When the podcast began in 2018 I had a brief list of my ideal guests; Jamison was near the very top of that list.

Nearly 8 years later finally sitting down to talk was well worth the wait. Like many of us I believed tattooers were pretentious dickheads that overcharged you for your own ideas. Apparently only some of them hold true to stereotype. This man is not or at least not anymore. Inside this episode I extract some of the earliest questions and concerns I had for Etiquette and what inspired the theme of the show. Jamison details the original FORTIFIED Shop location nightmare, his tattoo roots in Union City, the Honda CRX obsession, pulling into Lompoc in his 1973 (not '74) Chevy Nova, what tattooers get wrong, what customers get wrong (!), having an awful short-term memory, and industry anecdotes. I had a blast talking to him and you'll have one listening! Download, share, & get your next tattoo at Fortified Tattoo Co

Honored to sit and chat with someone truly giving back to their community. Mic Singh's name lends itself to too many easy quips about music however to people who know him it only commands resepct. I've wanted him on for awhile, a few short years ago he helped me fill my kitchen drawers and cabinets with dishes, silverware, and even a panini press. I had nothing and no money to my name in a basically empty apartment while I slept on an old wrestling mat. Thanks to him it got another step closer to feeling like home. Talking to him certainly came easy he felt right at home telling me origin stories of his musical obsession and lifelong love. Lock-in and listen folks. You might've seen this familiar face over time in Southside Coffee, Morninglory Music, Certain Sparks, but now you'll know his story.

Truly you all have no idea how lucky you are that we didn't record this episode after the OTHER Minnesota bullshit. 10 days before Christmas I was joined by Navy Corpsman Kiefer; sharing social circles since I can remember he was a small beacon of hope that thinking for yourself and not adhering to the pack political mentality might still serve you well. It'll always puzzle me how traditional values seemed to be the odd-man-out in terms of moral and social networking with the cesspool of self-loathing, sanctimonious, trendwhore sycophants we all socialized with. But no one is bad mouthed here; just two drunk dorks jabbering over our similarities and disimilarities. Excursions to Africa, lessons in storytelling, drug-free bodybuilding, and more from a fellow Patriot.