Live Free from Alek Rost on Vimeo.

I know I'm really late on this but now that we can post video to the mainpage easier I thought I'd throw up this video directed by Alex Rost about Royal St Tattoo in Alabama home of C.W. and Sean Herman among others.

So you may have noticed the site looks a little different today. Our web guy, Mr.Jason Mayo. Has put in place some changes to allow for easier blogging, I think we're going to have a lot of what people missed about the old site back but still keep all the advantages of the new one. Expect a new issue June 25th and new shirts very very soon. Any comments about the website can be mailed to info@swallowsndaggers.com or commented on this post by clicking the title and filling out the form. 

A Houston, Texas based laser removal clinic included us in their list of 20 tattoo blogs to check out. Check the rest out here, http://newlookhouston.com/blog/2010/05/26/20-tattoo-blogs-you-must-read/

New York on the Clock: John Reardon, Tattoo Artist from Thirteen.org on Vimeo.

Got a mail from James @ Don't Panic about this competition their running.

We're looking for a design to celebrate the Wellcome Collection's 'Skin' exhibition, a show that invites the viewer to re-evaluate the largest and probably most overlooked human organ. One of the aspects we are interested in is looking at peeling back the layers of skin to discover what's beneath - let your imagination run wild with the anatomical workings of your body. Organs, dissections, skeletons, guts, nerves bundles, veins - get your thinking caps on to illustrate what's beneath our skin and display the internal on the external.

In her own words, Caisa advises: "I'd like it to have something to do with body organs such as hearts, lungs, guts and blood. This is because I think the inside of the body is interesting, beautiful and, sadly, because my dad died from a heart condition a few years ago."

As well as the pride of knowing your design is tattooed on a stranger's body, the winner will also win:

1) A free tattoo by a top London Tattoo artist,

2) The winning design tattooed in the Skin exhibition live on 22 July 

3) Tattoo artwork on 60K posters 

4) A year’s free membership of the Wellcome Collection club

5) £100 cash

Competition closes on Friday 25 June. For more details, and to submit entries, visit www.dontpaniconline.com/designbrief/skin

Todd Nobles Right Coast Tattoo opens with a grand opening party June 26th with guest artists The "Grime", Bert Krak, Civ, Steve Boltz and Mike shea. There's also a raffle for a four hour tattoo from Grime with tickets at $10 each! The address is: 205 coastal highway Fenwick island Delaware 19944, phone 302.539.2828

Shop party and cruse-In every Saturday night all summer long at Truth and Triumph & Tattoo.

613 Watervliet Avenue Dayton, OH (937) 258-1410

On September 9, 2009, Matty No Times (Three Kings Tattoo) noticed that his legs had become severely swollen. He went to an emergency room and three hours later, after multiple blood tests, was informed that he was in liver failure. He was then put on the liver transplant list and on January 19 he recieved a successul liver transplant. Now, about 8 months later, Matty is on his way back but is in severe financial debt. A group of all star artists have joined together for a remarkable show to help Matty pay off his medical expenses. 

The show will be at the YES Gallery (http://yesgalleryyes.com/) located at 147 India Street and Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint (Brooklyn)

The exhibition will run from July 17th to July 23rd with a special opening reception on Saturday, July 17th from 7 - 12PM at YES Gallery with special Guest DJ Jesse Jones (Yuppicide).

ALL ART IS $350 OR LESS, and raffle goodies from KCDC Skate Shop, Tattoo Elite International, Waverly Color Company and more.

The goal of this exhibition is not only to support Matty No Times, but to also present a spectacular array of noted artists, allowing our friends and peers, art lovers and collectors to view and obtain works that are both affordable and of exceptional quality, and to do this while we help out our friend and colleague. This is going to be an amazing, HUGE art exhibition with some incredible artists donating art. Don’t miss it!!

Contributing artists:
Chris O’Donnell -- Scott Campbell -- Eddie Deutsche -- Florian Bertmer -- Timothy Hoyer -- Regino Gonzales -- Kelly Krantz -- Robert Atkinson -- Henry Lewis -- Grime -- Gillian Goldstein -- Mike Rubendall -- Michelle Tarentelli -- James O’Brien -- Fernando Lions -- Chad Koeplinger -- Jesse Jones -- Todd Noble -- JK6 -- Phil Holt -- Troy Denning -- Jon Mirro -- Seth Ciferri -- John Breiner -- Kristen Ferrell -- Nick Caruso -- Dennis McNett -- Thomas Hooper -- Nikki Balls -- Adam Patterson -- Jamie Ruth -- Dawn Cook -- Dennis Bauser -- Amanda Lynn -- Kevin LeBlanc -- Horitaka -- Daniel Albrigo -- Juan Puente -- Steve Byrne -- Ethan Morgan -- Danielle Distefano -- Kiku Iioka -- Oscar Garcia – AKO -- Josh Lord -- Stephanie Tamez -- David Cavalcante -- Daniel Mirro -- Matt Greenhalgh -- Jeff Srsic -- Tomas Garcia -- Zoe Sonenberg -- Seth Wood -- Sweety -- Diego Mannino -- John Reardon -- Chris Conn -- David Sena -- Erick Reith -- Marina Inoue -- Chuck Daly -- Jason Kundell -- Marcus Kuhn -- Brad Fink -- Adam Hays -- Charlie Foos -- Dima Drjchuin -- Brad Stevens -- Jen Gallagher -- Levi Polzin -- Patrick Conlon -- Dan Taylor -- Zam -- King Ron -- Eric Zona -- Beua Brady -- Jason Flanell -- Becca Roach -- Matt Vancura -- Gianna Maria Galli -- Trevor Bittinger -- Kelly Vetter -- Andre Malcolm -- Aaron Coleman -- B.J. Betts -- NORM -- Byron Velasquez -- Rodrigo -- Melo -- Armando Rascon -- Jeremy Swed -- Adam Suerte -- Duane W. -- Peter Caruso -- Alex Mcwatt -- Myles Karr -- Mohawk John -- Paul Bosch -- Annie Lloyd -- Dan Trochio -- Josh Egnew -- Dan Sinnes -- Steve Burlton -- Alex Wuillot -- Jeff P -- Jason June -- Rude Waterzooi -- Sarah Eave -- Brian Montuori -- Nille -- Eric Jones--

Donations of any kind are welcome and can be given at Three Kings Tattoo or athttp://www.threekingstattoo.com/mattie/ .Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Smith St (Bert Krak, Eli Quinters, Steve Boltz and Dan Santoro) have a new blog up @ http://www.smithstreettattooparlour.com/blog/ You should definitely check it out!

Works on paper by Daniel Albrigo, Luke Barber-Smith,  Sam Friedman & Chris O'Donnell.

Show opens May 27th @

Yes Gallery 147 India St Brooklyn, New York.

http://yesgalleryyes.com/2010/05/10/divine-mourning/