If you're not familiar with the artwork of L.A.-based tattoo artist Nikko Hurtado, that's likely to change. Or maybe it already has. Just yesterday, Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson showed off a newly completed tattoo — inked by Hurtado over the course of 30 hours — to his 96.2 million Instagram......
Although skateboarding and tattoos have existed harmoniously in the subculture since they each began becoming more mainstream in the ‘90s, few can truly bring the two together like former professional skateboarder turned full-time tattoo artist Adam McNatt. After a rollercoaster of a skateboarding career full of innovation and drama, the......
Last year's Music Tastes Good festival paved the way for a host of new festivals in Long Beach, including Tropicalia, Growlers Six, Rock the Queen and Summertime in the LBC....
"We’re doing over 20 songs," says frontman Jeremy Bolm of the two hometown shows, which cap off a year of opening for Thursday and playing larger venues....
When Kari Barba moved her tattooing career to the West Coast from her native Minnesota in the early 1980s, she didn’t really know much about the artform. She’d visited Southern California a little bit — including a stop at the famous tattoo shop she now owns in Long Beach —......
If you’re looking to pick up a rare pair of sneakers, you’re probably already familiar with the sneaker marketplace app GOAT. But while the app has millions of users, the local company’s debut pop-up gallery — titled "The Greatest" — is a much more intimate affair. Rather than collecting hundreds......
As the popularity of esports has risen over the past handful of years, Blizzard Entertainment has made a name for itself as more than just the company that created classic video games like Diablo and World of Warcraft. Competitive titles like Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and last year’s award-winning......
Although some tattoo artists may feel like they were born to be in the industry, Isaiah Negrete literally was. At the time of his birth, the Shamrock Social Club artist’s last name was already known throughout the tattoo community thanks to the legacy of his father, Freddy, and it didn’t......
