The Crack in the Sky

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

I can already hear the odd complainer arguing that this picture shouldn’t be here because, oh no, he only has a single lip piercing! That’s not worthy of ModBlog! Well, allow me to retort: Yes, yes it is. And when that lip piercing is being worn by a gentleman in the midst of what is clearly a glorious metal photo shoot? You better believe that’s going on ModBlog. Ten points to anyone who comments using only Mastodon lyrics.

(Piercing by Dana at Adorn Body Art in Beaverton, Oregon.)

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Bring the Rut With You

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Hey, haven’t seen this one very often. Geezfools sends in these photos of his friend Chad suspending, facilitated by Hi I’m Buttons. Is there a name for this suspension? If not I’m going to throw it out there: The Hammock Suspension. Think about it.

Another shot, after the jump.

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Enjoy Yourself and Live

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Russians come from one hell of a hearty stock. Here’s a shot of the lovely corseted Nastya as photographed by Moscow’s Denam, whose work was last featured here in the form of this peacockery.

Look At Me

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Umm … well … agreed! Good morning, ModBlog!

(Tattoo by Nick Green at Artistic Tattooing in Wrexham, UK.)

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Toe Up

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Clearly, I am out of shape, because I swear I felt my goddamn hip shattering just looking at these pictures of Justin and Paul twisting and contorting themselves to stick their toes into their stretched lobes. Says MobyK:

Justin and Paul in Sydney in 2006 demonstrating they can insert a toe into a lobe. They succeeded but neither was able to get in both toes into the two ears. [Ed. note: Amateurs.] The hands on the beads are just holding hair away to take the pictures.

See the culmination of Justin’s attempt, as well as Paul’s own journey, after the jump.

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Don’t Splash Your Sister

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

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

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

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

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

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

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

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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Do My Balls, Mama

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Well, we featured this excellent Angus Young tattoo by Amina Charai of Bright Side Tattoo in Copenhagen, Denmark, earlier in the week, and these wild-eyed flamingos are more than worthy of a mention as well. You know what kind of flamingo wears a bow tie? The best kind.

Another Charai piece, after the jump.