I’ve always disliked the Filipino Stars and Straps shirts. It’s an easy imitation. of In my opinion, they are unoriginal and are along the lines of the Adobo Adidas, The Ninong, and other gag shirts. Sure, they are cute and funny but it’s half-baked “Filipino Pride”. Sure, they are not meant to promote culture, and [...]

Rupert is the lead vocalist of Eskapo – a Filipino punk band here in the bay area. He’s also a performer who was awarded the best spoken word artist by East Bay Express. Inked by Mel Vera Cruz

Pasko Expo 2008 in Vallejo, CA is over and was OK. The reason I say only OK is that it was difficult to have conversations as we did at the Pistahan event this past summer. I had fun though. Highlights of the event was meeting fellow Baybayin artist, Christine Balza of suku-art.com and watching Charmaine [...]

I’ll be in Vallejo, CA next week 12/13 at Pasko Expo doing free name transliterations to the 1st 250 people. If your not part of the 1st 250, mention “PinoyTattoos.com” and I’ll hook you up with a free design. Click here for more info Here’s a photo of the last even at the Pistahan celebration [...]