Marmalade And Manner

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

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Well hey, if it isn’t our old friend Alex, last seen around these parts showing off his then-newly stretched vertical lowbrets. This time around, he’s sporting a month-old 6 mm. scalpelled medusa, in addition to some sort of delicious meat jewelry dangling from his ear. Once everyone gets tired of splitting their lobes and whatnot, could THIS be the hot new trend that sweeps the nation? I certainly hope so.

And holy hell, it’s Friday, ModBloggers. The names can be changed, but the place is still the same.

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.

The Spring Will Come

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Well, isn’t this a lovely surprise! Lindsey May makes her triumphant return to ModBlog after a prolonged, inexplicable absence. Here she is, lounging pretty hard, wearing pumps inside because why the hell not, right? Never underestimate the power of a good high-heeled shoe. This, of course, is just a moment of relative calm before tragedy strikes! After the jump, Lindsey is accosted by what must be the storm of the century, or some other terrible force that just tears off most of her clothes. Luckily, her wonderful tattoo work by Craig Driscoll and Pol was left unscathed. I guess when you put it like that, everyone’s kind of a winner here.

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Why Or Whither

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Well folks, after a few months of her being a chilly cock-tease, summer is finally here in all of her mood-ruining humid glory. Hooray. Perhaps the sole benefit of warm weather? Permission to eat all the damn ice cream you please. The lovely HocusPocus up there certainly has the right idea. Sure, she might try to tell you it’s “gelato” or some sort of other fancy European-style snack, but don’t be fooled by this shameless propaganda. Take a moment, admire her Jim Miner-inked tattoo work, and then get you some damn ice cream. You’ve earned it.

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The Rise Of The Split/Stretched Lobe

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Well, it hasn’t even been a week since we first noted Micah‘s pretty ingenious prostheses he developed to address a necessary but unfortunate lobe split (we also shamefully misspelled his name not once, but twice. Guhhh), and now, be it inspiration or coincidence, Helsinki-based klitoris has fashioned himself a similar set-up. He, of course, has opted for some danglier (or “blingier,” to hear him tell it) jewelry. The original posting was a bit controversial among the commentariat, and the fact that this idea is SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE is sure to fire up some lively debate, so let’s do our best to set the terms, shall we? Is this an example of the cleverness and ingenuity that makes this community great, or is it an insidious trend that will destroy body modification as we know it? The truth is likely somewhere in between. (Or maybe just the first one.)

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Sat By The Ships

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

Whoa hey, straight outta Budapest comes this cutting by Gábor Zagyvai at his eponymous studio in the aforementioned Hungarian capital. This piece is well into the healing process, and, happily, is affixed to someone with an appropriately warrior-esque body to boot. If, however, you do find yourselves engaged in a decades-long battle of attrition with him, his only weakness? Gift horses. Roll one of those suckers up to his front door and you’ll be sacking that castle in no time. A close-up of Gábor’s handiwork, after the jump.

Good For The Swarm

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

As we all know, honey bees are some of the most vicious, cold-blooded, calculating killers in the insect kingdom. It’s true. They attack indiscriminately, all hopped up on The Devil’s Gold, engaging in wild, deadly kamikaze missions. Well, now, it seems, these audacious super-villains have expanded into the sex trade, which makes sense, we guess. While we would not wish this fate on anybody, if anybody does find him- or herself in a bee’s stable, please be careful—beyond that winsome smile is a deceptively powerful and merciless pimp hand.

(Tattoo by Timmo at Wicked Ink in Penrith, Australia.)

I Hold The Wound

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Jordan Ginsberg

And here we have the steely gaze of the very lovely, very stoic Anonymous Swede! (Probably not her real name.) Sharp piercings, pleasant symmetry and the always appreciated dark hair/blue (green? hazel?) eyes combination? That’ll work for us!

(Septum pierced at 16-gauge by Stefan at Sailor Steve’s in Visby, Sweden, and self-stretched to eight-gauge.)

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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.

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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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