Tuesday, June 20, 2006

I will be spending my entire day and almost every day this summer on Warped Tour. It is nearly impossible to find a dedicated Internet connection so it is impossible to update.

The Fuse TV series starts airing July 15th. I will also be in a few photos in the next month's Flaunt Magazine.

Saturday, June 17, 2006






















































































Everything is great!

Thursday, June 15, 2006












































Day 2 night.

Wednesday, June 14, 2006




























The past 2 days so far on the way and at Warped Tour.



I met Mikey randomly in Times Square when I stopped him when I noticed he had an American Nightmare / Give up the Ghost tattoo on his forearm.













Drummer for Vaux, Joe in front of CBGB.

Monday, June 12, 2006








I was helping my friend Lou do some promotional work during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in NYC yesterday afternoon. We weren't even supposed to be in the parade and spent most of our time avoiding NYC cops coming up to us with the question of 'who we were with.'

We ran into Officer Lebow half way during the parade, who had full sleeves.








Brandon.







Ariel finally got the tattoo she has been talking about!





































Crumpler Bag party that was tonight.





Awesome tattoo.












I met Hillery last week outside of Luke & Leroy. She came up to me this week hearing that I had a website from one of her friends (?).










I met Alanna in front of Town Hall at the Cat Power show on Friday night. Alanna came up to me thinking that we had similar tattoos. It turned out that Alanna has already heard of my website from the card being posted on the East Village Radio corkboard.

Alanna was born in Sarasota, FL. She has a red dot (birthmark-like) where Sarasota is located tattooed within her FL tattoo.























A performance artist exhibition that was on 36th Street this Friday. I went to go say hello and goodbye to my friends Devon and Mike.









Airbrush tattoos!









I met Jake Saturday at the same art exhibit.

Jake has an owl tattoo because his mother used to call him a 'night owl' when he was a young child.





I met Dennis at an art exhibit on Saturday afternoon. Dennis is a teacher at Parsons.








I met Emily this weekend. She came up to me after seeing me 'everywhere' as she described.

Emily has a Jane Addams tattoo, which she got about 4 years ago.



Newest Armani Exchange campaign in Union Square.





Sailor Jerry Jaguar Converse sneakers.














I met Reggie of the Mr. Move last Tuesday night.

Wednesday, June 07, 2006



mininova, a torrent site, occasionally runs a banner ad for a fake 'tattoo me & sign up for a free ipod!' scam


Troy Denning's site mentioned my site's review of the 'The Night Time is the Right Time' art show in their news section.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006










I met Liz at some point in the past few years of my life but I can't seem to remember exactly when.

Liz has / had a 'BFF' tattoo on her inner lip, but the ink is letting out after about a year. Liz will be on Warped Tour this summer (for a month) as well.








I met Justin last night as well. My friend Liz introduced me to him.

The 'D' tattoo is a tattoo that Justin and a few of his friends all have.





I also met Barry at the Head Automatica in-store at Virgin Megastore Times Square last night. I was talking to Emily about her tattoos and Barry overheard our conversation.

Barry has a sucide king tattooed on his left inner arm, as well as a Most Precious Blood tattoo on his right upper arm, which is actually still healing.







I met Emily last night at the Head Automatica in-store at Virgin Megastore Times Square last night.

Emily has a large Blind Melon lyric tattooed on her left forearm.







I met Ola at the opening. Ola writes art show reviews. Ola came up to me and started talking to me. I couldn't tell if Ola was bored, trying to pick me up, or just being overly friendly.

Ola has her ex-husband's name, a peapod, and a horse tattooed on her. The horse is for her son, who she calls her golden pony (horsey?).

I talked to Ola for about 3 hours that night. At one point we were talking about da Vinci and she wanted to prove to me that she could write backwards (like him).













Last night I went to the Rivka Shifman Katvan photography exhibit 'Bare Exposures: Behind the Scenes on Broadway' at Gallery 138.

I was initially intrigued by the exhibit because the flyer featured a man painted with celtic knots all over his body.

The exhibit featured candid backstage photographs of select Broadway performances. A lot of the bodies within the exhibit were nude and in the rushed process of putting on new costumes.



I met you Saturday night, you were nice, I forgot to get your name.

Monday, June 05, 2006



'23-year-old owner of body-alteration website, mybodystory.com'

Psychopedia mentioned my site in their Daily News section, thanks to Raymond for letting me know.

Sunday, June 04, 2006







I met the Key sisters last night. They head up Love Brigade Clothing. Alyssa Key just came up to me around 2 AM and started talking to me.

They both have matching custom key tattoos with a peacock feather. I actually have a feather on my shoulder which bears some resemblence to their design.

Christiana Key has a 'love brigade' tattoo which she did herself, the marketing for LBC features Christiana tattooing herself. You can see a video of it, here. Amazing.

from Alyssa:

'the peacock key represents me, as i have a close tie to peacocks stemming from my childhood, and the anchor key represents christiana.

our father is getting the tattoo as well, now that we have them. i'll send you a pic when he does just so you can see. his first one, at 55! our dad is incredible. most amazing man walking the planet.'





I met Charlie last night. Charlie actually came up to me while I was talking to someone and asked me if I was the one who actually did 'mybodystory.com'

Charlie has 'super-heroey' type lightning bolts on his arms. Sorry if that is a bad description Charlie.





I met Taryn last night.

Taryn just moved to Brooklyn from Texas just two days ago. She has Texas vs. Florida tattoo. I am assuming these are the two places she grew up.








I met Andy almost two years ago at Snitch. Andy heads Shaw Promotion.

Andy and Alexis have the same matching tattoos.











I met Jonny last night. Jonny raps in the group VIP.

Jonny has a Dolly Parton tattoo on his right shoulder. His favorite Dolly Parton song is, 'Here You Come Again,' which also happens to be her first 'million-seller.' A lot of his tattoos are from children books, you can see a monster from the book 'Where the Wild Things Are.' He also was wearing the Keith Herring Adidas high tops.

Saturday, June 03, 2006







I ran into Chi on the corner of St. Mark's yesterday. It was pouring rain. Chi's most recent tattoo is a coffin coverup of his ex-fiancee's name.

Chi plays in the band Smell UV Death, they are doing a photoshoot for their album cover today.





I was walking along Broadway yesterday afternoon with the intent of buying a new pair of jeans, when I saw these shoes with tattoo flash on them. I went in the store to take a picture but was ushered out because apparently taking photographs in stores is not allowed. The shoes are by 'Kitson.' They are made for women and children. I always try not to be bias, but don't buy these- they are dumb and awful.

Friday, June 02, 2006










Brian selling 'custom painted recycled vinyl record' braclets on Broadway yesterday afternoon.

http://www.wrecordsbymonkey.com/




Kool cigarettes is running a campaign that features a female model with a backpiece with her right shoulder blade emblazoned with the trademark 'OO's' of the Kool logo, along with a giant dragon. It's part of their 'BE TRUE' campaign. I found this ad in Inked (I think?) magazine.

I tried looking through Kool's website, but you need to register in order to see any content. Readers should also take note of their redirected URL which is 'SMOKERSWELCOME.COM' Which is also a website for Doral cigarettes.

Thursday, June 01, 2006



I love Robot Chicken. Season 1 is out on DVD now. Season 2 is currently airing on Sundays at 11:30 PM on Adult Swim / Cartoon Network.

In the 9th episode, S&M Present, there is a skit reference to the popular Arashikage tattoo.

'During the 2nd act of Enter The Fat One, Joey's 2nd opponent, Storm Shadow, reveals that he has the same tattoo as Joey. This tattoo is a reference from the Marvel G.I. Joe comic book. The tattoo is the symbol of the Arashikage clan, of which Snakes Eyes and Cobra Commander's son, Billy, were members. Other G.I. Joe members, classic and future, that were a part of the clan were Jinx, Kamakura, and Nunchuk.' from TV.com




Last week I went to the Needled.com 1 year anniversary party at Tattoo Culture. I couldn't take any photos because my camera broke when I got there. If you were curious as to know how I broke my camera, I was juggling it. Stupid I know.

There are more pictures at the Needled.com Flickr.




Draven shoes on hand.