“Tyson Was Here”

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

OK, it was just Muffe.

Copenhagen Body Extremes, Denmark

Front-to-back Uvula

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

I really like this uvula placement by Josh Lobes at Sacred Tattoo in New York… I think a piercing like this would like wonderful with a nice gem setting, and it reminded me of an old quote from Jon Cobb (generally considered the inventor of this piercing) as well.

I was driven to have the uvula [piercing] because it reflected the mind. When you put a pair of forceps on a uvula, it feels like you've grabbed the center of the mass of the inside of your head — If you cough up a piece of rice and it sits in the back of your sinus passage, you understand that spot. Psychologically it feels like you're getting the center of your head pierced. That is so live, so real, and the risk inherent only added to the psychological imperative, and I was just driven to have it. Again, not a rational action, but that's not the point. The technical aspects were just a necessity, and of course I tweaked and got into that. But it was never the motivation. It was never enough. Do you need it? Is it supposed to be there? Yes, then we're going for it. - Jon Cobb, 1997

BME Newsfeed for Mar 6, 2006

Posted on March 6, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-03-06: MN: Job-seeking ex-con finds himself a marked man [by rebekah]
2006-03-06: VA: The Navy wants you, but not with that tattoo [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-06: PA: Making a mark later than most [by Ebowlotus1960]

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BME Newsfeed for Mar 5, 2006

Posted on March 5, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-03-05: Australia: ‘Body art’ can really get under your skin [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-05: MI: Make sure you think before you ink [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-05: CA: ‘Tattoo-a-thon’ adds color to sick children’s futures [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-05: NY: Tattoo ‘was a fantasy…his way of branding you’ [by Ebowlotus1960]

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BME Newsfeed for Mar 4, 2006

Posted on March 4, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-03-04: TX: The Illustrated Body [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-04: AZ: Tattoos have special meaning [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-04: CA: Tattoos no longer just for bikers [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-04: NC: A lasting love affair with tattoos [by Ebowlotus1960]
2006-03-04: CA: Behind the tattoos, Ventura’s high flyer Nick Palmer has dreams, passion [by Ebowlotus1960]

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Cuttlefish Condom

Posted on March 4, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Oh, Japan. Click below to view a scene involving using a cuttlefish (like a squid) as a condom (for both oral and vaginal sex)… if you want to see the full set at full resolution (because I know that a lot of cuttlefish fetishists read this blog), it’s in the “Spring” bonus gallery in BME/HARD!

Blast From The Past

Posted on March 4, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

I was cleaning up the BME “officies” today and found an old CD of pictures from back in 1997 when I was living in Philadelphia. The first photo is of Steve Haworth doing a cautery brand on my friend Dustin (at Infinite) — I love how you can see the smoke just billowing up from the tool!

This next picture is actually me… I’d had forehead implants done and they ended up crooked, so my roommate at the time (Jon Cobb, one of the most brilliant and influential piercers of all time in my opinion) did his best to straighten in (we created a second channel and tried to shift it). Ultimately we still removed it, but these are some of my favorite pictures of myself: