A friend of mine was recently getting some work done in one of San Francisco's most respected tattoo shops,
Skull & Sword, when the conversation turned to new Spike TV reality competition show,
Ink Master. In case you've missed this slice of Truly Awful Television, it is basically
America's Next Model for tattoo artists. But instead of Tyra Banks standing around looking stern every week, we get the first tattooed guy the producers could think of (probably because he and his ex-wife Carmen Electra had a
reality T.V. show of their own a few years back),
Dave Navarro. Dave Navarro -- in case you're not familiar -- has played guitar in Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and, very importantly, has some of the dodgiest tattoos in living memory.