefly about tattooing. the guy conducting the interview seems to be a different wave length.http://tyfus.radiocentraal.org/081108.mp3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario desa Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 agreed, I feel the same way. This may be a controversial opinion, but I feel this way about some of the Lungfish catalogue as well. no need for controversy, higgs is not jesus, though some people treat him like he is. your opinion is your opinion! express it. there are whole lungfish albums i don't like. Lochlan 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 nicky papers, Wilhell, Lochlan and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 jayessebee, JohnBentrup, Mr. Smith and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 hogg, Mr. Smith, Lochlan and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Here is a link to a flickr account with an article and a few images of Mr. Higgs, beardless, and a few of his tattoos. After previewing my post I don' think that I have properly attached the link so here it is for you copy and pasting pleasure. Dan Higgs Pictures The beardless pictures are from when I transferred an '80s tattoo documentary called "Frisco Skin and Tattoo Ink" from VHS to DV; I have the file somewhere though it needs to be recaptured at a higher resolution and cleaned up a bit. It was a "who's who" of the late 80s San Francisco tattoo scene. Higgs is featured working at Erno's and later Tattoo City. The filmmaker was Michael Stearns I believe; he did a great docu on Dave Lum as well. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-6990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Do you know if these films are available anywhere? Is it your Flickr page that I found them on? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky papers Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 If I could "like" this 10 more times, I totally would. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 There is a great video on Scott Harrison's website. It has Dan Higgs in it so I am putting it in this thread. This thing is great on many levels and it really has little to do with tattooing, it just has tattooers telling great stories. headband brothers Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 There is a great video on Scott Harrison's website. It has Dan Higgs in it so I am putting it in this thread. This thing is great on many levels and it really has little to do with tattooing, it just has tattooers telling great stories. headband brothers Follow the link then go to Harrison then to moving pictures then to blowguns etc... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Do you know if these films are available anywhere? Is it your Flickr page that I found them on? If you got them from Xanadontphiladelphia, that's my flickr. I've seen them reblogged/posted, but they came from my capture originally. You might be able to find them on vhs somewhere. I bought mine in the 80s and still have them in giant rubbermaids. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Aspvik Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 You are your path. Obviously Higgs has read my blog about him (with the use of a time machine), because that was my point ;) Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 If you got them from Xanadontphiladelphia, that's my flickr. I've seen them reblogged/posted, but they came from my capture originally. You might be able to find them on vhs somewhere. I bought mine in the 80s and still have them in giant rubbermaids. I checked my flickr and yes you are where I found them. Sorry for the theft. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I checked my flickr and yes you are where I found them. Sorry for the theft. Oh, no worries. Steal away. I put them out there to be seen. It's a trip; the docu is great stuff. He goes off on a rant about black panthers and hot stuff devils while wearing a train conductor hat. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Not that it's relevant, but the two Higgs tattoos SBoyer posted above are on Bryan Burk (top) and Gary Martin (bottom). Anyone who hasn't checked out Martin's signs are missing out: Gary Martin - Sign Painter Buy shit from this guy. He's more than earned it. Ueber talented. He has a couple Deutsche tattoos that, along with what Stell has on his gut, compelled me to get tattooed by Deutsche (tiger, especially): Login | Facebook Login | Facebook I believe Higgs did the apeshit kitty in the photo immediately above. Martin's shop is a block from Rock of Ages in Austin. Look at the cutouts on his site. Talk about a tragically dying art. Comparing the signs he's done around Austin to the mass-produced eyesores surrounding them's depressing. His stuff's plastered all over Perfection Tattoo and he did Blackheart's main sign. It ages really well. Gary's real into doing Jerry and Rollo stuff. I'm sure he'd be up for any of that potent dead guy stuff. JohnBentrup 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario desa Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 i have some photos of higgs tats and the murals he painted in robert ryan's apartment...but i'll never post them online!!! nicky papers, JohnBentrup and Aussie Tom 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/296-dan-higgs/?page=3#findComment-7022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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