No Lies Just BS

This is the first of three episodes Nick recorded at the 10th and final Pagoda. It's a return of J Smalley from the Golden Cobra Tattoo Club in Surf City, NC and Jimmy P from Full Hearts Tattoo in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Almost immediately they are all joined by veteran of the show Angelo Miller from Inksmith & Rogers in Jacksonville, FL.  It's a great time and a great many words of wisdom and tatt...

Great friend of Alley Cat Tattoo & NLJBS, Mr. Dave Capella, comes back up to Harrisonburg to do some tattoos and hang with Nick for a talk. Porter joins in for the first half of this excellent conversation. You see, Capella already recorded an episode a while back, but it mistakenly got deleted and never came out. So here he is again, talking with Nick and having a great time. You will too. So giv...

There's lots going on around Alley Cat Tattoo and NLJBS, but Nick found time to take a trip down to a rainy Richmond, VA to talk with Mr. Adam Marton from Civilization Tattoo down there about so much fun history, good times, good friends and great stories that you don't want to miss. His partner in crime, Adam McKowen is with him, and though he doesn't say much, he contributes some great thoughts...

While in Harrisonburg, Kohen Meyers stopped by Alley Cat Tattoo to do a guest spot and the hang out with Nick and Jake Hockman for some killer tattoo talk. He's from just down the way in Durham, NC where he owns Welcome Tattoo. It's a great episode talking about everything you love hearing about on No Lies Just Bullshit. So check it out and enjoy, then go on over to youtube and check out Shop Talk...

This week Nick takes some time to introduce you to an ongoing project and talk about some of the current events in the world of Alley Cat Tattoo and No Lies Just Bullshit. Enjoy this update episode and don't forget to check out Shop Talk on YouTube and everything we've got going on these days.   * The ambient sounds used in this podcast episode are all from freesound.org where they are designated...

It has been since the first hundred episodes of the show, but now finally Annette LaRue has returned for some of that conversation we all love. She talks with Nick about all kinds of things from back in the day, plus many opinions on how things are now. Both good and bad. Her and Steve Tiberi came up to Alley Cat from Electromagnetic Tattoo down in Chesapeke, VA and stayed a few days and everyone...

Holley Setzer was visiting Alley Cat Tattoo to do a guest spot at the shop and fit in a conversation with Nick while she was there. Holley came up to the Friendly City from Henrico, VA down near Richmond. She's been tattooing a long while and you'll hear about it, but you'll also hear a lot about the great outdoors. And goats. Especially goats. So check it out, enjoy the talk, then check out Shop...

Comin' down the road from Paradise Tattoo up in D.C. Nate Smith joins Nick in the friendly city, home of the NLJBS studio in Alley Cat Tattoo. Don't miss another great tale of some excellent tattooers, shops and stories. It's a great hang and a good time. And don't forget to check out Shop Talk over on youtube. It's the same great discussions you can find on older episodes, only now it feels like...

Justin Weatherholz flew down from NY to the NLJBS studios in Alley Cat Tattoo to have a sit down with Nick. They talk about music and tattoos and most importantly the fact that 2025 is the final year for Justin's Pagoda City Tattoo Fest. After ten years of great artists and fun times up in PA, the convention will end with one final weekend of hanging out with all of your favorite people in tattooi...

Nick and Alex Lee go way back to the early Alley Cat days in Harrisonburg and he's a great friend and fan of the show for every episode to date. Check out this great conversation between two old friends about music, tattoos and work. Alex was a huge help in preparing the new location for Alley Cat. He built the walls of all the stations and helped Nick with his vision for the shop and the space we...

Long time friend of the show Christopher Scott came down from Electric Sabbath in MD to hang out with Nick and talk tattoos and all kinds of other activities. Beginning with a long historical discussion around the treasures he recovered from the earth and brought to show Nick, all the way to the talks about tattoos and art you've come to know and love around here, this is a great episode you won't...

After his good friend Mario Desa shot the shit with Nick a few episodes back, and with the release of his new book "Tales of a Tattoo Apprentice," Julio Avila decided to hop on a plane from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to DC, drive down to Alley Cat Tattoo and hang out with Nick for a day. The result is a killer couple of hours talking about all kinds of tattoo history and industry stories between Julio a...

The second podcast from Nick's recent trip to Philly is with Kevin Borowski from Iron Hand Tattoo in Rhode Island. Kevin has been in the game for over thirty years and there are a ton of killer stories from the past on this episode that you don't want to miss. Truly a legendary tale of tattoo past in the upper north east of the U.S. there are too many excellent details laid out here to name. Plent...

Another year, another trip to Philadelphia to attend the hotel room across from the convention. First up is Philly legend Martin Lacasse. After a killer tour of Olde City Tattoo, Nick got to chill with one of its longest running tattooers. This is a great episode full of old stories and plenty of tattoo talk. Check it out if you love tattoo history. You're sure to recognize many of the names broug...

If you've been with us here at Alley Cat Tattoo for the last few months you know about our big move up the street into our new home and all that has come with that. Well in addition to all of the amazing things that make the new location look killer on the inside, we've got a gigantic mural on the side of the building that was drawn by Tim Lehi and painted by this week's guest, Dalton Plummer. Dal...

Now that there's a good place to record at the new Alley Cat Tattoo location, Nick hangs with Chris Porter and Jake Hockman for a few hours shootin' the shit. There's a ton of tattoo talk and a bit of this and that about things going on in the world. And, as always, music comes up in the conversation. It's a great time you won't want to miss hanging out too. Trevor Smith shows up for a bit to chim...

It's been a while since we've had a musical guest on the show, and you won't be disappointed this time. One of Nick's favorite places to hang out down the road from his old house is his local Moose Lodge. You've already heard many stories from the joint and heard from guests who've played there. Well Nick met Tucker Wyatt after a show and they became friends. So he came to Alley Cat Tattoo along w...

Veteran tattooer Nick Caruso came down to VA from his shop on Staten Island, Bound For Glory Tattoo to visit Alley Cat and chill with Nick at the shop for a while. This is a great talk including lots of thoughts on tattooing from the past to what things are like right now. Lots of great stories and a few drinks. You won't want to miss this conversation if you love tattoos like these guys. Check it...

While at the first Norfolk Tattoo Convention last month, Nick finally had the chance to sit down with long-time tattoo legend Dana Brunson for a while. From the moment they begin, it's a non-stop tale of family, art and tattooing. You'll think you listened to a multiple hour episode in just under an hour. No excuse not to finish this one. You don't want to miss this conversation. Dana tattoos out...

For years and years, Nick has been trying to get together with this episode's guest and they finally connected at the Norfolk Tattoo Arts Festival last month. Mario Desa attended the convention, coming all the way from Great Lakes Tattoo in Chicago. After a rough few weeks and the loss of some great people close to the show, this episode is a long one that's a celebration of all things tattooing a...

At the Norfolk Tattoo Arts Festival in Virignia put on by Mr. JD Crowe, Nick had the chance to sit down with an atist who was introduced at Pagoda this summer. Swasthik Iyengar is an artist working in NY who is originally from India and spent many years in Australia as well. This is truly an interesting episode beginning with some informative talk of various religious factions and classes. There's...

It's a sad time in the world of tattooing, but Nick and Porter are going to talk about all of the good times they had with the legend that is Brian Bruno. Hangin' out in the empty lot behind the new location of Alley Cat Tattoo, they visit the location of the house where Nick and Andrew lived during the time they all first met Brian back in the early 2000's. It's a great episode looking back at a...

Hey, yeah, we got us a few phone calls into the NLJBS Hotline for the off-week episode. Among the topics this time are Alley Cat Tattoo's Grand Re-Opening party and the situation down in the hills of Asheville NC after the hurricane. We love putting out these in-between episodes if enough of y'all call in to the Hotline, so what are you waiting for? It's a great way to keep up the discussion of ou...

Alley Cat Tattoo was still settling in to the new location up the street from the old shop when Wrath came all the way from Hawaii with Nate Rose to meet up with none other than the legend Mike Schweigert to visit some shops on the East Coast and stop by to hang out with Nick and the crew. Wrath gives us an update on his situation and everybody joins in on some serious tattoo discussions throughou...

Legendary guest JD Crowe is back again with another NLJBS episode to have a chat with Nick about the upcoming Norfolk Tattoo Expo, October 17-20th in Norfolk, VA. There are going to be so many amazing artists and personalities from the history of tattooing there all weekend, so listen up to all the details and what you can expect when you get there. There's also a ton of tattoo history involving c...