Not blogged in ages, been really busy.

If you follow this blog, you’ll know that a few weeks ago I went to Primavera Sound, and was quite excited about it. To mark the occasion I decided to get a tattoo while I was there. Trouble was, I couldn’t find a tattoo shop. I came home un-inked.

Luckily, I was booked in to get a new tattoo with Liam Sparkes a week later back in London. So I guess this is my Primavera tattoo. Funnily enough, while I was getting it done, Liam told me he was at the festival too – and he did get a tattoo done while out there. His was done by Jondix.

So this is it (proving once again that I cannot pose for photos). It’s a Russian criminal tattoo, taken from the cover of The Russian Criminal Encyclopaedia Vol. III. It represents “a murderer”. I already have Russian tattoos of a cat and a spider – which represent “a thief”. If you ask me to explain why I chose these – I can’t, really. Not to normal people anyway. For me, tattooing is about irony: choosing to get a tattoo is all about being brave and being stupid. You can’t really justify it too much. If you do, you’re just being pretentious. Go with the flow. And everyone ends up with the tattoo they really deserve…

Incidentally, the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Vol. II sells for silly money on amazon now that it’s out of print. I want a copy.

Tags: Liam Sparkes, Primavera Sound, Primavera Sound 2011, prison tattoos, Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia, Russian Criminal Tattoos, Tattoos

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