I'm really resisting the urge to whip out a painful "Your Body is a Wonderland" reference. I really am. Perhaps John Mayer was just singing about the awesome work done by Allan Teger (I don't blame you for it, Allan). His "bodyscapes" series of black and white photographs takes the body and uses it as a landscape for ...

Boy, have we missed The Dillinger Escape Plan. While some of the time since the prog-metal band released 2007’s Ire Works was certainly spent practicing guitar scales, it seems much of it was dedicated to songwriting, as Option Paralysis sees the band finally realizing their Faith No More obsession without abandoning their own schizophrenic sound. That doesn’t mean ...

The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been highly anticipated in the world of smartphones and to kick off its launch, Cunard Hall hosted one hell of a revved up event.  The Samsung Experience Shop-Best Buy official launch in New York City on April 25, 2013 was about as close as you can get to turning the experience of the Samsung Galaxy ...

With Obama's daughter's getting older, his worry of rebellious behavior from the two becomes a greater concern. In a recent interview on the Today Show the President revealed his plan to keep his daughter's from getting tattoos. He and his wife, Michele Obama, told their girls that if they get a tattoo then they will get the ...

Saturday, April 13th marked the kick off of Last Rites Gallery’s “5th Year Anniversary Show” to celebrate five successful years of the New York tattoo shop and art gallery.   Hosted by Mistress Juliya, the Gothic architecture inspired shop held a fitting dark art gallery where guests got to view incredible paintings and sculptures while hanging with some of the ...

On April 4th, Freshly Inked Magazine sponsored the opening of Mark DeMaio's I Walk The Line gallery show at Sacred Gallery NYC. Guests of the opening of DeMaio's inaugural solo exhibition at Sacred got inked up with free flash that was created to commemorate the event. The exhibition is currently on view through April 30th an features over ...

New research attempts to pinpoint the characteristics that tattooed individuals share. Read on to see if the scientists got it right.

With two shows on-air, NY Ink and America’s Worst Tattoos, Megan Massacre is leaving her mark on this planet.

Zak Sabbath and Mandy Morbid:Porn Stars in a Relationship |  If you’re one of those people who can manage not to act like an idiot just because everyone around you is, porn’s a pretty good job. Hot girls have sex with us; then sometimes someone films it and we all get paid.

Melissa Petro: Sex Worker  |  I became a sex worker at 19 years old while living as a student abroad in Mexico. I started working as a stripper in a club called La Trampa—translated, “the tramp” or “the trap or snare.” Earlier that same day, I had gotten my first tattoo.

The Bellator Fighting Championships welterweight has a tattoo of a samurai and the heart of a warrior.

The 11th annual Boston Tattoo Convention brought together ink experts and enthusiasts from across the globe.

Tattoo artists and patrons gathered at the Sheraton Boston Hotel during Labor Day weekend for four days full of beauties, art, and of course, ink. Inked Girls hosted The Miss Boston Inked Beauty Contest where model Sarah Rose Maillet, crowned the winner, won the ...

Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, tearing its way through cities, towns and beaches alike. Luckily, the Rockaway Renegades are ready and willing to give back to those who have lost everything.

The Renegades were formed by Jessica Pierik, Holly Jane Butler, Becca Roach, Sara Blake and Norah Gurley. Their efforts have grown exponentially within just a few days. This ...

Like their name suggests, Denon's AH-D400 Urban Raver headphones are better suited for today's techno, trance and dubstep music. Despite having a very bass-heavy sound, the treble is crisp and clear, which was a welcome surprise. These over-ear headphones have an amplifier that can be turned on or off for more or less bass, but the "on" setting ...

         This Saturday at Brooklyn's Public Assembly, Sailor Jerry Rum will be hosting a pop-up tattoo parlor and offering free Sailor Jerry tattoos from 12pm to 6pm. The pop-up is part of an event that will be going on both Friday and Saturday, featuring 15 bands and complimentary Sailor Jerry drinks for a post-ink buzz. Tattoo choices are Anchor, Panther ...

Miller comes with a different outlook on tattooing. After having worked with numerous design firms on branding campaigns, she quit her thriving graphic de- sign and illustration career in order to ink. She aims to expand the medium and push the boundaries of what is considered tattoo art with her illustrative work.

We're doing an aesthetic overhaul here at Inked Magazine and this is one of the newest additions to our wall space. This mural is Amanda Lynn's depiction of the beloved Sabina Kelly. Leave some comments and show some love! 

Drawing from literary heavyweights like Edgar Allan Poe, the Grimm Brothers, and Dante, The Inked Magazine Music Tour headliner, Alesana, creates an awesomely dark experience.

Okay guys, so this is another totally self-indulgent post on my part. I'm a Converse fan through and through. You just can't go wrong with a good pair of Chucks. I'm also an East-Coaster, but I still think you should check out the new collaboration between ShoeBiz and Converse for their "San Francisco" City Pack. San Fran ...

Dmitriy Samohin

Inked Magazine was delighted to be invited to G-Shock's super exclusive 30th anniversary party! Hosted last thursday at the Manhattan Center. Before the big celeb filled bashed, G-Shock held an incredibly cool press conference, highlighting who they are as a brand and what they hope to achieve in the future. 

Announcing the release of three new and awesome watches ...

Inked Magazine was delighted to be invited to G-Shock's super exclusive 30th anniversary party! Hosted last thursday at the Manhattan Center. Before the big celeb filled bashed, G-Shock held an incredibly cool press conference, highlighting who they are as a brand and what they hope to achieve in the future. 

Announcing the release of three new and awesome watches ...

Inked is joining forces with Suicide Girls and Sailor Jerry Rum in Vegas this weekend and they want to see you!

On August 18th, model Sabina Kelley will be hosting a pool party at Tao Beach in search of models that will have the chance to be featured in an upcoming issue of Inked Girls Magazine. The winner, chosen by ...

Shepard Fairey and the OBEY Awareness Program have teamed up with MC5 to create the Jail Guitar Doors USA project. The project implements a program of music and art as a kind of rehabilitation in jails. The Jail Guitar Doors USA project is a non-profit charity aimed to help inmates ease back into the outside world. Check out the video ...

A Lebanese man was sentenced to receive 200 lashes and serve a year in jail in Saudi Arabia for his undercover tattoo business. The man denied it, but authorities say they found a briefcase of tattoo tools as well as photos of tattooed women on his phone. Tattoos are not officially banned in Saudi Arabia, but they are not socially ...

If you live in Oregon and have tattoos, the Salem Art Association wants you!

The organization's event, Project Space, is seeking people who would like their tattoos to be photographed for use during an upcoming installation. All photography taken will be free of charge and there are no appointments necessary.

Project Space will reveal the best tattoo images from ...

In downtown L.A., Mister Cartoon creates amazing tattoos, sick marketing campaigns, and now, a fresh line of car products, christened Sanctiond.

Before you think about getting a bad tattoo covered, listen to some advice from Megan Massacre first.

The tattoo artist/model, who was featured on the TLC show "America's Worst Tattoos," gave some insight on how to do the perfect tattoo cover-up, her view on art, and the do's and don'ts of tattoos.

"You can't just ...

This past weekend, Sailor Jerry the rum extrodinaire, debuted their television commercials to several cable channels like Spike and Comedy Central. The commercials ran either 16 seconds, 30 seconds or a whopping 2 minutes.  Featuring spots of archives from Sailor Jerry's previous events, documentaries and awesome concerts, these ads definitely represent the Spiced Rum brand well. Especially with the ...

On July 7th, Sacred Gallery in Soho, NYC is giving the people a double whammy, featuring two separate exhibits, both enthralling in their own ways, for a little less than a month. Showcasing "Tots with Tats," a collection by Martina Secondo Russo, and "Project 30: The Hand Picked 10," a collection by Angie Mason.

"Tots with Tats," is a series ...

Yves Saint Laurent has released brand new high-top sneaks with patent leather and some wild snake print designs. The shoes are primarily black with a white sidewall and some brown patches in the snake skin design.

We've got the first look of the highly anticipated Nike SB x Levi collection. Omar Salazar tweeted a picture earlier today saying that the collab is done and included the picstich picture above, that included his trademark Nike shoe with the Levi's logo on the back.

Check back for more updates and prepare for the collection to be ...

iPhoner's get ready to convert, Samsung Mobile has just launched their newest mobile phone, the Samsung Galaxy S III. Of course with the release of the phone, Samsung had to do it big with celebrity filled day and night events that encompassed fancy drinks, even fancier food and famous DJ's.

Inked Mag was able to sit down with ...

Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum and Inked Magazine Search for the most gorgeous tattooed women in Florida!

INKED is looking for gorgeous tattooed women who embody the taste and spice of Sailor Jerry for their 2012 Calendar. You don't need to have any professional modeling experience, but you do need to be at least 25 years of age by August ...

So it's Sailor Jerry day once again! In commemoration of the great tattoo artist, go buy a bottle of his spiced Caribbean rum and try out these awesome drink recipes!

Rockabilly Juice
2 parts Sailor Jerry Rum
1/2 parts Lemon Juice
1/3 parts Orange Curacao
2 parts Black Tea (iced tea)

Glass: Highball
Method: Build over ice ...

On Friday, May 18^th, Queens metalheads Emmure took the stage with Alesana as part of Inked Presents: Saints and Sinners in Silver Springs, Maryland. The death metal headliners destroyed the stage with their usual mix of dissonance, vocal breakdowns, and a load of Marvel comic references. Silver Springs hosted a variety of other bands, including Woe Is Me, Texas ...

One of the top decision makers at Sony and Marketing Director at Diamond Supply, Brock Korsan, sits with blogger Karen Civil to chat about music, clothes and tattoos. Really, it's all in a days work. 

In Japan the tattoo culture is anything but mainstream. With the popular association of tattoos with miscreants and yakuza (gangsters), many Japanese tattoo enthusiasts either hide their ink or face criticism. 

Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto has heated up the tattoo debate with his plan to smoke out all tattooed city employees. Hashimoto recently ordered his more than 33,000 employees ...

Don't let the size of Painkiller Tiki Bar fool you. The tiny tiki-themed joint makes up for it's small size with it's massively strong drinks, even reserving a portion of the drink menu for $16 "Strong Drinks" that'll knock you on your inked ass. And while the action is usually inside the bar, this past Saturday ...

Friday May 18 Inked Magazine will be bringing the noise to The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD. Inked Magazine's Saints & Sinners music festival will feature performances from Emmure, Woe, Is Me, Alesana and more. Tickets are available for purchase via Live Nation, The Fillmore box office and phone. 

Fitting in was never an option for Alesana, and they’ve gained all the more fans for it.

This year H2Ocean is celebrating their 10-year anniversary. The tattoo and piercing aftercare brand have been producing mouth wash, foam soap and tattoo after care for the masses since 2002 when they released their first 4oz piercing spray. Since starting the company they have become members of NTA & APT as well as being awarded the Green to Gold award from ...

Continuing our series of interviews with tattooed clothing brand owners we spoke with Brooklyn based designer Alyssa Key of Love Brigade (seen in the photo above). Although the clothing doesn’t look to be influenced by tattoo culture fans of Love Brigade believe in the brands concept and motto so whole-heartedly that many of them have gotten the logo permanently ...

January 14 marks the birthday of Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins who was born 101 years ago but is still just as relevant as when he started in the business. To celebrate his birthday we suggest that readers take time to raise a glass to Sailor Jerry and his legacy. To celebrate his 101st birthday Sailor Jerry is releasing a special ...

By now you should have your 2012 Sailor Jerry + Inked Magazine calendar up on your wall so we figured we'd wrap up our introductions to the last three girls Eva, Levy and Karen. All three ladies all have some pretty sweet sorties to tell about their ink and each make this year's calendar the best one yet.

2012 is here and we're almost to the end of our calendar girl introductions. Hopefully you have your 2012 Sailor Jerry + Inked Magazine calendar pinned to the wall and the girls will be a part of your day-to-day. But first you've got to meet Miss September Azarja and Miss April Heather, both true ink lovers to their core ...

Our friends at Sailor Jerry Rum wanted to remind everybody that today is Bartender Appreciation Day. Here are some of the things you can do to celebrate:

1. Always say please and thank you. 2. Stop talking, and listen to your bartender's story for a change. 3. If you and your friends are ordering more than one drink, order ...

Last night Sailor Jerry and Inked Magazine went on a bar crawl in LES in celebration of the Inked x Sailor Jerry 2012 calender release. Calendar girls Ginger and Azarja were just two of the lovely ladies who took part in the crawl. A swarm of beauties walked from Sons of Essex to Motor City and ended the night in ...

The 2012 Sailor Jerry + Inked Magazine Calendar is now on news stands, packaged with the December Issue of Inked Magazine. In this episode we meet three more of the girls featured in the 2012 edition of the calendar, Miss November Nico, Miss June Ginger and Miss May Talia.

Here is a preview of the 2012 Sailor Jerry Calendar brought to you by Sailor Jerry and Inked Magazine.

Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora and songwriter Richie Supa will be hosting the 13th Annual "Bikers Bash" of The Boys & Girls club of Broward County. From Dec. 8 -11, the weekend will be filled with non-stop days of police-escorted rides and a special performance from Sambora and Supa on Dec. 9th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino presented by ...

L.A. was the last stop on the search for the 2012 Sailor Jerry Inked Magazine calendar girls.  The Sailor Jerry website posted a video of some of the girls that came out to the L.A. casting and it's hard to imagine how they got it down to just 12.

Jesse Hughes of Boots Electric gets a fuse/Sailor Jerry bomb tattoo in an attempt to prove himself "as the biggest rock and roll media whore of all time."  It wasn't all for the attention Hughes also said he wanted to show his love for the channel while helping his career with the air play he will receive on ...

The second stop on our calendar girl casting call tour was Royal House in Vegas and man, did they pull out all the stops. There were some really delicious cupcakes from Pick Your Poison bake shop and even a sword swallower because what's a casting call without some circus worthy action? We left Vegas with a ton of potential ...

Many guys who design motorcycles get into it during their autumn years, after a long life of hard riding. But for 36-year-old Roland Sands, it was a near-death experience that coaxed him into fabricating...

Heidi interviews the outdoors entrepreneur of Dharamsala, India, Raja Sahota.

Alyssa Milano follows George Harrison’s footsteps, and is asking you to as well.

If you’re not down to work hard and play hard, then Samantha Humphreys can’t be bothered...

Heidi interviews actress, Kate Siegel, about how she supports LGBT rights.

You didn’t dream of screwing with the clergy in medieval Italy. But when Ezio Auditore da Firenze’s father is wrongly executed, the nobleman turns assassin and takes up the blade to exact revenge on the corrupt politicians, businessmen, and men of the cloth who conspired against his family. With the help of family friend Leonardo da Vinci’s ...

The hottest inked girls on film bare their tattoos.