The DOD45 Show Ep 127: Cas One & Tai's Pe'a Journey (Part 2 of 3)
Part 1 was the prep. Part 2 is where the tapping starts... my back, my ribs & yes, the butt.
We pick up right where Part 1 left off, with Samoa losin' our passports & me about to lay down on the mat for day 1. Cas One is still ridin' shotgun & still askin' the questions nobody else would.
In Part 2:
- A sneak peek of "Tinted Windows" off the 45 LP, with Steel Tipped Dove on the beat & mix, verses from Swell, BlackLiq & Cas One, plus a little Sage Francis
- What a pe'a costs & why u bring your own hand woven mat
- The rules of the fale & the 3 person crew that does the work
- Ade's jobs: fannin' flies & the wash every 2 hours, under the watch of "Samoan Dibbs"
- My son Soul holdin' my hand through it
- A cancelled day & the fear of not finishin' in time
- The Samoa airport, where even security naps in the quarantine room
- Switchin' to Su'a Ata for my ribs & gettin' roasted about my beer belly mid tap
- The wash shed & how fast I stopped carin' about bein' naked
- Day 5: my left leg... and then a tourist raises her hand with a question
To be continued in Part 3: my last day of tappin', my samaga & all the post tattoo drama.
Corrections from Part 1:
- Ade says the twins in the legend weren't conjoined
- The Suluape patriarch was one of the first to bring the tatau out internationally, not the first to do it
- Cas's song is "No Deer Hunter"
- The place in Samoa is the Samoa Cultural Village, not the Polynesian Cultural Center (that's in Hawaii)
- When I said life in Samoa is hard, I meant from a Western perspective
Updates:
- The 45 LP books are in! 252 pages of every drawing from our episodes, foreword by Runt, afterword by Cas One
- New ArtByTai work at the Phoenix Gallery (Lawrence, KS), Jackson Junge Gallery (Chicago) & Urban Arts Gallery (Salt Lake City)
- Ol' Blue Gallery in Hannibal, MO is open Fri & Sat. Artists: submit to our November group show "Iconic" at olbluegng.com
Come see me:
- St. James Court Art Show, Louisville, KY, this weekend
- Red River Revel, Shreveport, LA, Oct 15 to 18
- "$30,000 Bequest" screening, B&B Theatre Hannibal, Oct 24 at 11am
- Peter Anderson Festival, Ocean Springs, MS, Nov 7 & 8
Thank u Cas One, Ade & Strange Famous Records, always.
Affiliates: Strange Famous Records, Mr. Dibbs, AWOL One & speakerface.store, Brick Box Brewery, Terror Tacos, Jackson Junge Gallery, Hobbsauce, Handsmade Records, Aliens Built Earth, Observer (observemore.com) & Ol' Blue Gallery
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