Lochlan

@pixxillatted thanks for the info, if I get free time I'm gonna try and make the drive but this tropical storm lee may get in my way.......find out when I land

Lots of UK tattooers and collectors on here, welcome to LST

Thanks for joining us.....

So you have a good record collection then! Of course there are other influences other than just Skrewdriver though it is a large sound they pull from.... As for the ethnicity of the band, I guess the word "all" was not fully accurate but rather a percentage larger than half of the original band is not white and the new guys when they do play shows have diluted that number. The original line-up is three-quarters black decent as far as I know.... The point being is that they are not nazi skins but pull from one of the largest nazi skinhead bands ever while not being a white band which is awesome. They are by far one of the best bands on album, live and so under-rated/unknown. We used to get them about once a year in the Bay Area for two nights or so but that has subsided.....I've seen them in a few other cities as well over the years and the shows are always insanity! By the way they are scholars who lead professional lives that few would guess some skinheads would live....fellow Rumbler Bruce Roehrs (RIP) used to tell stories for days on them... They've always been nice guys to me with no attitudes just loving what they do but then you see the crowd when they play and you would be less likely to guess that.

haha, yes @Joe Shit always comes through. @IAS if I get enough free time I'll take the drive though saw the work timeline and don't know if I am going to get in more than eating and sleeping during my not working time. Unfortunately this trip is being squeezed in between two other pre set engagements so I don't get to do the at least a day before and/or after play time I try to always do. Thanks

Thanks, I haven't gotten my travel itinerary yet so don't know where I am staying at but hopefully I get some free time and one of these shops are by me. Look fwd to seeing the Skull you're getting.....

The gallery is taking shape and we noticed people are taking advantage of the anonymous star rating system which then categorizes best rated images in each category onto the first page. The ones with lower ratings get pushed towards the back pages. I like it a lot as it allows me to see quality tattoos as soon as I click on a category from various LSTers. What do you guys/gals think? Are you finding it useful to see quality tattoos get featured more and hopefully making it clearer for people to see what a good tattoo looks like? I am of course biased on the new system but it appears others are liking it.......

Next week I am off to Nashville for four days of work and don't know how much down time I will get unfortunately as it is my first time there but wanted to see if there are any tattoo shops people would encourage me to stop by? Thanks in advance.......

Hey did you ever get any submissions for your blog entry asking for some squid pants drawings? Can we see them?

"inkzilla"....would be a good tattoo...a godzilla shaved like a poodle with tattoos on him/her. Mr. Porter.......a drawing pls?

Welcome Kevin and hope you continue to enjoy the site......

Welcome to LST and thanks for joining the site. We look forward to seeing your tattoo pictures and the progress of your new tattoo as you get it going. Who is doing it? What is it? As for the tipping, it is a great question as tipping your tattooer is a good thing, however, we don't discuss finances and tattooers on this site. Here is a thread that may help you some, Good Tattoo Customer Etiquette. See you around the site....

Welcome to LST Jamey. Are you a tattooer or customer?

Thank you for being a part of this! I always enjoy and appreciate your wealth of knowledge and your decades of dedication to tattooing. I can only imagine sometimes how difficult it is for tattooers to chose a less negative road when an "irritating" subject matter comes up as when you are passionate about something it is tough to not defend it til death. Shit I get the same way around psychology related matter and crappy shows portraying treatment or therapy completely inaccurate to the larger public through mass media. These days I am just trying to see it as a new challenge to better educate the public on accuracy of psychology and this site for tattooing. I will not drink their kool-aid and believe there are many others on here who will not drink their kool-aid.......so thanks again Deb and other LSTers for working with us to try and educate in a more positive and accurate fashion!

What's there is there and I am okay with it as well as adding to them. I think in the long run they help me more than hinder me as some of the people I do work for/with may not always remember a consultants name but they sure as hell remember, the guy in the suit with tattoos who does that psychology stuff and can move between many populations. It is that extra etch in their mind and not just another consultant. This is all speculation of course.

Moved thanks. Who's doing it at Invisible? I look forward to the picture as I've been seeing some really cool stuff coming from there!

Hells yes! This is the stuff LST tattoo forum and blogs should have more of.....KEEP IT COMING!

a lil self restraint can be a tough thing......this is one reason why reality TV has so many visitors waiting for the next trainwreck yet majority of people claim to not like this stuff or drama.....plus everyone wants to be the next star or bash another for their attention when positivity will be much more powerful...the sad thing is the forums/threads like this get the most attention, visits, users online, etc when what we really want, why we started this was to give people a platform to contribute positively. We dislike having to close threads/post and/or delete them unless we absolutely have to. They happen like life and it is how we respond! We do not want to lose any of the tattooers or other LSTers......sooooooooo Here's my reply I wrote awhile ago in this thread and elsewhere Here is Scott's response

Claim PTSD and get on the next flight out here.....

Welcome Craig. It seems we're getting a bunch of new LSTers from Australia....enjoy the site!

Thanks for the links/videos and I am slowly getting it and have been seeing them for awhile but didn't know there was a name to it and cult like following website generator....lets see what you all got....... Also moved the thread thanks for noticing that.

I always enjoy these kind of conversations so thanks everyone for partaking and thanks in advance to those who will continue to. This topic has come up a few times on the site and this one is one of the more engaging times. With that being said, I work as a consultant mainly in the world of psychology and have a fair amount of tattoos including hands and neck which can not be covered up easily. Up until more recently some psychologist used tattoos as a way of pathologizing and potentially distributing possible diagnoses to clients. Some may still do it and I know there are several research studies always going on looking for associations between tattoos and various diagnoses. But thank god more and more people are not relying so heavily on pathologies but rather more on the individual(s). And many of these individuals who rely on pathologies (fifty to seventy percent I believe) will be retiring within the next five years so us in the next generation get to really change how historically psychology has not been used in the best client centered, guided, and driven manner(s). So we get to infiltrate the system and change how services are delivered from the face-to-face work to policies to education to ??????? This I believe can translate to many other professions as we enter these trades or whatever linguistical word fancy's your excitement to work hard and get rid of various pathologies, stigmas, 'isms' and what have yous. The work we do is what matters but at first the older generation and maybe even our own generation are going to judge us so rather than kick in the front doors why don't we lead by the quality of our work and come in through the side door..... We are at a cool spot in history where we can potentially shape things in a much more inclusive and positive way for the future. This all includes pulling the strengths from the old and combining it with the strengths of the new creating a tailor made worker for these days. Anyways, I could go on and on, on this conversation but will cut it short with this.....I wear a suit to ninety percent of my contracts with hand and neck tattoos showing while traveling around from; speaking with agencies (non-profit and for-profit), students, colleges, politicians, doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, to what-have-yous. I get various looks and some comments on them but try not to talk too much about them and let my work speak for itself. Sure it may help when I am face-to-face with a youth or someone where it could improve the rapport but most of my days are spent with people where it could jeopardize the rapport as well. The flip side is, I get the opportunity to prove the people who could/would judge me wrong if I don't fall into their stereotypes of tattooed people. I do my job and stay respectful. If they want to be disrespectful that's their choice and if by the end of the contract they are still being disrespectful I don't do another contract with them. But my retention rate is good for contracts so I would draw the conclusion, quality of work and respect are speaking louder than tattoos these days.

Who is the above Steve? LST has a Steve but he's pretty damn awesome and has tattoos...... What is a MEME? I see the site and looked around but am slow to the uptake on this one.... Pls explain to the unhip...........

New LST Contest! Vote for your favorite pictures in the Tattoo Gallery. The member whose picture has the most votes on 9/31/11 will win an LST t-shirt, and have their picture featured on the homepage. Use the star rating feature at the top right of each picture in the Tattoo Gallery to (anonymously) vote for your favorites! The LST home page will automatically update to show the current six highest-rated images. Feel free to promote the link your gallery picture(s) on facebook, twitter, etc. - to get votes from your friends.. If you have not uploaded an image yet, it's never too late to be part of the contest. Get started here: LST Tattoo Gallery - and let the games begin!

Thanks for the introduction and joining us. See you around the site.......