This fourth and final instalment of Erotic Ink takes you into the back room of the tattoo studio, clothes off, with the artist’s hands on your body, breath...

I have a confession to make; Since gathering all this hot info from my Tattoos and Sex Survey and writing Part I and II of Erotic Ink, I can’t stop thinking...

It’s Wednesday, commonly referred to as “hump day,” and thus, perfectly suited to talk about sex in this second installment of Erotic Ink, an intimate...

From ancient tribal cultures to San Francisco's leather boy scene, tattoos have been inextricably linked with sex for many. Yet, while the art form...

Being the arbiter of tattoo newsiness isn’t easy. I mean, who the hell am I to decide if Christina Ricci’s new tattoo is less significant than the erosion...

As the US sets out to spread democracy and freedom around the world by letting its young people kill and be killed, our own personal freedoms continue to...

For today’s Needled News, I’m going to put on my lawyer hat. Just envision me in a kicky beret as I spout my personal opinion on a legal issue surrounding...

I’m writing today’s column at New York’s JFK airport, taking advantage of the flight delay to gather together some tattoo goodness for your enjoyment.

I've been obsessed with celebrity tattoos lately. They're inescapable. I've seen clients walk into tattoo studios brandishing CD covers,...

Yesterday, I was reviewing the tattoo news of the week when this message popped up on my screen from my buddy Dave of Big Kahuna Tattoo in Florida: Following...

The Antichrist’s tattoo. Bob Barker on skin. Police seeking records of body art. The tattoo news was so sexy this past week, it barely needs blogger banter...

Today's column is brought to you through blurry eyes and a pounding hangover. I didn't want to drink that much but "when in Rome" (in...

I’m a tattoo snob. I’ve tried hard to be accepting of all works on skin, but I’ve given up. Resistance is futile. You know what I’m talking about. You’re...

The original Suicide Girls roamed the earth before the advent of alt porn, when "pin up" was merely a verb and "cheesecake" a simple...

Blogs all over the world were talking tattoos this week, which is a good thing considering my day job dared to take time away from my precious Needled.com.

How does one sum up a week of body art news that includes an unintentional penis tattoo, a rickshaw driver with a Gandhi fetish, the unexplainable success...

Tattoo news last week was filled with wild, dare I say, wacky headlines, from the search for a full English breakfast head tattoo model to more celeb body...

Black Henna Kills! Actually, I don't know of any casualties per se but it does some serious nastiness so it needs attention, and I'm all about...

As the January 1st feature of the day, I have the opportunity to fill this space with a look back on the top tattoo stories of 2006. This means I can regurgitate...

Ho, ho, ho! I'm feelin the holiday lovin' from my family today as I keep my new demon child tattooed on the back of my head under wraps to avoid...

There’s an old cliché, Good tattoos ain’t cheap, and cheap tattoos ain’t good. You’d think that an expression so popular would reach the collective...

Canadians Can Prison Tattoo Plan. The conservative Canadian government's move to ax the trial prison tattoo program dominated the tattoo headlines...

Flesh-eating diseases. Gang members trapped by tattoos. Japanese CEO forces horimono on workers. The week’s tattoo headlines were fodder for the horror...

Today is Cyber Monday—a day where the shopping frenzy of Black Friday continues online without all the elbow-in-the-gut punches over the new Tickle Me...

Tattoo news this week recycled the same old clichés about how body art is no longer just for the wild at heart, and how tattoos can now be seen on doctors,...

Tattooing should be illegal once more. That’s what I was thinking for the first time in my life after a phone conference with a cheezy marketing director...

With the headlines this week heavy with some major tattoo news, I’m left with little room for mocking others, as is required for online newsiness. But...

It's official. Halloween has become a celebration of freakdom worldwide. No longer a pastoral harvest fest or day to frighten off the dead, the modern...

Should you have to cover up your tattoos and take your piercings out at work? This was the big question in tattoo news over the past week, prompted by an...

The problem with being a visibly tattooed person is that society tends to lump you in the same category with other visibly tattooed people, which is quite...

The London Tattoo Convention came to a close last night and I'm hurting this morning. All attempts at being highbrow or tattoo couture were thwarted...

Sweet revenge topped the headlines in this week's tattoo news. An inmate, sentenced to life for molesting and killing a 10-year-old girl named Katie,...

Praise be! Salvation for all porn-lovin heathens is here—in the form of tattooed hipsters. It was only a matter of time: Evangelical Christianity meets...

While the tattoo news this week was dominated by demure, feel-good stories about tattooed women, I'd first like to take a moment and give a shout out...

I just wanted to bring the pain to my outer body. These words of 24-year-old Jason Audiffred are quoted today in a New York Times article that is part of...

Today I'm talkin' about a tattoo revolution. After reviewing this week's news, I've whipped out my Che t-shirt, put Patti Smith on the...

Too much tattoo goodness in the news this week, from movies to mummies to marketing madness. When a Tattoo Turns to Terror! is the tag line I usually attribute...

Alas, it was a slow week in tattoo news, unless you consider Janet Jackson's secret cowboy guide tattoo as news worthy as JonBenet. Janet's tattoos...

The blaring headlines this week were all about killing in the name of god; still, it took a plot for mass murder to knock Lindsey Lohan off the top news...

When the week begins with a Sadam Hussein finger mustache tattoo, it reminds you that, in this crazy, mixed-up world, you must be able to laugh at yourself,...