Julio Avila

That guest spot in San Jose at Marks of Art was to cover for me. I met him before I left for vacation. Shook his hand and noticed he had a piece of my flash tattooed on his other hand that I believe he did on himself haha. I believe he has since covered it (good move). Bizarre hand shake haha

Imma post the machine you made for me. I ain't a collector. Every machine I buy I use!

the truth is we live in a fast food culture. we want what we want and we want it right fucking now! we care little about consequences. yesterday for breakfast i had a double cheeseburger, fries and a dr. pepper. was i thinking of all the shit i was putting into my body and what it was really doing to me? hell no! it was delicious and held me over til i was done with my work.

some people feel the same way about tattoos. they turn 18 and immediately want to be as cool as other older people they know. for me, i think its awesome. some kid wants to come in and get something thats going to take a few sessions of a few hours each session? thats money in the bank on a design i only have to draw once! and kids got money these days!!!!!!!!! my teenage nephews have hundreds of dollars on them. they are constantly buying new video games (at about $50 a pop), new jordans (i dont even wanna know how much those fuckers cost), and ipods. i dont know where these kids are getting money to get big ass tattoos, but im more than happy to take it in exchange for a cool tattoo. the same way Ronald McDonald is happy to sell me his wonderful fries.

also, the rebel factor will always get more extreme with each generation. kiss and alice cooper were once the scariest shit out there. what do you think the people that thought so were thinking when that fuck marilyn manson came out?

thank you so much for these interviews.

greatly appreciated

Gia, you have noooooo idea.

Baby makin actually cured me of my sickness

Literally snag one or two. He'll never notice.

When I got my first tattoo from Scott, I had like three machines in my arsenal. I thought that was a respectable amount. As he was setting up to tattoo me, Scott grabbed three machines out of a mess pile of machines. There musta been like 15 machines on his desk. I had never even SEEN that many machines on one table. Let alone knew that one person could own that many.

You ever use that stuff?

I never have but worked with a guy that did for a while. Looked like a bitch to use. Can only be made in small batches. Like a days worth.

There's a second volume in the works. The flash is beautiful in person. Old dawg was a genius.

im thinking most broads dont want to be reffered to as "jelly"

yeah the only thing i dont like about these interviews is that they are too short!!!!!!!

thanks!

how about another half hour interview with these dudes? favorite shop stories, memorable clients....

sarah wrecked your shit!? haha

the colellas rule

That makes me wanna dress nicer and join the hair club for men

Sing lead vocals for van Halen

Challenge the dalai lama to an arm wrestling contest

Do dirty things with salma Hayek.

ps

RAT BONNEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!

awesome gia! thanks so much

and fuck yeah! mama san runs the show there!!!!!!!!! everybody knows that hahaha

working in san jose for the better part of ten years i saw alot of his work. most of it was really bad. the better stuff i saw was from the eighties. hes kinda in bad shape right now. last time i saw him, he and his wife were walking into the post office. i was already in line. he was using a shopping cart to help him walk. when they got in, i let them skip me. people behind me were pissed, but fuckem.

old dude always has a smile on his face. i really hope somebody writes his story down before its too late. maybe i should call up taki

soungs awesome!

cheers to you and your trip

Jake...did he look like bill the butcher from the gangs of new York? If so that was mike lucena

Oh shit!! I forgot about mike Wilson!

For shame FOOORRR SHAAAAAME

yeah i dont have a huuuge list either but damn i got some good big tattoos

fred stonehouse (look him up)

bill McCoy

derrick snodgrass

jason freeman

mario desa

scott sylvia (huge thigh piece, neck and entire chest/stomach)

grime

troy timple

dan hazelton

dan trocchio (a couple tats)

patrick conlon

jeff rassier (a couple tats)

mike lucena

bring food to the shop

Haha!!

Apparently you need at least 10 characters for a post

You're not the boss of me and I'll complain about whatever I want

chad, youre fired

yeah iw as gonna say that mario.

and its not a necessary quality. just seems like one we all share.

another thing, get tattooed by tattooer that are BETTER than you!!!!!!!!!!!! you learn so much from getting tattooed. i stole everything i know from scott haha