Word: tattoo
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...Body Art Just a few years ago, tattoos were taboo for nice boys and girls. Today, John, a piercing-and-tattoo shop in Shanghai, does a thriving business supplying body art. "Some of our customers are suit-wearing types straight from the office," says Xing Haisong, owner of John. "Everyone has a wild nature in their heart, and now they feel more free to express it." Dad will be so impressed...
...first started writing songs," says Schlesinger, "we felt like we needed to write about grand, universal themes like 'I am the King of Pain.' I remember thinking, Jesus Christ, how do you write something like that, especially if you're from New Jersey?" So instead they wrote Red Dragon Tattoo, about an exuberant moron who gets inked to impress a girl, and Utopia Parkway, which described guys a shade too old to be posting flyers for their band. The songs were ironic without being distant, and catchy without being Creed. And they didn't sell...
...TORONTO: "Please don't call us a tattoo parlor," says manager Raven Rowanchilde of Urban Primitive Body Design, tel: (1-416) 966 9155. "We're an arts studio." Expect ethnic furnishings, incense and New Age music here...
...PARIS: With its fish tanks and trendy décor, Abraxas, tel: (33-1) 4804 3355, exemplifies the new style of tattoo parlor in the French capital...
...ANGELES: It might look more like an art boutique, but Black Wave, tel: (1-323) 932 1900, has become one of the most respected tribal tattoo studios...