Pharrell Williams will be one of the first to use the new revolutionary procedure to remove his numerous tattoos. The suddenly grown man doesn’t wanna put off a bad image.

Williams is having replicated skin grown to cover his tats. Nasty!

The N.E.R.D. front man said, “It’s basically like getting a skin graft, but you’re not taking skin from your ass or your legs. These guys actually grow the skin for you. First you have to give them a sample of your skin, which they then replicate. Once that’s been done, they sew it on - and it’s seamless.”

EW. So much for Pharrell being hott.

I can’t believe he hasn’t played on American Television before. UK heartthrob Ed Harcourt will be on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show this evening to promote his new album (well, that is to say his 2006 album that never got released in the States) The Beautiful Lie, which came out on Dovecote Records last Tuesday. Listening to The Beautiful Lie (and his back catalogue as well) it baffles me why he isn’t as huge in North America as he is in Europe. Last March during SXSW I ended up tagging along and filming Ed and his wife Gita as he got a sweet tattoo of one of his first songs, “Sing For My Supper” on his arm in Austin, TX. Enjoy our lil’ mini doc:

ED HARCOURT TO MAKE U.S. TELEVISION DEBUT ON THE TONIGHT SHOW JUNE 6, WEEK OF ‘THE BEAUTIFUL LIE’ RELEASE

LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2008 - Not long since wreaking havoc on Austin, Texas during SXSW, the illustrious Ed Harcourt will return to the States from his native England to perform on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” Friday, June 6. Timed perfectly with the release of his fourth full-length album, THE BEAUTIFUL LIE, due June 3 on Dovecote Records, Harcourt will celebrate the arrival of this much-awaited LP with a national television debut.

The Mercury Prize-nominated Harcourt has been keeping extraordinarily busy on tour with the Gutter Twins overseas, where he has been joining Greg Dulli, Mark Lanegan and co. on stage following his own opening set. “Ed Harcourt’s songs are as close to cabaret tunes and 1960s pop as they are to current rock,” recently noted the NEW YORK TIMES while UNDER THE RADAR hailed ‘The Beautiful Lie’ as “his best work to date.” The WALL STREET JOURNAL was on hand for one of his acclaimed Austin performances, calling Harcourt, “a gifted songwriter in the mold of Karl Wallinger and XTC’s Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding” adding, “and thus a descendant of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.”

Lead radio single, “Revolution in the Heart,” mimics Harcourt’s larger-than-life personality, brimming with his exquisite piano playing, booming delivery, thunderous rhythms and bursting backup vocals, compliments of The Magic Numbers. The track is currently going for adds at radio, already receiving early support across the country from stations like Starbucks XM Café, KBAC and others.

This visit is a precursor to additional U.S. tour dates this summer, to be announced soon.

So last night Synthesis designer www.RyanWheaton.co.uk hit me up and sent me a link to Cockeyed.com, which is a pretty cool site containing articles of wonderful randomness (Pranks? Naughty food items? 1,000 photos of some grrl named Amber? You got it!). The piece in question was a blog about removable tattoos available at Toys R Us. But not the lovable ladybug / smiley-sun / rainbows-and-pot-of-gold icons I remember from my removable tattoo days. No. Removable Lower back Tattoos. Fucking Tramp Stamps for Kiddies.

Now, I’m no prude. I appreciate it when girls give you a target to aim at and everything, but back tattoos aren’t necessarily the classiest thing. Nothing to get kicked out of bed for, but still… HOWEVER, removable back tattoos for CHILDREN is one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever heard (and this is coming from the guy who references amputee porn in a blog about the Miss Landmine Survivor Pageant…). Fucking pop that butterfly pattern over your 3rd grade honor student’s ass, get her ready to spread it around town by Jr. High. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck…CLASSY!

What really fucks me up a little is that the Cockeyed article uses pictures from the Toys R Us at Arden fair Mall in Sacramento - the same place my mom bought my Legos, Nintendo games and GI Joes. The really sad thing is I’m pretty sure my half-sister would squeal “HOW CUTE! GIMME” and immediately plaster it on her 2 year old’s rumpback. Eghad, babies making babies making bad decisions. Thanks Toys R Us, just…thanks.

Think getting a Tattoo hurts? Imagine doing your own. Beakdip carves a work of art into his arm as you watch below.