Archive for February, 2011

One way or another

By Rob • Feb 28th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

It’s always nice to follow up a penis post with a BMEGirl.  This BMEGirl in particular is abiftw, owner of the awesome palm tattoo we saw a month ago.

The floral design on her leg is by Justin Page from Ink Revolution Studios in Knoxville, TN



..In with the new

By Rob • Feb 28th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

If you recall, we kicked off this year with a post featuring subboez’s DIY circumcision.  Well, it’s been a while, so let’s check in and see how things are healing up.  But before we get to the healed picture, here is his foreskin which he kept by drying it out in a tube.

To see the healed photo, you’ll have to keep on reading.

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Breaking the silence

By Rob • Feb 28th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

Sometimes a picture just needs to speak for itself.

sleepswthghosts sent in this photo of a pair of lips that Pat Pierce from Excentrik Studios in Montreal sewed shut.

For more lip sewing photos, head over to the gallery.



Vegan Meat Hooks

By Rob • Feb 28th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

When it comes to suspension photo shoots, #Leeds Suspensions always delivers a fantastic set of photos.  While in the past I’ve attributed the group’s work to Arseniy, in reality he’s just one member of a fantastic group of people who are always looking at suspensions through a creative lens.

This particular shoot is entitled “Vegan Animal Protest”.

#Leeds Suspensions recently got their own BME gallery, so head on over to see more of the creative suspensions this group has done.



BMEtv - Cliffe Clayton

By Rob • Feb 28th, 2011 • Category: BMEtv, ModBlog

Today’s BME World Tour video features Cliffe Clayton owner of Inner Vision Tattoo in Sydney.

Cliffe talks about his career as an artist, as well as the philosophy behind his studio.

To check out the video, just keep on reading.

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A BME family needs our help

By Rob • Feb 26th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

A couple of days ago, tragedy befell two long time members of our community.  A fire broke out at the home of Breeze and Ubuntu, two long time BME members and supporters, and completely destroyed their home.  The family was able to make it out with the clothes on their back but everything else was lost.  In addition to losing their home, they also lost all but one of their pets (2 dogs, 5 cats, a rat, and a ferret).

Breeze and Derek have helped a good number of BME members over the years, and today they need your help.  There are a number of ways that you can help out.  For starters, there is a facebook group that is being updated regularly by both friends and family.  As I mentioned before, they were only able to get out with the clothes on their back, so donations of any necessities are more than welcome.

For those thinking of donating clothes, here are the family’s sizes:

Breeze
1-2 xs

Derek
Shoes 10
Pants 32 or 34 w 32 L
Med

Dakota
38 w 32 L xl shirt
Shoes 11

London
Shoes 7-8
Girls 14

Avery
Shoes 6
Boys 12

Breeze adds: “NEEDS: If anyone has any sort of extra luggage- suitcases, duffel bags etc… even if they are old as long as they are in usable condition, it would help to move the clothes and items we have received. Boxes would also help. It also occurred to me that we need to start cleaning up in the next week or so and to do that we’ll need shovels, rakes, garbage bags, work gloves…things like that. Thank you so much♥”

For those who are able to give financially, donations can be made via paypal to dsdunham82@gmail.com.  Any donations there will go directly into the Dunham’s family chequing  account.  If you would prefer to send a check, they are currently staying here:

Breeze and Derek Dunham
3921 Lawndale Pl
Greensboro, NC 27455

That is also the address to send any physical donations.

At this point the family doesn’t have a lot, so any donation of anything, or amount, will be a big help.

I’ll try to keep this post updated with any specific needs the family may have.



Cadaver Chronicles: Episode 3

By Sean Philips • Feb 25th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

It’s that time of the week again. The time when all the good little piercing geeks get online and read the latest installment of the Cadaver Chronicles, written by Cliff Cadaver himself and brought to you by yours truly, BMEzine.com and the letter C.

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If you happened to miss the either of the earlier installments, please do yourself a favor and read those first then come back here to continue with the tale. To go on to Episode 3, just keep on keeping on.

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I’m kinda lazy…

By Sean Philips • Feb 25th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

I used to spend my days perusing the BME image galleries searching for great content for modblog. Then Rob came along and lifted that burden off my shoulders, allowing me to focus on interviews and features that truly interest me.  However, Rob’s got a lot on his plate right now so I figured I should get back on board and stop being such a lazy tits……Then I realized I can’t even call myself “Lazy Tits” because apparently CarefuliBite has the trademark on that phrase, at least that’s what I gather from seeing her tattoo.

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Tattoo by Mark Skipper of TRX Tattoos in Saint Louis, MO.



Cupcakes on the brain

By Rob • Feb 24th, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

You ever have a craving for something that no matter what you do, you can’t get it out of your head until you have it?  For drink_the_bleach, that thing is cupcakes.

This epic cupcake was found in the new skool tattoo gallery.



A brief chat with John Durante of Evolve Body Jewelry

By Sean Philips • Feb 23rd, 2011 • Category: ModBlog

John Durante is one of those guys whom I have known of for many years. However, I don’t believe I actually had the pleasure of meeting him until the Philly Tattoo Convention early last year. Since then, I have ran into him at a few conventions and have always enjoyed talking to him, so I felt sure the modblog readers would enjoy hearing from him as well.

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John is a good example of a body mod renaissance man. He is actively involved in so many facets of this industry/community that he is hard to keep up with.  Perhaps later, I will have to interview him again to dig deeper into his piercing and scarification work, as well as his extensive traveling and involvement with ancient and modern body rituals alike. This time though, we are focusing on the body jewelry company he founded, Evolve.

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For the interview, keep on keeping on.

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