Androosh

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

this shit right here blew my mind..
http://www.isaac.alg-a.org/Eclispses-de-cemento-Galeria-JM

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

As a pretty crazy fan of 18+ years I can safely say that I did not expect Oceania to knock me on my ass like it has. I like most everything Corgan has put out...but found that I needed to increase the grains of salt that I take his stuff with over the years. But man, Oceania is a damn good, mature rock record. Just picked up the deluxe vinyl and it is a completely different listening experience.
Anytime people talk about him in a public forum they say "...whatever you may think about him..." or "...despite what you may think of the guy..." - but Corgan is a lifer. He doesn't compromise.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

Got the new Smashing Pumpkins record, stoked on a few tracks, still getting into it overall though. Anyone into them? Anyone buy it? Anyone still obsessed with them?! They've also put out crazy re-issues with extra tracks and DVDs, see: money pit. I still love this band.
There's also a great interview Howard Stern did with Billy Corgan. It's over an hour long, I listened to it two consecutive mornings opening the bar, really interesting no matter what you think of the dude -- and he plays an acoustic version of Tonight, Tonight.

http://vimeo.com/44532986"
Good listen!

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

A fun and quick one last night.
By Aron Dubois at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR.

I just got this yesterday...not the best pic

Nice, clean tattoo.

gf got this by michael bennett at 2 spirit.
one of the nicest shops ever.

Ah, the circle of life!

Higgs piece from Dustin Wengreen at Temple Tattoo, Oakland CA.

That Nate Beavers tattoo is so good. The expression is different...I'd say "worried".

Nate Beavers

@jayessebee - just...yes. Yes, dude.

@jayessebee - just...yes. Yes, dude.

so cool!!!!! I bet you had an awesome time over there next to Zach too haha- did you see his photo of the inkmaster asshats
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2 this weekend- Went to Richmond Saturday and had a great time meeting folks and hanging out with good friends, and finally got to meet @CultExciter who is indeed a true gent with an amazing sleeve and now a good start on another!
First up is side-o-neck by Matt Bivetto, my go to guy and one of the finest and most humble people (and artist) you could meet.

So after getting back to Roanoke at about 2AM I headed up to Keepsake in Arlington the next day to see Tomas Garcia, another one of my favorite people and a visionary artist- I was going to do the other side of my neck but it was too swollen soooo Tomas crafted me an amazing portrait on my calf:

I am clearly into super tough guy imagery :-D

Okay...
I'm elderly. 58, born and raised in Chicago, specifically on the South Side and later, the collar suburbs. Left home at 13, was put into a "youth home" at 15, got out and roamed the country and points south at just shy of 18. Before I was 21 I had lived or spent hunks of time in Mexico, Columbia, el-Lay, and some other garden spots.
Trained as a machinist, and worked in shops for many years, now I sell machine equipment made in Germany, to customers from Brazil to Thailand.
Got my first real motorsickle when I was 10, a Sears Allstate 49 cc. My next one was a 1947 Knucklehead that I bought as a collection of parts in a basket and made into a chopper...that was when I was 18. Wrecked it and myself shortly after, and didn't ride again until I bought a Shovelhead in 1977...still got that one, but I don't ride anywhere near as much as I used to did-arthritis and kids and all of that. Anyhow, I rebuild and restore old Harleys on occasion to relax myself.
Started putting on my own tattoos when I was what, I think maybe 13, something like that, and spent a good amount of time at CTC watching Cliff Raven and Dale Grande work, and then getting my homemade stuff covered. I have a few tattoos now, but I'm afraid I'm not a general collector-I've gotten all my work form people working at CTC. Dale, Miles Maniaci, Nick Collela, and onoe by Mark Miller.
Other than that, I've been into martial arts since I started taking Jiu-Jitsu at the local Y when I was 8. I've boxed for the Chicago Park District, and studied a variety of different arts. I was involved with the same federation of schools for about 25 years, studying and teaching a mixture of arts. Still own my own school, and teach classes 3 nights a week. Keeps me from getting too old.
That's about it, pretty boring. I listen to mostly the blues, some of what is now called "classic rock", Hendrix, the Doors, like that, and actually saw most of the name bands of the 60's and 70's play. But my heart is with the blues. What I grew up listening to...kinda schizophrenic on that, actually, listened to a lot of old hillbilly music as a kid, and still do. Not 'country", but hillbilly and rockabilly. Merle Haggard, Jim Reeves, Jack Scott, all that type of thing. Then when I left the house, it was Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, and Howlin'Wolf. I've sat and had drinks with most of them over the years, back before they were all famous and like that.
So now I'm elderly, but I sure can't relate to it. Yeah, arthritis and shit, but hey-basically I'm just a couple of 16 year-olds with a 26 year-old built in for a chaperone. Still getting tattoo'ed, still trying to live life-and largely succeeding. Got divorced a few years ago after being married 35 years, and am now with a Lady that shares my life, my home, and my heart. Have 6 kids to keep me on my toes, from 14 to 25, and an 8 year-old granddaughter that is truly a pain in my, er, that I love dearly.
That is all.