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

Watch the full video version on YouTube.