Sideshow Body Art...Austin, TX

Well, after a few more months in crazy Manhattan, New York...I decided to move again, this time down to Austin, Texas...where i'm now working for a new shop that my amazing friends from formerly Voodoo Tattoo in Iowa have opened here in Austin called Sideshow Body Art. We're right down on 6th street, which rocks and reminds me of how the East Village used to be...now that CBGB's closed, and the Continental is gone, and the city has become so gentrified that I have decided...New York is dead, L.A. is dead, Seattle is dead, so the next haven for musicians and artists is now Austin. The city motto is "Keep Austin Wierd" how perfect...so, I will post my Austin adventures here, or perhaps even create a whole new Austin blog to keep my exploits on...so stay tuned, as there will be much to see and read on here as I begin a new experience down here in my home state of Texas!...peace...elvis

Philadelphia Eddie's and journey's end

Well it was a long amazing trip, and what better way to end it at
Philadelphia Eddie's Tattoos on south street! Also, Don Juan (who was
working in north carolina at my first stop) had moved back to philly,
and I worked with him again....he was at the beginning and the end...the
alpha and omega if you will of my tour...heh. I do so love philly, and
philly cheesesteaks (with whiz! Of course) and was feeling much better
by this time. Working at Eddie's was way rad, and they have kept such an
old school vibe there...kudos to the crew who were awesome!

Troy Timpel, Furry Couch, Don Juan, Byrd, T....

Many thanks to those guys for having me!

Now I'm back in New York City, at New York Hardcore Tattoos my
home....I'm trying to stay here for awhile, depending on when and if I get a place...

All in all it was an amazing journey across our great country of America! I hope to see some of the awesome people I met again sometime in the future...thanks for everything everyone, and all those who upheld
the old school codes of taking care of all us travelling artists.

...
--elvis

Skin Art Tat2 Sioux City

I rolled up into Sioux City, to the shop like a thief in the
night...with the greatest of intentions to do tons of work...the amazing
guys there Ben, Harold, Chad, Big Ben, and apprentice Tony treated me
like gold...

Then disaster struck, I came down with a mad sickness that felt as
though the grim reaper had his scythe stuck halfway in my back and he
didn't let go for four days....during which I had a crazy fever of 104,
chills, and couldn't move....but I did manage to escape the reaper this
time. And through it all the guys at skin art were awesome and made sure
that deaths evil claws did not close upon me.

...shout out to those guys and if you're ever in the area be sure to get
some ink by the fine upstanding lads at:

Skin Art Tat2
2300 Dakota Ave.
So Sioux City, NE 68776
402 494 2919

....next spot come see me at:

Philadelphia Eddie's Tattoo
621 S 4th st.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215 922 7384

...limited time only!...then it's back to New York!
--elvis