On today’s episode, we’ve got a real living legend in the building. From the X Games to the stage and straight onto the Tattoo Budcast couch, Rick Thorne is in session, and he’s bringing the goods.

We get into positive mental attitude and the long road that brought him there. Rick opens up about the highs, the lows, and how he learned to turn bitter into better. We talk BMX, life lessons, and his latest musical chapter with his band, Stay Rad, where he’s found a new way to channel the same energy that made him a legend on two wheels.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a Budcast episode without some wild stories. Rick closes things out with a tale of emotional BMX freestyle gone horribly wrong that has to be heard to be believed.

So throw on your all-black fit, get your PMA up, and come get rad with us on this episode of the Tattoo Budcast.

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Today we got two Buds for the price of one 🎙️🔥

We’re welcoming back Pokey Wolf along with his work husband and co-owner of Pacific Tattoo, Mick Barrett.

We’re catching back up with Pokey while learning how Mick got his start in tattooing, and how a brief five-year prison sentence pulled him away from traditional tattooing… only to lead him right back to his first love: American traditional.

The Buds get into fatherhood, tattoo parenting, and what it was like opening a shop where they had to stand their ground from day one.

So lay down your fire axe, kick your feet up, and laugh with two of Anaheim’s finest 🎧

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POKEY

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MIKHAIL

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PACIFIC TATTOO

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Address: 

2801 W Ball Rd

Anaheim, CA  92804

United States

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Today… Pride showed up a little early 🌈🎙️

And ushering it in is our official li-GAY-son, Yesi Concepcion.

Yesi is back in session and still ripping incredible tattoos while teaching the Buds a thing or two. We get into lesbian lore, Subarus, U-Hauls, and why Katy Perry was basically the ultimate wingman for early 2000s lesbians.

Yesi also builds her official Gay Mount Rushmore, educates the painfully straight Buds, and helps us give advice to a listener who might just be too nice for their own good.

Then she closes things out with not one, not two, but THREE wild Tattoo Cover Up stories… because apparently emotional damage is included with admission.

So pull that Subaru over, hit recline, and tune in to our 2026 Pride episode 🌈🎧

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Matthew Shepard

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Today we’ve got the voice behind that legendary “dirty reggae” sound 🎙️🔥

The one and only Jesse Wagner of The Aggrolites is in session, and trust us… his lore goes WAY deeper than music.

Did you know Jesse was a child performer? Because we’ve got the receipts, and he shares stories about who he performed for long before the reggae days. We also get into poop cruises, his childhood obsession with Elvis Presley, and the early Aggrolites years, including some surreal run-ins with George Clinton that left him with more questions than answers.

Then Jesse closes it out with a “ghost story” that turned out to be deeply rooted in Hawaiian folklore… and honestly? It might have the Buds sleeping with the lights on.

Lace up, Rude-Buds, and get ready to meet the man behind the iconic voice 🎧

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The AGGROLITES

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Scallywag Barbers

1950 N. Placentia Ave.

Fullerton, Ca 92831

This week on the Tattoo Budcast, we’ve got two heavy hitters in the building… and trust us, these girls are absolutely NOT “hear me outs” because they require ZERO explanation 😭🎙️

We’re hanging with Brooke and Nikie, two large-scale neo-traditional legends who are somehow just as hilarious as they are talented.

We get into reality TV, create our own Real Housewives-style taglines, and talk about what it’s like sharing the same creative brain and turning that chemistry into tattoo collaborations.

Nikie talks about balancing running a shop, a home, and a family like an actual superhero, while Brooke is fully committed to living her best chaotic life for at least the next couple decades.

And because two legends means double the damage, they close us out with TWO Tattoo Cover Up stories… both horrifying for completely different reasons.

Grab your sideways cap, kick back, and laugh with two of the best to do it 🎧

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GUESTS:

NIKIE NOUVEAU

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BROOKE BORDEN

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SHOP:  La Luna Art Collective

http://www.instagram.com/lalunaartcollective 

The Buds are back with another episode of the Tattoo Budcast 🎙️

This time we’re trying something a little different. Inspired by the American traditional tattoo term “bangers” (you know… the quick hitters), we’re doing the same thing with our topics.

Three topics.

Twenty minutes each.

No emotional preparation whatsoever.

We bounce from airplanes, birthdays, and childhood dreams to whatever other nonsense manages to derail us along the way.

And of course, we couldn’t leave you hanging without a Tattoo Cover Up letter from a listener… and let’s just say this one may permanently change the way you look at women’s purses. Some secrets are better left zipped up.

So tune in, laugh with us, and enjoy another chaotic session of the Tattoo Budcast 🎧

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This week we’ve got a Bud-on-Bud solo session 🎙️

And somehow… we start by going completely off the grid. We’re talking getting out of dodge, digging your own poo hole, and fully embracing survival mode like we know what we’re doing. (We don’t.)

From there, we get a little introspective and talk about facing your demons with the help of “earth medicine,” and the very real struggle of trying to eat “healthy” as you get older. Why is eating intuitively so hard? And why do we all turn into vacuum cleaners the second food hits the table?

We also recap tattooing at Disney’s Dapper Day, where we almost fumbled a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity… but managed to recover like true Buds. Because at the end of the day, nothing is ever that serious. (Except when it is.)

And then… we take a sharp left turn. Jimmy Jam shares a Tattoo Cover Up story he heard from a friend that involves aliens… paranoia… and a man who may never emotionally recover.

Grab your Mickey ears, your foil hats… maybe even some foil Mickey ears… and tune in to your latest session of the Tattoo Budcast 👽🎧

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This episode of Tattoo Budcast gets unhinged real fast with special guest Lindsay Shaver, owner of punk record and clothing shop Dead Rockers 🖤

We kick things off with some absolutely chaotic topics, starting with the most inappropriate funeral songs you could possibly play (yes, we go there). Then we jump into vampires like normal people, realize we’ve been mispronouncing words our entire lives like idiots, and somehow end up listening to the most disgusting snoring “hack” ever recorded… genuinely one of the worst things to hit our ears.

From there, it only gets worse. We spiral into rat kings, things that make our skin crawl, and all the nightmare fuel you wish you could unhear. In between the chaos, Lindsay casually drops how she built Dead Rockers from pop-ups to a full brick and mortar and kept it alive through a pandemic like it was just another Tuesday.

Then we switch gears and answer a listener question about how to tell your tattoo artist you’re not happy with your last few pieces without ruining the relationship or your future tattoos 😬

We close it out with our Cover Up segment, where Lindsay tells a story about a haunted antique doll she picked up on the road… and that’s all you’re getting. Trust us.

If you like tattoo culture, small business hustle, dark humor, and conversations that go completely off the rails, this one’s for you. 🎧 

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Dead Rockers

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

Website: http://www.deadrockers.net 

In this episode of Tattoo Budcast, we’ve got a Buds-only episode 🎙️

The Buds sit down 1 on 1 to catch up after throwing their first ever Tattoo Budcast event, a chaotic mix of karaoke and an art show. We recap the night, the highlights, and who probably should never be handed a microphone again.

We also talk about an upcoming guest spot in Montana and the very real fear of being surrounded by nonstop adrenaline-inducing activities.

From there, the conversation takes a hard turn into the global economy, current events, and foreign affairs, before we attempt to recover with some much-needed Kenan Thompson appreciation.

We close out the episode with one of the wildest hookup listener letters yet… and somehow it feels a little too on brand.

If you like tattoo life, artist conversations, and episodes that go completely off the rails, this one’s for you.

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This week the Buds are sitting down with a familiar face… whether you know him from his killer tattoos, his infamous shop, or his skits with Beaverduck… we’ve got BIG HAPPY in the building 🎙️

We get into the man behind the comedy. His tattoo origin story (spoiler: it all started with borrowing something from a neighbor 😭), how he built his path, and of course… some of the wildest, weirdest things we’ve seen on the internet, including a body part we did NOT know was tattooable.

We’re laughing, giving questionable advice, and trying to answer one important question… why is Big Happy so damn happy??

Kick your feet up and laugh with us 🎧

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