Tattoo Coomments: 2009-12-06

TRAILER OF THE WEEK

Check out this documentary about graffiti, the east and west coast vandals. Check out Amoeba or online to purchase.

MAESTRO KNOWS CARTOON

Maestro Knows - Episode 2 (Mr. Cartoon) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.

Check out this interview i did with the kid Maestro

Monkey Drummer - Chris Cunningham + Aphex Twin

A video clip to the tune by Aphex Twin, directed by Chris Cunningham.

Star Santa Girls

Beautiful and sexy star santa girls are shown below. They look awesome in the santa costume. Checkout 25 pics collected from net.

Stacy Keibler

Christina Aguilera

Aria Giovanni

Jessica Simpson

Cindy Crawford

Mariah Carey

Pamela Anderson

Heidi Klum

Gemma Atkinson

Lucy Pinder

Michelle Monaghan

Jennifer Lamiraqui

Brooke Shields

Alessandra Ambrosio

Faith Hill

Gisele Bündchen

Anne Hathaway

Britney Spears

Katy Perry

Nicola Maclean

Jenny McCarthy

Tara Reid

Lindsay Lohan

Carmen Electra

Lucy Pinder & Michelle Marsh

Russian Criminal Tattoo Designs

If you're still looking for that holiday gift, you might consider some attire inspired by Russian criminal tattoos.

Last month, regular readers of Tattoosday may have noticed the ad that popped up on the left side of the blog, promoting a line of clothing from MiR1, an online shop run by a fellow Brooklynite named Roman, featuring designs based on and inspired by this style of tattoo.

Our good friends over at the Needles and Sins Tattoo Blog even featured Roman's online shop as part of their Holiday Gift Guide feature earlier this month. Their piece on Russian Criminal Tattoo Apparel appeared here. You can also check out their Facebook page here.

For the record, I have one of MiR1's hoodies and I'm very pleased with it. If the wind chill wasn't teens this morning, I might even wear it to work.

But I'm not writing about this to sell apparel. Of course, you won't be surprised to hear that Roman has tattoos that run along the themes featured in his clothing line.

He was kind enough to send along this picture:

As explained on the MiR1 site:

The cat has been a symbol in Russian criminal tattoo culture since the beginning, partly because the cat abides by it's own rules. There are many variations of the cat tattoo. The cat symbolizes a thief that is good at what he does. This tattoo can show a man's or woman's connection with the criminal world. The word CAT or "KOT" (in Russian)is an acronym as are many other normal words that are tattooed. KOT stands for "Korenoi Obitatel Tyurmi" or "Native occupant of Jail" as in Jail is my second home.

Roman was kind enough to elaborate on the origin of his tattoos:

The cats were done in Watertown Correctional Facility, by a man named Diablo. For 3 packs of cigarettes and some cakes, cookies, and various junk...Cats are supposed to bring good luck. One cat means u mostly act alone, two means usually with others or part of a crew. I really didn't care either way, I just like symmetry.

The hammer and sickles were done by a friend in the 90's...

I encourage readers to check out the clothing line over at their online shop here. And thanks again to Roman for sharing his own personal ink with us here on Tattoosday!

Mud Run Race In Australia

Mud Run Race a cross-country was held on Dec 5th at Peats Ridge near Sydney, Australia. Its a adventure race where participants were forced to hurl and swim through mud pits, blog holes and waist high mud rivers. There were 2 formats in the event with 6Km and 12Km race tracks.