Struck the Hour

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

And here we have a fine rendering of what I can only assume the final days of World War III will look like, once society as we know it has crumbled and all that remain are the giant squid and steampunks, fighting for a world no longer worth living in.

(“The squid and the ship are based on one of my own illustrations,” says the wearer. “I sent the rough to Russ (Abbott) and two days later I was getting it done in one sitting whilst leaning over a fold out metal chair (at the Boston Tattoo Convention). Gotta love conventions for that. If I had been in Georgia, it would have been over a month waiting period to get it down.”)

Working and Waiting

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Hey, straight outta London, it’s handsome young xmonox! With all the fame and riches that will come of this posting, we can only hope he’ll be able to purchase the lenses for his glasses. (I kid, I kid.)

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Libra Rising

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Good morning, ModBloggers! Really great shot here of another person pulling off some lovely asymmetry with her piercings—especially liking the chunkier labret and monroe jewelry.

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APP Podcast With Perk900

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Hey, remember when I said I had a fun surprise this week? I wasn’t lying! Live from the parking lot of one of Las Vegas’s finest Del Taco establishments, this afternoon we caught up with Brian to see what sort of excitement’s been going on during the first few days of this year’s Association of Professional Piercers convention. Among the topics of conversation: good times at a shooting range, the brick shit-house that is Buck Angel (evidenced by he and Sarvas disrobing for a photo together) and the lethal combination of the boner pill Cialis and grapefruit juice. And, of course, much, much more. Get it below. Get it.

(Ed. note: The sound is a little fuzzy at times, but I cleaned it up as best I could. Brian was in a bit of a noisy area. We’ll forgive him.)

[podcast]http://news.bme.com/wp-content/uploads/bme-podcast-20090506.mp3[/podcast]

Right-click and “Save Target/Link As” to download the .mp3 directly

Music featured:

Embrace – Give Me Back
Sugar – Hoover Dam
Wilco – I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

The Skin Train to Tuna Town

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

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This chilling image comes from local warlock Sean Karn of Fuzion Ink in Norfolk, Virginia, who astral-projected deep into the underworld to obtain and record this horrible view. Who knew the Cryptkeeper was such a WASP?

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The Boys Do the Boogie-Woogie

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

I know what you’re thinking: Hey, it’s a pretty girl, getting ready to hit the town, but what we’d really like is to be able to see the rest of her tattoo. Well…ask and you shall receive.

(Tattoo by Scott Forbes at Oceanic Art in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.)

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Peace Comes Looking

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Good day, fair ModBloggers! Let’s kick things off on this vaunted “Mustache Wednesday” with this shot of Efix (second from right) hanging out with Jay, Nik and Frank, all showing off varying degrees of successful facial hair. But hey, it’s the thought that counts, right? As the saying goes, a man without a mustache is like tea without sugar. Another spoonful, after the jump.

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Learned By Heart

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

End of the line, folks. Let’s wrap up this Tuesday with this nicely shot set of photos of a tongue-splitting procedure. Looks like good clean work all around, albeit with the use of what looks like Yunnan Baiyao to help stop the bleeding afterward, which, according to the Internets,

has been extensively used and considered a sort of miracle drug for wounds, pain, and hemorrhage. Unlike Western pain drugs, it does not turn off pain centers in the brain, but instead facilitates circulation, bringing oxygen to the injury.

[…] By immediately activating blood circulation, it helps resolve bleeding, pain, and swelling. It heals oozing wounds and damaged blood vessels, while expelling pus and counteracting toxins.

And you can even jog in it! As always, more photos after the jump.

What Everyone Knows

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

That’s Jon up there, sporting a handsome Boysetsfire-inspired chest-piece by Derek Hutchinson at Sacred Skin South in Des Moines, Iowa. (The quoted lyrics: “This crying, this screaming, my voice is being born.”) The whole piece is nicely done, but the fetal character in the center is particularly well rendered. Also this just made me remember that, back in the day, I always used to get Boysetsfire confused with Boy Hits Car. Because I’m an idiot.

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