Full Coverage: Links From All Over (July 13, 2009)

[NY Daily News] Last year, we were lucky enough to interview Kim Saigh, then of television spectacle L.A. Ink, and really, in addition to being a great artist, she could not have been sweeter and more pleasant to speak to. In a lot of ways, she stood in total opposition to what’s expected of reality television stars—that is, she did her best to function as a person who, it just so happened, was being filmed by a crew while doing what she would normally be doing during the day, without trying to manufacture drama or turn herself into a caricature for the purpose of making a name for herself as a member of Hollywood Elite or whatever nonsense. Well, ha ha, guess who’s not on L.A. Ink anymore! Saigh and fellow exceptional artist Hannah Aitchison have moved onto other things, and have been replaced with…wait, are you kidding me?

As the third season gets underway, the producers – or the stars – have reached into the reality show tool bag and added a new cast member, one that should come with the soundtrack from “Sesame Street” with Muppets singing “one of these things is not like the others.”

Aubry Fisher, who rose to fame, or more like shame, on VH1′s junk series “Rock of Love” turns up at Kat Von D’s shop in Los Angeles, and amazingly, without experience, gets a job there.

She immediately gets on everyone’s nerves – no shock there – including Von D’s, who is upset her brother hired her without letting her know.

Holy shit that is stupid. Seriously? L.A. Ink was never exactly high-brow entertainment, but at least the artists were, for the most part, decent human beings with considerable talent. And they’re replaced by actual garbage television run-off? Everybody involved should be very proud of themselves. Let’s see what Aubry’s bio claims she brings to the table:

– Doesn’t care about what other people think about her

– Is a self-described mean girl

– Great at starting a fire, but also good at putting one out

[…]

– Considers herself a Hollywood socialite

– Starred on Rock of Love 2

– Currently owns a karaoke business called “Crazy Bitch Karaoke”

Hey, remember when TLC used to stand for “The Learning Channel”? Ha ha, Jesus fucking Christ. At the same time, though, we also like to fancy ourselves Hollywood socialites! Jump the line, bottle service, etc.! Call us, Aubry!

[Dallas Morning News] Well, here is some delightful irony (or is it sacrilege?) for your afternoon. It seems some fellow down in Denton, Texas, visited a local tattoo establishment to receive some permanent iconography of the religious sort, and then displayed behavior unbecoming of the sentiment with which he was just tattooed! Here are the scandalous details:

A man commissioned a tattoo artist to imprint “Only God can judge me” on his upper arm Monday and then left without paying, the victim told Denton police.

The tattoo artist said the man came in to the shop in the 200 block of West University Drive with some friends and asked for the motto along with the image of praying hands.

The artist completed the work and asked for $200, according to the report. The man handed over a credit card, but the charge was declined by the credit card company. The man waited in the front of the store for a bit with his friends, and the friends slipped away.

Then the man ran out of the store, according to the report.

Obviously, we here at BME do not in any way support stiffing hard-working businesspeople, and we hope this is a wake-up call to artists across the country and around the world to only tattoo gainfully employed Satanists and godless atheists. It is for your own good and the well-being of your companies.

[Inquisitr] Hoo boy, as if you needed another excuse to get yer dick tattooed, covering the old johnson with ink could very well keep you out of jail! Example:

A UK man accused of flashing a female train guard has been cleared of all charges because of the tattoo of a lizard on his penis.

A female train guard accused 28 year old Barry Kenny of flashing his penis to herself and others while intoxicated on the train ride from Newcastle to Hartlepool. But the woman had not mentioned anything unusual about Kenny’s member.

Barry Kenny’s attorney managed to get the charges of indecent exposure dropped after Kenny was allowed to expose himself in court for magistrates to see that clearly, his accuser would have mentioned the tattoo had she really seen him expose himself on the train.

The train guard protested, however, explaining to the judge, “But Your Honor, I specifically mentioned the defendant showing me a tiny lizard!” Ha, get it? BOOSH! Seacrest out.

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Every Whiskertip in Place


If you’re anything like me, you’re largely unimpressed by cats. “Oh, you’re enjoying your Sunday afternoon, sitting in your favorite chair and catching up on some reading? I’m just going to ninja my way across the room and then bite the shit out of your feet. Happy birthday, asshole.” Give me a big, dumb, loyal dog with nothing remotely resembling an independent streak any day of the week. With that said, I had a hard time not enjoying this portrait of a lost (but not forgotten, obviously) cat of Harriet‘s by Valerie Vargas at Frith Street Tattoo in London, England. After the jump, we zoom out to see this cold-blooded killer letting loose on an errant bumblebee.

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Never Been a Paper Bag


Ahoy-hoy, ModBloggers! Hope the weekend found you well, that all your UFC-related dreams came true and that you were all able to get on top of your respective wives and whatnot. Anyway, let’s start our week off with a handsome portrait of the bright-eyed and bushy-topped Steven here (last seen during an extreme close-up), featuring some fine piercing work (mostly) by none other than your friend and mine, Ryan Ouellette at Precision Body Arts in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Welcome back, folks, and tonight the skies will open for you.

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BME Shop Sale: 20% Off Jewelry, Gloves, Toys and More!



(And that’d be the lovely cadaver)

Well hot holy crap, it’s happening again—starting right this second, BME Shop is running another one of its patented 20-percent-off sales, and this time around it’s applied to so much stuff, we figured it’d be easier to just make a list:

Almost all Kaos jewelry (minus select items)

– Gorilla Glass ornate jewelry and plugs

All Mother of Pearl jewelry

All ornate wood jewelry

Almost all wood plugs

All Little Seven stainless steel ornate jewelry

All Reign Custom Design jewelry

All BME Logo plugs

All multi-gem eyelets

All ornate water buffalo horn jewelry

Latex gloves

Dildos, vibrators, speculums, anal scopes, etc.

Whew! I think that’s more than enough from me. Go check out the goods, and then at checkout enter the discount code bmelovesme and receive your handsome 20 percent off. Awesome? Awesome. And remember, this sale starts right now and ends Thursday, July 16 at midnight PST. Don’t miss out!

This Week in BME


If you’re wondering why this hulking back looks so familiar, it’s because it’s the reverse of this hunk from earlier in the week. Now, if you’re saying, “Hey, jerk, that’s much too small of a picture to truly enjoy the majesty of that fine work,” I couldn’t agree with you more—click on through for a full-size shot.

And just like the sands of time, another week etc., etc. What happened this time around?

This handsome gent and his horrifying terror doll improved and destroyed the dreams of readers everywhere.

We were able to make arguably the most excellent use of the “DongBlog” tag in recent memory.

We caught a glimpse of the wonderful and intense projects that are Cookie’s implanted, tattooed and scarred arms.

We suspect foul play regarding how handily these tic-tac-toe games were won.

Kristina something something fall down convulse die happy the end.

Nadyne made an awfully strong first impression on ModBlog with this great, intricate cutting by Timb Wilton.

Oh, and BME Shop is full of awesome things.

And that’s that. You know what happens next: Everybody has a great weekend, we pop in here a few times, and then come Monday, the fun machine starts cranking out the hits yet again. Sound like a deal? Good. Until then, ModBloggers, enjoy yourselves, cheer on Frank Mir against the Minnesotan anger-bear Brock Lesnar and, of course, thank you for your continued support of BME. We’ll see you soon.

Now This Is Just Wrong


I’ll admit that I was totally surprised when the last tattoo by Josh Weir we featured on here—which, if you’ll recall, featured a lady’s nether-regions covered in splatters of blood and semen—was not only not frowned upon, but, um, was actually pretty widely enjoyed by our readers. Clearly, this emboldened Mr. Weir, because he has now checked in with this piece done on his friend Allen—who he calls “a fucking trooper”—which…is kind of grisly, right? Then again, I was expecting him to get raked over the coals over his last offering and it ended up being a huge success. As we’ve determined in the past, I have no idea how you, the readers, will respond to pieces like this; this could get 300 comments of fawning praise, or Weir could be drafted to fight Mike Beer to the death inside Thunderdome. Neither would surprise me, honestly.

Sweat, Tears or the Sea


It’s the end of the week, friends, and you know what that means, right? Casual Fridays are back! And this time, Ari makes his unprecedented second Casual Friday appearance! This time, though, instead of hanging brain with porn stars, he is alone, desperately alone, in the vast and sprawling salt flats of Salt Lake City, Utah. Also, he is not wearing any pants, which is what we are largely concerned with. Really though, these are some excellent pictures by Tom Clark. And wouldn’t you know it, we’ve got a few more after the jump. Where else?

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Needles in Their Jaws and Feet


Oh boy. It’s shaping up to be one of those days, isn’t it? The internet connection at The Manor took a shit and died this morning, so bear with me. I’ll make it worth your while, ModBloggers, I swear! You see how much fun that cat up there is having? I promise you’ll be at least as pleased as he (she?) is, if not more. And if that means I get banned from my friendly neighborhood Starbucks for having “inappropriate materials” (read: tattooed wangs) on my laptop screen, then so be it.

And hey, it’s Friday, folks, and we always kinda sorta wished we looked like Elvis.

(Tattoo on TheCrimsonCarnival.)

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New to BME Shop: Stone and Brass by Evolve!


Lordy lordy, is that pretty or what? That’s the Tibetan Agate round front stone plug by Evolve, and it’s just one of many brand new stone products freshly added to BME Shop. Truly beautiful stuff here, as if you needed me to tell you that. Check out some more pieces after the jump, but first:

We’ve also just upped our stock of Evolve’s ornate brass jewelry, including these Ancient Eye brass weights. Get some.

Black Stone Spirals

Rainbow Fluorite Premium Round Front Stone Plugs

Zebra Stone Eyelets

Rows of Angel Hair


Hey, don’t be so hard on yourself! This Hole-inspired (probably?) piece is plenty pretty on the outside, too—though I guess you sort of expect that with a cutting (plus electro-cautery branding!) by the excellent Christiane at Pinpoint Piercing in Oslo, Norway. Also, wow, considering this is the inglorious Summer of Celebrity Death, is Courtney Love just hiding out in her panic room for days on end or what? Stay safe out there, famous crazies.

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