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I saw a bunch of stuff for the Ladies show on IG and it looks amazing. Take pictures if you can!

Puta Madre Brothers are excellent tattooing jams

goddamnit Jack Rudy, why are you so good at your job!!

Rad, excellent thread! I'll definitely be there, Joel's work is great.

Jaie's tattoos though.... <3 it's like christmas every time I get to see one

I think it's pretty simple and I'll use myself as an example. Do you have a personal relationship with the imagery that you are getting tattooed? I have three japanese tattoos that I got during my apprenticeship. One is a daruma on my inner bicep, and it has the kanji for "ginou" which means "technical skill." I got the daruma with the intention of one day becoming a technically skilled craftsman and I will probably never fill in the other eye because there is always room to grow. The other two are designs that I picked from a book called "Japanese Design Motifs." and they are circular designs that sit on my inner forearms. They're floral, black only, and they're very beautiful; I get compliments on them all the time. Maybe a year later I learned that these motifs are actually Mon, which are the equivalent to family crests in Japan. I am not Japanese. I feel like shit about it and I want to get them covered up. I have even asked Jill Bonny about them and if I would offend anyone going to Japan with these on my arms. She said that it doesn't matter because the rules don't apply to westerners, but I'm probably going to get them covered anyway. The daruma isn't cultural appropriation because I have a personal relationship with daruma as a symbol and a means of accomplishment within my own life. The Mon are appropriative because I took one look at the designs, thought "oh that looks cool, I'll get that tattooed" without any further thought or investigation into what they actually represent.

Watched this documentary the other night, really rad history of hip hop culture and rap music from around the US. Highly recommended to anyone who likes the jams. The Art of Rap Watch Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) Online for Free - Viooz

That's good stuff!!!

Saaaaaaam! Hi Sam :)

Never too many snakes (:<

@CultExciter hahahaha. Yeah, gotta get those loops perfect! - - - Updated - - - @CultExciter hahahaha. Yeah, gotta get those loops perfect!

I've never played any of the Castlevania series, everyone is always telling me about them! I also don't have much time for video games these days :(

Right!! Taking epic to another level. Also not the same sort of gameplay, but did you ever play Ico?

The first tattoo I did on myself was the glyph from Shadow of the Colossus... lolol it looks like shit.

Ugh tell me about it :(

http://www.adblockplus.org I use this extension on my web and mobile browsers, has done me no wrong I know you don't have to register to use project free tv, but they do have a lot of ads hosted so I'd recommend installing ABP before using it.

@Mark Bee @Lance Project Free TV :: Game of Thrones Knock yourselves out!

Highlight below text to reveal spoilers~ ------- I just want to say that watching Jeoffrey's stupid squidgey face choke to death last episode was deeply gratifying for me, and such a long time coming. Long live the king, ehehehe ------- (:<

I'm going to be working that night so unfortunately no dice for OM although they would be amazing to see. I also love the GAMH, ridiculously cool venue. But yes, that would be grand! Coffee perhaps? I'll PM you my number.

Completely ignoring most mainstream media publications on topics of pop culture has saved me a lot of frustration as a general rule. Reading that article helped remind me why I do that. [/snob]

Probably can't do Santa Cruz unless someone wants to let me hitch a ride :p

I'm well aware, started using computers in 93 :p

Hahahahahahahaha, holy fuck this is such blarney. I dunno if any of you noticed how they cut out the video right before the circle was joined but if anyone did notice, it was because the line trajectory didn't come to the origin point. I honestly don't think that anything like this will ever take off. Tattooing involves such an immense amount of critical thinking and on-the-spot decision making. Not to mention adjusting technique for various skin types, stretching the skin, adjusting needle depth per area of the body, and any other number of important variables. Waste of money.

only good tattoos* ;) a point of view that I fully agree with, sidenote

uffgghhfhghgnnnhggh piercing guns are the equivalent of walkman tattoo machines