Edith Macefield tribute tattoo on Macefield Army member Joe.

When Edith Macefield refused to sell her tiny Ballard home for $1 million dollars for commercial development, the developers built around it. Of the offer that few would have refused, Macefield said this:

I don’t want to move. I don’t need the money. Money doesn’t mean anything.

When Macefield passed away last year at the age of 86, she had become an inspiration to the legions of Ballardites and their disdain over the proliferating, gentrified sprawl that has taken over Ballard. Now members of Macefiled’s “Army” have taken to inking their skin to honor the woman who now symbolic to the effort to preserve Ballard’s culture, history and community.

According to the folks at Anchor Tattoo in Ballard, about 25 people have had the image of Macefield’s home (designed by Anchor’s owner and tattoo artist Curtis) engraved on their skin to date.

Deep Soul by The Revelations featuring Tre’ Williams, 2008.

This 2008 record from The Revelations, featuring vocalist Tre’ Williams slipped by me. And while I don’t have a reasonable explanation for this gross oversight, I’m trying to make up for it now by posting the brilliant track from Deep Soul, He’s a Hustler. If you dig Hustler, then click here to download four more tracks from Deep Soul via the bands Myspace, for free.

Speaking of free, The Revelations will perform a free gig in Jersey on July 22nd as a part of the Summer Concerts on the Hudson series.