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Warren Ellis on SG.

Now, that's bad ass!

Even though I'm not writing for SG anymore, I remain an lover of the essays. Yup, all this nakkidness and I still read the articles.

Just got back from theSacramento Tattoo Convention and it was a great time but I'm exhausted. Took some video of the convention for Needled as well as some on camera interviews of artists like Juan Puente, the fabulous Rick Walters, Horiyuki, Mo Copoletta among other of my faves.

On Saturday, we head back to Belgium...ahhhhh. Traveling for six weeks has been a blast but...
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I can believe DRE is gone.

RIP DANIEL ROBERT EPSTEIN

I learned so much about interviewing from him. We talked often online but never met although we did say that we'd meet up in Astoria soon. I feel terrible that we never solidified that plan. I wanted to tell him in person how much I admired his wit and his work. He will be greatly...
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Today is a sad day. I just posted my last Suicide Girl column. I've loved writing it every Monday but it's impossible to do so now that I'm preparing for Needled 2.0.

More importantly, my friend was in a hit and run accident and is in a coma and the doctors don't give her a great chance to pull through. This is one hard...
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I'm kinda obsessive about certain things: A lint-free belly button. SPF. Nick Cave. Proper footwear. Tattoo Copyright.

And of all these things, it is the last one that gets me into trouble.

To this I say, FUCK IT. Read Needled News today to know why.

Today on Needled News I offer a run-down of recent fiction featuring tattoos are a central theme. A much better way to spend downtime, than say, watching reality tattoo tv!

I tried to work out my feelings for Miami Ink in today's Needled News.

Would love to hear your thoughts on the show in the column's comments section. I'm on the fence.

I have a pile of work waiting for me but it's Saturday, so I'm saying fuck it and treating a special 10-yr-old to a day of pampering kiddie style.

First, my step son and I are going on a shopping spree for his birthday next week. Then the movies, then pizza and ice cream -- just the two of us.

This is what makes life...
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My birthday is tomorrow so my hubs and I are taking the day off to go to our fave naked spa in Holland -- as usual. he's also treating me to a massage and other treatments. yummmm. Cant wait.

While Needled plays to the highbrow and snob side of me, the other side is decidely lowbrow, street ... in essence, old Brooklyn.

So this Saturday,...
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Just got back home from the Milan Tattoo Convention. It was a party as usual and I still have no idea how I managed a relatively readable redux of the show for today's Needled News. Please read it so my efforts were not in vain and making deadline while hungover is then worth it.

Last night at the show's after party in the hotel...
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My interview with everyone's favorite serial killer-tattoo artist is up.

Give Timmy some love for Valentine's Day.

http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/Valentine's+Day+with+Tim+Kern/