Gothamist: SI to House NYC's First Tattoo Museum

tattoojunkie

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:35:09 -0500

hey to all those who comment on this...island tattoo is an amazing shop, dozer is a great man, funn as all hell..and his son matthew really does wanna be a gynecologist, his uncle (dozers brother) is a gynecologist and thats what made him want to be one....and as for saten island being "hip" ummm no not at all...this place sucks. the only things to do here are illegal, or you have done it 1000 times already..or you have done it and its illegal. there is nothing here but pool halls, bowling alleys and parking lots. I am very proud to take part in Island Tattoo's museum and so far, its looking amazing and it will be opening soon.

bjornsaucey

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:36:45 -0500

When I was six, alls I wanted to be was a mammographer. Smart kid.

zodak

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:29:50 -0500

i hope mr. cool ice is part of their permanent collection. i would get bored if it's just nothing but tramp stamps.

Spiny

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:04:32 -0500

I'm willing to bet that tomorrow the SI Advance will print a correction: the 6-year-old is an aspiring geologist, not an aspiring gynecologist. Oops, our bad.

nealnyc

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:06:01 -0500

This is a fun, quality feature/slice of life story. Fuggedaboutthehaters. Keep on doin the good work Jen. And "aspiring gynecologist"? WTF?

ZeroK

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:01:51 -0500

I think Jen's doing fine with these. I don't really get the hate on this one. Certainly not the "frustration." This is a story about a Tattoo museum opening in one of the 5 boroughs. It's sort-of-but-not-really artsy, mildly edgy, and appeals to New Yorkers who consider themselves to be free-thinkers without ever having to actually challenge themselves. How is this not a completely Gothamist-type of subject? Whether or not Staten Island: a) sucks or b) is more like NJ than NYC is kind of irrelevant. (For the record, I think both are true.) Staten Island has entered a huge economic panic lately and the city is really pushing to make something worthwhile out of the Armani-laced hellhole. That's why there's so much media coverage all of a sudden. The Gothamist is just following suit. How is this so different from their intense coverage given to the soon-to-be lost battles to save Coney Island and Union Square Park? If this was opening in Brooklyn or Queens you guys wouldn't complain about such a minor, quick story. "UGH MORE FUCKING STARVING MERMAIDS!? WHAT THE FUCK JEN!?" It's an NYC borough. It's a mildly fun story. The Gothamist wrote a paragraph on it. Lighten up.

bxbrian

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:08:07 -0500

Jen are you a fucking embedded correspondent from there or something? I'm going to vomit from the unrelenting coverage of Staten Island stupidity. I really don't want to be a typical pissed off commenter but this is getting frustrating. And to the person that says don't click, go fuck yourself preemptively.

UpperEastSighed

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:41:05 -0500

Please stop posting about how hip SI is. Have you even been there--like, more than five feet off the ferry been there? Then again, it seems as though you might actually live there and are trying to reassure yourself that it's okay. It's not. Trust me.

moonbeam

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:36:14 -0500

"his 6-year-old son, who the paper claims is 'an aspiring gynecologist.' " Ok, that's just creepy.

matty

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:32:32 -0500

stop saying Williamsburg II. WTf.