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(Message started by: blessed_by_goo on Feb 25^th, 2005, 7:23pm)

Title: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by blessed_by_goo on Feb 25^th, 2005, 7:23pm

Does anyone know what some of Johnny's tatooes mean? Like the one of the guy sitting with ? marks all around, or the Japanese looking one's on the inside of his right forearm ??? I know about the big one the others are still in qustion. Just curious

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by SuzieGoo on Feb 25^th, 2005, 9:39pm

I know I have read some interviews where he has talked about them.

The symbols on his arm are kanji, I think. They are like Love, Truth, Faith...but one of them was drawn just a little off and means something else and John was quoted saying something like "I'm the only guy in the world who has a self-help tattoo"...or something like that. LOL

And the other one is a cartoon.....like from a series. Hmmm, let's see if I can find something about them.

~ Suz

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by SuzieGoo on Feb 25^th, 2005, 9:55pm

Here you go. ;D I just did a Google search on "rzeznik tattoos".

I hope it is okay to post this here, here is a page about all of them:

http://www.googoodollsrock.com/theband_john_tattoos.html

Also if you do that google search there are some pages with great pictures of them all, including the website of the tattoo artist who did a bunch of them.

;)

~ Suz

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by SassyMay on Feb 25^th, 2005, 9:56pm

ummmm you probably already know this but the one of the picasso painting is called the dream the other one with all the question marks ,not a clue i have no idea why he has one of ike a crown with stars around it(on his back) and he has like jaenese symbols on his arm????

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by blessed_by_goo on Feb 25^th, 2005, 10:08pm

on 02/25/05 at 21:39:23, SuzieGoo wrote:

I know I have read some interviews where he has talked about them. �

The symbols on his arm are kanji, I think. �They are like Love, Truth, Faith...but one of them was drawn just a little off and means something else �and John was quoted saying something like "I'm the only guy in the world who has a self-help tattoo"...or something like that. �LOL
And the other one is a cartoon.....like from a series. �Hmmm, let's see if I can find something about them.

~ Suz

Thanks for the link I think I been there before, cuz I remember reading about the stars meaning something about his stars representing his sisters and they symbolize something about Buffalo being the homeland. I copied some of the pics into MY PICTURES on comp. I'll have to go back and read it. Glad you found the link cuz I couldn't remember where I saw 'em ....thing about self help...I know it was hysterical LOL

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by blessed_by_goo on Feb 25^th, 2005, 10:11pm

on 02/25/05 at 21:56:59, SassyMay wrote:

Yeah I knew of that one...I read somewhere, in the chat session I think something about why buy art when he can spend a 1000.00 $$$ and have it tattoed on his arm or somethin like that. So I assumed the Picasso cost that much to have done.... it took sometime I guess too...

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by aurora on Feb 26^th, 2005, 5:06am

the one on his upper-right arm is definitely picasso's "the dream". what you might not know is that it's supposed to be a woman masturbating.

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by blessed_by_goo on Feb 27^th, 2005, 12:19am

knew that, but thanks

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by Caroline on Feb 27^th, 2005, 6:32pm

on 02/25/05 at 21:56:59, SassyMay wrote:

the other one with all the question marks ,not a clue

This one is a cartoon by Saul Steinberg, an excellent cartoonist who's work frequently appeared in The New Yorker magazine. This is probably his most famous cover for the magazine:

http://www.cartoonbank.com/images_photos/steinberg_cover_03-29-76.jpg

For more information about Saul Steinberg, check out this site: http://www.saulsteinbergfoundation.org/

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by PattyGoo on Feb 28^th, 2005, 8:34am

It's funny, last weekend my daughter was watching the VH1 countdown with me, and when they showed John in GALB, she asked me why he's got a tattoo of a guy on the toilet.

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by blessed_by_goo on Feb 28^th, 2005, 9:07am

Funnier yet... the 1st time I noted that tatoo....I wondered the same damn thing!!! Too funny, I guess that says alot for me aye!

Title: Re: Anyone know about Johnnys tatooes ???
Post by girlnamedgrace on Mar 1^st, 2005, 7:00am

I read somewhere (can't remember where, tv has reduced my memory substantially) that John is getting picassos guernica painting all across his lower back.

http://www.mala.bc.ca/~lanes/english/hemngway/picasso/guernica.htm
:o
Ouch!!!