No Lies Just BS

Dec 09 2024 99 ep. 112 mins 152
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Listen to Nick Swartz tell stories about his life. From growin' up in the small VA mountain town of Clifton Forge to his entry into and career in the tattoo industry. All the rough upbringin', punk rock, family, country, skateboardin', good eatin', blues, ass-kickin', tattooed, hard to believe but addictin' to perceive bullshit that can be packed into each episode. His brother Josh helps out and the guests are the best of the best.

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Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-Three: Nick Caruso

Dec 09 2024 108 mins  
Veteran tattooer Nick Caruso came down to VA from his shop on Staten Island, Bound For Glory Tattoo to visit Alley Cat and chill with Nick at the shop for a while. This is a great talk including lots of thoughts on tattooing from the past to what things are like right now. Lots of great stories and a few drinks. You won't want to miss this conversation if you love tattoos like thes

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-Two: Dana Brunson

Nov 25 2024 56 mins  
While at the first Norfolk Tattoo Convention last month, Nick finally had the chance to sit down with long-time tattoo legend Dana Brunson for a while. From the moment they begin, it's a non-stop tale of family, art and tattooing. You'll think you listened to a multiple hour episode in just under an hour. No excuse not to finish this one. You don't want to miss this conversation. D

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-One: Mario Desa

Nov 11 2024 206 mins  
For years and years, Nick has been trying to get together with this episode's guest and they finally connected at the Norfolk Tattoo Arts Festival last month. Mario Desa attended the convention, coming all the way from Great Lakes Tattoo in Chicago. After a rough few weeks and the loss of some great people close to the show, this episode is a long one that's a celebration of all th

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty: Swasthik Iyengar

Oct 28 2024 86 mins  
At the Norfolk Tattoo Arts Festival in Virignia put on by Mr. JD Crowe, Nick had the chance to sit down with an atist who was introduced at Pagoda this summer. Swasthik Iyengar is an artist working in NY who is originally from India and spent many years in Australia as well. This is truly an interesting episode beginning with some informative talk of various religious factions and

Episode Three-Hundred and FIfty-Nine: Nick & Porter

Oct 14 2024 120 mins  
It's a sad time in the world of tattooing, but Nick and Porter are going to talk about all of the good times they had with the legend that is Brian Bruno. Hangin' out in the empty lot behind the new location of Alley Cat Tattoo, they visit the location of the house where Nick and Andrew lived during the time they all first met Brian back in the early 2000's. It's a great episode lo

Episode 358B: Hotline 25

Oct 07 2024 25 mins  
Hey, yeah, we got us a few phone calls into the NLJBS Hotline for the off-week episode. Among the topics this time are Alley Cat Tattoo's Grand Re-Opening party and the situation down in the hills of Asheville NC after the hurricane. We love putting out these in-between episodes if enough of y'all call in to the Hotline, so what are you waiting for? It's a great way to keep up the

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Eight: Wrath & Mike Schweigert

Sep 30 2024 134 mins  
Alley Cat Tattoo was still settling in to the new location up the street from the old shop when Wrath came all the way from Hawaii with Nate Rose to meet up with none other than the legend Mike Schweigert to visit some shops on the East Coast and stop by to hang out with Nick and the crew. Wrath gives us an update on his situation and everybody joins in on some serious tattoo discu

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Seven: JD Crowe

Sep 16 2024 68 mins  
Legendary guest JD Crowe is back again with another NLJBS episode to have a chat with Nick about the upcoming Norfolk Tattoo Expo, October 17-20th in Norfolk, VA. There are going to be so many amazing artists and personalities from the history of tattooing there all weekend, so listen up to all the details and what you can expect when you get there. There's also a ton of tattoo his

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Six: Angelo & Jimmy P

Sep 03 2024 150 mins  
It's the third podcast that Nick was able to record at this year's Pagoda City Tattoo Festival, and it's a killer one to wrap things up. Everyone's favorite fast-talker from Inksmith & Rogers is back. That's right, Angelo is here once again to match talkin' shit with Nick. This time, he's brought with him a great friend: Mr. Jimmy P from Full Hearts Tattoo is here to hang with us a

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Five: Kris Magnotti

Aug 19 2024 157 mins  
Day two of the Pagoda City Tattoo Festival and Nick had the chance to sit down with legend Kris Magnotti. The stories start off wild and end crazy and it's an entertaining couple of hours throughout. You're not gonna want to miss some of the things Kris has gone through on his road to tattooing. Just a great episode of bullshit like we love to bring to you listeners. Magnotti tatto