BME Newsfeed for Apr 8, 2006

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

2006-04-08: AZ: The Beauty of the Body Art [by deadly pale]
2006-04-08: TX: Star of Texas tattoo revival (video) [by rebekah]
2006-04-08: CA: Jones Soda expands beyond skateboarders [by rebekah]
2006-04-08: France: Tattoo, Piercing And Breast Implantation Infections [by rebekah]
2006-04-08: OH: Are tongue piercings out? [by rebekah]
2006-04-08: OK: Tattoos dont disrupt order [by rebekah]
2006-04-08: AZ: The beauty of body art [by rebekah]
2006-04-08: NJ: Being goth rarely equates to evil [by rebekah]

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“Never Say Die” Chestpiece Tattoo

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Thanks to lovely IAM:HocusPocus for being this weekend’s cover model here on ModBlog. Her tattoo is by Chris Winn at Winn Body Art in La Jolla (San Diego), California.

Rave Party Pull, Australia

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Thanks to my friends at Hanged Man, a suspension performance team in Melbourne, Australia (check out the Hanged Man photo gallery on BME), for shooting over this picture from a rave party performance they did a few weeks ago.

Warning: Bad Taste Comment!

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Don’t take this tattoo too seriously. Zombies aren’t real, and you don’t need zombie repellent! Stay calm, Miss Mina. Tattoo by Jamie at Artkore Tattoo in Normal, IL.

Actually… now that I consider those “laws of horror movies”, there is a very good chance that zombies or something otherwise evil and/or brain-consumingly dangerous lives in a town called “Normal”.

What happens in Japan, stays in Japan

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

You never know what you might see when you go out to dinner…

Luckily it all gets documented in BME/HARD.

Porno Tattoos

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

This isn’t the first time I’ve featured a pornographic tattoo here. My friend Damir who tattoos in Serbia sends in this in-progress tattoo of a piece he’s working on (yes, you can click it to uncensor if you’re really that desperate to see pussy).

I was going to get an explicit tattoo on my leg, but I’ve decided to shift it to my back because I’m so paranoid that I’d either get charged going out in public if it shows, or worse yet have child services freak out on me!

Stiff Upper Lip Tattoo

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Har har har.

Tattoo by Shauncey Fury at Bombshell Tattoo in Pensacola, FL. The horizontal lip piercing is by Jeremy, also at Bombshell. And yes, this is the same joker I feautred earlier today. Some people just can’t take life seriously — that’s a good thing!

Another pastel portrait tattoo

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

A little while back I posted another portrait of the same girl by the same artist (, Buenos Aires, Argentina)… Now I’m wondering who this is? Is she a celebrity? A muse to many? Or are the two tattoos on the same person?

Nicely Lit!

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Another very nice suspension photo care of my friends at the very talented Ascension Suspension Team in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is from a show at OPM on March 30, 2006. I love the lighting in this shot and wanted to share it with you here.

Octoass Update

Posted on April 8, 2006 by Shannon Larratt

Quite some time ago I promised you an octoass tattoo update! It’s come quite a way since the last time I posted it,so here you go. I’ll spare you a closer look at the beak, but if you really want a full spread-cheeks shot, it’s in today’s BME update.