web01.fireside.fm Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:45:30 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Mike Giant Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Leo Gonzales” https://mikegiantpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/leo%20gonzales Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0600 Mike GIant presents interviews, mixes, lectures, etc. en-us episodic Audio Adventures with Mike Giant Michael LeSage Mike GIant presents interviews, mixes, lectures, etc. yes Mike Giant, mike giant podcast Michael LeSage mike@mikegiant.com Episode 16: Leo Gonzales https://mikegiantpodcast.fireside.fm/16 efadd146-1658-4a03-9ab5-c06b0ebf72b6 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0600 Michael LeSage full Michael LeSage Interview with tattoo artist Leo Gonzales of Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:24:37 yes Giant's interview with Leo Gonzales, a tattoo artist and fine art painter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recorded in Mr. Gonzales' home on June 30, 2019. Topics discussed include: Growing up in Pojoaque, NM, drawing at 2 years old, replicating Disney characters, Garfield, Prince Valiant, Dungeons and Dragons, The Hobbit, browsing book and album covers, frequency range, music/audio books as background noise, mindfulness, Cat Stevens, Kansas, KISS, Lorelei, Sikhs, Logical Nonsense, the punk scene, drugs, The Dark Nineties, tagbanging, Santa Fe vs. Albuquerque, backyard parties, hand poke tattoos, rites of passage, The Decline of Western Civilization, tattooing at school, The Hat, judging people by their tattoos, Dan-O Sanchez, self tattooing, dedication to the craft, apprenticeships, art school, Boris Vallejo’s advice, learning directly from artists, recognizable style, tattoo conventions, Guy Aitchison, Grime, Mike Davis, recognizing tattoos not clients, the pitfalls of getting your own drawings tattooed, quality vs. story, word tattoos, Hardware, assholes in business, good customer interactions, Richard Stell, Lucky 13, Ten In One, Stay Gold, Steve Truitt, body modifications, suspensions, public lynching, fatherhood, Warhammer, 5x Golden Demon Champion, miniature figures, Shawn Warcot, Stranger Things, hiking, the satisfaction of physical exhaustion, skateboarding, Shoggoth, making intestines, Asian Water Monitor, snake breeding, cross platforming. @cthuleo leo gonzales, leogonzales, mike giant, mikegiant, mike giant podcast, mikegiantpodcast Giant's interview with Leo Gonzales, a tattoo artist and fine art painter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recorded in Mr. Gonzales' home on June 30, 2019.

Topics discussed include: Growing up in Pojoaque, NM, drawing at 2 years old, replicating Disney characters, Garfield, Prince Valiant, Dungeons and Dragons, The Hobbit, browsing book and album covers, frequency range, music/audio books as background noise, mindfulness, Cat Stevens, Kansas, KISS, Lorelei, Sikhs, Logical Nonsense, the punk scene, drugs, The Dark Nineties, tagbanging, Santa Fe vs. Albuquerque, backyard parties, hand poke tattoos, rites of passage, The Decline of Western Civilization, tattooing at school, The Hat, judging people by their tattoos, Dan-O Sanchez, self tattooing, dedication to the craft, apprenticeships, art school, Boris Vallejo’s advice, learning directly from artists, recognizable style, tattoo conventions, Guy Aitchison, Grime, Mike Davis, recognizing tattoos not clients, the pitfalls of getting your own drawings tattooed, quality vs. story, word tattoos, Hardware, assholes in business, good customer interactions, Richard Stell, Lucky 13, Ten In One, Stay Gold, Steve Truitt, body modifications, suspensions, public lynching, fatherhood, Warhammer, 5x Golden Demon Champion, miniature figures, Shawn Warcot, Stranger Things, hiking, the satisfaction of physical exhaustion, skateboarding, Shoggoth, making intestines, Asian Water Monitor, snake breeding, cross platforming.

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]]> Giant's interview with Leo Gonzales, a tattoo artist and fine art painter based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recorded in Mr. Gonzales' home on June 30, 2019.

Topics discussed include: Growing up in Pojoaque, NM, drawing at 2 years old, replicating Disney characters, Garfield, Prince Valiant, Dungeons and Dragons, The Hobbit, browsing book and album covers, frequency range, music/audio books as background noise, mindfulness, Cat Stevens, Kansas, KISS, Lorelei, Sikhs, Logical Nonsense, the punk scene, drugs, The Dark Nineties, tagbanging, Santa Fe vs. Albuquerque, backyard parties, hand poke tattoos, rites of passage, The Decline of Western Civilization, tattooing at school, The Hat, judging people by their tattoos, Dan-O Sanchez, self tattooing, dedication to the craft, apprenticeships, art school, Boris Vallejo’s advice, learning directly from artists, recognizable style, tattoo conventions, Guy Aitchison, Grime, Mike Davis, recognizing tattoos not clients, the pitfalls of getting your own drawings tattooed, quality vs. story, word tattoos, Hardware, assholes in business, good customer interactions, Richard Stell, Lucky 13, Ten In One, Stay Gold, Steve Truitt, body modifications, suspensions, public lynching, fatherhood, Warhammer, 5x Golden Demon Champion, miniature figures, Shawn Warcot, Stranger Things, hiking, the satisfaction of physical exhaustion, skateboarding, Shoggoth, making intestines, Asian Water Monitor, snake breeding, cross platforming.

@cthuleo

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