Lauren's Thigh Tattoo Salutes Mastodon

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4fjvKigVkWkNtsad19k18IL4NMlZ9JRFGj4DJqyLFxVAQ8ywuLyP0TMNSdax7AAfYsNNvlM5Fy2uzyM1TowGdL8Z2RCQJe5qwsmP30pzzWyOokikQdU4MQlvC9NWh9eRcFaNd4tU-Io/s1600-h/mastodon+thigh+detail.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337839240238625170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4fjvKigVkWkNtsad19k18IL4NMlZ9JRFGj4DJqyLFxVAQ8ywuLyP0TMNSdax7AAfYsNNvlM5Fy2uzyM1TowGdL8Z2RCQJe5qwsmP30pzzWyOokikQdU4MQlvC9NWh9eRcFaNd4tU-Io/s400/mastodon+thigh+detail.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px;" /></a><br />If you're reading this post and the Tattoosday banner features some wonderfully-inked revolvers, those "hand guns" belong to Amanda and the original post is <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2009/02/amandas-hands-are-well-armed.html">here</a>.<br /><br />Just recently, I was thinking that I hadn't seen Amanda in a while and was wondering if she still lived in my neighborhood. Later that day, a much-tattooed woman named Lauren walked into the laundromat where I was packing up the weekly family wash.<br /><br />I had never met Lauren before, but she knew about Tattoosday because she was friends with the aforementioned Amanda. She told me that Amanda had moved out of our neighborhood (thus explaining her scarcity) and yes, she was happy to share a piece for the blog.<br /><br />Lauren has a vast array of ink, thirteen tattoos by her count, and she offered up this phenomenal thigh piece:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0UXRKQ8azv4UnkNCXR980gLwe0DPyT-vTgiRlfb4OtNQhQEH6XKogCes7mdG9EOHPe2OJQQgZcmutv96WEf7FyjE_bF7sJuL526GtD7zXedEcjgBY8KkO-HvfiTSiM8sUb-RM_OvQkU/s1600-h/mastodon+thigh+left.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337839156746268978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0UXRKQ8azv4UnkNCXR980gLwe0DPyT-vTgiRlfb4OtNQhQEH6XKogCes7mdG9EOHPe2OJQQgZcmutv96WEf7FyjE_bF7sJuL526GtD7zXedEcjgBY8KkO-HvfiTSiM8sUb-RM_OvQkU/s400/mastodon+thigh+left.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfshDWXXpQ0GL8x1DFp6PoB3xZ8vsldWuaDbdxVf_j2lzBlDQagcqlh-vMtZIZ4yy2qzDTqA9v6ycgP8kfGkN0SzgPaijQzNkJuhlJImjPx8G1yW0rGQo8Dnmg6dMqoRLVn-3EgEejDX0/s1600-h/mastodon+thigh.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337839084780579586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfshDWXXpQ0GL8x1DFp6PoB3xZ8vsldWuaDbdxVf_j2lzBlDQagcqlh-vMtZIZ4yy2qzDTqA9v6ycgP8kfGkN0SzgPaijQzNkJuhlJImjPx8G1yW0rGQo8Dnmg6dMqoRLVn-3EgEejDX0/s400/mastodon+thigh.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrFfkY_nzViRfr4Skg7xL352cXx69XZuBFMNZYVSJFKT1i8kqcKaVx7pRh9-SFauKNLEOtS7d9Hxmu1QDiwynQZac5vXgio5jTzuvs30TSz0bYRkprXogm58olt5RVdCSgFIDlIQgSs8/s1600-h/mastodon+thigh+right.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337839000665084834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrFfkY_nzViRfr4Skg7xL352cXx69XZuBFMNZYVSJFKT1i8kqcKaVx7pRh9-SFauKNLEOtS7d9Hxmu1QDiwynQZac5vXgio5jTzuvs30TSz0bYRkprXogm58olt5RVdCSgFIDlIQgSs8/s400/mastodon+thigh+right.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />First of all, we don't show too many thighs here on Tattoosday, partly because they're only visible when it's warm enough for shorts. But more importantly, people with thigh tattoos tend to be few and far between, to begin with.<br /><br />So what's with this image?<br /><br />Lauren explained it is the album art for the metal band, <a href="http://www.mastodonrocks.com/">Mastodon</a>, off their debut album, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remission_%28Mastodon_album%29"><span style="font-style: italic;">Remission</span></a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit83dc02OPPma-bW47Tqa8V894TwUgL3M_ZKuXoydbZ9-t_Uph2DYTwTX9s2KpajnRnzpJR89BVKumNWFhWkJn0JWcYqUCzwJhprYxVXnhpW5PB2hwanQvxr21CXJFBfeo60fnirK0ETo/s1600-h/Mastodonremission.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337839486201179362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit83dc02OPPma-bW47Tqa8V894TwUgL3M_ZKuXoydbZ9-t_Uph2DYTwTX9s2KpajnRnzpJR89BVKumNWFhWkJn0JWcYqUCzwJhprYxVXnhpW5PB2hwanQvxr21CXJFBfeo60fnirK0ETo/s400/Mastodonremission.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />In fact, Lauren saw them play that same night at <a href="http://www.livenation.com/venue/the-fillmore-new-york-at-irving-plaza-tickets">Irving Plaza</a> with the bands <a href="http://www.kylesa.com/">Kylesa</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/intronaut">Intronaut</a>. Check out the awesome blog <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/">Brooklyn Vegan</a> <a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/05/mastodon_kylesa.html">here</a> to see a write-up and photos of the show.<br /><br />This amazing tattoo was inked by <a href="http://www.myspace.com/andreaelstontattoo">Andrea Elston</a> at <a href="http://www.eastsideinktattoo.com/">East Side Ink</a>. Ms. Elston has since departed New York and now tattoos out of <a href="http://classictattootx.com/home.html">Classic Tattoo</a> in San Marcos, Texas. Work from East Side Ink has appeared previously on Tattoosday <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/East%20Side%20Ink">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Lauren for sharing her cool tattoo with us here on Tattoosday! I'm looking forward to (hopefully) showing more of her work here on the site in the future!<br /><br />As a little extra bonus for Mastodon fans, or for people who want to hear what they sound like, here's the band performing their Grammy-nominated song "Colony of Birchmen" with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Homme">Josh Homme</a>:<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zC9Gl38qiGc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zC9Gl38qiGc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Lauren's Thigh Tattoo Salutes Mastodon

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