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I echo Dari. Also when you plan your trip out this way let us know and we can try to set up a dinner or something.

This is a trend that I have been seeing more and more over the years. The first one I saw was one which took over the Rumblers CC old clubhouse in Williamsburg, NY next to the BQE. I wonder what other new tattoo shops trends are to come......

Mel, welcome to the site and stoked to hear you're supporting a great tattoo shop and tattooers!

Welcome Janet. Actually in helLA for work right now but did manage to stop by Dark Horse and True Tattoo today before I start.....nice shops with nice dudes. Lots of good tattooers down here and tons of history, loving the stories!

We love it when people look around to see how we try to make this forum positive, respectful, insightful, etc then jump in.......welcome!

Welcome and thanks for joining us

Wow there is a lot there! So what I want to say other than welcome to LST is I hope the site gets you into some tattoo shops as well as exposing you to a new level of tattooing that you should expect and want! I am intrigued to see the tattoos you've gotten as it sounds like you're filling a lot of space in a short period of time...... Did you see the Kore Flatmo Interview? He's close to you? What about other above par tattooers in Ohio? Thanks again for introducing yourself.....

Good morning Rain. Shazam! Glad you took the time to read it, look around, and then join. Hope you enjoy your time with us.....

We have an Last Sparrow Tattoo Facebook page and use it to let people know of new stuff on the site.....

Welcome to Last Sparrow Tattoo forum Michelle.

Often times people resist, ignore, or fight back without a solution to a problem except in hopes of extinction or wanting change without offering another alternative route. This can have its strengths and opportunities for changes. So in response to the new thread on TLC's new show, Spike TV spamming LST with their new show, and all the other talk that has occurred in the short life of LST we have come up with an idea...... We understand those shows are going to do what they do but how about using your social networking sites to show those new to tattooing and/or unfamiliar with tattooing outside of what the media feeds them some other options? We noticed some people were blogging, tweeting and/or status updating LST instead of TLC (which was a nice compliment, thanks) so people saw an alternative. Also we noticed people on here saying they would not give these networks and/or production companies their time. Also we saw what we believe a large amount of people were doing, posting/tweeting the hell out of mentions of fighting these companies. It was insane to see how much resistance was to this new show and seemed like every second or third news feed mentioned this. Which what this does is make it viral and it is free press causing more "trainwreck" material for the network, show, and production company fueling their venture. There is no right or wrong way to fight this as you need to do what you believe in. We, LST, have come up with a few motos that we have been using on our networking sites to post rather than give them any more of our time and thought we would publicly put it out there for anyone else who wishes to try a alternative route to showing the public what tattooing is really like (thanks for the RT & Repost by the way already). LST was developed and continues to be developed to try to help build a real, positive, and helpful bridge between tattooers and customers both long time and new, so REAL conversations can happen hopefully equating to better tattoos and more informed respect and perspectives on tattooing. We believe in the less than a year we have been around we have done an alright job but continue to work on making it better and could not do any of it without all of you, so thanks! Below are some of the mottos we are status updating, tweeting, etc and if you feel inclined please use some of the below and/or make up your own so we can try to take back some of the power large tattoo tv has been given.... Fuck TLC and Spike TV SUPPORT LST, Tattoo Artist Interviews http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/6-tattoo-artist-interviews.html Get your Tattoo TV Sanity & support LST, Tattoo Artist Interviews http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/6-tattoo-artist-interviews.html Take back the power from large tattoo tv & SUPPORT LST. RT & show the public what U really support!! http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/6-tattoo-artist-interviews.html RT so the people can see real reality tattoo tv! Don't give Spike & TLC your time or energy!! http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/6-tattoo-artist-interviews.html +plus other variations but the point is to try and get people to see real talk from tattooers in the tattoo artist interview area (or if you have another area that you think is informative have at it). Thanks for your help, continual support and participation with us to try and make a better resource on the internet for tattooing! This site is nothing without all of you & your positivity, respect, and passion for tattoos!

You ever she Martha Stewart on the show Marriage Ref? I never liked her until I saw here on there and she is one funny dirty minded woman!

Welcome, hope you enjoyed your look around while continuing to enjoy it, jump in when you feel ready.....

Love seeing these before and after pictures of tattoo cover-ups, touch-ups, etc.....thanks for sharing them with us!

Thanks for taking the time to write this thoughtful and insightful post...so informative and of course look forward to the future pictures!

Thanks for sharing this as it is a nice break from the past week of seeing the nonsense larger tv shows are producing. This and other tattoo videos are what people need to make viral and talk about on their social media pages. I saw some people were plugging our, LST Tattoo Artist Videos, and wanted to say thanks. Could you imagine if these (Tattoo Age, LST Videos and others you all like) got the attention those other shows that people dislike got over the past few days? they may have to up the ante to keep the viewers....supply and demand....

It has been going off lately! Welcome.

Thanks for introducing yourself and joining the site. Hope you continue to enjoy learning and interacting with all of us.....

Once again...if you can't be respectful get out!! This goes to everyone and anyone on LST. I am not going to point fingers but simply say there are ways to post things with your opinions and questions that don't make you come across as a disrespectful and ignorant in human communication. Don't make us, Team LST, play parent over here. If you don't like how we ask people to be respectful on our site while disagreeing and/or agreeing on topics then there are plenty of other forums to be a dick/vag in. LST is here and those other tattoo forums are elsewhere! Formulating words and questions respectfully are not that difficult and if they are then I wonder how speaking off the internet without first seeing what you think, writing, and hitting send on sounds like. Once again don't make us play parent! Thanks.

Here's the deal......LST is not for this back n forth poking at one another! As Jayessebee pointed out there are many other forums to do this on and LST is not one of them! People can disagree which is great but be respectful when writing.

If you feel inclined it would be cool to see a blog about your travel to SF......

If that is what she wants I say "let" her have at it. "Let" is not an accurate linguistical word but bottom line it is not your say. I think it is a great idea for her to go after a large tattoo by a good tattooer since after all she is going after a career in tattooing! Here are some threads you may want to read: Feminism & Tattoos Tattooers with little to no tattoos Dropping the Bomb, how your parents found out about your first tattoo!

Hey redtardy welcome to LST, however, I have some questions for you... -Are you the LST users otherwise known as Bubbleberry AKA Brian James and have just created a new user profile? I ask because this user, Redtardy, signed up to LST less than twelve hours ago using the email [email protected] ? -This picture has been posted on this site before under one of our various funny, bad, terrible, etc threads so I recognize the work...how could I not. -Also the IP address (86.XXX.XXX.XXX) for both users, Bubbleberry & Retardy, are the same -Lastly, I seem to remember when you first joined a member pointed out that you had just been banned from another tattoo forum for what now sounds like similar stuff to what you have been doing on LST. If I am wrong on any of the above pls let me know but the mind and memory of someone in the world of psychology is our main tool. How else could we have conversations if we don't remember the tiny details someone says and does. My memory always seems to remember the specifics in any business I do and I seem to remember the above pretty clearly...........

Yep BigJoe is always full of some damn good referrals. I love it cause I get to learn about and see some good new-to-me tattooers and tattoos!