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Joel

The guilt of hedonism!

About Me

I'm a tattoo artist and am a Master Coffee Roaster. Boo ya.

My Interests

Tattooing, motorcycles, (roller) hockey, video games, the Simpsons, "geek" fiction, snowboarding, mountain biking, coffee, Blood Bowl, pizza (anytime anywhere), lowbrow art,

I'd like to meet:

basically anyone interesting. which probably means you.

Music:

High On Fire, Cathedral, Tenacious D, The Darkness, Lamb Of God, Pentagram, The Jealous Sound, Catacombs, Sunny Day Real Estate, New Model Army, Deftones, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Outkast, Pedro The Lion, Swearing At Motorists, Sleep, Karate, Codeine, Jesu, Torche, Thergothon, The Sword, Green Day, Bad Wizard, Helmet, Shudder To Think, Slayer, Morbid Angel, The Beauty Pill, Smart Went Crazy, Mastodon, Floor, Devo, Mayhem, Snoop Dogg, Dio, Celtic Frost, Lair Of the Minotaur, Zombi, Lily Allen, George Jones, etc.I am currently pursuing Heavy Metal on an academic level, so if you have any suggestions for books, movies, documentaries and "essential" albums please let me know.

Movies:

The Lord Of the Rings movies, The Big Lebowski, Wet Hot American Summer, This Is Spinal Tap, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, High Fidelity, anything by Russ Meyer, Breakfast Club, Amelie, the Evil Dead series, George Romero movies,

Television:

American Chopper, The Office, The Simpsons, Hockey, DVDs

Books:

My new favorite book is "Everything Bad Is Good For You" by Steven Johnson. "Sound Of The Beast: The Complete Headbanging History Of Heavy Metal", "Choosing Death: The Improbable History Of Death Metal and Grindcore", "Lucifer Rising", "Lords Of Chaos: The Dark History Of Black Metal", "The Rough Guide To Heavy Metal", "The Collector's Guide To Heavy Metal", "Rock Detector's A-Z Encyclopedias of Thrash, Death, Doom, Gothic and Stoner Rock"...

Heroes:

Any artist working: tattooists, poster artists, lowbrow gallery artists (even though they are oxymorons), graphic designers, chefs, etc.

My Blog

Interview with yours truly

http://buffalorising.com/story/artists_among_us_joel_mentere ntry
Posted by Joel on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:07:00 PST

I colored Ben's leg


Posted by Joel on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:55:00 PST

Long overdue sketches

tag-team with Bob Bieber:...
Posted by Joel on Mon, 07 May 2007 12:31:00 PST

Tattoos!

I've been tattooing my friends for the past five weeks and I did these the last two days and was really pleased with how they came out.  Crappy cell-phone photos though. ...
Posted by Joel on Sun, 06 May 2007 06:45:00 PST

Cthulu!


Posted by Joel on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:38:00 PST

Clockers Tour Poster


Posted by Joel on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:41:00 PST

QCRG team logos

starting on them
Posted by Joel on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:54:00 PST

Dec 13th sketch

My tattoo apprenticeship is going very well.  I'm learning loads every day, it's all so new.  I'm chomping at the bit to get tattooing.  The worst is watching Bob do tattoos because it ...
Posted by Joel on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:30:00 PST

Dec. 5th Sketch


Posted by Joel on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:45:00 PST

Dec.4th Sketch


Posted by Joel on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:09:00 PST