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            <title>Jeans,from ED hardy! (edsion008.busythumbs.com)</title>
            <link>http://edsion008.busythumbs.com/entry_id/719703/action/viewentry/</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='http://&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Front features a tattoo inspired print of a death angel and dragons.Now &lt;a href=\&quot;www.edhardyuk.co.uk\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy&lt;/a&gt; has lent his name (and vintage tattoo designs) to this awesome line of apparel. The result is of super refreshing mint mixed with colorful bubbles that provides a provocative edginess.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Front features a tattoo inspired print of a death angel and dragons.Then it is Ed Hardy - Anchor Cross Basic Tee , Don’t let your style get weighed down.Signature Ed Hardy logo at front,the back and rear lower left hem adds a touch of visual appeal.ED hardy perform is designed for those girls who want to be more and more beautiful and women.So,just act as soon as possible.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; Ed Hardy Long Sleeve Specialty Tee Love Kills Slowly .Ed Hardy’s vintage tattoo graphics were the most sought after body art of his time.&lt;a href=\&quot;www.edhardyuk.co.uk\&quot;&gt;Christian Audigier&lt;/a&gt; is one of most welcomed French designer who has returned to Paris from Los Angeles, preparing to open a fashion show for his own brand on the October Paris Fashion Week.This fragrance was created with special effects and colorfulsensations inspired by the dramatic and cool Ed Hardy tattoo art. Styled with AG Jeans The Protege Straight in Tactic.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sequoia Scent Trek brings a masculine woodiness to the fragrance that is embraced by sensual Musks and a touch of Black Amber. And it is machine wash cold and tumble dry low. Bright and tantalizing citrus effects of Bergamot &amp;amp; Mandarin are touched by the aromatic expression of Thuja and the sharp bite of Clary Sage for added zest.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Color - Charcoal,it is made of cotton,And it is Crystal accents.This opening is the perfect preview to a colorful Mint Julep cocktail that matches up with Ozone for a psychedelic explosion of color and effervescence. ' target='_blank'&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Front features a tattoo inspired print of a death angel and dragons.Now &lt;a href=\&quot;www.edhardyuk.co.uk\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy&lt;/a&gt; has lent his name (and vintage tattoo designs) to this awesome line of apparel. The result is of super refreshing mint mixed with colorful bubbles that provides a provocative edginess.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Front features a tattoo inspired print of a death angel and dragons.Then it is Ed Hardy - Anchor Cross Basic Tee , Don’t let your style get weighed down.Signature Ed Hardy logo at front,the back and rear lower left hem adds a touch of visual appeal.ED hardy perform is designed for those girls who want to be more and more beautiful and women.So,just act as soon as possible.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; Ed Hardy Long Sleeve Specialty Tee Love Kills Slowly .Ed Hardy’s vintage tattoo graphics were the most sought after body art of his time.&lt;a href=\&quot;www.edhardyuk.co.uk\&quot;&gt;Christian Audigier&lt;/a&gt; is one of most welcomed French designer who has returned to Paris from Los Angeles, preparing to open a fashion show for his own brand on the October Paris Fashion Week.This fragrance was created with special effects and colorfulsensations inspired by the dramatic and cool Ed Hardy tattoo art. Styled with AG Jeans The Protege Straight in Tactic.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sequoia Scent Trek brings a masculine woodiness to the fragrance that is embraced by sensual Musks and a touch of Black Amber. And it is machine wash cold and tumble dry low. Bright and tantalizing citrus effects of Bergamot &amp;amp; Mandarin are touched by the aromatic expression of Thuja and the sharp bite of Clary Sage for added zest.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Color - Charcoal,it is made of cotton,And it is Crystal accents.This opening is the perfect preview to a colorful Mint Julep cocktail that matches up with Ozone for a psychedelic explosion of color and effervescence. &lt;/a&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>The Story of Ed Hardy Apparel (edsion008.busythumbs.com)</title>
            <link>http://edsion008.busythumbs.com/entry_id/713031/action/viewentry/</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Speaking of &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyuk.co.uk/\&quot;&gt;Ed hardy&lt;/a&gt;, it is deserved for us to spare some time to say something about its two designers who have gained popularity all over the world,One is Christian Audigier who is said to be &amp;ldquo;king of jeans&amp;rdquo; and once was the designer of very famous brand, such as Diesel, Levi&amp;rsquo;s and so on, Another is Don Ed Hardy, having been called &amp;ldquo;contemporary godfather of tattoo in America&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; It can&amp;rsquo;t be denied that the two masters working in conjunction really brings brilliant sparks and infuses a different look in fashion crowd, But as far as I am concerned the negative impact listed as follows in their designs should not be overlooked: For one thing, only the clothes that let young people look energetic and optimistic are good ones, Yet, either Ed hardy&amp;rsquo;s baseball cap having totem or tattoo or the clothes with pirate skulls, eagle anchor, daimon, as well as other tattoo patterns, taking use of such techniques as embroidery, washing, splash-ink, etc.What&amp;rsquo;s more, many critics ever said that Ed hardy&amp;rsquo;s design is just stacking patterns which are overly sexy and aggressive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p align=\&quot;center\&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; So what you should do is just to hold on your view. If you feel that &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyuk.co.uk/\&quot;&gt;Ed hardy clothing&lt;/a&gt; is just right to your mind, you have nothing to concern to wear it.As a matter of course, the benevolent see the benevolence and the wise see the wisdom. So the above are just my own feeling about Ed hardy. &lt;/p&gt;' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Speaking of &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyuk.co.uk/\&quot;&gt;Ed hardy&lt;/a&gt;, it is deserved for us to spare some time to say something about its two designers who have gained popularity all over the world,One is Christian Audigier who is said to be &amp;ldquo;king of jeans&amp;rdquo; and once was the designer of very famous brand, such as Diesel, Levi&amp;rsquo;s and so on, Another is Don Ed Hardy, having been called &amp;ldquo;contemporary godfather of tattoo in America&amp;rdquo;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; It can&amp;rsquo;t be denied that the two masters working in conjunction really brings brilliant sparks and infuses a different look in fashion crowd, But as far as I am concerned the negative impact listed as follows in their designs should not be overlooked: For one thing, only the clothes that let young people look energetic and optimistic are good ones, Yet, either Ed hardy&amp;rsquo;s baseball cap having totem or tattoo or the clothes with pirate skulls, eagle anchor, daimon, as well as other tattoo patterns, taking use of such techniques as embroidery, washing, splash-ink, etc.What&amp;rsquo;s more, many critics ever said that Ed hardy&amp;rsquo;s design is just stacking patterns which are overly sexy and aggressive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p align=\&quot;center\&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; So what you should do is just to hold on your view. If you feel that &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyuk.co.uk/\&quot;&gt;Ed hardy clothing&lt;/a&gt; is just right to your mind, you have nothing to concern to wear it.As a matter of course, the benevolent see the benevolence and the wise see the wisdom. So the above are just my own feeling about Ed hardy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>edsion008</author>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>ed hardy shirts line (edsion008.busythumbs.com)</title>
            <link>http://edsion008.busythumbs.com/entry_id/711887/action/viewentry/</link>
            <description>&lt;a href='&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Breaking the mold of monotonous fashion and styling, comes a clothing label that is sure to last and deliver to the demands of the fashion conscious public.This unique and stylish clothing label is popularly  known as &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyshop.us//\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy Clothing&lt;/a&gt;.he unique prints embedded on the shirts and jackets of Ed hardy apparel are all carefully conceptualized and designed by the no less than the man behind the clothing line, Ed Hardy himself.This clothing line offers all apparel needs from Ed Hardy Hoddies, Ed Hardy jeans and shirts and the unique Ed Hardy long sleeve shirts. While  Ed Hardy was already a larger than life household name, he never opted to rest on his laurels as an artist for life, hence the birth of the clothing line that still emanates the artistic prowess behind the name.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Consumers cannot be fooled and the makers of Ed Hardy are  affirmative in delivering what the client&amp;egrave;le rightfully deserves. craze that is out on the market is accessible to all those who can afford, it is also an established reality that a certain fashion craze may not always look good on every single person, both the fashionable and otherwise. Thus, fashion icons and stylists suggest that one must look for comfort and sense of well-being while wearing the apparel. Simply put it, if it fits right and one is comfortable wearing it, then is will turn out fashionable without trying so hard. But then again Ed Hardy Clothing Line looks out for the general welfare of all its client&amp;egrave;le. It is for this reason that Ed Hardy banners total comfort and that sense of well-being wearing the outfit. All that and more without compromising that youthful and unique sense of style that &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyuk.co.uk/\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy&lt;/a&gt; have been known for to  deliver.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The vintage designs that every Ed Hardy shirt carries makes the buyer and the wearer a smart individual. Having purchased on a piece of Ed Hardy is investing on an outfit that is sure to last many fashion trends and is wearable that it never goes out of style.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Every Ed Hardy Hoddies are made of lightweight materials, particularly fabrics that can survive the wash and wear attitude of the young spirited. And most of all, the handling and care of Ed Hardy Clothing suggests easy to-do washing and ironing instructions. &lt;/p&gt;' target='_blank'&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Breaking the mold of monotonous fashion and styling, comes a clothing label that is sure to last and deliver to the demands of the fashion conscious public.This unique and stylish clothing label is popularly  known as &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyshop.us//\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy Clothing&lt;/a&gt;.he unique prints embedded on the shirts and jackets of Ed hardy apparel are all carefully conceptualized and designed by the no less than the man behind the clothing line, Ed Hardy himself.This clothing line offers all apparel needs from Ed Hardy Hoddies, Ed Hardy jeans and shirts and the unique Ed Hardy long sleeve shirts. While  Ed Hardy was already a larger than life household name, he never opted to rest on his laurels as an artist for life, hence the birth of the clothing line that still emanates the artistic prowess behind the name.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Consumers cannot be fooled and the makers of Ed Hardy are  affirmative in delivering what the client&amp;egrave;le rightfully deserves. craze that is out on the market is accessible to all those who can afford, it is also an established reality that a certain fashion craze may not always look good on every single person, both the fashionable and otherwise. Thus, fashion icons and stylists suggest that one must look for comfort and sense of well-being while wearing the apparel. Simply put it, if it fits right and one is comfortable wearing it, then is will turn out fashionable without trying so hard. But then again Ed Hardy Clothing Line looks out for the general welfare of all its client&amp;egrave;le. It is for this reason that Ed Hardy banners total comfort and that sense of well-being wearing the outfit. All that and more without compromising that youthful and unique sense of style that &lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyuk.co.uk/\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy&lt;/a&gt; have been known for to  deliver.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The vintage designs that every Ed Hardy shirt carries makes the buyer and the wearer a smart individual. Having purchased on a piece of Ed Hardy is investing on an outfit that is sure to last many fashion trends and is wearable that it never goes out of style.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Every Ed Hardy Hoddies are made of lightweight materials, particularly fabrics that can survive the wash and wear attitude of the young spirited. And most of all, the handling and care of Ed Hardy Clothing suggests easy to-do washing and ironing instructions. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
            <author>edsion008</author>
            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Christian Audigider &amp;  ED Hardy (loveshirt.busythumbs.com)</title>
            <link>http://loveshirt.busythumbs.com/entry_id/711601/action/viewentry/</link>
            <description>Do you know Ed Hardy?          &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.edhardyshop.us/&quot;&gt;ed hardy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Who is Christian Audigider ?   &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.edhardyuk.co.uk/&quot;&gt;Christian Audigider&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      The Ed Hardy La Dolce Vita Bianca Satchel features colors all throughout the exterior of the handbag. Everywhere you look on the handbag is a splash of color, as well as a tattoo design. The tattoo designs work lovely on the Ed Hardy shoes, shirts, and bathing suits but on a handbag is looks like a complete fashion error. I suppose if you are a fan of tattoo’s you probably will love this handbag, but for fashionista’s that love true high fashion you may see this as a Gucci or Louis Vuitton copy cat.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      Today, the Ed Hardy clothing line has become so popular that the Iconix Brand Group couldn’t help but &lt;br /&gt;
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buy 50% ownership in May of 2009. And why wouldn’t it be popular with its somewhat surreal use of &lt;br /&gt;
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Japanese tattoo aesthetic and pop-culture themes whose colors fairly burst from the storefront. In fact, &lt;br /&gt;
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if you’re at all depressed, all you need to do is walk by an Ed Harding Clothing store and the colors &lt;br /&gt;
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laced throughout the flowing designs bring you a sense of youth and pleasure. You’ll know it by the Ed &lt;br /&gt;
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Hardy Signature over the doors and the artwork on the building itself.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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     When Don Ed Hardy began studying tattoo art with Sailor Jerry, he could never have foreseen that he would &lt;br /&gt;
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one day be approached and 2 years later in 2004 be partnering with Ku USA, Inc. to form Hardy Life LLC &lt;br /&gt;
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with a trademark and license agreement for his artwork. The forming of this partnership however, may have &lt;br /&gt;
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prepared him for the licensing of an Ed Hardy clothing line based on his artwork in 2004 by Christian &lt;br /&gt;
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Audiger in Southern California.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Picks Ed Hard Tattoo For Arts Panel (edsion008.busythumbs.com)</title>
            <link>http://edsion008.busythumbs.com/entry_id/711259/action/viewentry/</link>
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&lt;a href='Picks Ed Hard Tattoo For Arts Panel&lt;br /&gt;
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	&lt;LI&gt;Having made the arts one of the key pillars of Oakland's renaissance, Mayor Jerry Brown is injecting color into the local scene by nominating a nationally renowned tattoo artist to the city's Cultural Arts Commission. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;LI&gt;Longtime San Francisco tattooist Don &lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF=\&quot;http://www.edhardyshop.us/\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt;, who has decorated the likes of filmmaker Werner Herzog and rockabilly-turned-swing- singer Brian Setzer, will likely join the ranks of a commission that includes a museum director and photography professor.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Brown seems nonplussed that the appointment would attract any notice. Then again, he did not foresee the fuss that would erupt when he tried to put Jane Fonda, then a vocal anti-war activist, on the California Arts Council that he created in 1976.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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``Maybe it's unexpected,'' Brown said yesterday of Hardy's nomination, which must be approved by the City Council.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Brown's longtime aide, now Oakland's arts guru, was more direct.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyshop.us/\&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=\&quot;Ed hardy\&quot; src=\&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Ed_hardy_2007.jpg/180px-Ed_hardy_2007.jpg\&quot; alt=\&quot;Ed hardy\&quot; width=\&quot;180\&quot; height=\&quot;276\&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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``If it's not unusual, what's the point?'' said the bald, clad-in-black Jacques Barzaghi in his trademark French accent. Hardy ``is fabulous,'' he said. ``He's an absolutely incredible artist.''&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Barzaghi should know. He has been wearing one of Hardy's works, an elaborate Asian-motif tattoo, for nearly two decades. On his neck, he sports a tattoo by another artist that says in Latin: ``Who is silent consent?'' -- a quote from Thomas Moore.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Barzaghi, who worked for then-governor Brown, met Hardy in the early '80s through actor Peter Coyote. Coyote, who was serving on the new state arts council, had been tattooed by Hardy.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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``Certainly, decorative tattooing has a long history,'' Brown said yesterday, adding that he has ``no set formula or preconceptions'' about who should serve on the 15-member arts commission, which has the task of spending nearly $1 million in city funds over the next year.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Brown and Barzaghi, who is interim director of Oakland's new Craft and Cultural Arts Department, want those spending choices to be directed by local artists.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to Hardy, Brown has nominated Beth M. Gates, co- owner of a Southeast Asian art gallery in Oakland, and plans to nominate poet and author Ishmael Reed and playwright Rodrigo Duarte Clark.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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``What I'm looking for is people with a spark, a way of looking at the world that can encourage clarity, freshness, different perspective,'' said Brown.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Asked if he has any tattoos, Brown replied: ``Not yet.''&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Hardy, too, hopes his appointment will shatter some stereotypes about what art is and isn't. &lt;br /&gt;
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``Hopefully, it will make people question their assumptions about art,'' said Hardy, a recent transplant to Oakland who runs Tattoo City in North Beach. ``There's a lot of snobbery in the so-called higher-art world. . . . I have a non-elitist overview of a lot of kinds of art.''&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
' target='_blank'&gt;Picks Ed Hard Tattoo For Arts Panel&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;LI&gt;Having made the arts one of the key pillars of Oakland's renaissance, Mayor Jerry Brown is injecting color into the local scene by nominating a nationally renowned tattoo artist to the city's Cultural Arts Commission. &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;LI&gt;Longtime San Francisco tattooist Don &lt;B&gt;&lt;A HREF=\&quot;http://www.edhardyshop.us/\&quot;&gt;Ed Hardy&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt;, who has decorated the likes of filmmaker Werner Herzog and rockabilly-turned-swing- singer Brian Setzer, will likely join the ranks of a commission that includes a museum director and photography professor.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Brown seems nonplussed that the appointment would attract any notice. Then again, he did not foresee the fuss that would erupt when he tried to put Jane Fonda, then a vocal anti-war activist, on the California Arts Council that he created in 1976.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
``Maybe it's unexpected,'' Brown said yesterday of Hardy's nomination, which must be approved by the City Council.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brown's longtime aide, now Oakland's arts guru, was more direct.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;CENTER&gt;------------------------&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=\&quot;http://www.edhardyshop.us/\&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=\&quot;Ed hardy\&quot; src=\&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Ed_hardy_2007.jpg/180px-Ed_hardy_2007.jpg\&quot; alt=\&quot;Ed hardy\&quot; width=\&quot;180\&quot; height=\&quot;276\&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
------------------------&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
``If it's not unusual, what's the point?'' said the bald, clad-in-black Jacques Barzaghi in his trademark French accent. Hardy ``is fabulous,'' he said. ``He's an absolutely incredible artist.''&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Barzaghi should know. He has been wearing one of Hardy's works, an elaborate Asian-motif tattoo, for nearly two decades. On his neck, he sports a tattoo by another artist that says in Latin: ``Who is silent consent?'' -- a quote from Thomas Moore.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Barzaghi, who worked for then-governor Brown, met Hardy in the early '80s through actor Peter Coyote. Coyote, who was serving on the new state arts council, had been tattooed by Hardy.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
``Certainly, decorative tattooing has a long history,'' Brown said yesterday, adding that he has ``no set formula or preconceptions'' about who should serve on the 15-member arts commission, which has the task of spending nearly $1 million in city funds over the next year.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Brown and Barzaghi, who is interim director of Oakland's new Craft and Cultural Arts Department, want those spending choices to be directed by local artists.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In addition to Hardy, Brown has nominated Beth M. Gates, co- owner of a Southeast Asian art gallery in Oakland, and plans to nominate poet and author Ishmael Reed and playwright Rodrigo Duarte Clark.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
``What I'm looking for is people with a spark, a way of looking at the world that can encourage clarity, freshness, different perspective,'' said Brown.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Asked if he has any tattoos, Brown replied: ``Not yet.''&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hardy, too, hopes his appointment will shatter some stereotypes about what art is and isn't. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
``Hopefully, it will make people question their assumptions about art,'' said Hardy, a recent transplant to Oakland who runs Tattoo City in North Beach. ``There's a lot of snobbery in the so-called higher-art world. . . . I have a non-elitist overview of a lot of kinds of art.''&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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