Hi there! Thank you for having me. My real name is Christina, but friends and family call me Tina. I’m doing well right now. Thank you for asking 🙂

Oh thank you, it’s so hard choosing a username that’s unique and still meaningful. Yes, there is a meaning behind my username. I am an artist, I consider myself a sculptor first and foremost. For me, it’s something about a lump of clay, a shapeless mass. It can be anything I want it, or need it to be. All I need is a few lbs of clay and I can create something I want or something to sell. Above all else, it also brings me back to the thought of man as a malleable lump of clay.

My absolute favorite sculpting clay of all time is Alien Clay. It’s easy to work with and is somewhat more forgiving than other standard oil-based clays. It’s a cool meltable, sulfur-free, reusable clay.

I’m south of Boston, MA but I’ve spent a lot of time in New Bedford MA, and Providence, RI. A proud New Englander. Life around here is mostly good. There are lots of amazing restaurants, small music venues, and beautiful scenery along the coast of Massachusetts as well as the rest of the East Coast. You can legally purchase marijuana for recreational or medical use in MA. It’s become more common now to see people smoking weed in public places.

I lived with my father and grandparents north of Boston. My father and his parents are of Greek descent, so I grew up with that sort of upbringing and cuisine. My father and mother were both tattoo artists. I grew up hearing the hum of the tattoo gun. Lived with my mother from the age of 10 until 19. She passed away a few months before I turned 20. A lot of my musical influences and things I listen to came from her and her boyfriend. They had CDs and tapes of The Clash, The Plasmatics, The Ramones. I spent my time after school drawing and listening to music in my bedroom. My whole life changed when the first Walkman came out. I guess life was pretty good.

My children have always kept me busy as well as my art and practicing guitar. There are days when I just want to sleep or watch six hours of Netflix but they kind of force me to try and be more present during the day-to-day life stuff. I also have a Corgi, two cats, and two sugar gliders so I am constantly cleaning up and taking care of animals and cages, etc. I work for the state of Massachusetts as a direct service worker. I take care of adults with developmental and physical disabilities. I work third shift.

I don’t know. It’s just how it’s always been. It’s what I’ve been comfortable with.

I don’t think you can just decide to become a skinhead. What happened to me was I realized that the sort of life I was living, or wanted to live was centered around the skinhead way of life. You can consciously choose to change your appearance and label yourself, but really it’s all about what’s inside of you. Clothes don’t make a skinhead.

This is a charged question for sure. I think being a skinhead is different for different people. In my opinion, the true meaning of a skinhead goes back to 1969 with the fusion of Jamaican and British music. It’s not just about music, the significance of the 1969 original skinhead is also a message of unity between the races. It’s a state of mind, a way of treating others and living.

I love traditional style clothing and my favorite go-to outfit would be a Fred Perry, skirt, fishnets or leggings, and boots. Pair it with a Harrington. It’s an easy outfit that looks good just about anywhere.

When I wear Fred Perry I’m choosing to represent myself as a more traditional skinhead with those ideals and beliefs. The proud boys unofficially adopted the black and yellow Fred Perry but I don’t think others should stop wearing it just for that reason. We take it back.

I enjoy wearing all sorts of brands and have a soft spot for vintage clothing in general. Not all the clothes I wear are expensive, like Relco. I also enjoy Levi’s, Lonsdale, Ben Sherman, Adidas, Terrorthreads and band shirts. I buy cheap clothing and sew it into something nicer.

Lol this is a fun question. My favorite color has been red. I bleached my hair blond so I could look more socially acceptable when I was finding a job. Plus with a blond base, you can add color on top of it so it seemed like the right choice. Now that I’m in a more secure position I’ve been able to dye it red and have more fun with it. I’m going to keep my hair red for the time being. It turned out purple once by mistake. I cut and color my own hair. I always have. A good pair of clippers pay for themselves.

To me, it means being around other people who enjoy the same music, the same style, and the same way of life. It means we can sit down and talk chances are we listen to the same music and like to have the same sorts of fun. It’s the thought of being accepted by other people who enjoy the same things.

This sounds like a broad question. I can’t speak for the entire scene, but only my little slice of it. I think what’s lacking in my most local scene right now is unity. People are split up into small groups. If everyone knew each other and spent time in large groups I think it would be fun. More the merrier. Music is better when you can enjoy it with other people who feel the same passion as you. That’s what I want to see grow in my scene.

Ars Gratia Artis, or art for arts sake is personal to me. As an artist, there’s always this great pressure to produce art that is meaningful as well as profitable. Both aren’t necessarily the same. Choosing to make a living off of art, selling your soul in a sense has made me feel like a machine. I’m making art for the sake of art. Not to be confused with the Marxism belief of art for arts sake.

Oh that’s tough. I really enjoy Art Nouveau and Alphonse Mucha is one of my favorite artists. As far as sculptors go I choose Michelangelo, the artist of “David” for his representation of the ideal human form.

It’s important to me that my bio says “anti-racist.” Adopting a skinhead look has gotten me into situations where I’ve been branded a Nationalist or Nazi. There aren’t any other skinheads in the town I live in, people don’t understand what a skinhead is so they just assume that I’m a bonehead. My jackets have different patches on them, some sharp, some antiracist. It’s the easiest way to get the point across to people. I actively promote anti-racism by educating the people around me.

I’m choosing cats. Big cats. But I love both. I have two cats. One of which is an F4 Savannah cat. It’s a hybrid cross of African serval and Egyptian Mau. His name is Odin and he is larger than an average cat. He meows hundreds of times a day for no apparent reason.

Oh that’s tough. I’ll go with wine. If I drink too much beer I’m going to start burping.

Boots. I think I have nine pairs. My 10-eye Gripfast rub-offs are my favorite. I also really love brogues and Oxford-style shoes. But, I can’t wear boots every day. I rely on my Sambas for a casual, comfortable look. Sometimes I just want to pull on sneakers instead of having to tie my boots up.

Yes I do play music but it’s nothing to write home about. I’m not going to toot my own horn by any means, see what I did there? I bought my first electric guitar, a Strat rip-off at age 12 from saving up money babysitting. I bought a used bass from a kid from school. We later formed a band that was a terrible failure. I played upright bass in middle school in the jazz band. Highschool I was in the concert choir in addition to the chorus. I love singing, I love music in general. Id like to learn how to play the drums next.

Well, I don’t want people to think anything I just want them to leave me alone and let me do my thing. If people listened more and judged less the world would be a better place.

Hot showers, kittens, frogs, small animals, Reggae, Ska, live music, Greek food, weighted blankets. Horror movies, playing guitar, dancing, dolls. Iced lattes.

Being misunderstood by people I care about, spilling iced coffees in my car, bad drivers, assholes. Racism. Homophobia. Xenophobia. Nationalism, animal cruelty. Cold food and cold coffee.

Probably Hub City Stompers, Lenny Lashley/Darkbuster, Lions Law, The Ramones and Voodoo Glow Skulls.

Well my immediate local scene in New Bedford is trying to make a comeback. Covid seemed to take something away from the city and things just haven’t gone back to normal. Everything is closed early and there are less shows happening in general. Head towards Prov RI and Boston MA I’d say the scene is alive and slowly growing.

Punk and skinhead culture itself seems to be somewhat self-sustaining thanks to the gatekeeping of the earlier generations.

There is a large split between the skinhead community, but I don’t want to call them skinheads. They don’t believe the same things. They’re nationalists. They’re boneheads. We aren’t the same. I’m going to do my best to try and not mess this all up too much but in a nutshell, we have the first wave of trad skins 1960s 1969 all about your working-class British and Jamaican mesh culture music. Then the second wave of 1980s and politics entered the scene somehow as it saw the potential power of the unity of skinheads. Things were split left and right.

I think the scene will continue to evolve but it’s up to us to make sure it evolves in a positive manner. It’s up to us to keep our scene alive.

Not for me it wasn’t. It’s taken me this long to get this far. I’m not looking back.

I’m going to say it. Advertising. There is so much money involved in advertising and finding the right market for products. We are being aggressively marketed to with our smartphones. They are making insane money advertising coincidental products.

Happy. I’m going to be happy in the future. My goals include finding a new place to live, continuing to practice tattooing, playing music, and going to shows. Just looking for a happier life.

Thanks for having me. If you see me out at a gig come say hi!