false 6306000 2 <b>A behind-the-scenes tour of the fabled tattoo industry on the arm of a swashbuckling insider and natural-born storyteller. </b><br><br>Jeff Johnson, a master tattoo artist and co-owner of the Sea Tramp Tattoo Company, has a blazing personality and a surefire management philosophy: Protect your people, make them feel safe enough to be brave, help them grow, and always learn from them. And for God’s sake, pay attention to the toilets! <br><br>In this sharp, funny, and fascinating memoir, Johnson takes readers backstage at the Sea Tramp, Portland Oregon’s oldest tattoo parlor, where art, drama, and commerce come together in highly entertaining theater. Founded by the legendary Bert Grimm, tattoo artist to Buffalo Bill and Bonnie and Clyde, it’s an old-school street shop with a rich and colorful past. <br><br>TATTOO MACHINE reveals all the things that a TV show or a visit to your local establishment can’t capture. There are the bloodbaths, the scams, the customers from hell. And then there are the friendships, the practical jokes, the surprising acts of tenderness. At the center of it all is Jeff Johnson. Welcome to his world, where there are no do-overs, everything is written in permanent ink, and a picture lasts a lifetime. 6490870 14 7 2009 Tattoo Machine: Tall Tales, True Stories, and My Life in Ink total:71|5:14|4:21|3:28|2:7|1:1| 71 253 188 27 2 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 14:01:45 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 14:04:47 -0700 2009 Once more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 02:07:21 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 01:00:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 21:23:50 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:46:35 -0800 2009
Tattooist Jeff Johnson delivers an intelligent, insightful behind the scenes look at the tattoo industry in the United States, covering history, heroes ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 15 18:36:22 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 18:37:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 06:41:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 08:29:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 03:56:59 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 08:22:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:38:58 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:38:58 -0700 2009 I enjoyed pretty much all the stories- I could not have imagined that I could be interest...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 19:56:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 15:43:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 21:39:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 21:54:19 -0700 2009
Jeff Johnson is an intelligent writer (notable for any author) and except for the occasional overworked sentence this collection of ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 09:04:28 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 07:31:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 08:01:41 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 19:17:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 17 11:50:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 22:51:13 -0700 2009
Still, amazing read funny and true. Well mostly true. Well...

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