Ink Master Season 2 Sneak Peak
Courtesy of Spike TV: Spike has more skin in the game going into season two of its highest-rated original series Ink Master, which returns Tuesday, October 9 at 10 PM, ET/PT, with back-to-back one-hour episodes. This season the ante is raised, now with 16 top tattoo artists from around the country battling it out in permanent ink for a $100,000 grand prize, an editorial feature in the preeminent tattoo magazine Inked and the bragging rights title of ‘Ink Master.’ Following the Ink Master double episode premiere, new episodes will telecast Tuesdays at 10 PM, ET/PT and culminate with a LIVE season finale in December… Watch the trailer for Season 2 here: http://www.spike.com/video-clips/9scve2/ink-master-season-2-trailer (more…)
Louis Molloy: From Tattoo Artist to Celebrity
By Rachael Harrington
Louis Molloy started off in tattooing in the backstreets of Manchester, England in the 1970s. Back then, tattooing had just begun to grow beyond its ‘sailors and whores’ image in the West, being firmly adopted by the counter-culture. Then, around the time Louis made his first tentative steps into the world of tattooing, real artists began to embrace the form. The young Louis had a talent for art, but he also had a fascination for the underground world of tattooing. Teenage Louis was an outsider, but tattooing gave him a place to belong, and someone to be. According to an interview he gave, Louis’ first inspiration was the iconic record sleeves of the time. Already caught up in the tattoo scene, record-sleeve art gave him the inspiration he needed to start his journey towards being a tattoo artist, rather than a just hanging out in the scene… (more…)
Social Distortion Performing on Guitar Center Show, Sessions Aug. 6th, 2011 at 10:00 P.M. on DIRECTV
Courtesy of Social Distortion: Social Distortion will be appearing on the award-winning music series Guitar Center Sessions this coming Saturday, August 6th at 10:00pm ET/PT on DIRECTV’S Audience Network (channel 239). Tune-in and catch the guys perform some of their classics as well as songs from their latest release Hard Times And Nursery Rhymes. You won’t want to miss Mike Ness in a very candid one on one interview with host Nic Harcourt; discussing three decades of Social Distortion. If you’re not familiar with the series, Guitar Center Sessions features exclusive performances and intimate conversations conducted by musical tastemaker Nic Harcourt. Click HERE to see an exclusive clip of Social D’s performance of “California (Hustle and Flow)” from their forthcoming episode…
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