It's that time of year to start thinking about house made of candy. Oh boy!
11/26/2009
11/24/2009
11/22/2009
Religious Skull
I finished up this traditional sugar skull tattoo yesterday. It was a pretty enjoyable experience considering that the stomach is such a hard place to tattoo.
11/21/2009
I Heart Moustache
1. Zan Zig-b, 2. direktor kassner, 3. Tattooed Dad, 4. vaudeville couple, 5. Vintage Japanese 'Bandit' Mask, 6. Sonic Youth poster, 7. Strange Painting of three-faced Jesus as the Trinity, 8. new hat from unordinary, 9. Untitled, 10. Fez and Sunglasses, 11. Annie and Frank Howard, German postcard, 12. 1939.jpg, 13. 2068.jpg, 14. tattooed man, 15. Man with Big Moustache - Waterville, ME, 16. Moustache Champion
11/20/2009
11/19/2009
Beatnik Tattoo Day
Yesterday was really fun. I tattooed Maiwenn another fan of the Beat Generation writers. She got a girl beatnik creating at her typewriter, while smokin' and drinkin', with the words: catatonic highway and near ecstasy from "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg. I dressed up for the occasion! We listened to "Beat Jazz", Miles Davis "L'Ascenseur pour échafaud" and the great Jimmy Smith. I love the Miles Davis album which was the soundtrack to a french film, it was recorded in Paris. I love Jimmy Smith because it mixes the organ and jazz, but makes me visualize circuses and old movie theatres.
11/18/2009
Lili
Here's Lili the french comic book I was telling you about. Lili has a parrot named Rarahu who loves her. Lili lives in Paris with no parental surveillance. It's not clear if she's a teenager or a girl just out of college.
Lili's guardian is her uncle M. Minet a philosophy professor. To me he's very beatnik, but everyone seems to regard him as kind of a square. I'm jealous of his apartment, a rooftop artist style atelier.
Her American boyfriend Dan:
Dan's millionaire grandfather from Texas.
Lili the comic started in 1909 and was illustrated by many different artists, my favorite being Alexandre Gérard, especially those done in the 1950's.
Some great episodes are:"Lili au music-hall" and "Lili à St-Germain-des-Prés"
11/15/2009
Another Musical Weekend
Yesterday we went to Vinyl Office a new record store in Bastille. It was an art opening, a friend of ours Patrice Caillet, collects modified album art. You know, when people change the record album with doodles, collage or other ways of defacing the original. Some of it was fan adoration and others complete disrespect! I think sometimes people made new covers because the first was damaged. There were children's scribbles and druggie doodles. Amongst the record store inventory, I found a french edition box set of Gene Vincent that I have been searching for since an old roommate stole my copy (very exciting since it was very reasonably priced!). I also found a cool Screamin' Jay Hawkins disc, "Real Life". Afterward we went to see authentic jazz in a St-Germain-des-Prés cave. Why did I wait so long!!!??? It was like a time warp, everything beatnik and cool that I imagine Paris was in the 1950's . Serge Gainsbourg covers by some talented american musicians, check it out. They are playing again here on monday night.
http://www.myspace.com/69anneeerotique
Here's an image from "Lili" a great french teenage comic strip that I adore. I love this image because it shows what a concert in a cave looks like. Check the bored beatniks! I will show you more about Lili later.
Tonight we're going to see Sonic Chicken 4 au Gambetta.
11/13/2009
I Had Too Much Tattoo Last Night
I'm not ready to face the light....dum dum dee da!
I tattooed this last night, didn't finish it, didn't take photos. It was a long day, but a fun one!
