5th Annual
Ink-N-Iron-Festival
By C.A.
We knew we were in for quite an experience when we heard that the 5th Annual Ink-N-Iron Festival was set to take place on the Queen Mary.
For those of you who don’t know what the hell the Queen Mary is, it's a spit image of the mighty Titanic.
The event was loaded with activities, way too much to cover it all. There were live bands performing everywhere, a stage here, and a stage there, freaks and sexy women everywhere.
There were people with tattoos on their heads and faces. We even met a girl who claimed she had a tattoo on her lips….the ones down stairs!
The bands were cool, and so were the several hundred show cars parked on the dock. The angry sound of tattoo pistols and the scent of blood filled the air of the Queen Mary. The sight of sexy pain freaks getting tats was interesting as well.
We met a guy named Ernie Belmonte of Santa Ana California. He had some of the nicest tattoos we’ve seen in a while.
He informed us that they were done by Jose Lopez, the owner of Lowrider Tattoo. Lowrider Tattoo really knows their shit.
Then we came across a familiar face in a tattoo booth along the way. It finally dawned on us that it was Paul Stottler, guitarist of the awesome band, The Invisible Humans. Those cats were at Musink Tattoo Festival a couple months back, and they impressed us enough we just had to feature their band. It turns out not only does Stottler know how to handle a guitar but he also knows how to sling ink. In fact he rolls with the artists of True Tattoo.
Well the buzzing sound of all of those tattoo pistols in action started making our ears ring so we decided to head outside for a breath of fresh air.
That’s when we came across this really attractive baby doll dressed as a sailor. Well she ended up reeling us in with her catchy eyes and jazzy smile. She told us her name was Lady Vampira, a pin-up girl for Pinup Angels.com. You can catch a better look at this chick by Clicking Here.
Enjoy.
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Tattoo Quotes
I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I’m thinking, okay, here’s a gal who’s capable of making a decision she’ll regret in the future. -- Comedian Richard Jeni
I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me.
Ken Curtis - American singer and actor best known for his role as "Festus Haggen" on CBS' long-running western drama, Gunsmoke, which he portrayed from 1964 to 1975.
"You put a tattoo on yourself with the knowledge that this body is yours to have and enjoy while you're here. You have fun with it, and nobody else can control (supposedly) what you do with it. That's why tattooing is such a big thing in prison: it's an expression of freedom—one of the only expressions of freedom there. They can lock you down, control everything, but 'I've got my mind, and I can tattoo my body—alter it my way as an act of personal will.' " DON ED HARDY
The only difference between a tattooed person and a person who isn't tattooed is that a tattooed person doesn't care if you're tattooed or not.
(Sign often seen in tattoo shops)
Beauty is skin deep. A tattoo goes all the way to the bone.
Vince Hemingson
Rehab
Last Tattoo Lyrics
This will be my last tattoo
To cover the memory of someone I thought I'd always need
Cover her name with a smoking gun
Make it hurt as much as possible and make it bleed
Just can't take it no more feelin' numb
Woke up face on the floor I was dumb
Cut me all the way to the core morning comes
Time to get busy forgetting again
Tired of going out my mind
Looking for something I won't find
How could I have been so blind
This is a load of crap
It figures she would win
But I'll learn to feel again
Bear down hard when you fill it in
Give me the pain I'll grit my teeth in
[Hook:]
This will be my last tattoo
To cover the memory of someone I thought I'd always need
Cover her name with a smoking gun
Make it hurt as much as possible and make it bleed
You know when I woke up this morning she was long good gone
I thought she heard me say she was my vertebrae my back bone
But bone the dawn feels wrong, the night ain't right
The phone ain't on and she broke out last night
Left a note sayin' she won't hang on, she just can't fight
I know she's with Brock Scott, that jock with blonde locks
That blocks shots, guess I'm just not that hot
Mailbox for cocks
Let him bust your rear cuz you don't trust my rap career
But need I point out our bank account with a large amount
You left in the bank you skank, what you think
I'm a take this loot and buy some ink
You can take that shit you talkin' with you walkin' hooker
[Hook:]
This will be my last tattoo
To cover the memory of someone I thought I'd always need
Cover her name with a smoking gun
Make it hurt as much as possible and make it bleed
Her face is still in my brain kill her name
I'm still dealing with pain what a shame
Heart still wearing a stain I'm to blame
Little bitty guilty's crawling all over my soul
I can't believe this shit
Said I caused the things she did
Bear down hard when you fill it in
Give me the pain I'll grit my teeth in
[Hook:]
This will be my last tattoo
To cover the memory of someone I thought I'd always need
Cover her name with a smoking gun
Make it hurt as much as possible and make it bleed
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SKIN IS IN AND SO ARE TATTOO'S.
The tattoo industry has become extremely versatile in its market locations and designs. It has truly proven that 'skin' is in. Since 1936, it was estimated that at least 10 million Americans had at least one tattoo. By 2003, those numbers had nearly tripled. An incredible 36 percent of persons between the ages of 18- 25 and 40 percent of those aged 26- 40 had at least one tattoo according to a survey completed in 2006. The female tattoo gallery and feminine tattoos began to shine due to the increase in tattoo art amongst female actresses. Subsequently, it is safe to say that the tattoo culture predominately exists in society as a result of the growing number of celebrities who are inked along with their presence in movies, songs and art. Unique as it may be, tattoo history is still evolving in the attempt to beauty oneself. This is good news for us tattoo artists who make a living doing this., buisness will only get better.
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