Show Notes
Mike recalls more memories from living in San Francisco in 2000. Topics discussed include: 214 Clara, Damon Soule, Adrian Sanchez, The Loft Invasion, web developers, Valeria Hursyz, Tweaky Pete, basement studio, rat hunting, dead junkie, Sketch group show, blackbook art, Millennium Blackbook Project, JUICE, Pagina Vilot, Skulls Press, Art Crimes, Dibs, roller fills, Defenestration Building (6th and Howard), Slim, dissed by a crackhead, East Side Ink, frustrating tattoo session, Mr Went, Mahakala, tunnel bombing with Vez, MTA jumpsuit, taxi escape, Alex Grey, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Percept One, Concrete Jungle, Body and Soul, John Copeland, Everlasting Tattoo on McAllister (Aaron Cain, Mike Davis, Troy Denning, Kimberly Hooper), Everlasting on Divisadero, Jaya Bonderov, Newskool Tattoo, chubs, moonshine, LOR sleeves, Bears, George Campise, funky crotch, shop tunes, metal shows, Amoeba records, Anthony G. Morris, getting sleeves from Chris Conn, Temple Tattoo, staying balanced, filler tattoos and the Applied Science group show in Baltimore.
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