Shannon Shirley

Its ok ,bro/sis and im glad that they made critical thinking part of your education.Ive been pissin down this art thing for 30 sumtin years. the only money i ever really made was ta2in. do me a faver, look at my paintings. tell me , honestly.

I dont believe ED had any idea or even gave a shit.just bein true. Im from the bay, live in AL. Its everywhere.

yall er funny. damn straight gangbangins rough. i cook nekkid all da time.git burnt all de time. ya know, if he wernt tough , he is now.

man im gonna take pictures of that shit! hehe , Ive never impressed my self much. If you think them paintings are ok, I guess im doin well.

everyone is right,if they are being true to themselves and not just trying to be cool. I appreciate anyone that read my personal demons. Im sorry fer bein such a dick.

lets be honest

why don't you all chase Jack?, Tim Hendricks, GTC, the shit takes great talent. heres my issue. i couldnt take the pressure of a street shop. its too hard to pour your soul out to people and their blood ,that just want more. I don't get it. I wanna work for Bert Krak. really, do people get that rough stuff everyday nowdays? come on. Im ready. I can do that . no offense Bert ,love it. cant believe their are that many goofy kids out there. God, I hope so.

lets not forget, shotsie,kevin brady ,sailor moses, pj english, cw eldrich, i dont know where to stop. these fuckers survived. they didnt stop. i came after them, but they survived the worst. the 70s. when only a moron would get tattooed. Oh shit sorry,Martin Robson, this fucker worked at Lyles above the old greyhound station in SF. God bless his ass.

you rock! nice.

I dig this site. I want to connect with old friends. I just responded to someones question about what their painting was worth.Im sure i was rude. If you went to art school,fab. I wasn't so priviliged. neither were alot of tattooers,Im a little freaked to see how hip it is to call yourself a "tattooer". I worked for GTC for 8yrs, he learned on his buddies and little brother. In the 70s they called themselves "tattooists" so people wouldnt think you were such a piece of shit, it insinuates artist. Now some have glommed on to Tattooer. Yeah ,I thought it was cool as shit when Higgs said it about 20yrs ago. My bizns card has said it for years. but if you went to Art school , If yer Daddys a lawyer, quit playin dumb. I really wish the economy was better.So I could sell my shitty art,or not ,I didn't go to art school. My daddy is a retired elevator man. he taught me to draw and paint. God Bless Him . that son of a bitch is talented. But anyways , if your still reading this crap, good, maybe im not stupid.If you told any of them old school tattooists that you went to art school they would have chased your ass out of that shop so fast. lets pick a tune. are you "old school" or are you the smartest person you know.

I want to apologize first. but , what the hell happened. paint art. why and how did facsimiles of Jerry's or Don Ed's or Mike Malone, hell rip Bob Roberts off. Lets see how he likes it. Sorry, Im old ,and i just don't get it.Why do we all chase traditional flash. go ahead say what you want, look at my profile, It may suck , but those are my paintings. Again ,Im sorry i wouldnt give ya 5 bucks fer that shit.Arts about you , what the fuck did they teach you? Be you. my priceless advice.

you can't tell everyone your secrets, i hate facebook. I would never get tattooed by someone because they are known,that's the same as star fucking.

an apostrophe shows possession ,doesn't it? maybe they just can't write.hehe

if we're gonna be honest ,i think we should post the worst shit weve done.watcha think? It is mostly practitioners . i was a little disappointed to find customers on here. not to be an exclustionist . i just feel it would be free'r. you know. instead of another place to advertise.

thats awesome!!!!

"LEG SLEEVE" ???? MORE SHIT PEOPLE SAY TO SOUND LIKE THEY KNOW SUMTHIN. I like this blog stuff. I think it could become aggresive though. HEHE

at GoodTime Charlies in Modesto ,the whole time i worked there,thier was a barbershop nextdoor,3 bucks a haircut ,they would line up to keep them haircuts. I apprciated it ,comb in the blue sanitizer,hot lather, oh yeah. its now charlies little museum. at least it was 6-7yrs ago. Oh and the bikers strippers and waitresses ,im not sure where all yall work,but not all of america is so civilized.

not having "rites of passage" as a "normal" part of our postmodern american lives,unless like a lot of americans you grew up in a crappy neighborhood or barrio. We, having lost these important marking points ,seem to go ahead and create them. Ive been getting tattooed since 84' ,Ive got the ol' hodge podge,because it grew,I marked moments in my life when they happened. I look at most of the crap ive got and think of the good and bad times,people gone and people moved on. when people ask me what those pictures mean ,i can't help but tell some story, important or stupid. i never seem to know why i got a tattoo till much later. So to me there wasnt a reason ,but definetly a marking. figuratively and literally. I tattooed and still do, and always want to tell the recepient, but always bite my tongue, that they probably have no idea yet,as they tell us thier exact reason for getting the mark. I feel like a lot of people are missing the "mark" , when they say to me and maybe to you, "yeah, I wanna get sleeved". and although im pretty heavily tattooed, they'll say " your not really sleeved are you?". I didn't start gettin this stuff to impress. It is frightening to think that people get tattooed to impress. Do it because you have to. Not because all the cool kids are doin it. I never felt ,as a tattooer i had much personal style, everybody elses stuff always looked much better,they all seemed to have so much personal style. I could never get anybody to do what i wanted to do. Ive always been a customers tattooer. Maybe i just suck, some of those that know me might agree. I have struggled with this shit for a long time. I think i always took it so seriously ,that it has always been hard. Sorry, maybe I missed the thread here. I often tell people tattoos are stupid and dont mean shit because i dont think they "get it". If you really want to be cool, get a hotrod or some cool threads. my ol mans pretty cool at 71 ,he never got a tattoo. but my mom did, i did it about 7yrs ago ,she was in her 60's. it means a lot to her, i dont really like it, but that dont matter does it?

my cousin stripped there fer 7yrs in the early 90's . one of the best.

martins email seems to fail?and my current phone wont make that call.,overseas.

thank you sweetheart, ive emailed, please continue. sgshirley1965@gmail

HELP!!!!!! what happens next week?

cool. ive heard that biz is falling on tough times too.is that what you do?

very cool, Macbeth? Im guessing, you read Shakespear? Hell i don't know,ask chuck. cw eldrigde , he's researched it all. i first met him in 89' and he knew it all back then. BTW we need him here. I havent figured out how to contact him lately.