Tattoo Budcast

🔥 THINGS ARE GETTING SPICYYYY AT THE TATTOO BUDCAST! 🔥

This week the Buds are sitting down with the king of Kawaii Traditional, or as he likes to call it, Gay Traditional, the one and only Roberto Euan, aka Gold Lagrimas! 🌈

And things get spicy. Flaming, even. 💅🔥

The Buds jump straight into one of tattooing's hottest debates: SHOULD APPRENTICES GET PAID?!And that's just the beginning.

Roberto shares a ghost story from his old haunted tattoo studio, and the Buds swap some of the most shocking tattoo shop stories they've collected throughout their careers. Because after enough years in this industry, everyone's got a few stories that sound completely made up.

They also get into memorial tattoos made with a loved one's ashes, tattoo schools (spoiler alert: they're not fans), and James gives his hot take on clients bringing in AI-generated tattoo references. Is AI making the creative process easier, or just making tattooers' lives harder?

And of course, they tackle one of the biggest challenges in tattooing: managing client expectations. Because sometimes what a client wants and what's actually possible are two VERY different things.

From haunted shops to hot takes, questionable industry practices, and a whole lot of Gay Traditional goodness, this episode has a little something for everybody.

So grab your fan, clutch your pearls, and get ready to get spicy with Roberto Euan! 🔥

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This week on Tattoo Budcast, returning bud Marco Gomez, owner of War Horse Vintage Tattoo, brings a bud of his own! 🎙️ Meet Zach Sales, military veteran, skateboarder, and founder of Official Military Skate!

We kick things off with the beautiful love story of how Zach and Marco met playing Call of Duty. A tattoo artist and a veteran, brought together by video games. It was love at first sight! Their words, not ours. ❤️🎮

Then Zach tells us how his dream of skating the legendary Berrics skatepark turned into something MUCH bigger! Using his veteran status and some questionable (but genius) tactics, he made it happen. Some might call it unorthodox. Others might call it selfish. We call it RESOURCEFUL! 🤣

What started as one man’s selfish little dream accidentally became Official Military Skate, a community connecting veteran skateboarders that grew worldwide and inspired military skaters in other countries to start their own!

We also dive into the surprising parallels and shared history of military life and skateboarding.

We laughed, we busted balls, and even learned a thing or two!

Grab your board, lace up your boots, and hang with the buds!

OORAH! (NOT HOORAH)🛹🇺🇸🎙️

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Marco Gomez

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🎃 IT'S HALLOWEEN WEEK AT THE TATTOO BUDCAST! 👻

And this year, the Buds are putting their artistic abilities (and friendship) to the ultimate test. Sanae and Jimmy Jam are painting each other's faces WITHOUT getting to see what the other is creating! Will they end up with spooky masterpieces or two faces that look like they lost a fight with a box of crayons? Only the final reveal will tell.

While the Buds blindly transform each other into questionable works of art, they dive into some truly disturbing topics, including the infamous Pennsylvania House of Horrors, a supposed necro cat house (yes, you read that correctly), and for absolutely no logical reason, famous short kings. Because apparently height is the real horror here.

They also get into a different kind of nightmare hitting the tattoo industry: tattooers jumping ship on their careers! Is the industry getting that scary, or are people just ready to hang up their machines for good?

And just when things couldn't get any weirder, Sanae shares a REAL scary story from Halloweens past that might actually send a chill down your spine.

So grab your candy, turn off the lights, and prepare for some frighteningly bad makeup decisions.

🎃 Happy Halloween from your favorite Tattoo Buds!

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The Halloween episodes just keep getting scarier! 🎃👻 For our THIRD Halloween episode of the month, the buds are joined by Justin Tauch, tattoo artist and owner of Breakwater Tattoo in Long Beach!

We kick things off with everyone's favorite guilty pleasure: TRASH FOOD! From chicken nuggets to Taco Bell, we share our go-to meals after a long day. Then we dive into the dos and don'ts of tipping after hearing about a restaurant owner who BANNED a family for not tipping! We compare restaurant tipping to tattoo tipping before discussing the aches, pains, and bodily malfunctions we've collected after nearly TWO DECADES of tattooing. Apparently, our bodies are ready for retirement!

But things take a TERRIFYING turn when Justin shares two of the scariest ghost stories we've EVER heard! From being followed home by an aggressively angry ghost to a paranormal investigation team capturing the voice of a mysterious little girl known as "La Niña" speaking to him inside a historic Chicago building that survived the Great Chicago Fire!

And just when we thought it couldn't get any creepier, Justin shows us ACTUAL VIDEO FOOTAGE of what appears to be a ghost inside his neighbor's house! Needless to say, we ALL freaked out!

Grab some trash food, leave the lights on, and hang with the buds for an episode that'll have you sleeping with one eye open! 🎙️👻

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JUSTIN TAUCH

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FUNNY, TATTOOED ARMENIAN GIRL: Stand Up Comedian Mary Basmadjian aka Vartoush Tota | ep. 98 |

🎃 SPOOKY SEASON IS IN FULL SWING AT THE TATTOO BUDCAST! 👻

And what better way to celebrate than with the return of the man, the myth, the paranormal enthusiast himself, Johnny Vampotna, aka THE GHOST GUY!

As always, things get a little weird when Johnny’s in session. The Buds dive into aliens, shapeshifters, the Backrooms, and James’s new favorite horror movie. Because apparently regular old ghosts just aren’t terrifying enough anymore.

But nothing, and we mean NOTHING, strikes fear into the heart of a tattooer quite like ordering a mountain of merch that nobody buys. 😱 Forget things that go bump in the night. The real horror is a closet full of unsold T-shirts.

Luckily, Johnny’s got some pro tips to help tattooers avoid that particular nightmare.

So grab your garlic, check under your bed, and make sure your merch order is refundable, because things are getting spooky with Johnny Vampotna!

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It’s that time of year again… the Buds are back for another Halloween special, and the Dreamland Art Co. crew is joining us again. Because being scared is more fun when you can watch your friends embarrass themselves too.

We cover all things Halloween, from costumes that have absolutely no business being sexy to Ouija boards. Some things should stay in the spirit world. Others should stay out of the lingerie aisle.

Then the crew shares some of their own bone-chilling stories before phoning a friend for what might be the scariest one they’ve ever heard. Usually, “you had to be there” ruins a story. This one makes us grateful we weren’t.

Turn the lights down, get comfortable, and remember: if you hear something halfway through the episode, that’s between you and whatever’s in your house.

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WELCOME TO THE 100TH EPISODE OF THE TATTOO BUDCAST! 🎉

The Buds are celebrating 100 episodes the only way they know how… by kicking things off with something that genuinely has everyone questioning their sanity. Honestly, making it to 100 episodes might be the craziest part.

And you can’t celebrate 100 episodes with just anybody, so the Buds brought in not one, but TWO very special guests: Buddy Love and Dre, everyone’s favorite silly tattooers!

The Buds get into how Buddy and Dre’s friendship started, how that friendship grew into Fast Times Tattoo, their popular San Diego tattoo shop, and how they figured out how to turn their friendship, shop life, and general nonsense into tattoo content people actually want to watch.

Who better to talk about tattoo content creation than two guys who have mastered the art of being incredible tattooers while simultaneously refusing to take themselves too seriously?

There are laughs, memories, questionable decisions, and maybe even a couple happy tears. After 100 episodes, the Buds are feeling sentimental… but don’t worry, not sentimental enough to behave.

So grab your Best Bud, raise a rinse cup, and come celebrate 100 EPISODES of the Tattoo Budcastwith Buddy Love and Dre. 🥂🎙️

Here’s to 100 down and a whole lot more bad decisions to go.

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DRE:

IG: http://www.instagram.com/dretattoo 

SHOP: FAST TIME TATTOO

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This week on Tattoo Budcast, we sit down with Bear, host of the Beer With Bear Podcast, a show all about Psychobilly music and culture.

We met Bear after we casually announced that Psychobilly was dead on a previous episode and immediately got lit up in the comments. Turns out Psychobilly fans are very much alive, very passionate, and absolutely hate us. Bear reached out, had us on his show, and now we’re returning the favor.

We get into fashion trends that need to stay or disappear forever, a 100-year-old painting that may or may not show a dude holding a smartphone, some extremely questionable beef that made its way into the U.S., and the age-old tattooer argument: rotary vs. coil machines.

Then Bear opens up about his sobriety journey and drops some seriously wild stories from his past, along with some real wisdom he picked up along the way. So yes, we were wrong. Psychobilly is NOT dead.

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This week the Buds are sitting down with Armenian-American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and professional family-business exposer Mary Basmadjian! 🎙️

For the last 15 years, Mary has turned immigrant culture, dating, family trauma, mental health, and the beautifully unhinged Armenian experience into comedy. You might know her as the Funny Armenian Girl, or as Vartoush Tota, the leopard-print, acrylic-nailed Armenian auntie the internet didn’t know it needed.

Mary tells the Buds about getting in trouble for getting tattooed, cutting her teeth in comedy, and how creating Vartoush became more than just making people laugh. The character actually helped her work through and heal parts of her own story while making a whole lot of other people feel seen along the way.

They also get into the joys of haters on the internet, what happens when your comedy hits a little too close to home, and Mary shares one of her most painfully awkward moments on stage.

From tattoos and family expectations to finding your voice, healing through comedy, and dealing with strangers who have WAY too much confidence in the comment section, this one’s got a little bit of everything.

Throw on your gaudiest your auntie attire and tune in to a brand new episode of Tattoo Budcast with Mary Basmadjian!

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This week on Tattoo Budcast, we sit down with Shaun Kama, better known as the “King of Halloween Tattoos.”

Shaun is a tattooer, artist, musician, certified horror expert, and author of three books. He takes us back to the early ’90s and talks about breaking into tattooing at Mark Mahoney’s legendary Shamrock Social Club, sharing stories from a completely different era of the tattoo world.

We also get into the personal side of Shaun’s journey, including learning to let go of the past, embracing growth, and keeping his focus on what’s ahead. He tells us about running the tattoo program at Sturgis Motorcycle Fest and what goes into bringing tattooing into an event on that scale.

Then we close things out with Shop Talk, where Shaun shares what might be the craziest punk rock tour story we’ve ever heard.

Tattoo history, horror, punk rock, personal growth, and one hell of a story to close it out. This episode has a little bit of everything.

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SHAUN KAMA

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Website: http://halloweentattoos.com 

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