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Hey. Holla. Sacto Represent.
That's a lot of info to digest. So wait, do you have an apprenticeship or what?
Really, take a pair of binoculars and a lawn chair down to the corner of 16th and J on a Saturday afternoon...maybe a little icebox with a sandwich and a pepsi...watch those dudes at American Graffiti just straight deal with walk-ins all day and put out great tattoo after great tattoo. Can you hang in that environment? That's what you should be aspiring to. My $0.02. Good luck on your journey.

I won't argue with you about the TV show. I have to disagree with the one part about Ami's tattooing skills, here is a photo of a tattoo he recently finished in Miami, it took him under a month and he texted the pics to a few friends. He is very far from a bad tattooer. FYI: He drew the whole dragon side on with a pen
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I just had lunch withy 73 year old dad, he's from Berkeley...I told him what hunter said, his response was, "that guy must be from Nebraska, or he's just a pussy".
My dad is pretty awesome.

If you go to get tattooed by Chad @ Hobos in NH.....get something from George Benjamin too if he is there! He learned to tattoo from Bob Shaw......and I don't think people realize the history in the craft he has!

Here's the cobra that I got from Chris O'Donnell...

I know that some of the folks here on LST play in bands, so I made this thread for us to share our music, touring schedules, music videos etc.
I play guitar, or at least try to, in a band called Serenity Trace. We play metal/hardcore'ish music with a dash of techno/samples/strings/industrial. This is a song from the full length album we just finished recording.
Theory#3 by serenitytrace on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

61 reissue sg>boss tuner>rat (sometimes but mostly not)>Marshall plexi reissue. simple as possible. I also have a sunn model t and sceptre but they are in retirement for now. p.s. I am jealous of the classic 30. Play through my friends occasionally and the tone is amazing. His is an older 4/10 before they changed the logo. Love that thing.

Here's a link to a picture of your tattoo finished Omar. You're a champion, thanks for being such a good client. http://blog.saltwatertattoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/RofAges.jpg

I second that.
I haven't checked in on this thread in the last week...people are getting some bonker tattoos.

I second that.
I haven't checked in on this thread in the last week...people are getting some bonker tattoos.

This is the latest from Lindsey Carmichael of Goldrush tattoo. He's a solid guy and did a fantastic job!!!! My Brother-n-law was in town and we talked about what to do after lunch..... What better way to spend a saturday?!?!???

Latest by Sarah Schor. While she was guesting at Frith Street.

5. Joining online forums when you have no real interest in the subject matter

Did you then proceed to explain plate tectonics or was I the only little asshole that used to throw his limited knowledge of science into the religious argument with Mom? Worst mistake she made was getting me a library card.
Personally, I know there are forces that are greater than myself like natural forces, the universe, energy and mortality, but if there's some greater plan, I can't understand it outside of my own experience. When I meditate, I use words like "God" and "Jesus to focus my attention outside my day to day crap, because those were the words I learned from childhood to understand 'the spiritual'. I have these mental pictures of what that looks like, because I'm into imagery, but I can't say my idea is is the 'correct' one (although I'm close to positive Jesus didn't look like Kris Kristofferson).
So that's my belief system in a nutshell; I'm not totally sure how you'd label that.

My wife gave me her old Peavey. She used it in her band all throughout the late 90s. I don't play it nearly as much as I should. She also gave me her early '90s Japanese Strat that has a weird Floyd Rose-style bridge and a graphite nut. It is crazy awesome. I love that woman.
The best amp I ever had was a Sovtek Mig 60 that I painted bright red. That amp could drop a man at 20 paces. It would shit all over every Marshall/Laney/Bogner/Fender it was up against.

Man, that back piece that Stewart is working on (posted today on Frith's twitter) is just unbelievable.

Pink lotus with butterfly from Eli Quinters of Smith Street.

Stuart Cripwell appointment booked today.

My wife and I have stayed at the Washington Inn in downtown Oakland numerous times. It is modest and convenient. It is central to a lot of good stuff.

Maybe, I havent got one since December.

Ran into a real nice gal the other day who had 36 SP tattoos all over her body. It was crazy talking to her.

I'm pretty sure as soon as the girl walks in the shop she'll know that when she was saying "barcode" her heart meant "dagger through a panther head"

Pulp Fiction fans? I have a pre-release poster signed by most of the cast including Tarantino hanging in my apartment. Its why I have renters insurance.

Here are two Dave Gibson gave to me....

Neat stuff. 3 of my earliest pieces were done from stencils, and pieces of the 4th. Talk about a pain! One kool part is that one of them, a parrot, is still at Chicago Tattooing, and my sons are planning on getting it on themselves.
I'd watch Dale outlining on a stencil-design, and wonder howinhell he could possibly see what he was doing. Somehow, it always seemed to come out right.