Tattooing from #A to #Z: Henk Schiffmacher” Hanky Panky”
Hendrikus Johannes Everhardus “Henk” Schiffmacher is a tattoo artist, painter, writer, collector, world traveler. Born in 1952 in Harderwijk and grown up in a catholic butcher’s family, Schiffmacher displayed talent…
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Paul Neberra, between Surrealism and Fantasy Art
Oil on canvas and images that range between expressions of reality, portraits, religious themes, and anthropomorphic figures. The art of Paul Neberra, a Portuguese artist based in Lisbon, is rooted…
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Joker: our review of a film that you’d be mad to miss
We went to the cinema to see Todd Phillips’ masterpiece starring a fabulous Joaquin Phoenix who is likely to earn himself an Oscar for the role. Because his Arthur Fleck…
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Star Wars Tattoo and The Rise of Skywalker
Top secret plot for the most eagerly awaited film of 2019! Rumour and conjecture surround the US release (on December 20th) of the new episode directed by J.J. Abrams. But…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Leonard “Stoney” St. Clair
Mister St. Clair was born 1912 in Bluefield, West Virginia. Stoney tattooed out of a wheelchair, a “struggle-buggy” as he called it. He had been in that chair for all…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Bob Shaw
Bob Shaw was a tattooist who, at the age of sixteen, had a full set of sleeves from Bert Grimm. Bob learned the art of tattooing from Bert, after getting…
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Slash Tattoos and the new album “Living The Dream Tour”
The guitarist who has just turned 54 shows no sign of slowing down with a pa band project with Miles Kennedy & The Conspirators and new dates in the United…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers was born in 1905, in North Carolina. He spent much of his childhood moving from one cotton town to the next, as the family sought employment in the…
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Venom Tattoos and all the mysteries of the sequel
For the moment nothing is known about the name of the director or the release date of the Sony blockbuster, not even whether Tom Hardy will be back as Eddie…
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Moon Patrol: the real life of Matt Cunningham
When you find yourself before images which strike you without knowing why, that means you’re looking at something interesting, that reawakens a part of your subconscious. That’s how Matt Cunningham…
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Catwoman Tattoos and the new Batman movie
As we all await the release of the new Batman movie, rumours abound about who will play the coveted role of Selina Kyle. It looks like it’s going to be…
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The Beatles tattoos and the story behind the “Abbey Road” album
The cover of the second last album from the Fab Four turns 50 this year and was rumoured to contain some rather macabre references. Though, of course, that’s not quite…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Bev Robinson “Cindy Ray”
The Story of a Tattooed Girl was the title of Cindy Ray’s first book. Back in the 60’s this was big news: a tattooed woman finally published her story about…
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Madonna Tattoos and the new album “Madame X”
The American singer is back finally with a daring album recorded in Portugal but with influences from all over the world: here’s our review. Let’s begin with the hard facts:…
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Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” tattoos
This British masterpiece turns forty this year. And we went to find out about the cover art – created by Peter Saville – which has been a landmark in music…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Cliff Raven
Cliff Raven Ingram was born in a little town outside Chicago on August 24, 1932. He was one of a handful of tattoo artists (along with Sailor Jerry Collins and…
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The Dead Don’t Die: Jim Jarmusch brings his zombies to the silver screen
The latest offering from the American director of iconic movies such as “Dead Man” and “Ghost Dog” allows us to bring you a tattooed gallery dedicated to the “undead” It’s…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Tony Polito
Tony Polito is a Brooklyn tattooer that has been tattooing since 1959. Tony was at one point during the early 70’s, the only operating tattooer in all of NYC. For…
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Bob Dylan Tattoos and a new documentary by Scorsese
The long-awaited documentary “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese” came out on Netflix on June 12th, making it the second documentary the Italian-American director has made…
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“Mule Variations” by Tom Waits: the 20th Anniversary
There has been nothing new from the Californian singer-songwriter since “Bad As Me” which came out in 2011, but his iconic features appear in the work of the best tattoo…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Zeke Owen “Tattoo Zeke”
Zeke Owen, or, as he is better known, “Tattoo Zeke”, was born in 1940 and was the first person to re-open tattooing in Guam, since his uncle, Ernie Sutton, opened…
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Chris Cornell: Would you rather remember him with a black hole or a tattoo?
It was two years ago on May 18th 2017 that the frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave left us. Now they are asking NASA to honour his memory… It has been…
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Tattooing A to Z #35: Samuel O’Reilly
In 1891 Samuel O’Reilly revolutionized tattooing with his invention of the electric tattoo machine. He opened a tattoo studio at 11 Chatham Square, in the Chinatown area of the Bowery,…
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