Gabby and Carter, Forever in eBaum's World

At the end of August, I spotted a couple near the entrance to Penn Station on Seventh Avenue. The woman had a bunch of tattoos, the man did not appear to have any. When I interviewed them, it turned out that the guy did have a tattoo on his arm - one that corresponded to a piece in the center of his companion's chest. Here's a peek:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIJqjAWVwW3Xe7ZCdbhTde7vKKqfpia6bXq8utAu6YeA3Nl9kKDFwDdVm41bMmIMsjGJyF-9YpNxyGWWE46h_b_y4wC_1ixICbakhYpPGtTMzBcCKqgML0pIFlQDLY-yaH_FtPdy_KQo/s1600/ebaum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpIJqjAWVwW3Xe7ZCdbhTde7vKKqfpia6bXq8utAu6YeA3Nl9kKDFwDdVm41bMmIMsjGJyF-9YpNxyGWWE46h_b_y4wC_1ixICbakhYpPGtTMzBcCKqgML0pIFlQDLY-yaH_FtPdy_KQo/s400/ebaum.jpg" width="376" /></a></div>

Gabby and Carter, Forever in eBaum's World

At the end of August, I spotted a couple near the entrance to Penn Station on Seventh Avenue. The woman had a bunch of tattoos, the man did ...

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Musician Monday: Doug from The Sleeping and Gramp's House

This installment of Musician Monday features Doug Robinson, lead singer from the rock band <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheSleeping">The Sleeping</a>. I ran into Doug last week in Penn Station and stopped him when I saw all of his tattoos.<br /><br />Doug has had some of his work featured in <i>Tattoo</i> Magazine and is in the current issue of <i><a href="http://www.tattooflash.com/">Tattoo Flash</a></i>, so I was indeed honored when he agreed to share a piece from his right forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy0siW9R_xB38qxGd3bYEIS0CAtFkQTRnkScOGcxhW7hd4l72PMxJipN1J7Z8Qvg7P_4sACDSn4AA7fInMuZ_7jq64O6JBwkfioYEQyBUAS5Ds7OnukmcVWwT_GIatkkGv1jBCblELxA/s1600/gramps+house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiy0siW9R_xB38qxGd3bYEIS0CAtFkQTRnkScOGcxhW7hd4l72PMxJipN1J7Z8Qvg7P_4sACDSn4AA7fInMuZ_7jq64O6JBwkfioYEQyBUAS5Ds7OnukmcVWwT_GIatkkGv1jBCblELxA/s640/gramps+house.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />Doug explained that this tattoo is based on a logo created by a friend of his, whose grandfather had passed away and left him his house. Doug's friend, along with Doug and three other guys, lived in the house which they dubbed "Gramp's House." The home was, as Doug told me, "a really important place for all of us," and many of them got this logo tattooed, as a tribute to that special place that they all held near and dear.<br /><br />Doug credited <a href="http://www.sailorjerry.com/tattoos/featured_artist/jelena_nikolic/">Jelena Nikolic</a> from <a href="http://www.lonewolftattoo.com/">Lone Wolf Tattoo</a> in Bellmore, Long Island, with this tattoo.<br /><br />Thanks to Doug for sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br />Check out The Sleeping's video for "Don't Hold Back":<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="405" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RK-s-HFZtzo" width="500"></iframe><br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

Musician Monday: Doug from The Sleeping and Gramp's House

This installment of Musician Monday features Doug Robinson, lead singer from the rock band The Sleeping . I ran into Doug last week in Penn ...

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Elektra and the Seven-Legged Spider (with Some Dresden Dolls, to Boot)

Elektra has, in her words, "nine and a half" tattoos, and was kind enough to share two of them with us.<br /><br />First up is this spider on her left thigh:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WLt7hrfyZy_SN5KOvDTS4Q6IH4mK9m3BIBskcB-MDTgRN_vzv7jFs606SNUdR5D-WVAwbHseHelyoLOJTWh9vukF2IasrduTGLGS30-KaNxKxXYGR3eFbDmXc2rqBBa8K2pek5iH/s1600/Elektra+Spider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WLt7hrfyZy_SN5KOvDTS4Q6IH4mK9m3BIBskcB-MDTgRN_vzv7jFs606SNUdR5D-WVAwbHseHelyoLOJTWh9vukF2IasrduTGLGS30-KaNxKxXYGR3eFbDmXc2rqBBa8K2pek5iH/s400/Elektra+Spider.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><br /><br />It's not a specific type of spider (sorry, arachnophiliacs) but it does have one glaring detail to note. It is missing a leg. And the spurt of blood indicates that the leg has recently been detached.<br /><br />What's with that? Elektra says that she considers arachnids with a lost limb to be "lucky omens" ever since she was little. This tattoo, in a way, enables her to have good luck with her at all times.<br /><br />She credits this work to <a href="http://www.yankeetattoo.net/tattoosbyartist.php?shopstaffID=3">Anthony Audy</a> at <a href="http://www.yankeetattoo.net/">Yankee Tattoo</a> in Burlington, Vermont.<br /><br />Elektra also explained the tattoo on her right thigh to me, and she agreed when I asked if she would share that as well:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHa17Xa_WvDPNDf6FPDx4FG8KdOJ8bnOs2PzMNoBQCTFmRBtrnqJoImgF2sAS8exz6RAw_Nof0XlfgRS2entylJs5jY43FvlI5Zci8T4Z7QMxdjKMWJc3rgLfb5ey4rGcKabtbn1i/s1600/elektra+dresden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHa17Xa_WvDPNDf6FPDx4FG8KdOJ8bnOs2PzMNoBQCTFmRBtrnqJoImgF2sAS8exz6RAw_Nof0XlfgRS2entylJs5jY43FvlI5Zci8T4Z7QMxdjKMWJc3rgLfb5ey4rGcKabtbn1i/s400/elektra+dresden.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><br />Fans of <a href="http://www.dresdendolls.com/main1.htm">The Dresden Dolls</a> will recognize this as the band's logo. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJStHpzQ8AxwnJ5tz4jE2LF9A2krdsEIKTaPHFCxb-6VfdzgAThgP1YxG_9YxF5GWuy0hHWgERUUviUV7teWgDEVIvrVHBpHOirDu1ZBq0dazT4eoTKBB530WBKMJ_ESdzviiXMw7/s1600/dresden_dolls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJStHpzQ8AxwnJ5tz4jE2LF9A2krdsEIKTaPHFCxb-6VfdzgAThgP1YxG_9YxF5GWuy0hHWgERUUviUV7teWgDEVIvrVHBpHOirDu1ZBq0dazT4eoTKBB530WBKMJ_ESdzviiXMw7/s320/dresden_dolls.jpg" /></a></div><br />Elektra explained that this was designed with blue and red ink to have a 3D effect, when healed. However, she confessed, she didn't take care of it as well as she should have, and the effect is muted. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/robdixxx">Rob Dixxx</a>, formerly of Yankee Tattoo is the artist.<br /><br />Added to this piece is the signature of <a href="http://www.amandapalmer.net/">Amanda Palmer</a>, lead singer of the Dresden Dolls, who Elektra met one night, after the band tattoo had been done. A friend with a tattoo machine made the autograph permanent.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks to Elektra for sharing her tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003EUVCEG&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=bill03-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000EGEJWK&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></div>

Elektra and the Seven-Legged Spider (with Some Dresden Dolls, to Boot)

Elektra has, in her words, "nine and a half" tattoos, and was kind enough to share two of them with us. First up is this spider on...

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An Update from Victor

I don't often run into Tattoosday subjects more than once, but when one works in the same neighborhood, it's often tough NOT to run into them.<br /><br />Case in point is my friend Victor, who I first met <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2008/06/heeeeeeeeeres-victors-tattoos.html">here</a> in an example of what I call a tat-alog, when multiple tattoos are photographed and discussed.<br /><br />We did a <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/08/return-of-victors-ink.html">second post</a> on some new cinematic signature ink he had obtained <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/08/return-of-victors-ink.html">here</a>, and that had been it for a while.<br /><br />Then, last month, I spotted him again in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Plaza">Penn Plaza</a>, and thought that this tattoo was new:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aqeevtvWaEz4ej0ez8uwfWcJOphJh7zVROSqgkFd5P37tKthjOajqcUDcfkzZpUoTQJ6rR_kWz-SZXr7ya04P4KzNniZal6cEUkWBUd-QK4MVG6X6X0RrSJw1onGgELK1vLmiLfN/s1600/Stones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aqeevtvWaEz4ej0ez8uwfWcJOphJh7zVROSqgkFd5P37tKthjOajqcUDcfkzZpUoTQJ6rR_kWz-SZXr7ya04P4KzNniZal6cEUkWBUd-QK4MVG6X6X0RrSJw1onGgELK1vLmiLfN/s400/Stones.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br />There's been a lot of hoopla this week as <a href="http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/">Jimmy Fallon</a> did a whole <a href="http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/rolling-stones-week/">Rolling Stones tribute</a> over five days in honor of the reissue of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_on_Main_St."><i>Exile on Main Street</i></a>.<br /><br />I'll let Victor explain the history of this particular tattoo:<br /><br /><blockquote>...[This was] done by my cousin <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ebonacore">Eddie Bonacore</a> in his apartment...then he did it for me again when he got officially hired as a tattoo artist @ <a href="http://www.funhousetattooing.com/">Funhouse Tattooing</a> in the Poconos.  I love the Stones, and credit my mom for that one...she got me into them.  The Stones ooze rock n' roll and always will...even watching <a href="http://www.shinealightmovie.com/"><i>Shine a Light</i></a>, the documentary <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/">[Martin] Scorsese</a> recently did on them...it just further shows there commitment to rock n' roll...the least I could do was add some tongue to my wrist!</blockquote><br />Thanks again to Victor for keeping us entertained with his rockin' tattoos here on Tattoosday!

An Update from Victor

I don't often run into Tattoosday subjects more than once, but when one works in the same neighborhood, it's often tough NOT to run ...

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