Jonn (who I must apologise to because he just left Toronto and we didn’t meet up) ponders the meaning of nothing during the first Wales and West Suspension Group event, UK..
A Whole Lot Of theNOTHING
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Kavadi in Singapore..
This beautifully peaceful Kavadi scene was captured by Vin at the 2008 Thaipusam festival, it makes me ache a little because apart from a few Aboriginal festivals I was taken to as a child, there’s a lot of things I’ve yet to experience..
11th Annual NYC Tattoo Convention
I’m excited to be hitting the 11th Annual NYC Tattoo Convention this weekend in NYC. I know I’ll see tons of “awesome” tattoos, but I can’t wait to see some of my favorite artists like Dan DiMattia and Chris O’Donnell (who I have had a crush on for years! Shhh don’t tell!). Catching up with old friends alone is worth the trip. I’ve even heard whispers that Cere is getting some kind of “Life Time Achievement Award”.
I’m bringing my camera along to take some pictures since the last convention I went to was Buenos Aires and before that, Montreal. I won’t have a booth at the NYC convention (hell, they won’t even give me a press pass!) but if you see me, be sure to say hello!
11th Annual NYC Tattoo Convention
May 16th, 17th, and 18th, 2008
www.nyctattooconvention.com
www.myspace.com/nyctattooconvention
An updated Artist & Vendor list after the break.
2008 Artist & Vendor List
Aaron Bell — Washington — (206)789-2618
Alex Nardini — Italy — 011-39-0184-575-323
Assassin Tattoo — Taiwan — 011-886-2-89524200
Avalon Tattoo — San Diego — (858)274-7635
Bad Bones Tattoo — Portugal — 011-21-346-0888
Belzel Books — Philadelphia — (512)971-0027
Big Daddys Tattoo — California — (310)325-2129
Bill Salmon — California — (415)776-0539
Blood, Ink, Tattoo — France — 011-64-05-8357
Body Graphics Tattoo — Philadelphia — (215)439-7634
Bruce Bart — New York — (845)679-7562
Bugs — California — (818)986-9432
Bullseye Tattoo — New York City — (718)727-0463
Calypso Tattoo — Belgium — 011-32-4220-357
Chris O’Donnell — New York City — (212)473-0007
Corts Royal Ink — New York — (631)447-1123
Dare Devil Tattoo — New York City — (212)533-8303
DaVinci Tattoo — New York — (516)781-5030
Diamond Club — California — (415)776-0539
Dragon Fly — New York City — (212)255-1490
Eternal Ink — Michigan — (313)505-2095
Exotic Lenses — Georgia — (770)298-2673
Father Panik Industries — New York — (718)383-7139
Flyrite Tattoo — New York City — (718)599-9443
Freakatorium — New York City — (646)388-1397
H2Ocean — Florida — (561)586-8356
Hannya Tattoo — Belgium — 011-32-2-219-2276
Henning Jorgensen — New York — (516)781-5030
Hold Fast — New York City — (718)387-6660
Hong Mei Zhang — China — 011-86-010-83943365
Horisei — Japan — 011-81-45-543-7938
Horiyoshi III Clothing — California — (310)922-1168
House Of Pain Tattoo — Sweden — 011-46-7044-2625
Independent Tattoo — Delaware — (302)436-5581
Island Tattoo — New York City — (718)667-8282
Jack Jiang — Florida — (407)620-6282
Jack Rudy — California — (714)827-2071
Juan Puente — New York — (212)473-0007
Kari Barba Tattoo — California — (714)744-8288
Kate Hellenbrand — New York — (716)633-3170
Keibunsha Tattoo — Japan — 011-81-3-3431-0685
Lark Tattoo — New York — (516)794-5844
Last Rites — New York — (212)529-0666
Living In Skin — Texas — (979)542-5662
Lone Wolf Tattoo — New York — (516)221-9085
Lotus Tattoo — Long Island, NY — (631)244-8288
Lucky Girl — California — (562)856-8264
Mad Science Tattoo — Holland — 011-3170-362-4317
Mario Barth — New Jersey — (201)342-4446
Max MacAndrews — Scotland — 011-44-131-556-0345
Megan Hoogland — Minnesota — (507)387-6601
Mean Street Tattoo — New York City — (718)353-4717
Mike Bellamy — New York — (212)736-3001
Mike Rubendall — New York — (516)781-5030
Mom’s Tattoo — California — (415)706-6667
Mr. Scary Tattoo — Colorado — (720)436-6886
Nico – All Style — Germany — 011-49-30-2941899
No Dice Clothing — California — (310)594-3939
New York Adorned — New York City — (212)473-0007
Outer Limits Tattoo — California — (714)744-8288
Pat’s Tats — New York — (845)338-8282
Patty Kelly — California — (858)274-7635
Paul Booth — New York City — (212)529-0666
Polaco Tattoo — Brazil — 011-5511-3362-2966
Pure Body Arts — New York City — (718)384-3377
Raquel’s Temporary Tattoos — New Jersey — (908)906-7240
Red Rocket Tattoo — New York City — (212)736-3001
Rising Dragon Tattoo — New York City — (212)255-8288
Rock-A-Billy — Florida — (954)746-7570
Sacred Tattoo — New York City — (212)226-4286
Satan’s Sideshow — Baltimore — (443)869-2603
Screamin’ Ink — New Jersey — (201)970-6754
Shotsie’s Tattoo — New Jersey — (973)633-1411
Sourpuss Clothing — New Jersey — (856)742-0075
Spirit Of Art Tattoo — Germany — 011-43-421-168-99666
Steve Leather — New York City — (212)431-4671
Sunset Strip Tattoo — California — (323)874-4596
Tabu Tattoo — North Carolina — (828)253-0112
Taiwan Tattoo — Taiwan — 011-866-7-272-33-83
Tattoo Culture — New York City — (718)218-6532
Tattoo Evolution — Washington — (425)513-2358
Tattoo Goo — New Jersey — (973)835-1955
Tattoo Johnny — Georgia — (866)TATTU-ME
Tattoo Mania — California — (310)325-2129
Tattoo Nation — Austria — 011-43-650-5566001
Tattooed Kingpin — Pennsylvania — (215)423-4780
Tattooville — New Jersey — (908)862-1722
That Scary Place — Colorado — (720)529-0809
Think Tank Tattoo — Colorado — (720)932-0124
Toilet Tattoo — New York City — (718)874-9123
Tom Tattoo — Italy — 011-39-5486961
Totem Tattoo — Pennsylvania — (570)809-2021
Transformatorium — New York City — (917)407-5518
Triple-X Tattoo — Austria — 011-43-662-872613
Twisted Sol Tattoo — Colorado — (303)832-1311
UC Studios — Virginia — (540)253-9951
Unimax Supply — New York — (212)925-1051
Village Comix — New York City — (917)627-5207
Vincent Castiglia — New York City — 347)406-6628
Vintage Tattoo — California — (323)254-6733
Visionary Tattoo — New York — (631)455-6999
Way Cool Tattoo — Canada — (905)337-0828
Wicked Tattoo — Spain — 011-34-952276448
Zoe Thorne — Germany — 011-49-163-9894134
Zop Tattoo — Italy — 011-39-0163-26124 Continue reading
AЯT TØ THE KØR
éRicK sent me this teaser for AЯT KØR Kollectif‘s upcoming tour..
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DivX download link for BME members: Extreme2 or Full members
For more information you can visit their Myspace page (the second link above) or contact Lukas Zpira (IAM/Myspace) directly.
Shannon’s Halloween Trauma
For her second suspension, Shannon jumped into the deep end with a performance at Trauma on Halloween night 2007 with the help of Modified Soul, ihung and Only Flesh. The photos — and there are lots more after the break — are by Chris Thornton of Hellophoto.net. The part that surprised me is what she wrote about the zen of it:
This suspension was so much fun! Despite being in an environment surrounded by tons of people, music blaring and people yelling I still found that clarity, inner peace and pleasure I always feel from my suspensions.
Maybe I don’t get Norwegian humor?
Oddbjorn says that he figured out the “huge all important question of…”
What do you do with your hands and feet while in a resurrection suspension?
You just:
1) Hook both your wrists in a loop behind your back.
2) Put both your feet into the loop.
3) Pull and enjoy.
He also sends out thanks to Haavve and the Wings of Desire suspension team, which I can definitely agree with! This was done at the December 27th Susday in Oslo.
Consolation Corset
Amber sent me a shot of her best friend’s upper arm corset piercing (“she was a trooper though it all — lots of squirming and ‘oh fucks’ were involved, but no tears”), which she got after losing her hip piercings the week before. They were done for the Pomona Convention, but she’s planning on babying them with the hope that she’ll be able to keep them as long as possible. Rick Anders at DV8 Tattoos and Body Piercing in Vallejo, California did them for her.
BME 2007 Top Contributor Awards
This is the last time we will speak in 2007, and I’d like to thank everyone for their help on BME this year. In perfect timing, the new BME stickers arrived this morning (they match the year-end shirts), so those of you placing orders with BMEshop may find these as gifts. Those of you getting the free top contributors shirts and are on the list should already have an email from me about it, but if you don’t, please write me. Oh, and I’d be happy to send stickers out to people hosting BME-related events as well (as soon as I am permitted to moderate events you’ll see lots more there I hope).
Thank you again to everyone who supported BME in 2007 (especially Sacred — seriously, wow!), and click the picture to continue on to the year end awards. ModBlog updates will resume in a few days.
See you in 2008,
Last Chance For Year End Awards!
Thanks again everyone for the support and see you in 2008!
PS. The logo in the picture — taken by his sister — of Tom-Tom (who works for one of Norway’s biggest corporations — anti-mod stigma is disappearing all over the world) isn’t the year end shirt, it’s a logo that I drew called “Ultracalm” which may or may not be run as a shirt in the future.
HELL 666
Brian in the Netherlands got his toes cut up by the girls from Dare2wear in Amsterdam, with Julia cutting the 666, and Sharon cutting the HELL… Both of them were cut simultaneously, which he describes as a “different” feeling! (Cut him some slack, it’s not as if English is his first language). Julia also did the goat-head cutting on his shin, and Ilya did the spider skin-peelings at Lab360 in Amsterdam.
Brian is also a performer, and recently did this suspension show in Maastricht, The Netherlands, assisted by Raoul and Beto… The facial hooks — my favorite part — were inspired by the movie Hellraiser (and remind me of Casshan‘s shows).
