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Saturday, January 17, 2015

CoastZone - History of Tattoos & Open Lines

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January 17, 2015   Coast Insider Audio
History of Tattoos:

In the first half, Nick Ackman (Facebook Page ), who's been a professional tattoo artist for 15 years, discussed the history of tattooing, why it's become so mainstream in the United States, and how people from all walks of life from wealthy businessmen to elderly grandmothers and everybody in-between are choosing to ink their own skin as a vehicle for artistic self-expression.

"Tattooing is as ancient as time, as modern as tomorrow," Ackman said, suggesting the art sprung up accidentally in different cultures at various times around the world. A prehistoric person may have been accidently stabbed by a spearhead and noticed a mark after it healed, which could have led to purposely carving designs into the skin, he noted. Ancient Egyptian tattoos were very simple geometric designs made using pulverized carbon, other minerals, and small sharpened bird bones, Ackman explained. If you analyze tattoo designs at points in history, you can get an understanding of the wants and needs of the people from any given era, he added.

Pain is part of 'earning' a tattoo as a rite of passage, Ackman continued. Getting a pain-free tattoo would take all the magic out the art, he proposed. He spoke about the popularity of laser tattoo removal services but favors keeping older unwanted ink as it tells a story about a person at a specific time and place. Ackman described the process of tattooing a person from the stencil to the electric tattoo machines that push pigment under the skin. According to Ackman, the ink only goes 1/32 of an inch below the surface. Some bleeding and swelling may occur but overall tattooing is not a very traumatic process, he said.

  
Open Lines:

During Open Lines, Ray shared a bizarre account from his Marine days when he was asked to clear out the bunk of a fallen sailor. According to Ray, he placed the deceased soldier's personal effects in a sealed bag and locked it in a security compartment. The following day the stuff was found back under the bunk and the sealed bag was empty, he revealed. Ray said he again gathered the slain man's things and locked them up only to have them once again appear at the bunk the next day.

Bud in Indiana told George about the time he experienced a financial miracle when he was $40 short on rent and facing eviction. Bud said he and his kids walked to a convenient store that night to get milk and as they moved through an alley two $20 bills blew onto his daughter's feet. George also spoke with producers Tom Danheiser and Dan Galanti about a 'day in the life' of working on the Coast to Coast AM program.

Today in Strangeness:

Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (1773),  the Flush Toilet (with seperate water tank and a pull chain) is patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (1861), 11 men steal more than $2 million from the Brinks Armored Car depot in Boston (1950), and the United States loses an H-bomb in Spain (1966).


Tonight's Show, Saturday, January 17:

Joining George Knapp in the first half, Director of the BLT Research Team, Nancy Talbott, will discuss the latest in crop circle research along with photographic proof that a National Geographic production team knowingly lied to the public in a 2004 documentary regarding crop formations. Followed by James Clarkson , investigator with over 30 years experience in criminal investigation and the mysterious world of UFOs. He'll talk about June Crain who worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base from 1943-1953 - she has gone on record saying that UFOs are 100% real and the government knows more than anyone can imagine.

From 6-10 pm (PT) on Saturday night, Coast Insiders can hear an Art Bell: Somewhere in Time program from 5/13/99 when Steve Shenk talked about preparedness, storable food, and the possibility of a Y2K problem.

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