JAllen

weve all been ripped off, come on, we all do it everyday.

by middle school i had a mustache and i grew my first beard in high school. the last time i let it really grow out was about a year ago, here's a pic just before i cut it all off. it was around 5-6 months of growth.

what are your thoughts on the use of slang and terms that folks use to try and make tattooing sound cool? as an example i don't like the use of the terms tat, tats, or tatted up. i think that the word tattoo is cool enough and has always had a certain power to it. there's not really a need to attempt to make it sound cooler or clever by shortening it or adding z's instead of s's. i don't like gun for a tattoo machine either, but do find it amusing when people use it and sometimes i'll say "do you mean a tat gat?"
so are there terms that you do or don't like as well as does it give you an idea of the type of person you're talking to when you hear them use certain slang?

that was her hasidic phase

haha, no way! this girl was an engineering major. i suppose the triforce could be a simplified version of it. i've gotten to do quite a few triforce/zelda tattoos, actually tomorrow i'm doing a link tattoo on a guy who i put a ganondorf on last year. i'm actually surprised at just how many zelda tattoos i do each year.

decent article except for 2 things. #1, Bill Funk is a pile of shit. and #2, most of the "artists" at the last DC convention weren't even $2 cheeseburgers. more like 20 cent beef jerky.

i laser at least 1 wedding ring tattoo a week. seriously a bad idea.

hyena, i also try to just get a "zen" mindset going...focus on the actual craft and work of what i'm doing and not worry about the design or the money. and keep the smiles and banter going, do a nice tattoo and pay the bills. some people might not want to hear that...they want to think we always just dive in with our artistic expression blah-blah-blah and put our soul into every tattoo...haha...

i saw them last year and he still has a giant 5 foot strap-on that shoots confetti out to the crowd.

I finally bought the new Chuck Ragan LP yesterday.
It hasnt left my record player all day.
Just flippin and repeatin.
Covering Ground all day.

a brief history of touchdown jesus, it was built in front of the solid rock church (a church that has had known ties to a horse farm directly across I-75 that was a front for running cocaine) just north of cincinnati and i remember the first time i saw it all i could think was "touchdown!!" apparently i'm not the only one that thought that.
well, last year touchdown jesus was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground. a beautiful sight!

there's a lot of other mention worthy weirdness that happened at that show, hahaha. the shirt i got from that show is on it's last leg, sleeves have completed detached and now several holes are starting to spread with each time i wear it. the meatking records design that was on the back is completely gone.
todays playlist is all psychobilly
the meteors-wrecking crew
tiger army-all
heartbreak engines-all
creepshow-all
the brains-all
nekromantix-random tracks from each album
mad sin-newest album
chop tops-all
the cramps-all
koffin kats-inhumane
frantic flintstones-raucaus years
demented are go-in sickness and in health
charlie horse-unholy roller

gummo -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvXSDfC7PLc&feature=youtu.be
almost exactly like living in ohio, the town this is about is right next to the town i live in... ironically, i'm going to miss living here

a brief history of touchdown jesus, it was built in front of the solid rock church (a church that has had known ties to a horse farm directly across I-75 that was a front for running cocaine) just north of cincinnati and i remember the first time i saw it all i could think was "touchdown!!" apparently i'm not the only one that thought that.
well, last year touchdown jesus was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground. a beautiful sight!

its like a road trip, you'll never get to see anything different or interesting if you don't get in the car and drive farther than around the block. the only way to grow or find what direction your interests might take is by going out and experiencing it. i got tattooed quite a bit in the 90's and have stuff that i wouldn't get now and if i had those spots empty i'd for sure make a different decision now but i don't regret a single tattoo or the experience that came with each one of them.

ah wow, i had totally forgotten about what it was until now. a hatchet man with some lettering, thankfully i've destroyed enough brain cells that i can't remember exactly what the wording was but i do remember it was something that was purposefully misspelled like sykotik.

its like a road trip, you'll never get to see anything different or interesting if you don't get in the car and drive farther than around the block. the only way to grow or find what direction your interests might take is by going out and experiencing it. i got tattooed quite a bit in the 90's and have stuff that i wouldn't get now and if i had those spots empty i'd for sure make a different decision now but i don't regret a single tattoo or the experience that came with each one of them.

nice! the meatmen!! sidestory about seeing them in atlanta, at one point during the show after shooting large blasts of fire across the ceiling of the club tesco vee had a giant 5 foot strap-on that shot confetti out into the crowd. i can remember going to shows at the same club for years after and every once in awhile just the right about of sonic force from whoever was playing would cause some of that same confetti to rain down from the rafters. each time this would happen it would bring me right back to the memory of him blasting it out of that giant strap-on.

i did this fun one just the other day

people who are into tattoos get tattoos whether they are tattooers are not. if you're not tattooed then you'll never convince me that you are really into them.
my experience has been that non tattooed tattooers dont love tattooing, they love money and they think tattooing is an "easy" way to get some they are "artists" who cant make it as an artist in the art world so they become tattooers because it the only way they can figure out to make a living illustrating.
sidenote: Ursula, while the majority of the time you'd probably be correct it is not always true about tattooers being covered in the stuff we like to do. especially with people like myself who've tattooing for a long time. the 90's was an exciting time for tattooing and i am covered head to toe in tattoos that do not reflect who i am artistically at all anymore.because tattoos are permanent they do not change as our taste does so I have a biomech sleeve even though i havent done any biomech tattoos or had any interest in biomech at all since the late 90's.

speaking of banjo gods, check out danny barnes. absolutely one of my favorites. all his solo stuff and of course bad livers entire catalog.

yep, ran a couple updates and everything is working smooth

That murder by death record is killer.