Wow 10 years, time flies when you're having fun. Tattooing's come a long way in the last 10 years here in the big apple. 10 years ago we were kind of out of the loop in the tattoo world. 10 years ago we came out of a tattooing dark ages following the ban that lasted 30+ years. Now here we are and we have one of the best conventions in the country, tons of talent all around and I think the tightest tattoo community around, Of course I'm biased, yet something about the city, maybe the close quarters, maybe the grit and grime, the energy, the history really makes the tattoo scene here unique. This past weekend we all got to toast 10 years well spent taking back our spot in the global tattoo scene. A big thanks to guys who run the show at Roseland, (Bonge, Butch, Clayton) who give us all a chance to get together once a year, hang out and have something to look forward to the next time around.

The picture up top has Timmy tats in the background working away, Joe Cumbee from Iron Age with the thumbs up then left to right Peggy Punch, Stanley Moskowitz, me, Bill Salmon, Crazy Philidelphia Eddy and Steve Von Riepen.

Adam Craft will be visiting Daredevil from Illicit Tattoo this week. Adam has been tattooing for 10 years spending a few of those years working with Bugs at Evil From the Needle . Three years ago he opened Illicit Tattoo in New Zealand and now works with 5 other artist and his business partner Sophia who runs their online publication The Tattooed Heart.

Adams favorite style is Japanese and he's a big fan of Black Metal. So if you get a chance give a call to the shop and hook up an appointment with Adam while there's still time, he'll be here till Friday.

After tons of hard work we would like to congratulate Needled for the launch of their new interactive website, blog, and video extravaganza. Last night was the launch party over at Sugar in Tribeca. These guy worked like crazy to pull it all together. Despite server problems, slow internet connections and general lack of sleep they managed to get it all going and make it to the party on time.

In case you haven't noticed Needled is the top site on our News Feeds. It's an amazing site, Marisa DiMattia works her fingers off to keep everyone up to date on tattoo news the world over. Now Marisa has teamed up with RIVR Media to create a new site that not only brings you her "tattoo couture" overview but will also include amazing video footage from around the world, galleries, forums, and games.This new site is DEEP it will definately be the go to site for everything tattoo.

DevilCity Press brings you gossip, news, and tattoos, we're like the National Equirer, these guys are "high brow for the underground. Tattoo couture." Check em out they're a class act, and they got it going on. You're going to see some action from these guys.