Hustling The Freak

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

See, now, this is why I stand in firm opposition to “medical science” and the like, as my beloved Owl God teaches: Here is a man who, somehow, survived his own autopsy, which is surely, inarguably a miracle. Unless, of course, he is now a zombie, which would be vile trickery of the highest order. SHOW YOUR FACE, LIVING DEAD FELLA.

(But really, this intense and finely executed scar was done by none other than John Durante while taking a break from gridskipping in Des Moines, Iowa.)

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The Flock in Wooly Fold

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Oh, hello! Welcome back to Temple ModBlog, fellow worshippers! These heathen incarnations of all your favorite religious figures are probably the end result of Catholic God and Wiccan Satan doing a few too many lemon drops at the neighborhood pub, finding some month-old poppers and then just cold going to town on each other, giving in to carnal pleasures the likes of which no earthly being shall ever know. That is how we get the Owl Jesus and Panther Mary, which became the story of Gremlins, the end.

(These excellent pieces adorn the thighs of NattyNoLocks, and were tattooed by Issac Fainkujen in Tempe, Arizona.)

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I Want My Scalps

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Sometimes, when a more bizarre or controversial item comes across our desk, we have a pretty good idea of what the general community reaction will be; sometimes people approve of these items, and sometimes they do not. Swastikas, though surely not as hot-button as they once were (provided they’re presented in the proper context), still yield fairly unpredictable results. With that said, let’s go out on the brown note today with this, Diabolo‘s throbbing, purple-headed Swasticock, tattooed by Gema at Indigo in Norwich, UK.

“While being a bit controversial,” he says, “it is one of my favorite tattoos. I’ll be having it extended round my waist at some point, and will be having ‘Hitler was a dick’ written in Hebrew above it next month.” Glorious. Until tomorrow, fair ModBloggers.

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Kick From Inside

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

And here we have a fine photo of a coma suspension presided over/facilitated by Matthew Vermillion, he of Artistic Skin Designs, Inc., which has locations all over the damn place in scenic Indiana. With the vast amount of suspension photography that exists out there, it’s always nice to see interesting takes on things we’ve seen many times before. And this? We like this.

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The Rhapsodic Report

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Hey, it’s been a minute since we’ve posted some bizarre animal tattoo, right? Unacceptable! Let’s right this egregious wrong with this piece by the folks who brought you Murder Penguin, artist Marcus Dove at Smiling Buddha in Savannah, Georgia, and the wearer, Jules, who, apparently, has some sort of thing for animals hanging out in Arctic locales and doing things they should not do. This photo arrived with the caption, “This is not where I parked my car,” which raises all sorts of questions. Why was a giraffe in the Arctic? Why did he think he parked his car at the icy peak of some horrible frozen death mountain? How was he driving in the first place? Why would he wear a scarf and nothing else? This tattoo is unrealistic and offensive to giraffes and mountains.

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Meat And Mass

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Our old pal Brian Decker has been getting quite a bit of play on our hallowed pages here lately, but man alive, he has just been on a tear the past little while, has he not? Last week we saw some impressive implant work from him, and now he checks in with this gorgeous “Arabic henna style” cutting on the hand/wrist/forearm of Heather, who we just saw the other day as well, covered in blood or something equally great. And, of course, we’ve got a few more shots after the jump, because that’s how we do it around these parts.

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Against The Snow

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Welcome back, folks! Here’s hoping you had yourselves a fine weekend, full of whatever sort of saintly/sinful/gassy/etc. behavior for which you were hoping. Let’s get our week started on the right foot with the lovely Kier, straight outta Wasilla, Alaska, looking like the sweetest thing, sporting, among others, 12-gauge cheek piercings by Blake at The Hole Look in Anchorage, Alaska.

And just like that, it’s Monday again, ModBloggers. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Sneetches Get Steetches

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Happy Sunday, ModBloggers! Hope the day finds you well. We thought we’d pop in to post this great Sneetches tattoo by Darryl Torgerson from The Temple Decor in Kalispell, Montana, which was accompanied by the following passage:

That day, they decided that Sneetches are Sneetches, and no kind of Sneetch is the best on the beaches. That day, all the Sneetches forgot about stars, and whether they had one or not upon thars.

Granted, it’s no Green Eggs and Ham, which, of course, taught us all a valuable lesson about lunch, but this is pretty damn cute nonetheless. Oh, nostalgia.

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This Week in BME

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Good God, well, if this isn’t a fine way to wrap things up this week, I don’t know what is. Two of our returning champions, Heather (more) and Tracie (more, more), covered in blood (or a reasonable substitute), hanging out at the Baltimore Tattoo Convention, and conveniently captured sharing a tender moment by the good folks with Metal Disco Photography. Whew. Yeah. Well…yeah.

And that, friends, will be that for this week. What kinda good times did we have this time around?

– Cats vs. Bees: The Revengening.

– LA Ink made some unwise personnel decisions, but at least wang tattoos can save your ass.

– GAHHHHHH KILL IT KILL IT SEND IT TO HELL

– One of the finer silicone implants we’ve seen in a while. Ahoy.

– You’re not a man until you learn to tie a bow-tie.

– A children’s treasury of dead celebrity tattoos! We are going directly to hell.

– And finally, don’t steal money to fund your body modification procedures, you grinning douchebag.

We’ll make a casual appearance or two over the next couple days, but come Monday morning, this ship sails ahead at full speed. Sounds good? Sounds good. Until then, friends, enjoy yourselves, stay safe and, of course, thank you for your continued support of BME. We’ll see you soon.

Strong as Death and Sweet as Love

Posted on July 17, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Well hey, it’s BME’s resident knife-wielding maniac, Lunar, proving that, while he may not be the most efficient waiter ever, he suffers for his craft, man. Or, you know, is at least mildly inconvenienced. Also, he’s not actually a waiter. God, this story is full of holes. On the bright side? Those are some healthy looking one-inch lobes, and I get to break out the beloved “Hearty Beards” tag. Everybody wins!

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