Now that’s a tattoo.  I myself am un-tattooed, and I’m pretty conservative when it comes to them, actually, probably because I seen so many cool teenager ideas turn into hideous middle age green blobs.  The whole permanence aspect of it freaks me out.  Having said that, I heartily endorse this Mark E. Smith tattoo.  The only one I ever considered getting was the Big Star star on my right arm, but then I saw some guy who did the exact same thing, so I backed off.  There can be only one*

I love that this guy went around for ten years and nobody knew who it was!

What’s your dream tattoo that you’ll probably never get?  And what’s the greatest music-related tattoo you’ve ever seen?  And how many Black Flag tattoos are out there?  Ten million?

—Lucas

* I live my life as if Highlander was** nonfiction.

** Were?

(via Chicago Reader; HT: Henry Owings)