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The final episode from Nick's recent trip to Asheville, NC where he sits down with Christian Elias from Serpent and the Rainbow Tattoo. This is just a great episode about getting into tattooing and meeting legends all the way around. From growing up on an island to tattooing in NY and all kinds of other places, you don't want to miss these stories. You're also gonna wanna go check out Shop Talk over on the NLJBS youtube page. Hang out with Nick, Andrew and Porter while they discuss only great tattoos. It's the best.

On the latest road trip, after hittin' Knoxville, Nick heads on over to Asheville, NC to hang out at Serpent & the Rainbow Tattoo. While there, Nick once again has the opportunity to converse with Dean Denney about tattooing and art and life. It's an excellent conversation you don't want to miss. So enjoy this and then head on over to youtube and check out Shop Talk where Nick, Andrew Conner and Chris Porter show you some of their favorite tattoos and what's so great about them and the artists who executed them.

A quick road trip last week dropped Nick in Knoxville to hang out with Doc Cooper at his shop Saint Tattoo. An over thirty year tattooer, Doc tells some great tales of how things were back in the nineties on up to today. It's a great time and an awesome hang with some other folks in the shop. So check it out, then go check out Shop Talk on youtube. You're not gonna want to miss an episode.

Coming down from his private studio, Work Room, in Brooklyn, Chris Wielk returns to the show to talk to Nick about more tales from Japan and other shop stories recalled from his travels. Chris has been doing guest spots at Alley Cat Tattoo, so come on down and see him and set something up. Definitely come by the Shenandoah Rose Tattoo Fest this summer and say hello. And always get on youtube and check out Shop Talk with Nick, Andrew Conner and Chris Porter. You're gonna love it.

Four hundred episodes of your favorite tattoo podcast. That's the milestone we've reached here, folks. Nick sits down again with the legend, Gordon McCloud, sometimes known as Wrath. It's a killer episode in itself, so definitely don't sleep on these stories from Gordon and Nick. But stop what you're doing right now and listen to the first twenty minutes and hear from a bunch of old guests and friends congratulating Nick on four hundred episodes. You're gonna love it. Then go watch some Shop Talks, y'all.

We haven't done any traveling in a minute or had any guest artists for a while, so here's one more clip show as we head into the 400th episode of the show. Nick talks about how everything has gone so far and what's to be expected in the future, leading up to a special guest in two weeks for the four hundredth episode. Plus hear a few things from Jimmy P, Jill Bonney, Yoni Silber, Frank Ramano, RIchie Montgomery and Corey Miller. There's some Shenandoah Rose discussions as well. Enjoy the info and when you're done go check out Shop Talk on youtube. You're gonna love it.

It's been a while since Tucker Wyatt hung out with Nick on the show here, and he's since parted ways with the Mother Tuckers and has a new band. He didn't bring them this time, or his guitar, but he brought some great stories from the road and a lot of bullshit for the show. So check it out and then check out some of his music and catch him live on tour with Congress the Band. And keep on watching Shop Talk on youtube. It's the best.

With all the VA Beach trip episodes done, we're going back to the beginning and beyond with these clips collected from all the podcasts with everyone's favorite tattooer: Timothy Hoyer. If you enjoy these, go back and check out the full episodes. You'll hear Nick talking with Timothy, but also Andrew Conner on almost all of them and even an appearance by Brian Bruno. We think you're going to love hearing some of these tales once again. When you're done, go check out Shop Talk. It's on youtube now so you can see the tats. Hell yeah.

After talkin' to the guys at Saltwater Tattoo, artist Sam Clayman and sayin' what's up to George Archer; Nick finally gets to chill with Anthony 'Ant' Anderson as the last stop on his VA Beach trip. Ant tattoos at Red Five at VA Beach and has been doing his thing in the industry for over thirty years on both coasts. You'll hear all about it and about some wild tattoos in this one. So check it out then go over to youtube and check out Shop Talk. Tell ya' mama.

Nick and Avery hit the road for a few episodes, beginning at Saltwater Tattoo which already released. Now we've got the incredible Sam Clayman. Sam's got an incredible collection of tattoos and produces some amazing art himself. Nick and Sam talk about that art and a lot things related to it, and also share some Va Beach connections that are super interesting. It's a great episode. Remember to hit up youtube for that Shop Talk fix, too.