done a lot of other stuff along with tattooing
over the years but tattooing has been the
base of it all. The other is that I’m an old
timer. The bottom line is if I was a car, I’d be
either a classic or recycled into a dishwasher
by now.
So, while all this and a dollar won’t buy you a
coffee, it is why my old friend Sean Hartgrove
felt the need to talk me out of writing
retirement for this magazine, and now here
we are. I’d like to apologize in advance if my
stories go astray, as they often will. But if you
are interested in a guy’s opinions that comes
from a time when tattooing was more hustle
than art and tattooers weren’t much better
than carnies in the eyes of squares, welcome
aboard.
It was a warm spring night out with my bro
Sean at first Friday art walk. After walking
from where we parked, my heart was
pounding, my eyes were bulging, and I was
out of breath, mostly because I had about
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