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Also Coming to the Philly Convention? BME!

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Jordan Ginsberg


(Self-done BME logo cutting by Jon Underwood — his first, no less!)

As if John Joyce, John Durante, Brian Decker and Ryan Ouellette weren’t enough to get you to the upcoming Philadelphia Tattoo Arts convention, running in scenic Philadelphia from February 27 to March 1, hold onto your butts, because BME will be there too! And not just walking around fondling people, either — we’ll have a booth and everything! The ever-lovely MissMeg will be on hand to pierce, and Rachel will be there holding down the fort, filming, taking photos, selling T-shirts [Note: buy T-shirts, lots of them] and doing all sorts of fun giveaways. This is shaping up to be one hell of a weekend, friends — get there.

Also, there is still space available for people/shops/etc. looking for booths. Visiting the convention’s web site for details, or call Troy at 215-882-1362.

Comments

10 responses to “Also Coming to the Philly Convention? BME!”

  1. angie Avatar
    angie

    awesome, see you lovely ladies there!

  2. georgi gbh Avatar
    georgi gbh

    sorry jon i couldnt resist not leaving you a comment still. awsome that you made modblog! it really does look amazing, can’t wait to see it healing, catch up with you soon.

  3. Jon Underwood Avatar
    Jon Underwood

    I cant believe you used this picture on modblog, This is my first piece. I really hope it heals nice…..have to wait and see.
    Have a good one to all that attend in Philly.

  4. bob Avatar
    bob

    dammit every few posts i get reminded how much it sucks that i cant make it

  5. permafaust Avatar
    permafaust

    that piece is amazing.
    and for his first piece? mind blowing.

  6. f00bert Avatar
    f00bert

    perfect!

  7. The sky conspires to swallow me. Avatar
    The sky conspires to swallow me.

    This is a first piece for him? My goodness. That’s some fantastic scarification.

  8. .: Adam Avatar
    .: Adam

    Are there any vendor booths available? I’m thinking about selling some shirts there 😉

  9. allana Avatar
    allana

    kudos, Jon.

  10. catharsis Avatar
    catharsis

    can’t wait for this year 🙂 see everyone there on friday!

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