Subject: Tattooing and Body Modification

• A Portrait of the Tattoo Artist as a Wild Man

  November 5, 1998

• The Straight Dope

  January 21, 1999

• Best Head Shop

  May 17, 2001

• Miami According to Brooklyn: Tattoo Conventions are for Jackasses

  To read past installments of Miami According to Brooklyn, click here. With the tattoo convention coming up this weekend in Miami, I want to talk about how these conventions are full of jackasses. I used to work for Eulogy Recordings, one of sponsors of it, and Madball is playing on Saturday - that's the only reason I'd go. And there are those people there who are really interested in the tattoo convention and going to see an amazing artist and getting actual work done. But then there are those j

  January 7, 2009

• Video: DJ Laz Talkin' Shit at the Miami Tattoo Expo 2009

  Check out this official exclusive video footage of DJ Laz backstage of the Miami Tattoo Expo 2009 before he hits the stage to perform, hangin' out with Reality Kings Media (Miami reality porn originators), talking about doing commercials for lawyers, and makin' "Jewish money."

  January 13, 2009

• Best Tattoo

  May 15, 2003

• Genitorturers

  November 25, 2004

• Sen. Sobel Caught in Tattoo Snafu

  flsenate.govSobelA state bill that aims to make the tattoo industry safer is certain to have the opposite effect, according to the local tattoo artists organizing quickly to oppose it. Senate Bill 1130, sponsored by Florida Sen. Eleanor Sobel, the Hallandale Beach Democrat, would make it tougher for tattoo artists to get a state license. So tough that they may take their craft underground or else close up shop."If this bill passes, within six months one-third of the tattoo studios in Florida wil

  February 27, 2009

• Florida Tattoo Guild: Guardian Angels or Ulterior Motives?

  Revelations of a state bill and a mysterious "guild" have spooked Florida tattooistsFor a bill that aimed to overhaul Florida's regulation of the tattoo industry, it sure was quiet. Stealthy, almost. Senate Bill 1130, sponsored by Hallandale Beach Sen. Eleanor Sobel, was introduced February 2. It cruised through committee, then headed to the Florida House, where it flew through committees again. It was still a long way to becoming law, but who would object to safety in tattooing? Especially sin

  March 6, 2009

• It's the Battle of Tattooing!

  (Sadly, only the biggest of my fellow Star Wars dorks will catch the pun in that headline. Anyway...)On one side of this intergalactic conflict, the Florida Professional  Tattoo Artists Guild. The nonprofit corporation has been active in legislative issues that affect the state's tattoo industry since the early 1990s. More recently, it drafted a bill that's being sponsored by Hallandale Beach Sen. Eleanor Sobel. It would provide a framework for the licensure of tattooists. But the guild con

  March 16, 2009

• Senator's Office to Tattooists: Don't Panic!

  First, the problem was that Florida tattooists didn't have a good way to communicate with each other. That's how hundreds of them were caught by surprise when they learned that Hallandale Beach Sen. Eleanor Sobel had introduced a bill that would overhaul regulation of the state's tattoo industry. Now, it seems, the problem is that they communicate too well.As of this morning, opponents of that Sobel bill were joined by the original proponents of the bill -- because both sides believed that the s

  March 24, 2009

• At Last, Peace Reigns in Tattooland

  The bill that would have overhauled tattoo regulation in Florida is dead. The two factions of state tattooists, who had earlier this month waged an epic, expletive-laden battle in the comments thread of this Juice post, are now on the same team, or soon to be. And together, they will work toward a bill that all tattooists can agree will improve their industry. Bill Hannong, president of the Florida Professional Tattoo Artists Guild, had been the most frequent target of tirades because his guild

  March 27, 2009

• Legislative Champion for Tattooists Perplexed by Desire for Tattoos

  Florida Rep. Mary Brandenburg, the Democrat from Lake Worth, is what passes for a champion of tattooists. You see, in a Republican-dominated legislature, tattoos are like Satan's graffiti on God's aluminum siding. But, oh well. Tattooists have learned to be pragmatic in their political forays, and they are glad at least that Brandenburg's trying to forge a path toward Florida licensure that will not totally screw up the state's tattoo culture. Or at least that's how it looks so far. (Based on re

  April 2, 2009

• Letters From the Issue of March 12, 2009

  March 12, 2009

• Inked and Loud

  This tat expo features sounds besides buzzing needles

  January 8, 2009

• With Brisco

  January 1, 2009

• Wise Blood

  Drawing on the right side of the hip

  August 23, 2007

• Love Ain’t Forever, But a Tattoo Sure Is

  August 9, 2007

• Drop the Needle

  In music and tattooing, Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy gets to the point.

  November 9, 2006

• Dangerous Designs

  That temporary tattoo could be with you for a long, long time

  March 23, 2006

• Pierce and Play

  Joe Amato sets a record -- and sets the past right

  January 6, 2005

• Beat Street

  September 23, 2004

• Just Ink It

  Show off your tats, or get one, at the South Florida Tattoo Expo

  August 12, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  August 14, 2003

• Tattooing Suburbia

  The South Florida Tattoo Expo leaves its mark

  August 8, 2002

• Medicine for the Soul

  August 6, 2009

• In a Tattoo Society

  August 13, 2009

• Art Beat: Inked Edition

  October 1, 2009

• A Senator Walks Into a Tattoo Parlor...

  flsenate.govSobel​The best visits to tattoo studios are usually spontaneous, but Hollywood Sen. Eleanor Sobel is not your typical patron. She has scheduled an appointment at 10 a.m. Monday at Stevie Moon Tattoo NE 26th Street in Fort Lauderdale. There she'll meet her foe-turned-friend, Stevie Moon, who earlier this year led the revolt against the bill Sobel sponsored in this past legislative session, which he says would have over-regulated Florida's tattoo industry.

  October 21, 2009

• Furious Dudes

  November 12, 2009