Guess What? “Wednesdays Are For Lovers” Edition

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Welcome back, folks, to America’s most influential literary salon, Guess What?, where your dreams have the room to soar as high as possible. This is actually a two-parter—even after the much anticipated click-through above, it’s entirely possible that the full story of just what exactly is going on may still be a mystery. If that’s the case, then perhaps you’ll fancy some context, after ye olde jump. But don’t cheat if you don’t have to! The first person to guess correctly wins A WHEELBARROW FULL OF PUPPIES!*

*Offer not valid.

There it is! For those of you who guessed, “Excellently healing full-length subincision with a piercing at the base of the split,” you win! Congratulations, you lucky devils.

Tattoo Hollywood, BME’s first tattoo convention, is coming to Los Angeles from August 21-23, featuring contests, prizes and some of the best artists from around the world! Click here for more information.

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Bury Your Mistakes

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

“Blonde doctors have more fun,” says the lovely factorygirl, seen above covered in some sort of post-surgical plasma, checking out the structural integrity of her old-timey operating table, for safety. Also note the placement of the syringe, conveniently located on the top of her head, which is just sensible, really—to say nothing, of course, of her six-gauge nostrils by Kyle Petersen and labret (recently downsized from 00-gauge to two-gauge) by Rev Lower at Evolved Body Art in Columbus, Ohio. After the jump? She may want to get that eye looked at.

Vigor And Variety

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Ahoy-hoy, folks! Let’s start our Wednesday with this series of shots presided over by Pete Sheringham at The Piercing Urge in Melbourne, Australia, who, with the aid of some surgical staples, affixed this zipper to the mouth of, hmm, who is that, The Gimp? Probably not. Either way, fun! After the jump, zipper-mouth speaks, or is at least given the opportunity.

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No Need For Temples

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Hoo boy, so, I was honestly just kidding yesterday when I mused about the possibility of Nelson Mandela being dragged through the mud by some commenters, but sure enough, it literally took only a single post before a political flame war broke out. Hey, fine. I guess Mr. Mandela is a more polarizing figure than I’d anticipated. But you know, I do so enjoy a challenge, and this gorgeous portrait of the Dalai Lama was too good not to share, but I’m curious now—what sorts of terrible, unseemly revelations will be unearthed following its posting? Did he buy an HD TV, but hasn’t yet sprung for an HD tuner? Has it been weeks since he’s emptied the dehumidifier? Is he hiding a Kenyan birth certificate? Don’t let me down, folks.

(Beautiful tattoo by Dave Allen at Preying Mantis Tattoo in Lakewood, Colorado.)

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Body Modification Artist Missing

Posted on August 11, 2009 by BME

It’s come to our attention that Andrew Niland of North Bay, Ontario, pictured above, has gone missing. In the North Bay Nugget, Maria Calabrese reports:

Friends are using a Facebook group to find a man who has been missing since Aug. 4, and North Bay police are circulating his picture in hopes of asking the public’s help.

[…]

Police said friends reported Niland missing and confirm he is not wanted by police.

Niland has been free on bail since February after he and his girlfriend Adrianne Carbone, 21, were charged with aggravated assault for performing a labia reduction on a woman earlier that month at his residence.

A friend describes Niland as:

A 30-year-old piercer at Sacred Art in North Bay. He has been missing since 6:30pm on Tuesday August 4th, 2009. He is 5’10”, 150 lbs, shaved brown hair, blue eyes and is easily identified by his 1 ¼ inch stretched ear lobes, and various tattoos including stars on his forehead and “Vegan 4-Life” on his forearms.

Anyone with information leading to Andy’s whereabouts should contact his friends at Sacred Art (1111 Cassells St. North Bay 705-495-1962) or Detective Constable Jim Kilroy (North Bay City Police 705-497-5555).

Unto Others

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Ha ha, well if this isn’t some sweet retribution. We’re used to seeing Xed Le Head inflict unknown pain and suffering on various clients, but now the tables have turned! Here he is, getting a taste of his own medicine, courtesy of Pink (from Tattoo Pink in Hasselt, Belgium). Really though, this is just a whole lot of incredible tattoo work in one place, and judging by the stoic display, this is just further evidence that Xed is nothing if not the consummate bad-ass.

The Sky On His Back

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

And here we have a, shall we say, rather unwilling resident of the Palmetto state. This young lady recently packed up and moved to South Carolina, and was not exactly thrilled about her new locale. One thing that’s helped her adjust? That little bluebird tattoo.

I moved to South Carolina from New Haven, Connecticut. I never liked living in S.C.—actually, quite frankly I hated it. One morning, though, I woke up and saw a different kind of bird in a tree in my back yard. It had a blue back and a bright reddish/orange breast; my dad told me that it was a bluebird. For some reason this one little bird was like a ray of positivity over my heart, and I eventually learned that bluebirds were a sign of good luck. I connected blue birds as my good luck charm and that I will survive living in the bible-belt. I’ll always carry that good luck with me wherever I go.

(Tattoo by Tim Brewer at Body Graphics Tattoo in South Windsor, Connecticut.)

The Gravity Of Duties

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Good day, ModBloggers! Let’s get the ball rolling today with this handsome “neo-tribal” scarification sleeve by Micael Faccio out of recent ModBlog hot-spot São Paulo, Brazil. The scarification sleeve is still a relatively rare phenomenon (although surely not unheard of), but efforts like this certainly make us optimistic about future prospects.

Generate In The Sun

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

And finally, gentle readers, let’s end today with a tasty tribute to fruits, vegetables and other various non-meat products, courtesy of the very talented Dyrti Al, who can be found tattooing organic goodies—among other things, presumably—at Electric Pencil in South Lake Tahoe, California. BME, of course, if nothing else, supports clean living, so on behalf of Dyrti Al, your local green grocer, produce farmers everywhere, new-school tattooing as a general aesthetic movement, four out of five dentists and Dead Prez, we wish you a good night.

Set Straight Like A Perm

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Oh, hello.

I didn’t hear you come in.

I’m Peck. You might know me from High Priestess. You might know me from my world-class lambada technique. You might know me from my collection of limited-edition Murphy beds. Whatever the case may be, I’m glad you were punctual. I can’t tell you how often photographers feel like I’m supposed to be on their schedule. Can you imagine? Can you even imagine?

Oh, that scent? Yes, pungent, isn’t it? It’s a fragrance made from lavender, space diamonds and endangered Condor eggs. It’s new. And by new, I mean I possess the only bottle. No, you may not see it.

Of course, just set your gear down anywhere you please. That’s a handsome strobe system you’ve got there. I did a shoot a while back where the photographer only brought hot lamps. “I want you to have a more natural glisten,” he told me. Do you believe it? Me, looking unnatural. What did I do? I showed him the body oil I have made of glacier water and pure Norwegian amniotic fluid, then I rubbed a thimbleful on my ample biceps, then I had him banished to one of the Mars colonies. That’s just how I roll. Oh, you didn’t know about those? Forget I said anything.

I’m ready for my close-up now. Best of luck.

(Photo courtesy of Jason at Gorilla Glass.)