BME Newsfeed for May 22, 2006

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-05-22: MI: Tattoo artist plies colorful trade [by deadly pale]
2006-05-22: TX: Tattoo artist seeks alliance to make tattooing, piercing safer [by deadly pale]
2006-05-22: DE: Flavor of the Month [by deadly pale]
2006-05-22: ny: New Glasses Require Piercing Bridge of Nose [by havent got a prayer]
2006-05-22: uk: pink and pierced [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-22: kansas: TATTOO AMENDMENTS [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-22: TX: Points North: Tattoos no longer taboo in Windsor [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-22: tx: road rage after tattoo [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-22: iowa: Tattoo makes it clear, chest reads [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-22: india: my first piercing [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-22: AP: New Glasses Require Piercing Bridge of Nose [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: AP: JewelEye – Innovative Body Piercing Update [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: AP: Pierced Glasses – New Trend? [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: AP: Pierced Sunglasses? [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: AP: Magnetical Spectacles [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: AP: US Patent – Magnetic Spectacles [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: TX: Tattoo artist seeks alliance to make tattooing, piercing safer [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: RI: Fire Chief Calls Downtown Building ‘Total Loss’ [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: WA: Tattoo Blues [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: BBC: Allergy risk of body piercing [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: SC & OK: Body Art in the News – SC and OK Updates; Piercing Infection Press Release [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: BBC: Concern over body piercing health risk [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: OR: Body Piercing Licensing Program Laws [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: UNKNOWN: This Article Is A Thought Crime: [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: Netherlands: Eyeball jewelry a new Dutch fashion trend [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: WI: Connecting With Kids – Body Piercing [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: AP: Health Risks of Tattooing and Ear or Body Piercing [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: NY: New Body Piercing Law Criticized [by Sonya]
2006-05-22: WA: Abortion issue stalls bill to regulate body piercing [by Sonya]

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Gadsen Flag Tattoo

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Since I’m currently in America, I thought I’d share Scott’s Liberty or Death tattoo, by Big James at Artistic Armor (love the name of the studio by the way) in Tampa, Florida. Scott writes,

The rattlesnake is taken from a Revolutionary War era "Gadsden Flag". It represents colonists standing up to England — "She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. She never wounds 'till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy."

Anyway, I’ll try and post more when I get back on Tuesday, but officially I’m starting up again on Wednesday and will also start working on an entirely new format for ModBlog shortly to make it more searchable and so on.

Cool suspension position

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

I love this rigging (and it’s a great photo — here’s two more) care of Bleeding at the Wings of Desire suspension workshop Brasilia:

BME Newsfeed for May 21, 2006

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-05-21: CA: All the buzz: County is a stickler for safety, and that’s good for all [by deadly pale]
2006-05-21: PA: 80 yr old woman gets ‘DO NOT RESUSCITATE’ tattooed on chest [by havent got a prayer]
2006-05-21: PA: Body found in West Homestead [by deadly pale]
2006-05-21: az: Zoning panel puts strings on tattoo parlor opening [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-21: pa: Tattoo admirers show ink in contest [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-21: ny: only skin deep [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-21: ny: tattoo blues [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-21: canada: we’re not born in need of repairs [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-21: UK: RARE BECKS INTERVIEW [by rebekah]

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BME Newsfeed for May 20, 2006

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-05-20: IL: County Board inks tattoo ordinance [by deadly pale]
2006-05-20: IL: Minonk business to hold open house [by deadly pale]
2006-05-20: India: Tattoo safety [by deadly pale]

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BME Newsfeed for May 19, 2006

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-05-19: GA: DeKalb Board of Health hosts body crafting training [by deadly pale]
2006-05-19: NY: Hepatitis: the Silent Pandemic [by deadly pale]
2006-05-19: UT: Charter school will be near tattoo shop [by deadly pale]
2006-05-19: IA: Read my chest: DO NOT RESUSCITATE [by Child]
2006-05-19: IA: Woman Gets ‘DO NOT RESUSCITATE’ Tattoo [by Tofurkey]
2006-05-19: ny: tattoo fans ink town [by modifiedgirl]
2006-05-19: SC: Tattoo zoning top of bill in Charleston [by rebekah]
2006-05-19: IN: Fine art of tattooing [by rebekah]

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Bruce Potts ROCKS!

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

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Best school teacher ever? I don’t know, because I never took a class under him. But coolest ex-teacher ever? Definitely. And thus he gets to stay at the top of ModBlog until I get back from Carlilse and NYC! Anyway, go say hello to Bruce over at IAM:tribalface and meet one of the most remarkable men in this community with one of the wildest look (that he had to wait until he retired to get).

I am definitely going unsane.

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Thanks to XunsaneX for this great steamy photo by Don from Southbound (and piercing by Jessika at River City Tattoo in Richmond, VA).

BLACK and WHITE

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

I assume this tattoo is race inspired, but that’s a pretty big assumption to make blind, so I hope I’m not assuming wrong when I make that comment. If it is though, I like the concept a lot!

“Domo Arigato”

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Kyle sends in this “Robot with Guts”. I think the quality of the tattoo is a little better technically than the cooking robot I recently posted, but I think of the two, as a concept, I still prefer the earlier one because for whatever reason the toaster-head just melts my stoney shell… what do you think?