THE CONGREGATION

The second annual meeting of the Ghost in the Cloak Society of Life Abundant in the Face of Death Imminent  has once again flared and vanished.  This year's chosen temple was the forever unsanctified Cinebar (this place ruined my fucking life... I love it there).  All love and respect to everyone who came out to celebrate the long road we've all been walking.  

Thanks especially to:
SBEN95 and CJAR03 for helping set up.
RLYN04 for making the t-shirts and posters.
JRUI04 and crew for the libations.
CHEF07 and JVAD09 for the nourishment.
MAXD95 for the image captures.
SUME04 and TDEG09 for forging the keys.

Good times.

Photos: MAXD95

Roll Up Sleeves

Leather Dress

Leather with draped bow detail on the back.

and, guess who made this dress? 
seriously, I would not have figured it out in a thousand years if I wouldn't have bought the dress myself...

I will tell you in the my next post :) 

Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.
–J. Robert Oppenheimer

SOUL SUNDAY

The Mad Lads were an American 1960s doo
wop group from Memphis, Tennessee.
Featuring the tenor of John Gary Williams, the
group were still in high school when they were
signed to Stax in late 1964. In the mid-1960s,
they enjoyed solid R&B hits with "Don't Have to
Shop Around," "I Want Someone," and "I Want
a Girl," although they never would cross over to
the pop audience. Williams and fellow Mad Lad
William Brown were drafted in 1966, and their
recording career was suspended while they
were in the service (although they carried on
live with replacements). After their discharge,
Williams and Brown were told by fellow original
members Julius Green and Robert Philips that
they did not want Brown in the group; Brown
and Stax co-owner Jim Stewart forced them to
reinstate Williams, but their subsequent efforts
were more in the Stax soul/funk formula, and
not as their more atypical mid-1960s singles.
They did return to the Top 30 in the US Billboard
R&B chart in 1968, with "Whatever Hurts You."
The song "Pass the Word (Love's the Word)" was
sampled by the Australian hip-hop group Hilltop
Hoods on their song "Chase That Feeling." The
guitar and horn samples from "Make This Young
Lady Mine" were used extensively in De La
Soul's "Eye Know".

accessories

Asos Modern Amour cuff and boyNYC Dinosaur cuff


My favorite pieces of the moment, the Asos Modern Amour Cuff in rose gold came in the mail this week and is by far my current fav (and that for 15 UK pounds) It really goes with everything.

And the Dinosaur cuff from boyNYC, which ever fails to make me want to watch Jurassic park..

CANDY N CHROME

THE KEY

The key to infinitely repeating doorways...
Names eviscerated...
Letters and numbers re-represent the shell...
If your collection of matter is tattooed by any contributing member of ATAK then you are entitled to one of these objects. Hammer and steel baptism awaits.

Above, Max's (one of the few 95ers) tiger striped aluminum destroyer of obstacles.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
–Franz Kafka

drago tattoo

Dragon face with staring eyes tattoo design.

temporary dragon tattoo temporary dragon tattoo green paper clips

gorgeous dragon tattoo

Black Dragon tattoo Angelina Jolie

Dragon Tattoo


Dragon tattoos can be done as armbands, on the lower back, ankles,

Black Dragon Tattoos Design

Variation Of The Dragon Tattoo Design

lower back dragon tattoo japanese snake tattoos

Cool Dragon Tattoos

Big Chair

THE SHRINE

All kneel...

Photo: Max Dolberg

SEVENTY DEEP

Here is a preview of our line up at the Convention Center to support our good friend and Loyal tattoo client Sam Torres and his Family Affair Car Show int the heart of Los Angeles..
Stay tuned for more images of the show. Thanks to our boy Willie T @goodtimesmedia
for the images.
Lifestyle C.C. 35 yrs Strong!

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium. 
—Henri Matisse

THE STONE

The Blood Stone of Unholy Pain and Beauty.
The coronation throne upon which the keys to the ATAK kingdom are forged.

Photo: Max Dolberg

Wrestler

THROWBACK THURSDAY

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive.  And then go and do that.  Because what the world needs is people who are alive.

— Howard Thurman

Wildfox's premiere Swim 2012

Pictures by: Mark the Cobrasnake

Can't wait for the Wildfox Swim collection to come out.. 

And seriously, I want my hair and make-up to be like this! I never seem to manage to get a smokey eye. You see, I always end up looking like (quote from Luluandyourmom) "a Panda Hooker"

I think this season's must have bikini's are the high-waist swimmies from American Apparel seen here and here.

INDIAN SUMMER