Don’t Splash Your Sister


The last time we checked in with our old pal Nihilist, he was wearing a Cephalic Carnage shirt and sporting a bone through his nose, like your common body modification aficionado/savage. This time around, he’s showing off his new tattoo, which came as a JPEG cryptically named “pussymouthfoot.” And by “cryptically named,” I mean that before his tattoo artist moved out of town, he wanted a “carnivorous cunt” tattooed on his foot, because, hey, why not. It’s like reverse vagina dentata.

(Tattoo by Duff, currently at Midwest Tattoo in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, but moving to Pasadena, California, in May.)

Reasons That Reason Cannot Know


Oh hey, it’s Kaylah! (Not to be confused with Anna.) You know, if there’s one thing that’s often discussed in salons and think-tanks around the world, it’s what sorts of advancements the next stage of human evolution will bring us. Personally? If naturally occurring blue hair hasn’t at least made the shortlist, well, then I don’t even know this rotten species anymore. (And yes, I realize hers is closer to teal/turquoise. Point still stands.)

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I Walk Around Somehow


I have nothing to say about this picture, because I am dead. I am dead, and this picture killed me. I’ll let the new father take it from here:

Grahm Brian Clemmer, born 1:51 a.m., March 17, 2009. This was right after delivery. I got this tattoo well before my son was born. I wanted him to know that I would always be there for him.

(Tattoo by Heath Rave at Captive Elements in Blaine, Minnesota.)

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Hang By a Slender Thread


It’s nice to have friends through whom to live vicariously, and it really seems like Ron, Wayde and Chris are constantly on the road, not wasting a second, and taking the pictures to prove it. Like Wayde up there, hanging out at some ruins in Chinchinitza, Mexico, and, apparently, holding on for dear life or gettin’ it on with a thousand-year-old pole. Either way. More shots of these globetrotting adventurers on location in Mexico, after the jump.

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Caught Up in the Fable


Happy rainy Sunday, ModBloggers! Here we have little-spaz, checking in from scenic Ottawa, Ontario, with her dwarf hamster, Zim. I debated internally whether or not to post this picture, on account of the hamster not having any visible modifications, but I made an executive decision, and you know what? I think we’re all better for it.

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All Obvious Confections


How’s Saturday treating you, ModBlog? It’s a gorgeous day over in these parts—just about time to start breaking out some summery treats like Sara’s got up there, I think. Thank goodness she had the foresight to not wear a shirt, though. Those stains are a bitch to get out.

(Photo by Justin Tipton.)

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This Week in BME


Earlier in the week, we posted this tremendous Jesse Smith tattoo, and, for some reason, some people convinced themselves it was Photoshopped in some way. It was not. Here’s another piece—”The backlash of stealing the devil’s pitchfork is massive,” he says of it—and, honestly, if you’re still not convinced, go look at his web site. They’re real, and they’re spectacular. And I don’t break out supremely timely references like that for nothing, friends. Trust.

And that’s the week, folks. What might you have missed?

Pictograms fell from the sky.

Things went from bad to worse for Mississauga’s Moonshin Tattoo when a client revealed that he has been diagnosed with hepatitis B.

The fake mustache came to town, and oh, the people rejoiced.

Everybody was tattooed with misspelled names. Some people reacted more appropriately than others.

Our esteemed roundtable convened to discuss the (potential) inevitably and (arguable) necessity of government regulation of body modification.

Tattoos + Scars = Thumbs up.

Stick around over the weekend, all. We’ll be here as per usual, keeping the place warm until things turn over and begin anew on Monday. Stay safe, everyone, and, of course, thank you for your continued support of BME. Have a good weekend.