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No Lies Just BS

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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01:52:30

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-Six: Dalton Plummer

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2025/01/21

If you've been with us here at Alley Cat Tattoo for the last few months you know about our big move up the street into our new home and all that has come with that. Well in addition to all of the amazing things that make the new location look killer on the inside, we've got a gigantic mural on the side of the building that was drawn by Tim Lehi and painted by this week's guest, Dalton Plummer. Dalton comes back to the room he slept in for over week while doing the project to chill with Nick and talk

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02:37:22

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-Five: Nick, Porter...

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2025/01/07

Now that there's a good place to record at the new Alley Cat Tattoo location, Nick hangs with Chris Porter and Jake Hockman for a few hours shootin' the shit. There's a ton of tattoo talk and a bit of this and that about things going on in the world. And, as always, music comes up in the conversation. It's a great time you won't want to miss hanging out too. Trevor Smith shows up for a bit to chime in on some stories. The weather is bad, but we're working on some trips soon to record with some great

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02:48:13

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-Four: Tucker Wyatt &...

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2024/12/24

It's been a while since we've had a musical guest on the show, and you won't be disappointed this time. One of Nick's favorite places to hang out down the road from his old house is his local Moose Lodge. You've already heard many stories from the joint and heard from guests who've played there. Well Nick met Tucker Wyatt after a show and they became friends. So he came to Alley Cat Tattoo along with his band and they all hung out, told stories and played music in the back room, the in development

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01:48:07

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-Three: Nick Caruso

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2024/12/10

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 these guys. Check it out.

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Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-Two: Dana Brunson

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2024/11/26

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. Dana tattoos out of Cincinnati to this day and has amazing collections and stories. So enjoy the episode and thanks for

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03:26:12

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty-One: Mario Desa

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2024/11/12

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 things tattooing and the lifestyles connected to it. Hip-Hop, mobster movies and tattoo beginnings. It's all here, so

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01:26:44

Episode Three-Hundred and Sixty: Swasthik Iyengar

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2024/10/29

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 classes. There's a lot of love for tattoos and friends made along the way being discussed here. It's a shorter episode,

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02:00:12

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

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2024/10/15

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 looking back at a lot of fun times, good advice and great friends. Don't miss this one if you miss the legend. No Lies Jus

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25:58

Episode 358B: Hotline 25

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2024/10/08

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 discussion of our shared love of tattooing and everything that surrounds it. Plus, as we hear this week, a great way to

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02:14:17

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

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2024/10/01

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 discussions throughout the episode. Alley Cat's own Andrew Conner, Trevor Smith, Jake Hockman and Brian Tiger join the hang

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01:08:29

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Seven: JD Crowe

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2024/09/17

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 history involving conventions spoken about right here on this episode. Check it out and get yourself to Norfolk next month

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02:30:35

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

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2024/09/03

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 and keep up with some killer tales of his own. As usual, you won't want to miss this new and exciting piece of old and

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02:37:53

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Five: Kris Magnotti

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2024/08/20

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 tattoos at Good Luck NYC and will hopefully be sharing more of his work online after this. His buddy Sam Yamini from

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02:27:54

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Four: Marc Nava

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2024/08/06

It's that time of year again when we travel up to PA and attend the Pagoda City Tattoo Festival and hang out with all of the amazing artists. This year, Nick got three great podcasts and the first one coming to you is Marc Nava. Coming all the way from Port City Tattoo in California, this is a great episode detailing some amazing stories involving some real legends in the industry. It's a great start to some great shows. Enjoy.

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Episode 353B: Justin Weatherholz - Pagoda

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2024/07/30

Weatherholz is back on NLJBS! This time it's a quick one on the off-week to talk about Pagoda. Alley Cat Tattoo will be there and Nick is sure to lock down some great podcasts for us. But listen to these guys talk about all the fun, and we'll see ya there!

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02:00:47

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Three: Will Lollie

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2024/07/23

It's been a while, but Will Lollie is back on NLJBS while visiting the new and improved location of Alley Cat Tattoo in Harrisonburg. It's a great conversation with an amazing tattoo artist that you won't want to miss. The new shop is open and we should be back on track releasing these killer conversations for you. Will tattoos at King's Ave. in NY among many former NLJBS guests. Give this one a listen. It's a great one. Andrew, Trevor and Jake hang out off and on throughout as well. So hear what

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38:17

Episode 352B: Hotline 24

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2024/07/09

Well, yeah - this shoulda been a week with a guest, but we were a little busy moving our shop from the place it's been for the last 23 years into a new building. Nick will tell you all about, and then you can hear a few call-ins talking about all kinds of stuff. Enjoy.

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02:14:28

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-Two: Burnside Tattoo

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2024/06/25

It's the final episode in the ol' 990 Reservoir location of the No Lies Just Bullshit makeshift studio at Alley Cat Tattoo's 23 year long location, and the crew from Burnside Tattoo in Hagerstown, MD made the trip down south to see the shop in its current iteration one last time. Join Glessner, longtime friend of the show and former guest and get to know the man from CA, Mr. A.B. and hear some tales from the one and only Hawk, as well as an insight or two from shop apprentice Joey. Trey couldn't

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01:11:59

Episode Three-Hundred and Fifty-One: Civ

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2024/06/11

It's been a while, but Civ is back on the show, calling in to talk with Nick about his upcoming New York Tattoo Convention. It's not the longest episode, but it's a great discussion about all kinds of things and what you can expect with the convention coming up. Always a great time hearing from Civ. Enjoy.

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27:16

Episode 350B: Hotline 23

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2024/06/04

Here it is: another Hotline episode. You call in and Nick answers your questions and checks out your story. There are some really good ones here and kind of goes all over the place. Enjoy.

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