mirologue

AND SOME PEOPLE QUESTION WHY I WEAR J. LINDEBERG

2012-01-31T18:53:00.000-08:00

Oliver Zahm for J. Lindeberg Biannual Book - The Bunkers - A/W 2011 from Selectism on Vimeo.

Big ol litter box made me laugh

2011-11-24T22:09:00.001-08:00

Moments

2011-11-24T22:04:00.001-08:00

Meandering landscapes. A mirage as it were. Ambiguous.

Testing

2011-10-27T14:10:00.001-07:00

Some drawings fer tatts

come thru tonight

2011-10-20T17:24:00.000-07:00

http://analogtattoo.com/bloodwork_bodies/login/BloodWork_bodies_exhibitio.php

give a little...

2011-03-15T20:27:00.000-07:00

matt shamah in light of the recent natural disasters in japan.. feel free to exercise your philanthropic side.. even if its only a couple bucks.. shit we could all use one less happy meal. but i know lots of us have loved ones who have been directly or indirectly affected by this stuff.. so lets give a lil back to the ppl who have given us all so much . thanks.. matt.

https://secure.unicefusa.org/site/Donation2?df_id=9640&9640.donation=form1

or

https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052&idb=0

MOST RETARDED CUSTOMER EVER!!! SORRY RON!!!

2011-03-02T00:45:00.000-08:00

Eric D.
Palo Alto, CA
2/27/2011
My specific experience with this shop was with locally renowned biomechanical tattoo afficianado, Ron Earhart. He wears his dirty blonde hair long with a trimmed stubbly beard. I came in wanting a biomechanical sleeve from my neck to hand. I came in and told him that I wanted him to do something progressive (for him), challenging to him as an artist and something that would be different from the carbon copies of biomechanical pieces he does on the neverending stream of the 22-38 year old Caucasian male demographic that seem to be paying his rent pretty consistently. I specifically told him that I did not want such a hard outline and I wanted him to something more 3 dimensional than his typical pieces. He basically told me all my ideas were dated and that "once you're on my train, you just get off where I decide to take you." Consequently, I found him to be incredibly condescending, arrogant and rude. But, upon further contact with him and the shop staff, I found out that he was also unethical, lacked professional integrity and was committing fraud by quoting/charging me $200 per hour when his shop rate is $175 per hour. Unfortunately, his talent and experience is overshadowed by his unethical and greedy business practices which IMO inevitably stem from the fact that he is burnt out and lazy as a tattoo artist. (Keep in mind that $150/hour is standard across the entire country for average to very good tattoo artists.) I found out that he upcharged me because my friend called a week later to request Ron's hourly quote and she (Jessica) immediately quoted $175/hour. Keep in mind my sleeve was going to take an estimated 40 hours and he unethically decided to stuff his pockets with an extra $1000 when I was willing to invest $8000 plus a sizeable tip in a economic recession. I guess Ron missed out on being the frontman for Puddle of Mudd so he has to live that rockstar lifestyle by padding his hourly rate on clients that challenge his lazy ass to do something that doesn't look like it was scanned and copied from the last client...Steer clear of this fraud and get a tattoo that looks original from a tattoo artist that actually loves getting dressed up in the late morning to go to work everyday and tattoo beautiful, original, outlineless body art for the same price that everyone else gets quoted in the same shop! Hey Ron! Get a clue and upcharge the clients that come in wanting 45 minute tattoos that read "408 FOR LIFE" or a 'cupcake' the size of your palm, not the clients that come in willing to invest the cost of a nice used car on one body part. For what its worth, I wouldn't feel comfortable getting a tattoo from anyone in this shop when they obviously are aware of and condone Ron Earhart's unethical behavior. Its no wonder why he is missing a tooth on the right side of his upper mouth. Buyer beware.

wolf and cub

2010-10-16T02:47:00.000-07:00

blood pouring from calloused hands
breaths ease in apathy .
not for lost chains nor bane
nor wretched stench of slain foes bruised and battered. ominous dark mist rises into the light of the moon as this wolf licks his broken cloven paws.. a beast of the night curling up in calm .

ON THEIR WAY.

2010-08-17T23:16:00.001-07:00

working on some new shit... .. i hope you guys like how they come out.. they are hitting hard as fuck so i guess thats a good thing..
thanks for all you fucker who are sitting around waiting on my ass... sorry for lagging so hard.. but i really am almost done.. for those who have already paid.. they are on their way ..
for those who have not.. all orders from this point will be made thru the analog website.. but we are not taking orders yet.. so just keep yer eyes peeled for when they are ready ..
ok fuckin im off to sleep . hope you all had a gread day ..
eat shit..
matt.

SHOP HELP

2010-08-02T00:53:00.001-07:00

Analog Tattoo has come to a cross roads. Rare as it may be, we are actually in the market for a new floor manager. the basics are as such; 2 days a week, wednesday and thursday, for an 8 hour shift from noon till 8pm. Punctuality is a must, as is a responsible and intelligent nature. Furthermore, basic reception and porter duties are required.
if you think you have what it takes, or would simply like to be a part of what we do.. please email a resume, head shot, and letter to:

resume@analogtattoo.com

warmest regards.
ATAK

THE END COMPLETE

2010-07-05T00:16:00.000-07:00

.devouring grace..
the end of the simple pure life we calm..
is creeping in the shadows of purity..
yet darkness agrees..
with the end complete..
the faithful fall victim to fallacies far and between..
and with purity purged..
and legacy forged..
the faceless plead dark feared deceit..
in an endless abyss..
black minds of mist..
smash the chains binding..
and set forth on bronze rails of fate..
drowning in blood ravaged rage..
the end completes..

THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION

2010-06-22T04:17:00.000-07:00

bliss were the days.
the ones that lasted not but. .
until the crying sun broke silence.
rapture caressed.
by bloody tongues.
rotten. and hungry.
longing for the grace of the son of man.
devoured.
the foul flesh of its own. ..
and yet still.
through its motions.
fig blossoms.
somehow.
ripen. and rotten . at the same time
brutally betraying the balance.
the reality which held us whole was no more.
with violent intolerance.
the kind.
the kind which.
eats souls whole.
and is eaten alike.
labors to find sleep.
in its tireless effort to conform the chaos of passion. .
even drowning.
exhausted solace.
could never replace the northern most wind.
that which blows true to eternity.
and so. the rotten roots of the seemingly stable trees.
which ravage our every effort to be free . . .
crack.
and blast apocalypse.
deep.
and we move.
on. and also into eternity.
ever restless.
to these feeble phallic fantasies of
ferocious fuck facedness.
and fall.

A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS.

2010-06-16T01:12:00.001-07:00

a cool southern breeze.
a break in the clouds .
a familiar friend rests its head upon the weary shoulders of man.
lonely as its empty backdrop.
an eight stared eternity.
an unassuming blissful balantine.
watching sluts work their weary mana magic.
irrelevant conformation conceding a grace unknown.
an eye blind to the infinite voyeur.
and so.
on.
and forth.

TOMAS GARCIA

2010-06-14T23:43:00.001-07:00

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For those of you who know.... Little if any explanation will be needed... However, for those of you who don't.. his powerful and resinating images have graced the flesh of many serious tattoo collectors over the years.. and with undying grace he examines the dark, the light, and the grey areas of both humanity and god.. with the candor of a simple brilliant thought he can and will embrace your life with an everlasting symbol of power. a master of thought, teacher of life, and an all around good gentlemen.
he is a man that you want a tattoo from ...
so.. keep that in mind when i tell you .. he will be in san jose form the 25th of this month thru the 27th... a short window..
so please if you are interested.. ... email me at ... matt@analogtattoo.com with your contact information ... and ill be back to you shortly for scheduling..

ETHICS OF SIMPLICITY

2010-06-01T01:28:00.000-07:00

friend, steadfast and true.
follow me thru the wind. this way and that.
follow me to the soft green ground we call home.
embrace this supple breeze we call fate... and see me thru.
but please... fall with me.. and endear my favor.
fear not this calloused charm. for it is just that which offers you protection in is own reflection.
set me free... and free you shall be in your own rite.......
free me from the strained roots of gravity, that i will never see you fall to. and thus....
as you will never slip in my favor..
for it is my duty to prevent this..
i too will watch your leaves wither in the ground and make dust.
dust witch finds its way to the bosom of beauty and embellishes the flagrant dismay of humanity.
this horrible tragedy. so pure and true... its calling so quaint and soft...
will never happen. ...as i can not watch you fall. but wither.

ST.PAUL, LONDON -MIROLOGUEREMIX

2010-05-18T03:19:00.000-07:00

... once again the carnivorous demon is beginning to surge; the kingdom is swelling; and like a profound fetus, the blood brothers have each another weaved and tangled in my vitals. i must retreat . time is no longer mine to dwindle. its quandary quite remarkable. ..... should i be in time... the road is neither glory and recognition. ... nor comfort... nor pleasant gargled garbage small talk bull shit- but to transcend as much ash as i am blessed, into tears of soul storming blackness, tears of ash twist in the breeze. .

MATTHEWSHAMAH.COM

2010-04-26T23:05:00.001-07:00

just sayin. we is workin on it.. so ....

A MIROLOGUE.

2010-04-19T22:58:00.000-07:00

and in the end..the world crumbled.
it was sad tho .
watching as the ashes fell slowly through the fragile air.
and it was a stale air..
a dead air... grey and calloused as a sour shepards grin..
a siren called, razor sharp, and it cut just so ...
the air thinned and the moments slowed even more.. .
and that shepherd walked a stone plank...
looking out at her..she was whole.
she was the lonely god of betrayal .
succulent and luscious ..
and....
brimming with a fever that cried its own fire viciously out of every pore in her beautiful face....
she spoke a soft mirologue.
forget me not..
ill come to you again she cried.if you see me, call my name..
oh lord..
fall with me this time..
fall to the endless black gorges of the unforgiving ocean.
and prey that this foul passion is not yet dead..
prey that there is a home for your filth.
and prey ..that there is love in fact..
but there is none.
so..

SOME MORE ONI

2010-04-04T13:49:00.000-07:00

another in progress part of Dry Thumbz hell tattoo.
werd.
m.

ONI

2010-04-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

here is detail shot of part of a full leg hell tattoo that im workin on..
thanks Dry Thumb for sitting so well all the time. you rule..
enjoi.
m

FREE HAND JOBBERZ.

2010-04-04T13:30:00.000-07:00

Obi had Joel Long do a lil geisha on his arm when he was out here guesting a while back.. finally finished up the rest of his arm.. and i figured if i wanted it to match i better draw it on like joel did his part.. so here is a lil blurry close up of part of it.. enjoi.

SOME TAT

2010-02-20T10:45:00.000-08:00

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BlastinBlantonz

2010-02-13T08:34:00.000-08:00

Long days of werk in japan. blood werk signing at the shibuya tower wreckordz ..... Then hangin the show at the last gallery in ebisu.... Now finnally chopping it up in asakusa w some doods who know some doods about golf. Not to meantion the infamous shamisen bar ... Good times All around..... Cheers atatttt walker. I miss my girl. Hearts..
M

Location:１丁目,Taitō Ward,Japan

ORLY!

2010-01-13T07:13:00.001-08:00

how the hell do you go sight seeing in the eastern mountains of kyoto when it 28 fucking degrees out??? slacks!!!!!!!!! WTF!!! THX GODZ FER HEAT PAKZ FROM 7-11

HAM EGG PANINI AND AN AMERICANO.

2010-01-12T07:17:00.000-08:00

so far over breakfast on this trip my sketch book has met-

15 roses.

7 birds.

5 dragons.

4cobras.

4 octopus.

3 tigers

2 shi shi.

2 phoenix.

2 zombie.

2 fudo myoo.

2 geisha.

2 carp.

2 panthers.

1 kirin.

1 spider.

1 frog.

1 peoney.

plus some skulls and script....

i never knew how fun breakfast was...

GOOD THX.

2010-01-12T07:11:00.000-08:00

by the way .. id like to go ahead and thank the TTT doodz and damez for being such gracious hosts this time.. and thanks for letting me borrow all their tattoo stuff.. it really made traveling light easy this time.. normally pretty good at that .. but this time in particular i had lots of odds and ends to attend to . basically brought some underwear and a sketchbook...

... so thanks so much guys.. you fuckin still rule after all these years.. dont ever stop..

for those of you who dont know.. if you are ever in japan.. you gotta check out this shop... its really quite top notch.

threetidestattoo.com

SUNTORY HIGH BALL CITY

2010-01-12T07:10:00.001-08:00

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thats right bichez, im blastin whisky from a can .. never mind the hijinx. or the near freezing temperatures... or my chonies.... but .... really ...
what better way to start the vacation part of my vacation, than to enjoy a proper high ball.... .. not to mention that after i chugged this i proceeded to walk out side.. light a match ... and near burned off my mouth before i realized i had not yet put a cig in my mouth... anihow... ... so it goes... so it goes.....

ON THE ROAD AGAIN..

2010-01-09T04:14:00.001-08:00

so i guess its time.. once again put off packing.. didnt sleep the night before. got to the airport way too early thanks to uncle tom. and fortunately got bumped up to business class thanks to the lovely lady at the united ticket counter.. .. at any rate.. didnt sleep much on the plane.. although it seemed the crew got enough for everyone on the plane anyhow. cheers fuckers!... hello to the booze tray and welcome to japan..

and then, as we landed.. the view was spectacular.. cutting through the dawn of a storm as the calming sun stained the landscape shades of gold and grey. there was a strange moment where there was a flawless transition.. from sea to rolling mountain which looked to drip up to the rain and then seamlessly cut to an angelic serene cloudscape which was a nice final contrast to the rest of the blue sky above.. .. pretty nice.. .. but what was even nicer was knowing that id soon be on familiar soil which often feels more like home than any other that i have known.

now.. being near first off the plane is always nice.. and being first in line at the customs counter is even nicer... but the best part of getting out of the airport was the pleasant surprise of my lu who was waiting for me.. i had told everyone not to pick me up at the airport and that i would meet up with them in the city .. but as it happens.. my lady was there anihow. .. so that made the ride into the city a bit nicer..

once in osaka lu headed back to work and i headed straight over to see the three tides doods and check my appointments for the week, which to my delight were exactly how i asked them to be.. light . and fun... so yeah.. moving on... sleep deprived and blessed with the natural high of delirium, i moseyed over to jojo and grabbed some black ..... which was nice and kept me going till what was perhaps the best dinner i have had in well over a year...... lulus family took me to a small and really quite brilliant sushi restaurant that they have been patronizing for the last 25 years... its out in sakai which is a suburb of osaka and is an edo period styled sushi joint.. a very simple place.. but clean and nice as can be... its decor was complimentary to the food in more ways that one.... the place was silent.. and the chef was stoic. and the vibe was a refreshing contrast to the madness that city life in japan can be.. i wont get too much into the food... as i fear i would not do it much justice with words.. . .. ill just say it was either the best or second best sushi i have ever had.. lots of obscure fish that may as well have been alive.. served one at a time in peices that were tiny and decadent. and every few min.. the chefs apprentice would bring out hor dourves such as chawammushi and soups and other nice lil treats which nicely broke up the dinner.... all in all it was a fantastic end to a day that was otherwise riddled with discomfort and delirium..... ill try to get some flix up .. but i guess i forgot my camera chord.. so ill borrow one tomorrow and hopfully get some fresh flix fer yer iez... cheers....

m ...

NEW GEAR AVAILABLE FOR XMAS!! CHECK IT OUT!!

2009-12-13T00:57:00.000-08:00

NEW GEAR DAWGZZ BUY SOME.

2009-11-04T20:25:00.000-08:00

snake tatz

2009-10-12T22:35:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by mirologue

straight outta flint.. what a fun tattoo to do..

NEW SHIRTS

2009-10-08T01:07:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by mirologue

so yeah.. this is what the new shirts i did will look like.. intended release date will be at our 2ed anniversary party this OCT 29th. also you will be able to order them online at our website.. analogtattoo.com.
hope you like them... leave some comments.. and let me know what you think.. .. and also .. feel free to let me know what you would like to see in the future as far as shirts go... i know you all are gonna say .. hey matt.. we just want to see you without a shirt... but thats not what im talking about.... so be serious for once guys!...
enjoy..
-m.

JAUNTZ

2009-10-05T21:37:00.000-07:00

enjoi.

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GOLF WHIP

2009-10-05T20:29:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by mirologue

chris shin took this photo of me today while we were golfing at los lagos with jim.. i didnt know i could bend clubs with my back swing.. . now thats what i call retard strength... good times..

BLUDIAMONDZ

2009-09-14T02:35:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by mirologue

blood residue from my bib .
i found this image interesting...
so i thought i would share it.
m.

IN PROGRESS

2009-09-14T02:21:00.001-07:00

cesar
Originally uploaded by mirologue

cesar is one dark ass mother fucker.. but a seriously stand up dood with great taste in tattoos.. always fun to work with him... good times..
prty.
m.

SEATTLE THUNDER BIRDS N A COUPLE TATTS

2009-09-09T01:48:00.000-07:00

So yeah.. any how.. after i got back from japan . i went home. unpacked.. repacked. then took a nap.
woke up . went back to the airport and headed straight to seattle.. matt lentz and my good buddy aaron mason picked me up and the good times commenced. matt and his wife D were gracious enough to put aaron and i up.. and perhaps put up with us as well. between the booze, party tatts, nonsensical ramblings, and immature shenanigans i love to flirt with on the regular, im sure it was no easy task for them.. however.. they showed thier true hospitable nature with out a flaw. over all the weekend was quite fun.. got to do some fun tattoos and spend time with some great old friends.
jeff houston, danny dringenberg, and i got to spend lots of time together between the tattoo show, the shop, and the ever so lovely five points bar (which by the way, happens to be my new favorite place in seattle). so that was nice.. it was like an old classic tattoo reunion as we were all old friends from the very beginning of my tattooing career.. of which you can find some quick anecdotes about in the next TAM mag if you happen to pick it up and not just look at the pictures... which im sure hardly anyone ever does .. but thats not the point i suppose.. at any rate.. it was a great weekend... so here are a couple photos .. enjoi.
.m

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SHI SHI IN PROGRESS> GET SOME FUCKERS

2009-09-06T04:06:00.001-07:00

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..........

TAM #17 COVER ART

2009-09-01T05:53:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by mirologue

yeah sorry forgot to post this in the previous blog..

A TASTE OF THE NEXT TATTOO ARTIST MAGAZINE

2009-09-01T05:30:00.000-07:00

THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE ARTICLE I DID IN TATTOO ARTIST MAGAZINE.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE BY THE EVER LOVELY DANIEL ALBRIGO AN REPLIED TO BY YOURS TRULY.
MUCH MORE ALONG WITH PHOTOS IN THE NEXT TAM ISSUE TO BE RELEASED WHENEVER IT IS THAT
SOART OF THING HAPPENS....
1. Your full given name?
-Matt Shamah: Matthew Robert Zachray Shamah
2. How long have you been tattooing?
-Since I was fourteen years old…or nine, depending on how you look at it… I stabbed my dad in the leg when I was nine years old though with a knife that had paint on it. It left a mark. So if you count that I’ve been tattooing since I was nine years old.
3. Did you apprentice (by whom) or start on your own?
-I kinda did both.. I started on my own.. but then later I was an apprentice.. But then, Maybe we are all apprentices all the time. Forever. Na mean dog? Its not like we are ever going to stop learning right? We have many teachers…some more important that others .. but still, many teachers… Jeff Houston was the main tattoo teacher.. kinda like my mom dad and brother all at the same time. I owe him a lot. I hope I can repay him some day.
5. Where are you working now, or in the new future?
Well. At the moment, I am currently working at Analog Tattoo in San Jose. I work at home a lot too. Sometimes I also work at the workshop. Other times I work in places such as casinos or sports books. But in that instance I am mostly working suckers who know less than I do about any given subject worth betting money on. On occasion I work in the depths of this feeble mind bestowed on me by the heavenly father, and that is quite a treat. Not like nachos, but you know what I mean. Perhaps.

6. Do you have any other hobbies besides making tattoos?
-Heck yeah! I like to sing and dance a bit…or perhaps cut rugs if you will. I enjoy long walks on the beach at sunset or sunrise but not too many times in between. I enjoy smashing knives into peoples’ faces. I also enjoy small fields of fresh roses, and snow capped mountains on frigid yet brisk days in January. I enjoy manipulating metal into hungry blood hounds and losing myself in professional ice hockey with passion and loyalty to the Los Angeles Kings. Movies and books are a luxury which border on necessity as losing myself in the brilliant thoughts of others seems to be quite a fantastic way to enjoy down time. I also love flying kites through fields of beating blood, and casting fake spells on those who I would love to entertain. Is that enough? Or should I continue? Do you really need more?
7. Do you feel like your designs are innovative? Be honest please.
-Alright. All honesty here. I do feel like they are to some extent. However, I don’t think that they are in the sense that they are exclusively innovative, but I do think that they are in the sense that they elaborated on some things that guys like Ed Hardy and Daniel Higgs did long before me, and in a way took these things in a different direction that happened to catch fire with some parts of the tattoo community. I think that they are innovative basically only in the sense that they seemed to change the way young tattooers approached and looked at traditional American tattoos. And before you knew it, kids were calling these tattoos traditional, when in fact they were not really that at all. They were or are a modified version of traditional. Does that make sense at all? Let me know cuz I’m not sure if I articulated that properly. Perhaps I should ask Adrian for some big word reference.
8. What is your favorite tattoo on yourself?
-Probably the one Colin did right before he puked on his own stomach.
9. Did you know you’re a sexy beast from day one or after you learned to grow facial hair?
-You know Daniel, when I was 5 years old, I urinated on the back of my baby sitters head and shoulders while she was playing dungeons and dragons in my back yard. As she turned around, we shared a special moment, fleeting as it was. Perhaps it was the sparkle in her eye that gave it away but nevertheless, It was then, in that instant that I knew. It was then, long before either my genitals or heart breaker was garnished with soft and yet stern grizzly bitch ticklers. Long before the hair, I knew. Oh I knew…
10. What do your parents do?
-They are Bob and Dottie, and they are both teachers. They were teachers of English, literature, poetry, history, philosophy, humanities, and perhaps most importantly, teachers of the family of man.
11. Was it an issue when you first started getting tattoos or were they cool about it?
It was a bit of an issue. My father was bleeding profusely from his calf and my mother was quite simply in shock. I was laughing and trotting in circles and he swung his axe at my head viciously. In hindsight, I do believe that we are all glad that I was the one with the shotgun wizard stick that day. The mystical white rhino was not on my father’s side. I rode him to oblivion and back before being towed to Venus via gold stranded rope leash of my intergalactic narwhale Leason. Upon return everyone realized I was happy and supporting myself in a relatively drug free life style. Then they were happy, and we all broke bread.
12. Evening alone.... hockey or masterbating?
-Both, However, not simultaneously. …. Most of the time.
13. Who do you rip off? (everyone does!)
-I would have to give mad props to Jef Whitehead, Daniel Higgs, Ed Hardy, Horiyoshi lll, and life.
14. Are you really a nerd? or a macho hunk?
I like to think of my self as an amazing contradiction of a poet, a highlander, and a mythical creature imaginer… slash bull-rider.
15. How much did you really enjoy tattooing inside my butt cheeks? (even though you decided it was unnecessary on the last sitting)
-More that you will ever know Daniel.. few things make me happier in life than hurting the ones I love. I watch you sleep sometimes. Its nice, And I should probably keep this to myself. However, I prefer the way your hair tastes when you haven’t taken a shower before bed.

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IN PROGRESS DRAGON BACK

2009-08-29T00:14:00.001-07:00

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A FEW FROM JAPAN

2009-08-24T04:58:00.000-07:00

so yeah . sorry for the late update.. it was a great trip . osaka. toyohashi. yokohama. tokyo. nagoya. sakai. and countless desert battles later.. i managed to find my way home. the trip was just what the dr. ordered, and the timing could not have been better. tho i cant say the same for the weather.. . great folks. great family. and great food.. tattooing was good and it was great to spend some time and chill with all those that i dont get to see often enough... highlights were chillin with horikoi and horiyasu. red and shinsan.. and hell we even made it to shige's place and back to chill out with horigyn and the doods from daze.. .. and thats not even mentioning my time in kansai or the engagement which i talked about in an earlier blog.. all and all . it was a long and hot month.. that was filled with fantastic times... . truly livin the fuckn dream.. thanks to everyone who made the trip so wonderful.. hope to see you all again soon ..... ill put up more flix too later.. but for now im fukn beat.. ima go get my hoff off..
party hard kids..
-M

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FINALLY SOME TATTOOS

2009-08-24T02:17:00.000-07:00

pls enjoi.

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-M

shamisen

2009-08-16T02:59:00.001-07:00

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So Mutsuo was gracious enough to let Ichibe and I try our some hand poke stuff on some of the background on Nikos back... good times were had by all , except for maybe Niko. hahahaha. . and i was lucky enough that Yuka walked in just in time to take a quick I Phone video... so i hope you guys get a kick outta this shit..... werd up ..

I KNOW TOPLESS IS BETTER BUT WE MADE NEW SHIRTS ANIHOW

2009-05-26T22:02:00.000-07:00

Festival Summer Motherfuckers!

2009-05-22T01:58:00.000-07:00

And so it is. Flash forward from finicky spring and let us all fade quietly into the sweltering bowels of summer. Im beginning to realizing ive been in one place far longer than any natural order ever intended. geographically and emotionally stagnant im hearing the call of the world.

It is once again time to pick up my slowly growing apathy and set forth in search of the wondrous secrets and adventure which life holds so dear.. Its time to go home. To the place i was force fed mule hair silence from the underbelly of the dark prince perspective. Reacquaint myself with myself, get a bit of peace and quiet, and slowly remind myself how big the world really is. Long summer nights await. Filled with peach trees, wine, paper memories and jovial mischief. I welcome the festivals of summer in all of their obscure and tantalizing glory.

Hisashiburi my fair maiden land..Whats that? groundhogs you say? Nonsence!!. . My lust for the outside world grows thirsty as ever. Seeds, dirt, and water alike. Pack your bags babe. Its time to get truckn. Here are a few of next years ambitions. Comical as they may be..

and ill get back to you on this years. See you soon friends.

Its nice to be coming home finally. Its been far too long.

no homo. lol .

tester number 2 like poo

2009-02-03T12:42:00.000-08:00

yeah . ok so .. let me introduce myself.. im an 8 armed man .

who cuts it up for a living.. my name is matt. and i have a belly button.. what?