Subject: Tattooing and Body Modification

• NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 2007: THE ARTFUSION EXPERIMENT

  The best place to drink heavily at Fashion Island is...Red Robin. Unexpected, right? But a Jack-and-Diet there will run you $4.79 plus tax, and it comes in a full-size glass. Don't ask why the price is so strangely to-the-penny; just enjoy the fact that it's a cocktail cheaper than many beers. Other cocktails are similarly good value; a rather picky diner specified the ingredients he wanted in a Zombie, and ended up paying just $6, slices of fruit and all. But then he left half of it behind. I'

  April 24, 2007

• Last Night: Ink-N-Iron Festival at the Queen Mary

  Last Night: Ink-N-Iron Festival at the Queen Mary June 1st, 2008 Better Than: Getting a tattoo from a shady parlor. Download: The First Vietnamese War from their first album Passover. I thought I was in a hornet's nest when I heard the consistent buzz of tattoo needles as I walked into the Queen Mary. The Queen Mary had been transformed into a giant tattoo parlor with multiple floors of artists with bottles of ink at their disposal. The Ink-N-Iron festival was already in full swing. After c

  June 7, 2008

• Crudo Out; "Coastal Mexican" In at Blanca in Newport Beach

  A few months ago, Orange County had its first crudo bar in Blanca; and now, not so much. There was already signs of trouble back in July when repo men were sent to rip out equipment from its kitchens as Newport Beach police stood guard. Blanca's suppliers said the restaurant wasn't paying their bills. Then there was word that the chef left because they were allegedly not paying him either. Now the restaurant is under new management, and most importantly, has changed over to serving "Coastal M

  October 9, 2008

• Tattooed, Screwed and Stewed

  May 27, 2004

• MUSINK Tattoo & Music Festival: Totally Canceled!

  Curse you, recession! The MUSINK Tattoo & Music Festival, which was birthed from a three-day event this past February at the OC fairgrounds, has been completely scrapped; official word is that it's, unsurprisingly, "due to the current economic climate."The tour was planned for 25 cities, including Anaheim on March 14, and was to be headlined by Social Distortion and Motorhead. Also on the now-nonexistent bill: a bunch of tattoo artists including festival co-promoter/tattoo artist Kat Von D,

  December 8, 2008

• MUSINK Convention Returns to Costa Mesa

  Though the scheduled MUSINK tour became another casualty of the flagging economy, the three-day music and tattoo convention is still happening--February 20-22, again at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center in Costa Mesa. But they're quick to point out that celebutant Kat Von D, of "LA Ink" fame (?), is not participating in this event; she was to be a co-promoter of the tour.Bands so far include, on Friday: Reverend Horton Heat, Nekromantix, Manic Hispanic; Saturday: Atreyu, Story of t

  December 29, 2008

• Full MUSINK Line-Up Announced with Story of the Year, Danzig, More

  The MUSINK Tattoo Convention and Music Festival at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center in Costa Mesa is a little more than a month away (Feb. 20-22), and now we know the full slate of bands scheduled to perform--including these dudes, Story of the Year. (Y'know, "Until the Day I Die." You remember that song, right? RIGHT?!)

  January 14, 2009

• To Do This Weekend 2/20-2/22

  The Great Skate, Friday-Sunday 11 a.m. through March 15Irvine's Great Park (you know, home to that dollar-sucking Great Balloon) brings the simple, youthful joy of ice skating to the park in an attempt to well, just do something fun and care-free for the community in these bleak times.Great Park, Sand Canyon Avenue and Marine Way, Irvine, CA; 866-829-3829MUSINK: The 2nd Annual Tattoo Convention and Music Festival, Friday-Sunday, 12 p.m.Featuring headlining acts like Reverend Horton Heat (Friday

  February 20, 2009

• [Trendzilla] Laughing Hardy-Har-Har All the Way to the Bank

  March 19, 2009

• Slideshow: MUSINK Tattoo Convention and Music Festival

  Tattoos and music are pretty inextricably linked, for better or worse--your Travis Barkers, your Tommy Lees--so it makes sense that bands like Story of the Year (pictured), Atreyu, Throwdown and more would descend upon the Orange County Fairgrounds for the MUSINK Tattoo Convention and Music Festival. Andrew Youssef was there, and has images of tons of the acts here. Just don't look for Danzig, who didn't allow photographers. That guy.

  February 23, 2009

• A Stray Bullet Set Anaheim's Jose Lopez On a Path Toward Becoming a Sought-After Tattoo Artist

  March 12, 2009

• Artfully Done

  February 19, 2009

• Despite a Few Menu Kinks, the Tattoo-Inspired Sushi Joint Irezumi Earns Some Very Good Ink

  June 5, 2008

• The Big Ink

  January 10, 2008

• Z

  October 24, 2002

• Trendzilla

  The bro

  September 21, 2006

• This Week in Rolling on Shabbos

  Lebowski Fest

  March 2, 2006

• Trendzilla

  January 19, 2006

• An Arresting Style

  June 23, 2005

• The Only Canvas That Bleeds

  June 2, 2005

• Forward, Into the Past

  November 4, 2004

• Licensed to Ink

  March 4, 2004

• Grimm End

  January 1, 2004

• Sunset Beach

  September 27, 2001

• Industry Night

  October 9, 2008