Tattoo Budcast

Today the Buds are sitting down with drummer, stand-up comedian, and former Kill Tony drummer, Joel Jimenez. 🎙️🥁 We dive into the surprising similarities between tattooing and comedy, why bombing and bad tattoos have more in common than you’d think, and what it takes to get on stage in front of thousands. Joel reminisces about one of the biggest sets of his career and tells us what it was like pr...

On today’s episode, it’s just the Buds. No guest. No adults in the room. Just two friends catching up and seeing where the conversation crashes. Jimmy Jam takes a last-minute trip to Las Vegas to catch No Doubt at the Sphere, while Sanae discovers her newest hyper-fixation… improv. She took a class at the world-renowned Groundlings, and somehow became even more obnoxious than before. We support gr...

The Buds are back, and this time we've got a returning Bud in the building: Robert Gray, co-owner of La Luna Art Collective in Orange, California. But Rob didn't come alone. He brought fellow tattooer and Bud Karina Badillo, so you're getting two tattooers for the price of one. We kick things off with an important moral debate: Is stealing actually wrong if it's from a big store... and you really,...

Today we have the one and only… well, “he’s just a guy,” according to him… Tim Hendricks. We’re sitting down with the tattooers’ tattooer himself to talk about his lifelong love of the craft and why being old school doesn’t mean you have to be old-fashioned in your attitude. You can respect tradition, protect the craft, and still be a genuinely kind human. Imagine that. Tim talks about gatekeeping...

On today’s episode, we’ve got a real living legend in the building. From the X Games to the stage and straight onto the Tattoo Budcast couch, Rick Thorne is in session, and he’s bringing the goods. We get into positive mental attitude and the long road that brought him there. Rick opens up about the highs, the lows, and how he learned to turn bitter into better. We talk BMX, life lessons, and his...

Today we got two Buds for the price of one 🎙️🔥   We’re welcoming back Pokey Wolf along with his work husband and co-owner of Pacific Tattoo, Mick Barrett.   We’re catching back up with Pokey while learning how Mick got his start in tattooing, and how a brief five-year prison sentence pulled him away from traditional tattooing… only to lead him right back to his first love: American traditional.  ...

Today… Pride showed up a little early 🌈🎙️ And ushering it in is our official li-GAY-son, Yesi Concepcion. Yesi is back in session and still ripping incredible tattoos while teaching the Buds a thing or two. We get into lesbian lore, Subarus, U-Hauls, and why Katy Perry was basically the ultimate wingman for early 2000s lesbians. Yesi also builds her official Gay Mount Rushmore, educates the painf...

Today we’ve got the voice behind that legendary “dirty reggae” sound 🎙️🔥 The one and only Jesse Wagner of The Aggrolites is in session, and trust us… his lore goes WAY deeper than music. Did you know Jesse was a child performer? Because we’ve got the receipts, and he shares stories about who he performed for long before the reggae days. We also get into poop cruises, his childhood obsession with...

This week on the Tattoo Budcast, we’ve got two heavy hitters in the building… and trust us, these girls are absolutely NOT “hear me outs” because they require ZERO explanation 😭🎙️   We’re hanging with Brooke and Nikie, two large-scale neo-traditional legends who are somehow just as hilarious as they are talented.   We get into reality TV, create our own Real Housewives-style taglines, and talk ab...

The Buds are back with another episode of the Tattoo Budcast 🎙️ This time we’re trying something a little different. Inspired by the American traditional tattoo term “bangers” (you know… the quick hitters), we’re doing the same thing with our topics. Three topics. Twenty minutes each. No emotional preparation whatsoever. We bounce from airplanes, birthdays, and childhood dreams to whatever other n...

This week we’ve got a Bud-on-Bud solo session 🎙️ And somehow… we start by going completely off the grid. We’re talking getting out of dodge, digging your own poo hole, and fully embracing survival mode like we know what we’re doing. (We don’t.) From there, we get a little introspective and talk about facing your demons with the help of “earth medicine,” and the very real struggle of trying to eat...

This episode of Tattoo Budcast gets unhinged real fast with special guest Lindsay Shaver, owner of punk record and clothing shop Dead Rockers 🖤 We kick things off with some absolutely chaotic topics, starting with the most inappropriate funeral songs you could possibly play (yes, we go there). Then we jump into vampires like normal people, realize we’ve been mispronouncing words our entire lives...

In this episode of Tattoo Budcast, we’ve got a Buds-only episode 🎙️ The Buds sit down 1 on 1 to catch up after throwing their first ever Tattoo Budcast event, a chaotic mix of karaoke and an art show. We recap the night, the highlights, and who probably should never be handed a microphone again. We also talk about an upcoming guest spot in Montana and the very real fear of being surrounded by nons...

This week the Buds are sitting down with a familiar face… whether you know him from his killer tattoos, his infamous shop, or his skits with Beaverduck… we’ve got BIG HAPPY in the building 🎙️ We get into the man behind the comedy. His tattoo origin story (spoiler: it all started with borrowing something from a neighbor 😭), how he built his path, and of course… some of the wildest, weirdest things...

We’ve got a returning Bud 🎙️ Thea is back for her annual check-in, and this time she’s not just talking about growth… she’s living it.  She’s been hitting her targets, literally and figuratively… Bang bang if you know what we mean. We get into everything she’s been through this past year, from being completely crippled by anxiety to stepping into a space where she’s now helping others make the cha...

We’ve got a brand new episode for you, and this time Johnny Bones and Goonies Ulloa from Dreamland Art Co are sitting in with Sanae . They’re filling in on the mic  for Jimmy Jam🎙️ The Buds sit down and reminisce about Friday the 13th tattoo days, and if you think they’re brutal now… imagine doing 50 tattoos in one day for $13 each. Absolute chaos. Also, it’s impossible to ignore that Bones has tw...

The Olympics are coming to Los Angeles in two years, and the Buds are already mentally preparing for the traffic. But instead of complaining (for once), it sparks a brilliant idea… Tattoo Olympics. We’re talking speed setups, fastest breakdowns, flash painting, endurance rounds… who’s taking gold in the tattoo world? The Buds also start cooking up plans for a Tattoo Buds Art Show + Karaoke Night,...

He claims to be just a little Ozzy… but we all know the truth. If you’ve made it through the last 10 years without seeing an Ozzy panther or chrome tattoo, then you’ve probably been living under a rock. Ozzy is a Venice Beach traditional tattoo legend, and he just opened a brand new shop in sunny downtown Riverside. We sit down and talk about how his punk rock mom bought him his first tattoo machi...

The Buds are back from two separate trips and apparently decided growth is overrated. Instead of easing back in, we jump straight into a question absolutely nobody asked for: Is kink shaming wrong? And if no one shames it… is it even still a kink? Yes. We spiraled immediately. Jimmy Jam just got back from a quick run with his band feeling cool and mysterious. Meanwhile, Sanae survived the Philadel...

The Buds are back with a brand new episode, and this time we’re sitting down with Nestor Zelaya. James first met Nestor when he was still a fireman. You know, back when he had a “real job,” a steady paycheck, benefits… and allegedly more happiness. Now he’s a tattooer. So clearly something went wrong. Nestor walks us through what made him leave the stability of a traditional career to chase the ch...

We’re sitting down with star-crossed lovers and certified Best Bud royalty, Iggy and Jared Starbard aka Jiggy from Bone Deep Tattoo. We reminisce about the “good old days” when tattoo shops were basically adult daycare centers and ask the hard question: why does nobody hang out in shops anymore? Who hurt us? We pitch our ideal Best Bud dates, then immediately rip off The Newlywed Game with our tot...

Today on the Tattoo Budcast, we sit down with a very special guest whose content has taken the tattoo world by storm: Beaverduck. We talk about how he became one of the funniest tattoo content creators out there, the unexpected path that led him to where he is now, and what it’s really like turning tattoo life into viral comedy. The laughs are nonstop, but things take a turn in the Tattoo Cover Up...

The Buds are back, and this one is a classic tattoo family episode. We’ve got Dreamland Art Co coworkers Goonies and Johnny Bones in the studio, and just like Goonies’ first Budcast appearance, things immediately spiral when we decide to play EDWARD 40 Hands. That choice naturally leads to vomit stories, a very necessary intervention about Goonies’ drinking, and a discussion about her Frankenstein...

Wayne Fredrickson is back on Tattoo Budcast and somehow… he’s opened ANOTHER tattoo shop. 😂 One of the original tattoo YouTube vlog pioneers (before everyone had ring lights and “day in the life” reels), Wayne pulls up to talk about building shops like a madman, the rise of unorthodox tattoo shop chains shaking up the industry, and the wild world of creating content as a tattooer without losing y...

On today’s episode of the Tattoo Budcast, we’re joined by a very special Bud in the shop. An OG friend from Sanae’s teenage years who also tattoos, straight out of Mesa, tattoo artist Aaron Brizendine, better known as Brizzo. We kick things off by letting AI create opposite-sex versions of the Buds and Brizzo, then asking the most important question possible: would you let yourself hit? From there...