BME Newsfeed for Jun 24, 2006

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-06-24: USA: Tattoo artist left corporate world to follow his muse [by deadly pale]
2006-06-24: Brunei: Food Carnival Tempts With Asian Fantasies [by deadly pale]
2006-06-24: IL: HIV and Its Transmission: What you need to know [by deadly pale]
2006-06-24: Germany: Man Sentenced To Death for Writing Insulting Tattoos [by rebekah]
2006-06-24: China: China passes death sentence for tattoo abuse [by .caitlin.]
2006-06-24: UK: TATTOO ABUSE MONSTER GETS DEATH PENALTY [by rebekah]

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Two of my favorite tattooed faces

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Meet body modification artist and superstar Emilio Gonzalez (left) and performance artist Lucky Diamond Rich (right) at the Smack Party in NYC. Photo by Efrain Gonzalez.

Continued Full Genital Splitting

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Another cut… Yes, it works. In fact, it works twice as well. If you don’t believe me, there are plenty of videos on BME’s video sistersite (warning: explicit link, duh).

Hip-Pubic Star Tattoos

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Mr_Hyde from Italy’s girlfriend has one of my favorite “simple” tattoos… I really think in terms of “the basics”, you can’t go wrong with these pubic “directions” star series a la Naughty Natty… It’s really simple, I know, but I like it. Of course, arrows and flashing lights are cool by me too if they point at something I’m generally into…

Guerilla Suspension

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Muffe sends in this “having fun with big guns — make suspension not war“ photo from the Body Extremes Suspension Team in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Pirate Girl Tattoo

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

By Ivan at Marks of Art in San Jose, CA, before coloring:

Team America

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Who says September 11th and the ongoing wars around the world aren’t linked? Dare you disagree with a tattoo? Those things are permanent you know.

The tattoo above is by Tank’s Tattoos in Detroit Lakes, MN, and the tattoo below is by Lord Dunce in Norwood, Mass.

As a point of trivia, I wanted to name Rachel and my daughter America, but she didn’t think it was quite as cool a name as Abbie Hoffman and I did apparently….