Party Forever Tattoo!

Oh man, so excited. I got a new totally ridiculous tattoo. Many years ago while I was visiting some friends at college I was at a party and some how we all kept telling everyone to “Party Forever!”  As people kept leaving we kept yelling “Party Forever!” at people there were only three of us awake and it was 10 AM and we were in someones kitchen trying to cook two dozen eggs at the same time. None of it made any sense but it was pretty funny.  From then on the words “Party Forever” have been stuck in my head.  As a guy who parties for a living and doesn’t know how to sleep, “Party Forever” is a pretty appropriate slogan even though the whole thing is a total joke and about a year ago I decided it would make a funny tattoo.

I originally was just going to get the words “Party Forever” somewhere on my leg, small and inconspicuous, but when I was in Austin for SXSW I came up with a new plan.  I was at a party called Skull By Skull Now which is a party hosted by some really awesome scum fuck bike kids called the Skidmarxxx.  They throw it every year and it is like the closing event of SXSW just much much more dangerous.  They light off fireworks, throw paint, beat people up and just set shit on fire. It is total mayhem.

At the party they were giving out $10 tattoos in a garage.  It did not look extremely safe. The tattoo artists were smoking and pretty much ashing their cigarettes on the tattoos.  I saw a guy pay for a swaztika tattoo made out of ejaculating dicks with a bag of coke. Getting a tattoo at this party was a bad idea, but when I saw a skull wearing a party hat on the flash sheet I got in line.  I was up next when the cops raided the place and threatened to arrest everyone so I never got my tattoo. But from that day forward I knew what I had to do.

A month or two later I ran into Dan from The Death Set who had been one of the few people I had known at Skull By Skull. I hadn’t seen him since and we were catching up.  He showed me his new tattoo which it turns out was done by an old friend of mine. She had just started tattooing and needed victims to practice on.

I have only seen Minka Sicklinger once or thrice in the last two years, but when she first moved to New York I saw her nearly every day.  She was a frequent site in the photos on Driven By Boredom.  She was like the third unofficial member of the Just Friends Crew. I almost never see any of those kids anymore, and they are very missed, but after talking to Dan I figured I should hit up Minka.

Minka is both an illustrator and an amazing up and coming tattoo artist.  She has been tattooing for less than a year and people are talking about her everywhere. She has been getting referrals from people seeing her tattoos on trains. She has only done like 60 tattoos, but already they are fucking sick.  I spent about three hours with her today and she gave me one of my favorite tattoos to date.  I have had several people tell me already that they would buy the design as a t-shirt so maybe a DBB/Minka collab shirt is in the works.

Now Minka is currently working out of her house and already has a waiting list, but you need to hit her up ASAP and get in line.  You need one of her tattoos NOW. You also might want to hit her up for illustration needs because she is a bad ass artist with a very unique style. Oh, did I mention that she is awesome too? Plus she has an Austrailian accent. I mean, let’s be reasonable, you need her arts in your life.

So what you need to do is go to Minka’s two sites and check out her work.  Clearly you need to check out her tattoo blog to see all of the fucking bad ass tattoos she has done, but you aslo need to check out her fine art site to see her illustration and fine art work which is bad ass as well.

Anyway, I am going to stop talking about how happy I am with this Skull-Wearing-A-Party-Hat-With-A-Gold-Tooth-Party-Forever tattoo and let you look at it, and then go harrass Minka.  See you guys this weekend…

Party Skull Tattoo!

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Tayte Lamb

So when I was in LA I got to shoot the lovely Tayte again.  I shot her a year earlier when she came with her cousin Evelyn to shoot at this creepy motel I was staying in.  This trip I had a nice apartment that I subletted. I had already shot several people in the apartment so we decided to shoot in the bath tub because it was big and kinda awesome. I also wanted to see if Tayte’s boobs could float.

Actually, last time I shot Tayte was in hot tub, and this time we shot in a bath tub. It is all completely coincidental but you can’t hate the way the girl looks wet. Also hilarious is that after much convincing I got her to put her head underwater and her hair dye turned the whole tub a murky brown color. Pretty hot.

If you want to see more of Tayte you can check her out on Gods Girls or you can pay her money to get naked for you on web cam. Either way you win.  Oh, the prize is giant boobs. Congratulations.

Click here to see all the NSFW pictures of Tayte Lamb!

Tayte Lamb

Tayte Lamb Of Gods Girls

Tayte Lamb Of Gods Girls

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Tuesday With Indigo Augustine

So a while back I shot a girl named Indigo Augustine. She is retarded hot, but I wasn’t really happy with the shoot because we shot in a black bathroom that was also retarded hot. We were both sweating and wanting to die. We did it quick and escaped. I have been talking to her a lot online because we wanted to reshoot.  She came into the city on Tuesday night and while we did take a few pictures in bathrooms we didn’t actually end up doing a real shoot.  I did however take her to some parties.

What is important to note about Indigo is that she is currently my most popular google search.  My site is the first thing that comes up when you search for Indigo Augustine and evidently a LOT of people are searching for her… and for good reason.  I am sure my site will soon be surpassed in google by her adult website called Indigo Fiasco that opens to the public August 1st.  We are going to try to do a shoot to correspond with the launching of her site so get excited about that.

Anyway, there are fun things in this gallery other than just Indigo. I shot her in TWO bathrooms, both at Happy Ending AND at Gallery Bar with our good friend Annika, but there are still tons of other party pictures and even some bonus nudity.  Really this update is just packed with boobs and I know that is the real reason you are here. Don’t worry, I don’t judge.

But other stuff happened at HE and Gallery bar too. I met some rad kids and Darenzia was hosting Disco Down.  There was some shady weirdness happening at Rando as always. All and all it was a good time. I feel like you guys should be hanging out more. Seriously, you and me, let’s get lunch this week. You can buy me a taco.

Sorry, where was I?

Oh yeah, lots of photos from both Disco Down/ Wet Dreams at Happy Ending and Rando at Gallery Bar are yours for the viewing if you just click here. Obviously NSFW.

Ps. Do you guys find fake lens flares as funny as I do?

Indigo Augustine & Annika Frances

Darenzia

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E-Cigarettes And Other Life Saving Tales

Okay, let’s talk about some bullshit. I could use some feedback so read the questions at the end and let me know what you think via the comments or hitting me up somehow.

So you may have noticed recently that there are ads on my web page. This is a trial run to see if I can actually make any money doing this shit. I mean I get paid to take photos, but it would be nice to get paid to blog too.  I get over a million page views a month which when you take two banner spots into account per page you are looking at nearly 2.5 million banner impressions.  Times that by .4 cents and I don’t have to fucking ride the Subway anymore.  That being said I will never sell all the spots but it’s at least a fun thing to try.  The good thing is that I am advertising with IndieClick and they tend to just advertise for stuff that people actually care about or that is at least relevant to my readership. So hopefully you guys will learn about fantastic things you need and I will make a little bit of money. And if you need to buy some American Apparel clothing it probably wouldn’t hurt to do it through my site. Just sayin’.

Speaking of adds on my site.  Check out those Electronic Cigarettes! Seriously that ad is not through IndieClick.  I added it after a friend talked me up about these things.  They use water vapor so there is no tar and nothing burns so you can smoke them inside and they are way better for you.  They are also way cheaper.  If you click one of those banner ads you can get a kit for $60 or something and it comes with like an insane amount of tobacco.  One pack of this stuff has 70 cigarettes.  I might be making all that up but you should at least try this shit cause I hear amazing things and if you buy shit by clicking this link I make money.

Next I wanted to bring up the Meebo task bar at the bottom of the page.  I added it a while ago because it seemed like a good idea and actually people use it sometimes but not often enough to make a difference. I was really wondering if it bugs you guys. I am trying to figure out if it’s worth keeping or if I should just scrap it completely. Let me know.

And lastly, I am working on a possible site redesign soon. I think I am going to have a meeting about it next week and I was hoping I could get feedback from you guys about ideas you had to make my site better.  I check this site all the time on two different computers and a few web browsers but maybe things are happening with your experience that I am not even thinking about. Let me know how I can make you hang out at my site more often and make your viewing it easier. Also, I know my galleries are terrible and fixing them is my main priority right now so I am mostly curious about how you feel about the rest of the page and not so much the galleries.

So that’s it. Take a second to read the questions below and then send me some feedback. It would mean a lot to me. Thanks!

Questions! Please let me know how you feel about this stuff:

On a scale of one to indignant how much do the new ads on my site piss you off?

How do you feel about his Meebo task bar at the bottom? Have you ever used it? Do you hate it?

Do you find my site easy to navigate?

What would you change about my site from a technical standpoint? (I don’t care that you think I suck at photography)

Is there anything I used to do on the site that I don’t do anymore that you miss?

Does the site take too long for you to load?

Any other suggestions? Thanks!

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Darenzia’s Cat And Other Strange Tails

I shot pictures last night but I have a meeting and then plans and I am not going out tonight so I can get that stuff to you tomorrow AOK No Problem. I figured I would spend today catching up on some things that I have sitting around. This is going to be a two part update. The first one, this one, I have fun stuff for you like videos and links and good content like that.  In part two I just want to get some feedback about random stuff going on about my site. Sound like a good time? Let’s begin.

First off, let’s talk about this fucking cat.  I know after my bout with kittens you are probably sick of me talking about cats. I would be too. I kinda fucking hate cats. I am allergic and they are gross and have weird bugs and sores and all sorts of gross shit.  Also most of them are mean and the his and bite and scratch. Either that or they just lay around all day totally indifferent to the life that is happening around them. Now my vote for worst cat ever might be my friend Darenzia’s cat. I went over to her apartment for less than ten minutes because we were going to a party together and I met here there.  While she was getting dressed I was left with her cat who is fucking clearly possessed by Satan.  This Devil cat speaks in tongues and would not stop hissing at me and trying to murder my fucking family. Seriously, watch this quick video I shot and tell me he is not trying to plot a way to kill my parents.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RYl42-aNOc[/youtube]

Nextly, I mentioned this on my Tumblr but I wanted to mention it again. My friend Cortne Lanier is an amazing painter and she has a show in Brooklyn right now that you should check out.  Three of her paintings are based on photos I took so clearly they have to be awesome.  The gallery is near like 10 different trains so you have no excuse.  For more info and to see the paintings based on my photos click here.

Also, you should be following my Tumblr because I post all sorts of amazing stuff on it that you are missing out on by just reading Driven By Boredom. Twitter works too, as I post everything from both sites on there.

Cortne Lanier's Paintings

Lastly, we have my friend Kayvon Zand’s new video. I wanted to blog about this with some other videos but it seems right now none of my friends have new videos out so he gets bunched in with this odd update. Kayvon is clearly a total weirdo, but he said he would make me a giant hat if I posted this video. It also has all sorts of people I love in it and it is a very cool looking video even if it’s a little bit overexposed. Plus if you are into like goth industrial stuff or whatever the kids are calling it these days, the song is probably pretty awesome. So watch this madness video and I will be back later with a really boring update.

Also some old stuff: Look at this, this and this. Bye!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlt-qDDahoc[/youtube]

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Tori Lux & Sparky SinClaire

So my naked girls of California series just keeps on trucking. I am running a day late (my goal is to update with n00dz every Monday and Friday), but I am giving you a two for one today.  Meet Tori Lux and Sparky SinClaire.  They are Burning Angels and super amazing ones at that. I have shot Sparky before when she was going by Daisy Sparks.  I met her in Vegas and she gave me the good luck I needed to win $120 on a $1 slot machine bet so I have loved her ever since.  Tori I met for the first time that day.  She once tried to get me to show her my penis on web cam in the Burning Angel chat room, but I pussied out. Tori is also boyfriends with a pornographer named Nate Liquor. I love this guy because every time I hang out with him just weird fucked up shit happens that I can’t even blog about. Let’s just say there are some pictures of him and Tori that didn’t make the cut for my relatively tame blog. Tori herself is pretty awesome and I had a pretty great time shooting these photos.

I have to say these photos look kinda unprofessional.  They were banged out in Tori’s kitchen in Koreatown and I just harshly popped them with my flash in this all white and black room and they look a little bit like amateur porn or something but they also happen to be really hot.  They get better as the set goes a long too.  Plus you can tell everyone is having a lot of fun and I think that is often more important than technically good photos.  Then again, some of them look pretty awesome too.

The point is I guess is that these photos are fucking hot and you should just fucking click here to see the aforementioned fucking hot pictures of Sparky SinClair and Tori Lux naked in their kitchen. These are clearly very NSFW but if you wanna see super dirty stuff from the girls, you should probably just sign up for Burning Angel.

Sparky SinClaire & Tori Lux

Sparky SinClaire & Tori Lux

Sparky SinClaire & Tori Lux

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Greenhouse – 7.17.10

You may or may know that when I am not being my too-cool-for-school hipster douche bag self I am a total football geek.  I run the only Miami Dolphins fan club in New York City called DolfansNYC.  So of course when I heard on Twitter that Vontae Davis was coming to NYC I decided to use some of my nightlife connections to try to hook him up.

Vontae Davis was the Dolphins first round pick last year and together with second round pick Sean Smith form the most promising cornerback duo in the NYC. I am personally a big fan of defensive football, so these guys are quickly becoming two of my favorite players on the team. Also Vontae is from DC like me and Sean has the same last name as me, so how could I not love those guys.

So when Vontae tweeted about coming to NYC I quickly hit him back and he put me in touch with his assistant. I immediately hit up my friend and fellow DolfansNYC member Scott who is one of the owners of Greenhouse and we hooked Vontae up with a table and free bottles on Saturday night. We also all met up on Thursday and hung out at the club which was actually a lot less hectic than the madess of Greenhouse on a Saturday.

Anyway I only took a handful of shots at the club before I got out of there. Bottle service clubs are not really my scene so I took off and went to the Standard. I didn’t shoot any pictures there which was too bad since there were a bunch of topless girls hanging out in the pool.  Oh, well, maybe next time…

So like I said there aren’t a lot of pictures, and only the one of Vontae, but you should still click here to check them all out. If nothing else Greenhouse is always packed with cute girls…

Vontae Davis

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Matt & Kim – 7.17.10

By far and away the biggest highlight of the Siren Music Fest were Matt & Kim. I mean clearly they had some advantages over the other bands. They had one of the last spots so the light was better, I have actually heard a few of their songs, and we have so many friends in common that I really wanted to like them.  I didn’t have to try to hard.  As soon as they came out they looked so happy to be there.  As Brooklyn natives they talked about how excited they were to play in front of thousands at Coney Island after playing basement shows in Bushwick. They were super energetic, really fun and put on an amazing show.  They were funny and they got into the crowd and they just straight rocked the fuck out. I had to leave to go shoot Holy Fuck, so I actually missed the two songs I know by them if they played them at all, but I had a blast for the 5 or so songs I got to see.  The only reason I know the two songs is because the homies Ninjasonik cover them, so I went home and listened to both versions of both songs.

Also, because of the better lighting, my better mood and because they put on such a great show I took much better photos of them then I did all the other bands combined.  I am posting about 70 pictures of them and about 100 pictures of the other 7 bands and so I decided they needed their own section. Thanks Matt & Kim for redeeming my day.  I just wish I had given you guys a chance years ago.

Click here to see all the awesome pictures of Matt & Kim at the Siren Music Festival at Coney Island.

Matt & Kim @ The Siren Music Festival

Kim Of Matt & Kim @ Siren

Matt Of Matt & Kim @ Siren

Kim of Matt & Kim @ Siren

Matt Of Matt & Kim @ Siren

Kim Of Matt & Kim Crowd Surfing @ Siren

Kim Of Matt & Kim Crowd Surfing @ Siren

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Siren Music Festival: The Bands – 7.17.10

And we are back… We keep clicking on with Siren Music Fest.  This time we have the bands! I got there around 4pm so I missed a lot of the earlier bands but I photographed in chronological order Night Marchers, Earl Greyhound, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Harlem, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Cymbals Eat Guitars and Holy Fuck.  One band is missing, but I will get to that in the next update.

Of the bands there I was pretty underwhelmed.  That’s not to blame the bands, it’s pretty fucking hard to put on a great show during the day time especially when you are playing in 100 degree heat and 20 feet from the crowd. There was a press/vip pit between the band and the real fans making the band play over a bunch of cameras to the crowd. I managed a band for 5 years and one of the things I learned was that no matter what outdoor concerts were a mistake. They always were terrible shows and we turned them down unless they paid a ton or we got to play a museum in Virginia Beach, VA opening for Mudhoney. Seriously.

Anyway, the one band that stood out was Earl Greyhound. They were pretty fun.  I also thought it was cool to finally see Ted Leo. Harlem seemed like a band I could have been into if I was at a house party at 2am instead of at the beach. So maybe it was the atmosphere or the heat or the fact that I was too tired, but I was overall unimpressed with the bands. I didn’t get great photos either, which is probably not a coincidence. I pretty much shot every band in less than two songs and then walked back over to the other stage. Back and forth all day. I think it probably just comes down to me being too old for this shit.  But I don’t know what 30 year olds are supposed to do for fun, so I guess I will just keep doing it… at  least until I get somebody pregnant.

So click here to see (almost) all the band photos I shot at the Siren Music Festival at Coney Island.

Ps. For 10 bonus points, please vote on which one of these bands has the worst name.  It’s a tough choice…

Holy Fuck

Ted Leo @ Siren Music Festival

Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Siren Music Festival

Harlem @ Siren Music Festival

Earl Greyhound @ Siren Music Festival

The Pains Of Being Pure Heart @ Siren Music Festival

Night Marchers @ Siren Music Festival

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