This is the third and final episode from the tenth and final Pagoda City Tattoo Festival and it is a great one. Nick finally got the chance to sit down and talk with Dean Flashman. Dean has been tattooing for a very long time, so we get to hear some great stories about getting into the game under Marcus Kuhn and working on the Gypsy Gentleman, all the way up to working with Bill Canales where he is currently tattooing in San Diego, CA at Full Circle Tattoo. Don't miss this entry documenting tattoo history and don't miss another episode of Shop Talk on youtube. Go check out NLJBS over there and get plenty more stories from Nick. Subscribe and all that. 

Having been a guest on an earlier episode already, Sam Yamini sits down for his own conversation with Nick while attending the final Pagoda City Tattoo Festival. This is the second episode recorded at that show and it is a great one. Lots of excellent stories from the past and talk of Japanese tattooing. Sam came all the way from Dedication Tattoo in Denver, CO. Check this one out and check out Shop Talk on youtube. Lot's going on. Enjoy.

This is the first of three episodes Nick recorded at the 10th and final Pagoda. It's a return of J Smalley from the Golden Cobra Tattoo Club in Surf City, NC and Jimmy P from Full Hearts Tattoo in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Almost immediately they are all joined by veteran of the show Angelo Miller from Inksmith & Rogers in Jacksonville, FL.  It's a great time and a great many words of wisdom and tattoo knowledge are recorded for the history of this thing we all love. Tattoo. In the second hour, they're all joined by Glenn Wilson of Glenn's Tattoo Service in Wilmington, NC. It was a great conversation and a great start to Pagoda for a fun weekend. 

Great friend of Alley Cat Tattoo & NLJBS, Mr. Dave Capella, comes back up to Harrisonburg to do some tattoos and hang with Nick for a talk. Porter joins in for the first half of this excellent conversation. You see, Capella already recorded an episode a while back, but it mistakenly got deleted and never came out. So here he is again, talking with Nick and having a great time. You will too. So give it a listen and go give a follow to NLJBS on YouTube and check out all the Shop Talks. Just as good as the old ones and you can see the tattoos that are being discussed!

There's lots going on around Alley Cat Tattoo and NLJBS, but Nick found time to take a trip down to a rainy Richmond, VA to talk with Mr. Adam Marton from Civilization Tattoo down there about so much fun history, good times, good friends and great stories that you don't want to miss. His partner in crime, Adam McKowen is with him, and though he doesn't say much, he contributes some great thoughts throughout. So check out Alliance Tattoo Supply, check out the NLJBS YouTube channel, watch Shop Talk and get your ass to the 10th and final Pagoda City Tattoo Festival. We'll see you there!

While in Harrisonburg, Kohen Meyers stopped by Alley Cat Tattoo to do a guest spot and the hang out with Nick and Jake Hockman for some killer tattoo talk. He's from just down the way in Durham, NC where he owns Welcome Tattoo. It's a great episode talking about everything you love hearing about on No Lies Just Bullshit. So check it out and enjoy, then go on over to youtube and check out Shop Talk. There's more of 'em every week, so get on it.

This week Nick takes some time to introduce you to an ongoing project and talk about some of the current events in the world of Alley Cat Tattoo and No Lies Just Bullshit. Enjoy this update episode and don't forget to check out Shop Talk on YouTube and everything we've got going on these days.

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It has been since the first hundred episodes of the show, but now finally Annette LaRue has returned for some of that conversation we all love. She talks with Nick about all kinds of things from back in the day, plus many opinions on how things are now. Both good and bad. Her and Steve Tiberi came up to Alley Cat from Electromagnetic Tattoo down in Chesapeke, VA and stayed a few days and everyone had a great time. So enjoy this episode and don't forget to check out NLJBS on YouTube. Shop Talk is back!

Holley Setzer was visiting Alley Cat Tattoo to do a guest spot at the shop and fit in a conversation with Nick while she was there. Holley came up to the Friendly City from Henrico, VA down near Richmond. She's been tattooing a long while and you'll hear about it, but you'll also hear a lot about the great outdoors. And goats. Especially goats. So check it out, enjoy the talk, then check out Shop Talk over on YouTube as Nick gets famous and y'all get entertained.

Comin' down the road from Paradise Tattoo up in D.C. Nate Smith joins Nick in the friendly city, home of the NLJBS studio in Alley Cat Tattoo. Don't miss another great tale of some excellent tattooers, shops and stories. It's a great hang and a good time. And don't forget to check out Shop Talk over on youtube. It's the same great discussions you can find on older episodes, only now it feels like you're hangin' out with Nick, Porter & Andrew and you can see the tattoos while they're being discussed.