Tattooed Lady History

RIP Neil Whitehead

I was surprised to read of the death of UW-Madison Anthropology professor Neil Whitehead this morning. I interviewed Whitehead in fall for my article in Wisconsin Trails (Ink Artists) since he did research into tattooing as well as American subcultures. The Journal Sentinel's obituary of Whitehead mentions his interest in Goth, but my first exposure to Whitehead's research on tattooing was randomly catching him interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth about tattooing in January 2010- you can listed to the show online. This was just after the publication of my book, and, as always, I'm very interested in the discussion of tattooing in the media. I was impressed by Whitehead's knowledge about tattoo history, but I was more impressed by how deftly he handled the ridiculous and offensive callers who wanted nothing more than to share their offensive and ill-informed opinions about the low mental & moral capacity of those who are tattooed. I also vowed never to do a call-in radio show. Whitehead's reasoned and informed words on tattoo history and culture are an inspiration to further research and study.

This Friday! Tattooed Lady History books at Dead Man's Carnival show!

This Friday, March 30th- come out to the Dead Man's Carnival show at Turner Hall- doors open at 7pm, Tickets: $10.00 advance, $12.00 day of show.

Not only will it be an awesome show, but I'll be selling Tattooed Lady History books at the merch table.

On Facebook? See if your friends are coming, too.

See you Friday!!

Nice interview over at the blog Wisconsin Sickness: http://www.wisconsinsickness.com/interviews/amelia-klem-osterud-tattooed-lady/ Plus, they have cool t-shirts.

Back on the Morning Blend!

In case you missed it, I was back on the Morning Blend tv show on Tuesday: http://www.themorningblend.com/videos/139100954.html

Enjoy!

You should still rush right out and buy a copy of the Jan/Feb issue of Wisconsin Trails magazine (saw it at Barnes & Noble at Bayshore this weekend), but if you don't, you can now read my article Ink Artists: Making a Permanent Impression on Wisconsin online: http://www.wisconsintrails.com/content/297.php

Wisconsin Trails article on Wisconsin tattoo shops!

On newstands Jan. 10th, check out my article Ink Artists: Making a Permanent Impression on Wisconsin in Wisconsin Trails Magazine!

The article profiles 6 Wisconsin tattoo artists: Rick Harnowski (Skin Illustrations, Green Bay), Jon Reiter (Solid State, Milwaukee's Bayview neighborhood), Greg Foster (Custom Tattoo, Milwaukee's East Side), Adam Werther (Adambomb Gallerie, Milwaukee), Dana Withers (Blue Lotus Tattoo, Madison) and George Wang (Waukesha Tattoo Company, Waukesha).

Black Friday Sale on Personalized Copies of The Tattooed Lady

Start your holiday shopping with with tattooed ladies by ordering personalized copies of The Tattooed Lady for all your friends and relatives! (Really, your Grandma needs a copy!!)

For a limited time, you can get personalized, signed copies of The Tattooed Lady for $23 and free shipping in the U.S.!!

--Sorry, international buyers, the free shipping is for United States customers only.

The sale starts bright and early on Friday, Nov. 25th, and ends at the end of the day on Thursday, Dec. 1st.

International customers- you still get the $23 price, just email me about shipping.

Happy shopping!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beer City Tattoo Convention

We had a great time talking to people about tattooed ladies at the 2011 Beer City Tattoo Convention on Sat. Sept. 24th, sold many books too! Those of you who wanted to know if you could order them online, look to your right ---> for ordering copies signed.

You can certainly get them from amazon.com or wherever, but if you'd like a signed copy, buy direct from me!

Anyway, it was great talking to all the nice people at the convention & seeing cool tattoos.

Book signing at the Waukesha Tattoo Co- Sat. May 7th

Next Saturday, May 7th, I'll be hanging out and signing books at the Waukesha Tattoo Co. (463 Main St., in Waukesha, WI, 262-349-9013) from 4-6pm.

They're having a whole bunch of fun things in conjunction with the 2011 Riverwalk for Breast Cancer and Art Crawl,

including...

Pink Ribbon tattoos (by appt) from 11am-7pm

Face/Body Paint & Henna by Shay Armstrong, begining at 11am

Massage (fully clothed) by Chelsea Gray, LMT, 11am-4pm

Tattooed Lady book signing (that's me!) from 4-6pm

Art Crawl/Reception for Light/Dust/Space, RM Bach, 7pm-10pm

Books will be $25, cash only please.

Hope to see you all there!!

Tattooed Ladies on the West Coast

Next week, on Thursday, April 14th, I'll be doing a book talk at San Francisco's Green Apple Books at 7pm. Green Apple is at 506 Clement Street (@6th Avenue) & their number is (415) 387-2272.

Don't miss it!

Also coming up... a book signing on Saturday, May 7th at the Waukesha Tattoo Co. in downtown Waukesha, WI.