Musician Monday: A Trio of Tattoos from Justin Y. of Everyone Dies in Utah

<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Back in May, I met Justin in the Borders at Penn Plaza and he shared his three tattoos. Justin had recently been signed to a band from Texas called Everyone Dies in Utah and he was moving out from Maryland. He offered up his knuckle tattoos:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_oDqQCyAy0XvYTGnQsnqZth1xrb4VG-1987f3EcT6OMRrfv3pmbro5pqvnzk_9BBna9pqWsKXlYjovA9eF4Sw_ikrdOMJRQ9Qt5nOKk0PtF9hZ5JpZsOSpeeFL9Du23JvVQTTHQ3_Uo/s1600/drum+love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_oDqQCyAy0XvYTGnQsnqZth1xrb4VG-1987f3EcT6OMRrfv3pmbro5pqvnzk_9BBna9pqWsKXlYjovA9eF4Sw_ikrdOMJRQ9Qt5nOKk0PtF9hZ5JpZsOSpeeFL9Du23JvVQTTHQ3_Uo/s320/drum+love.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Justin has been playing drums for about eleven years and loves drums, which explains these knuckles. Of course, I would be remiss if I mentioned knuckle tattoos and didn't direct you to KnuckleTattoos.com to see more, courtesy of my friend Nathan.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The most compelling tattoo Justin shared was this piece, on his right forearm:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-FaMaWfgnHQ2Tt1oS-sKpnwNS66C5qMgreuZsPnq7arLLJM4Gc4RKYgk4dHUT2-j2qXyoEfSjC9I7xF_WspZKwNJK36t3yQQYMqJw0DHd86Iy77zUBaKUleOdn6NxWmblW_vt0_ivjM/s1600/handprint+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-FaMaWfgnHQ2Tt1oS-sKpnwNS66C5qMgreuZsPnq7arLLJM4Gc4RKYgk4dHUT2-j2qXyoEfSjC9I7xF_WspZKwNJK36t3yQQYMqJw0DHd86Iy77zUBaKUleOdn6NxWmblW_vt0_ivjM/s320/handprint+collage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He explained:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I have a little sister, she's ten now, but it was last year, so she was nine, and she was all bummed that I was moving really far and touring and stuff, so I told her I would get a tattoo for her ... I was trying to think of what would be absolutely unique, and the only thing I could think of was fingerprints. So, I decided it would be cool to get her hand print, so I went out and got a big old ink pad and did her hand print on a piece of paper, took it in, and he [Jason Kramer at Positive Image Tattoos in Baltimore] did all of his magic and got it done."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Justin's third tattoo was this piece on his left forearm:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM9zOvILSLX2Td6fh5uEX1zm3DPlWUWHaxrrz3SCpb7cY2hPUDyYFi7X5uDdwHQjtVIjPMGKens_ZW6EZRX2OXoTaWOeLNMAfUrc0HjIz6S6IkK93dqV_7g7W40grWn_uVIb_TxkHdJE/s1600/Jesus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPM9zOvILSLX2Td6fh5uEX1zm3DPlWUWHaxrrz3SCpb7cY2hPUDyYFi7X5uDdwHQjtVIjPMGKens_ZW6EZRX2OXoTaWOeLNMAfUrc0HjIz6S6IkK93dqV_7g7W40grWn_uVIb_TxkHdJE/s320/Jesus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">He told me</span></span></div><blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">"I love Jesus ... simple as that. I was thinking about doing a whole arm, faith-based kind of thing, and I ike the ides of just being able to walk into a room and people know exactly like, well, that guy's definitely a Christina and he's for serious ... It's a good starting piece to talk to people."</span></span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">All of Justin's work is by Jason Kramer at Positive Image Tattoos in Baltimore.</span></span></div>

Musician Monday: A Trio of Tattoos from Justin Y. of Everyone Dies in Utah

  Back in May, I met Justin in the Borders at Penn Plaza and he shared his three tattoos. Justin had recently been signed to a band from Tex...

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Small World, Tattoosday-Style

I have a few days off and was buying some milk at the grocery store when an older gentleman in line behind me complimented me on the tiger tattoo on my calf, which has been well-documented here, in <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/01/tyger-tyger-burning-bright.html">this initial post</a>, and subsequent ones.<br /><br />The gentleman asked who the artist was and mentioned his son was an artist as well. "Who?" I asked, and he told me, Mike Perfetto, aka <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/designs-by-michael-angelo-brooklyn">Designs by Michael Angelo</a> in Brooklyn. I gave him a flier and he introduced himself as <a href="http://democratperfetto.com/">Ralph Perfetto</a>, our Democratic District Leader here in Bay Ridge.<br /><br />I know you're likely thinking, "Nice story, Bill, but is it really that much of a small world coincidence?" Actually, yes, because my backlog had brought me to posting a couple of tattoos on <a href="http://www.nyhctattoo.com/tattoo-artists/peter">Peter</a>, who I had last seen at the <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/07/recap-of-matty-no-times-fundraiser-at.html">Matty No Times benefit</a> back on July 17. One of those tattoos, you guessed it, is by Mike Perfetto.<br /><br />Let's take a look:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cj3bP2k34aFauj8czfTMCmKUilRrCYkTJaZWbAOuaFEcjfPZ4_9BGLWZ0iVSXFBj2IR3jvsXsaxp6CeigICymsGUM7iSMG_66v4nctl89dvWicVkPZJCvRQnj7PIzvUC19j-eYli/s1600/Jesus+Hand+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cj3bP2k34aFauj8czfTMCmKUilRrCYkTJaZWbAOuaFEcjfPZ4_9BGLWZ0iVSXFBj2IR3jvsXsaxp6CeigICymsGUM7iSMG_66v4nctl89dvWicVkPZJCvRQnj7PIzvUC19j-eYli/s640/Jesus+Hand+wm.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><br />Pete also shared a tattoo on his leg by legendary Brooklyn artist Tony Polito. As you can see, Pete has quite a collection of ink, and he takes pride in the work he has from "old school" New York artists tattooing in the American Traditional style. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pXSLGYkOgHUabM7aPcm-IP1UesVUkb-3vynDEa5ihdWhPuogd_mIufcuMN6sqC5b06aIKNvIBYORc_H68S1t-40XiKuxzD4EGu-qV19hwNDaJCqwbKk45Xr3vt5pUa66YKD5geHV/s1600/Petes+leg+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pXSLGYkOgHUabM7aPcm-IP1UesVUkb-3vynDEa5ihdWhPuogd_mIufcuMN6sqC5b06aIKNvIBYORc_H68S1t-40XiKuxzD4EGu-qV19hwNDaJCqwbKk45Xr3vt5pUa66YKD5geHV/s640/Petes+leg+wm.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br />Pete explained that "Old Calcutta" was a nickname for Tony's shop from the early '80s to the mid '90s because of the high intensity atmosphere of the shop and the people who were there.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PYgI-4bNGZfGGoOcrirnj27QqnFQyIHMYl8A2WX2yt7-MybHZWwgUKVz66AwkvE0H7rX-ccLQo2VpFN7f3CeJAQie3rMOrUKCU9cwwX9sXZ1rHAkk7wcQGHhHhFMJRKrGZ5ZXVY-/s1600/Old+Calcutta+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1PYgI-4bNGZfGGoOcrirnj27QqnFQyIHMYl8A2WX2yt7-MybHZWwgUKVz66AwkvE0H7rX-ccLQo2VpFN7f3CeJAQie3rMOrUKCU9cwwX9sXZ1rHAkk7wcQGHhHhFMJRKrGZ5ZXVY-/s400/Old+Calcutta+wm.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br />Thanks to Peter for sharing his tattoos with us here on Tattoosday (<a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/06/peter-carusos-ink-old-school-brooklyn.html">again</a> and <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2010/01/eagle-and-parrot.html">again</a>). Peter has been working hard at <a href="http://www.nyhctattoo.com/">New York Hardcore Tattoo</a> on Stanton Street. They have recently remodeled the shop and are working hard on producing quality art on the denizens of New York City. Be sure to stop in and meet their crew.

Small World, Tattoosday-Style

I have a few days off and was buying some milk at the grocery store when an older gentleman in line behind me complimented me on the tiger t...

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