The last time we saw Bloodlessness, she was getting her tongue split and inspiring typically wonderful Photoshop debates. This time around? Just munching on a squid. Just because. Got a problem with that? She doesn’t. Big deal. One squid.
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So, the wonderful Jason Stephan has been dabbling in the black arts, apparently, because there he goes, cribbing from my nightmares again for tattoo ideas! At least he included the serene, vegetarian elephant to mitigate the bloodthirsty jackalope on the left.
After years as the owner and operator of Electric Eye Tattoo Studio, Stephan’s happily given up the business aspect of the industry and is focusing on tattooing full-time at King Street Body Gallery in Orlando, Florida. If he’s going to produce work like this, I don’t think anybody’s going to have a problem with that.
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Hey, Matt Suder‘s got the right idea! Raise a glass, ModBlog (or whatever it is you prefer). You’ve earned it.
(Tattoo by Andy at Tattoo Marks in Souderton, Pennsylvania.)
And so goes the week. This time around:
– Ron and the boys checked in from some ancient phallic garden, as is their wont.
– A young child killed us all.
– Our old friend Nihilist showed off his new, umm…man-eater.
– Hammock Suspension ’09 started campaigning.
– April Fools! Also, thank you to all the enemies of fun who had to pipe in immediately about how it was obviously a fake.
– Roo posted this excellent video of Sailor Sid, courtesy of Shawn Porter.
And that’s the ballgame, friends. We’ll be here over the weekend, popping in to say hello, and then it’s back to the grind, Monday morning. We should have fascinating and hilarious interview early next week with some excellent photography by Phil, the hardest-working man in showbiz. Until then, ModBloggers, have some fun this weekend, stay safe, and, as always, thank you for your continued support of BME.
Tam checks in with this chilling photo featuring him doing battle with nature’s Chinese Finger Trap. He’s not in a hurry to get out, though, so maybe don’t rush to get the tub of Crisco just yet.
(Click through for the whole megillah, obviously.)
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Good afternoon, ModBloggers! Hope the day finds you well. Our returning champion, La Negra, checks in with these photos that should either settle a long-running debate or extend it indefinitely—the debate, of course, being one that centers around the question, “Say, don’t La Negra’s various sets of implants look like little boobs?” Well, with the help of some space-age polymers (and surprisingly little macaroni and white glue), she has affixed said implants with what appear to be, y’know, little nipples. You be the judge.
A shot of some breast sewing (involving her real breasts), after the jump.
(Sewing and makeup by Matias Tafel. Photos by Martin Del Pozo.)
None of my trademark music this time, the clapping and laughing says it all..
Just a good old fashioned video of Damien suspending (vaguely reminiscent of this, no?) with The Hanged Man Team during a “Live Bait” in Melbourne, Australia.
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Many thanks to Pete (The Piercing Urge) for sending the videos my way..
So, i’ll confess that, upon seeing this tattoo, my initial reaction was something along the lines of, “Well, that’s … literal.” And then I noticed “xkcd” in the image information, and realized … I’m just a jackass. Context, after the jump.
(Tattoo by “The dude that lives in Thailand” at Wild Tattoo, somewhere in Sweden.)
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This freshly done flaming wing (phoenix-esque?) cutting comes to us from Azl at Tatooutouage in Montreal, Quebec. Let’s hope this gentleman gets the other side done, otherwise he’s just going to fly in circles, and nobody wants that.
Here’s another lovely (and thought-provoking) video courtesy of Shawn (more).. Read on Macduff!
“I dug this footage up when I was preparing a class I was preparing to teach on behalf of the APP; it features Sailor Sid Diller interviewing “Tattoo Sammy” from Frankfort, West Germany.”
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“Sammy appeared in P.F.I.Q. #18 (1983) and #19 as the magazine’s first documented tongue piercing. This clip has audio and video glitches (that Roo was kind enough to clean up to the best of his ability) present in the original VHS; that’s why these are so important to share. Once the original masters degrade – this stuff could be lost forever. I hope you guys are enjoying these glimpses into our not so distant past!
Enjoy! – Shawn”
Mark Mahoney is no stranger in the tattoo community. With 30-plus years of experience under his belt, he is truly old school and a living legend. Check him out in this video as he talks about his history and about his shop, Shamrock Tattoo.