The Goonies tattoos: behind the scenes of a truly iconic film
The film released in 1984 was made using a whole load of tricks of the trade: from the hand aged treasure map to the use of a mysterious octopus… The…
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Tattooing from A to Z: Darwin “Huck” Spaulding
Born on December 5, 1928, Darwin “Huck” Spaulding, lived in the Voorheesville area, NY, for many years. He was a veteran of the US Merchant Marines and the US Army,…
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Gremlins Tattoos: is there a third movie?
It was a Christmas hit in 1984. The 1990 sequel was also a critical success. Now there is talk of an animated series. Could it be that this time they’re…
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Home Alone Tattoos and a great Christmas classic
The John Hughes movie which made a child star of Macaulay Culkin has also inspired plenty of tattoos… The original budget for Home Alone, the film directed by Chris Columbus…
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Janet Field & Bill Skuse “Bill & Rusty Skuse”
Born in Janet Field on December 20, 1943, Rusty Skuse was nicknamed that way because of her hair coloring, and from 1970 to 1990 she retained the “Guinness World Record”…
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Tattooing from #A to #Z: Les Skuse
Born in 1912, Les Skuse, lived and died in the port town of Bristol, England. He became the town’s most famous tattoo expert and was almost as well known on…
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Terminator Tattoos and “Terminator – Dark Fate”
After three utterly forgettable outings, James Cameron’s franchise gets a reboot taking up where “Terminator 2 – Judgment Day” left off and whipping up a storm of action and nostalgia.…
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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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