Dan Higgs

[waverly]

I'll give you a call, Irezumi.

[mario desa]

dan is singing in a new band, he has joined the swedish band SKULL DEFEKTS. the album came out today and it is awesome!

[Petri Aspvik]

Thanks for the info Mario!

[Perez]

yeah the record is pretty cool, kind of Sonic Youth meets White Hills stoner/noise. He also has a new book out.

[mario desa]

way better than that banjo-jaw harp-chanting bullshit. and the book "morphtraits" is great.

[sboyer]

the banjo stuff was hit or miss for me. some of it i liked and a good amount of i would just skip.

[sboyer]

most of you have probably seen this but its some classic lungfish.

[nicky papers]

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.

[sboyer]

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.

[sboyer]

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

[mario desa]

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.

[sboyer]

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[ShawnPorter]

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.

[Avery Taylor]

Do you know if these films are available anywhere? Is it your Flickr page that I found them on?

[nicky papers]

If I could "like" this 10 more times, I totally would.

[Avery Taylor]

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

[Avery Taylor]

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...

[ShawnPorter]

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.

[Petri Aspvik]

You are your path. Obviously Higgs has read my blog about him (with the use of a time machine), because that was my point ;)

[Avery Taylor]

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.

[ShawnPorter]

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.

[Paul Shachtman]

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):

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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.

[mario desa]

i have some photos of higgs tats and the murals he painted in robert ryan's apartment...but i'll never post them online!!!