Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Well, that’s all for today. You may see more from other writers in the next little while (and of course videos from Roo as always), and if I’m needed over the next few weeks you may see a few more entries from me as well. I really do hope this transition can go smoothly. BME (as in the main site) is in the process of updating in the next 12-24 hours.
As much as BME is absolutely a large-scale community project, for a decade and a half the output has been under my creative guidance and very much flavored by my own personality, politics, and interests. I’m sure there are people who are hoping that character will stay the same, and I’m sure there are people who are hoping it will change radically, and of course there’s value in each path. I am very much looking forward to seeing how things are expressed through a new prism, and I hope everyone gives it a chance.
Either way, I’m also looking forward to being able to get back out to the East Coast — maybe I will bump into John P at Peggy’s Cove, since his ear lends evidence that he’s been there.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
On some levels, nicer than a traditional portrait, and at least from my point of view, about a gazillion times better than a cross with initials and some dates on it! This bingo-playing memorial was done by Dave at Marked for Life in Warren, Michigan. No, this does not count as a Biohazard post, haters.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Cute and simple, Rachel’s hearts were done by John Deweese at Great American Tattoo Company in Shelbyville, Indiana. I get a kick out of all these tattoos that are inherently linked to youth culture — in the previous generation of tattooed seniors, most people had military tattoos and sailor stuff and the general iconography of adulthood, but it’s going to be different this time around, with most people wearing the iconography of youth…
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Since people seem to like the large-scale text tattoos (like the recent Kerouac tattoo, a typo-ridden ‘If’, a Bukowski poem, A Tale of Two Cities, and this big script piece), here’s another… This poem that Avonchorda wears was written by herself and tattooed by Alex at Las Calaveras Body Modification Studio in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, where she lives. You can see it in full on her IAM page.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Secret South got the “32″ on his thirty-second birthday, followed by another friend who got his on his 36th birthday, and then another during her 33rd year. Finally, his lover got hers this past Sunday for Mother’s Day during her 34th year. I can make some guesses about their personalities from their individual choices of fonts, but the only thing I can deduce for sure is that Secret South is mature and prefers the company of people older than himself.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
I liked this CT scan from Jason Hinchee, who’s got a stretched 5/8″ septum tunnel in place. The CT scan was done for some upcoming surgery on his ear, so he was able to keep the septum in place… More images of others after the break.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Can you guess what her tattoo says?
This was done by Timb Wilton at Third Eye Tattoo in Melbourne.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Now, I saw good ol’ Giles cheering that ModBlog might soon be ruled under an enlightened era of feminism, while I saw other people opining, oh please, please, where will we get our boobie shots? Now, don’t worry… If my guesses as to who some of my replacements are going to be, I can tell you that they’re real sleazes, and you won’t have to worry about getting your fix. But, until a new era of shallow excuses starts, here’s a nice photo of Dagon taken by Greg Gabelman in Vancouver, with the chestpiece being done by Shawn O’Connor.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
But, as they say, the devil is in the details.
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Thursday May 15th, 2008 @ 12:50 PM
Yeah, I wish. Anyway, to give the new writers some time to get rolling on posts of their own, which hopefully will start quite soon, I’ve been asked to post a few more entries before I take off for the long weekend… It’s Victoria Day here so I’m looking forward to fireworks.
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Wednesday May 14th, 2008 @ 2:54 PM
Filed under: News
Hi all,
As I’m sure you’ve heard, there are some changes going on here at BME, and because the rumor mill goes into overdrive in times like this, it’s very important to me to keep everyone in the loop as much as possible.
First of all, Shannon Larratt will no longer be an employee of BME, and has willfully relinquished his interest in our site to me — we were co-owners of BME, and I am now the sole owner. We truly believe this was in the best interest of both parties, and this was a decision to which Shannon and I both agreed. There was no force, no coercion — nothing of the sort. This was mutually beneficial, and I wish Shannon all the best. I have no doubt that I’ll be promoting and encouraging his books which have been incredibly successful in the past.
Next, I want to assuage your fears: nothing is happening to BME, IAM or ModBlog. BME and ModBlog will continue to be updated as they always have by long-time BME staff members who have been absolutely integral in keeping BME running smoothly. As BME grows, it may be necessary to add new members to the team, but out of the gate, believe me when I say that you’ll be greeted by familiar faces. BME has been a team effort, and that will not change. The content that’s kept you coming back to BME will not stop, and will only get better from here on out.
What will change? Well, there will be new features. Sooner rather than later, we hope to roll out a thorough re-design that will give our amazing and unique community the presentation it deserves. Podcasts, new interviews, original content, new site features… we have a lot of plans, and I can’t wait to start putting them into action.
It’s a new day, and I couldn’t be happier that you’re all here with us. Stay tuned.
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Wednesday May 14th, 2008 @ 11:48 AM
Filed under: News
After a personally difficult legal dispute over BME, I’ve had to face the potentially insurmountable reality of being massively in debt, and I have chosen to transfer the business to Rachel (the details of this deal are sealed, so please don’t ask). Within the month my role at BME will come to an end, and new staff (made up largely of people who’ve been working on BME for some time as well) will be taking over. I will no longer be writing online about body modification, although I will be maintaining my regular blog and other projects of course, as well as working on several body modification book projects which I am eager to complete.
It’s definitely a very strange and mixed set of feelings, having run this site from the very beginning, over nearly a decade and a half. On one hand I’m very much looking forward to having the opportunity and time to paint and tackle new adventures, and on the other hand I will very much miss both the people and the subject in general that I came to know through BME. That said, when I grew up and fell in love with body modification — and later built BME — this was a very different and much more “outsider” culture, so maybe now, as not just tattooing but body modification as a whole enjoys unprecedented levels of popularity and acceptability, it is a good time to pass the torch on to a new generation. It’s my hope that they maintain the site in the spirit that it was begun, while taking on the challenges of a new environment.
I have very much enjoyed being a part of BME and I leave it with good memories. Thank you to everyone who’s been a friend of the site, and everyone who’s helped bring it to this point. I hope you’ve enjoyed my contributions — I know I’ve enjoyed yours — and I hope that you continue to enjoy what BME brings in the future.
See you in hell! :P
Shannon
snowrail@gmail.com
zentastic.com
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Wednesday May 14th, 2008 @ 9:45 AM
Yes, things are not looking good…
Click the review for the matching tattoo…
You don’t need to watch it
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Tuesday May 13th, 2008 @ 1:39 PM
I really think that without a doubt one of the most truly stunning, unique, striking, exotic, and beautiful women in the body modification scene is Argentina’s La Negra, photographed here by Eduardo Baez for Tatuarte en la Piel magazine at Danny Yerna’s event in Mexico. More photos continue after the break.
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Tuesday May 13th, 2008 @ 1:29 PM
Biohazard has this great sleeve of a full roster of different types of scalpel blades, tattooed by Chris Sabo at Marked For Life tattoos in Warren, Michigan. Previously.
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Tuesday May 13th, 2008 @ 1:25 PM
OpenVein (John C. Worsley) zombie art, tattooed on blackandblue by Xris at Reactive Ink here in Toronto, after her first sitting with him on this project.
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Tuesday May 13th, 2008 @ 1:21 PM
The Shock Of It All sends in a photo (taken by Leanne) of Beki B and her great spots tattoos, someone I haven’t seen in a long time! I do however have those same spray cans here…
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Tuesday May 13th, 2008 @ 1:17 PM
Dave, tattooed by Ron at Adrenaline in Montreal explains,
Hand wash, warm water. Do not bleach. Drip dry. Do not iron.
“A friend suggested these, but decided not to go through with them. Now if ever I’m found unconscious on the sidewalk by a sumptuous brunette, she’ll know exactly what to do with me.”
Ah, Montreal… A place where you can find a sumptuous brunette to drip you dry just by lying unconscious on the sidewalk. I love French girls… Ah hell, French guys too — Dave didn’t specify a gender. [Edit: I ignore gender].
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Tuesday May 13th, 2008 @ 10:20 AM
Please don’t think that the title is a play on words.
John Blake (in the blue shirt) forwarded me some more pictures of himself, Cutthroat (red facial tattoos), and Josh (totally blue eye), who all have eyeball tattoo work by Howie (LunaCobra.net), along with Andrew S from Swingshift (last photo). Each experienced quite a bit of spreading after the injection.
Eyeball tattooing has got to be my favorite new mod… I don’t know if it’s got universal appeal (but who’d have thought tongue splitting, also decried as completely nuts, would take off like it did). My eye tattoo is now almost one year old (along with Josh and Pauly’s). Here’s some closeup photos of how it’s doing.
As you may recall, it had some problems with a cyst-type structure developing (which was examined by eye injury specialists and ultrasounded, with no complications other than the obvious being found). While it definitely made me nervous for quite some time, it appears to be stable at this point. I’m definitely looking forward to continuing this work, and I’m always thrilled to see more of these admittedly gnarly, mutated-looking zombie-like eye experiments!
Previous entries on eyeball tattooing on ModBlog and eyeball tattooing on my blog.
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Monday May 12th, 2008 @ 10:28 PM
Lindsay loves drinking her mummy!
Mum = Alice.
Artist = Alana Robbie.
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Monday May 12th, 2008 @ 1:39 PM
This is Meg and Samantha from Akron Ink (Akron, Ohio). Samantha (left) did their tattoos, and Meg says, “We are quite serious about pinky swearing at our shop.”… Apparently!
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Monday May 12th, 2008 @ 1:36 PM
Because his computer was ripped off, CutThroat hasn’t been able to post a picture of his black eyeball tattoo by Howie (LunaCobra), but I snagged this one from some candid shots that Wiket took at APP this year… If you didn’t already see it, be sure to check out Josh’s amazing completely blue tattooed eye.
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Monday May 12th, 2008 @ 1:32 PM
Reclining, this is iam:yomee, as photographed by Julian Z, and tattooed by iam:Pox (click for a better shot of her tattoos).
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