i work over on backlick rd. so it was close for me.

i agree though, someone needs to hit the FLUSH on that dump of a mall.

i live in fredericksburg VA and work up here.

The truth is that mall has been scheduled to be leveled for quite awhile. I believe they are just waiting out on a few contracts to expire. It's a shame what the mall has turned into, as well as the area for that matter. It was a great place to grow up.

sorry to hear that story. I grew up a few miles away and went to school across the street. It's very strange for me to see springfield being discussed on the board. In fact, it blows my mind.



Tommy Guerro, and Steve Cabellero, Bones Brigade tour Summer 1989, Springfield Mall. (what is now men's warehouse)

thats an awesome pic Alex. I've heard stories about that day from alot of people. alot of stores in the mall are already drywalled up. its eerie walking around there now, its turning into a Beacon Mall (if i may).

i hope the beacon mall reference didnt make your heart stop for a second. its one of me and pattisal's fav places to talk about!

It does and it did. I went there quite a bit as well. Picked up a few tapes at the waxie maxies there as well as dollar movies.

This is for all youse gilman kids!

So Awesome!

I'm at a loss for words.

don't post a photo of havingmysay's back without permission.

Oh Becky, I remember her.

Picked up a drunk boy and some White Castle yesterday. It was a wild night.

Nice cameltoe.

Now I understand why this toy came with a loincloth. YIKES! NSFW crotch!

He's got a wicked googly.

is drunk boy a drunk girl?

Haha, I've been getting a lot of crotch remarks with it. Honestly I always saw it as just kind of a wrinkly fat belly/thigh fold over thing. But it's in the original drawing so I wanted to keep it. I considered throwing on the loin cloth but, again, wanted to stay true. I think he just hides his junk under all them wrinkles, it's gotta be all shrunk up in there like a worm in flab cove.

Just got this from Lyam Starkes today....



and I got this from Duke Riley last year. It's a sea monster from an old cartography chart from the Outer Banks...

Goin in to see Duke in a few weeks to do some more.

I just realized Burt Krak did these. That dude is super awesome.

he said. "In Japanese culture, we hid the tattoos and only showed them at the critical moment."

Tsuru University's Yamamoto said young tattoo enthusiasts nowadays don't study the history and culture of tattoos and don't understand the depth and complexity of their origins.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ ... 608i1.html

Cool article. I wear long sleeves if the sun is out so my co-workers have no idea that I am sleeved on both arms.

A bit ethnocentric, but the article was about the japanese.

I think its a gross overstatement to say that "enthusiasts" don't understand the history. Sure, your average frat boy or chick with a tramp stamp don't know anything and don't care, but do they need to know? The tattoo is now such a part of our modern culture that it doesn't really matter where they came from (which it seems almost all cultures have had tattooing of some kind), and its a bit judgemental to place one cultures history of tattooing above the others. I say this of course not having any asain themed or style tattoos anywhere on my body, and having read a lot on all kinds of tattoing, present and past tense. If you want to plaster some piece of kanji or a chinese character on your body as a white frat boy in the middle of America, can we really expect for them to even care about the art?

Every culture has their tattoo history, some have deeper roots than others. Traditional Japanese tattooing is definitely cool. I'm also a fan of the Aztec warrior tattoos, were they were literally tattooed from face to toe.

Well put Audio, It smacks of the eletism found in fine art "they dont UNDERSTAND the true meaning of _put art movement here_." Dude, no one MADE you become a history major so take the chip off your shoulder and get in the back of the nerd line (yes even behind us toy nerds).

...fine art is 65% sham. I always get the feeling it's more about the struggles of the artists as opposed to the paintings etc.

This thread is givin' me the tattoo itch...great work you got there Prolly...that goat head is beautiful.

thanks for the article, awsome stuff

here's a little movie about Austin tattoo scene... something to watch.

http://www.maddoglaser.com/laser.htm

Dude...do not go to Mad Dogs for your removal work! I started there before going to Julee and they were a joke. The cashier had to show the tech how to use the equipment and they had to keep resheduling me since they could not find anybody to work there.