Familiarity with the subculture of tattooing helped a reporter approach a story. By Ali Watkins I was in my late 20s when I got my first tattoo, tiny enough to tuck under my watchband. It was a choice ...

It was past midnight in a dark bar in Bushwick, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, last summer, and the man at the counter was furious. Short and covered in ominous tattoos — including one across ...

Isaiah “Toothtaker” Camacho was a star in the underground tattoo industry, even as sexual assault accusations against him piled up. Isaiah “Toothtaker” Camacho became a star in the tattoo industry, ...

After consulting with writer Casey Dewey and former Tucson Weekly editor Dan Gibson, I removed a 2013 interview with tattoo artist Isaiah Toothtaker from our website. Here is Dewey’s comment on the ...

X Ventures’ Chip Bowling, left, and Bill Bowling, center, signed a deal today to become part of Bradley Co., whose president, Brad Toothtaker, right, looks on. GRAND RAPIDS — Bradley Co. LLC wants to ...

I’ve long admired Eddie Martinez’s wild, colorful abstractions, but until now, I’d never seen them in person. This week, I saw half of a show at two New York locations of the gallery Mitchell-Innes & ...

Few grassroots Chicago hip-hop artists play as well with others as Clinton Sandifer, aka ShowYouSuck. His collaborations tend to turn into friendships, and those friendships lead to new collaborations ...

Of all the animation that poured out of American film studios in the 1970s and ’80s, most cherished among cult cartoon fans is the work of Ralph Bakshi, whose woozy, drunken handstyle conjured up ...

Your Majesty finds Isaiah Toothtaker relaxed—cruising over hazy, laid-back summertime productions from Meaty Ogre. At this point, Toothtaker raps like he has nothing left to prove. And maybe he ...

Dr. Toothaker, table for one. Ready for you now, doctor. A dentist named Toothaker -- pronounced, I swear to blog, "Toothtaker" -- would not ordinarily get a prime table in the cafe, not even if he ...

Welcome to SPIN’s Singles Mix! Every Friday, SPIN’s staff writers pick their favorite, must-hear tracks of the moment for your weekend playlists. From rap to indie rock to underground dance music, ...

We've already visited Queens to speak with Fool's Gold's latest signees, World's Fair and this week we visit Tucson, Arizona to chop it up with Isaiah Toothtaker, a guy that knows a thing or two about ...