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Boston Tattoo Convention at the Sheraton Hotel | September 3-6, 2010

By KELSEY MARIE BELL | September 13, 2010

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Boston Tattoo Convention | Seraton Hotel | September 3-6, 2010

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Cheap thrills
They say Dr. Lakra got his pen name from the doctor’s bag he carried around when he first began tattooing, two decades ago. “Lakra” puns on the Spanish word “lacra,” meaning scar or blemish, but it’s also slang for “delinquent” or “scumbag.”
Slideshow: Dr. Lakra at the ICA
Dr. Lakra at the ICA, showing through September 6, 2010
Four questions for a hypertext pioneer
As both an author and illustrator, Shelley Jackson has looked beyond the limitations of singular genres or techniques to create a novel style of work.
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Cheap thrills
They say Dr. Lakra got his pen name from the doctor’s bag he carried around when he first began tattooing, two decades ago. “Lakra” puns on the Spanish word “lacra,” meaning scar or blemish, but it’s also slang for “delinquent” or “scumbag.”
Slideshow: Dr. Lakra at the ICA
Dr. Lakra at the ICA, showing through September 6, 2010
Four questions for a hypertext pioneer
As both an author and illustrator, Shelley Jackson has looked beyond the limitations of singular genres or techniques to create a novel style of work.
Slideshow: Snowblind | Regeneration Tattoo
Artists Include: Cathy Johnson, Edwin Marquez, Brian Hemming, Daniel Bythewood and Brad Stevens
Slideshow: Doomstar gives out amateur tattoos
Punk trio Doomstar administer ink to Phoenix music writer P. Nick Curran; read his story about his experience and watch the video here .
Photos: The Providence Phoenix Annual Best Awards Show
The Providence Phoenix gives out the Best Awards at the Met on April 20, 2011. Check out the winners here .
Call for public art
Seeking designs for a 36-foot-long, 8-foot-tall mural to replace a degenerate, "one-sided" mural at the Maine Department of Labor office in Augusta. Please e-mail jpgs to jinglis@thephoenix.com .
Photos: Selections from Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed
Used with permission from Science Ink by Carl Zimmer, Sterling Publishing © 2011.
Tattoo you
Dr. Lakra is no more a real doctor than is Dr. Dre or Dr. Demento. The 38-year-old Mexican tattoo artist’s real name is Jerónimo López Ramírez. As for “lakra,” it means “delinquent.” Or so I thought.
Photos: Scenes from the Great Burlesque Exposition
Latex, fur, and feathers -- and lots of tiny hats. (Surprisingly SFW.)
Cowboy junkie
England in the mid-’80s, gray and depressed by Thatcherism and the Smiths, wasn’t a place folks typically dressed to the nines in ten-gallon hats, bolo ties, and Nudie shirts. But such were the sartorial choices made those days by the members of the Mekons.
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