After a personally difficult legal dispute over BME, I’ve had to face the potentially insurmountable reality of being massively in debt, and I have chosen to transfer the business to Rachel (the details of this deal are sealed, so please don’t ask). Within the month my role at BME will come to an end, and new staff (made up largely of people who’ve been working on BME for some time as well) will be taking over. I will no longer be writing online about body modification, although I will be maintaining my regular blog and other projects of course, as well as working on several body modification book projects which I am eager to complete.
It’s definitely a very strange and mixed set of feelings, having run this site from the very beginning, over nearly a decade and a half. On one hand I’m very much looking forward to having the opportunity and time to paint and tackle new adventures, and on the other hand I will very much miss both the people and the subject in general that I came to know through BME. That said, when I grew up and fell in love with body modification — and later built BME — this was a very different and much more “outsider” culture, so maybe now, as not just tattooing but body modification as a whole enjoys unprecedented levels of popularity and acceptability, it is a good time to pass the torch on to a new generation. It’s my hope that they maintain the site in the spirit that it was begun, while taking on the challenges of a new environment.
I have very much enjoyed being a part of BME and I leave it with good memories. Thank you to everyone who’s been a friend of the site, and everyone who’s helped bring it to this point. I hope you’ve enjoyed my contributions — I know I’ve enjoyed yours — and I hope that you continue to enjoy what BME brings in the future.
See you in hell! 😛
Shannon
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760 responses to “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish”
I will miss Shannon here but this is his decision and I hope it will be good for him 🙂
Good luck!
I’ve just started my journey with bme (sending photos and so one) but I was a fan of this site from long time, Shanonn was an integral part of that. I think it will be hard for everyone to change, to think that he is not on bme.
So one more time
Good luck and thanks for everything 🙂
I will miss Shannon here but this is his decision and I hope it will be good for him 🙂
Good luck!
I’ve just started my journey with bme (sending photos and so one) but I was a fan of this site from long time, Shanonn was an integral part of that. I think it will be hard for everyone to change, to think that he is not on bme.
So one more time
Good luck and thanks for everything 🙂
shannon i will miss you more than i know right now. but i wish you the best of luck with future projects and in life. you have changed the world with bme and i thank you.
shannon i will miss you more than i know right now. but i wish you the best of luck with future projects and in life. you have changed the world with bme and i thank you.
“A big part of BME dies with this news.”
AGREED! BME needs you, Shannon..
“A big part of BME dies with this news.”
AGREED! BME needs you, Shannon..
This place has shaped me into a person that I never thought I would become. I first came to this site in search of information about getting my ear cartilage punched with a gun. 7 years, 18 piercings, and 1 unfinished tattoo project later, I have more understanding and love for body modification. I am able to see beauty in people that I once saw as “weird” or “freaky”; and I am proud to say that I am just as “weird” too. I met the man that I would someday like to marry on here.
Thank you, Shannon.
This place has shaped me into a person that I never thought I would become. I first came to this site in search of information about getting my ear cartilage punched with a gun. 7 years, 18 piercings, and 1 unfinished tattoo project later, I have more understanding and love for body modification. I am able to see beauty in people that I once saw as “weird” or “freaky”; and I am proud to say that I am just as “weird” too. I met the man that I would someday like to marry on here.
Thank you, Shannon.
Good luck with everything beyond BME Shannon, you have been a wonderful contribution to a lot of people’s lives.
Thank you for everything you’ve done.
Good luck with everything beyond BME Shannon, you have been a wonderful contribution to a lot of people’s lives.
Thank you for everything you’ve done.
Well, that’s fucking sad. I understand the terms of everything, yadda yadda yadda, and that’s cool and all, but that seems weak. You’re an odd fellow, but that’s why I like you, and I like reading your blog posts and stuff on ModBlog. I mean, couldn’t it have gone a different way and you still at least stay part of this? I know there’s 229 at this point posts before mine, and you probably answered these, but still, I want to vent my frustration, and well, at the same time I understand that sometimes you just gotta move on and not everything can always stay the same, still, I hope to find a place to read about the shit you do, and the things you see. And maybe sometime in the next few years when I’m visiting Toronto (and I frequently do!), I’ll get a chance to run into you and shake your hand and maybe have a coffee or a beer. So, good luck, and may our paths cross again.
-Dresden
Well, that’s fucking sad. I understand the terms of everything, yadda yadda yadda, and that’s cool and all, but that seems weak. You’re an odd fellow, but that’s why I like you, and I like reading your blog posts and stuff on ModBlog. I mean, couldn’t it have gone a different way and you still at least stay part of this? I know there’s 229 at this point posts before mine, and you probably answered these, but still, I want to vent my frustration, and well, at the same time I understand that sometimes you just gotta move on and not everything can always stay the same, still, I hope to find a place to read about the shit you do, and the things you see. And maybe sometime in the next few years when I’m visiting Toronto (and I frequently do!), I’ll get a chance to run into you and shake your hand and maybe have a coffee or a beer. So, good luck, and may our paths cross again.
-Dresden
Well, thats somehow odd. Some month before this was stated, that BME had an hostile takeover, which was reversed by a couple of court trials. One of the main persons in that fact was “rachel”, who was known as an (ex-)girlfriend of shannon. After the case was settled, everything went back to normal.
Now this “goodbye”. It is somehow odd. If this happened to me, i would have taken care of rachel getting to the deepest bottom of hell, so she won’t be able to try to take over my project ever again. I tried to sue her until she was broken or dead. But thats me, and I am quite a radical guy.
If it is really true and Shannon did this without any pressure and willingly, than I wish him a really good future and a happy life. This step could be understand, because he has a little daughter, who is growing up now and where she comes into a phase, where you must “hide” such things as bme from her. I will follow his other blogs around, because they are fascinating.
If it is again a try of a hostile takeover, than I just want to warn you, that shit like this will not only tear big parts of the community away, but also show some personal weakness of you people. It would change bme in a way many people would not want to accept, and it could cut away some of your most interesting sources.
Eighter way, I wish every party in this case the best that could happen, personally and financially. And I hope it won’t do that much trouble than the last try did.
Greating, sic
Well, thats somehow odd. Some month before this was stated, that BME had an hostile takeover, which was reversed by a couple of court trials. One of the main persons in that fact was “rachel”, who was known as an (ex-)girlfriend of shannon. After the case was settled, everything went back to normal.
Now this “goodbye”. It is somehow odd. If this happened to me, i would have taken care of rachel getting to the deepest bottom of hell, so she won’t be able to try to take over my project ever again. I tried to sue her until she was broken or dead. But thats me, and I am quite a radical guy.
If it is really true and Shannon did this without any pressure and willingly, than I wish him a really good future and a happy life. This step could be understand, because he has a little daughter, who is growing up now and where she comes into a phase, where you must “hide” such things as bme from her. I will follow his other blogs around, because they are fascinating.
If it is again a try of a hostile takeover, than I just want to warn you, that shit like this will not only tear big parts of the community away, but also show some personal weakness of you people. It would change bme in a way many people would not want to accept, and it could cut away some of your most interesting sources.
Eighter way, I wish every party in this case the best that could happen, personally and financially. And I hope it won’t do that much trouble than the last try did.
Greating, sic
Last time this blog was not organized by Shannon I stopped reading purely because of the quality of content and commentary.
I hope that the people who begin writing for modblog can write as well as Shannon!
Good luck.
Thanks for your years of news/interest Shannon. Truly one with a passion for body modification. You’ll be missed!
Last time this blog was not organized by Shannon I stopped reading purely because of the quality of content and commentary.
I hope that the people who begin writing for modblog can write as well as Shannon!
Good luck.
Thanks for your years of news/interest Shannon. Truly one with a passion for body modification. You’ll be missed!
Lame. I’ll be missing you.
Lame. I’ll be missing you.
I will follow your blog.
Good luck with every thing.
I will follow your blog.
Good luck with every thing.
Thanks Shannon, all the best.
x Tim
Thanks Shannon, all the best.
x Tim
Good luck with everything Shannon. Thanks for everything.
You really changed me as a person.
Good luck with everything Shannon. Thanks for everything.
You really changed me as a person.
Shannon, you are the lifeblood of this place.
BME is dead.
You will be sorely missed.
Shannon, you are the lifeblood of this place.
BME is dead.
You will be sorely missed.
awwww
Sucks but I guess you have to do what you have to do.
awwww
Sucks but I guess you have to do what you have to do.
Oh man, I can’t believe it’s really happening.. How can it be ? To say it’s the end of an era would be a gross understatement – this is the end of BME 🙁 Whatever it becomes now, will be something else..
Still – for the last 15 years – thank you Shannon. You’ve changed the lives of thousands of people for the better, saved the health and probably even lives of many and created a wonderful community. You’ve really made a difference. I wish you all the best in the future and once again thank you so much for BME!
Oh man, I can’t believe it’s really happening.. How can it be ? To say it’s the end of an era would be a gross understatement – this is the end of BME 🙁 Whatever it becomes now, will be something else..
Still – for the last 15 years – thank you Shannon. You’ve changed the lives of thousands of people for the better, saved the health and probably even lives of many and created a wonderful community. You’ve really made a difference. I wish you all the best in the future and once again thank you so much for BME!
thanks for your great page and work.
thanks for your great page and work.
Byebye Shannon 🙁
Byebye Shannon 🙁
Shannon-
like many people here, I feel as though you have changed my life for the better. I found BME five years ago and it has influenced my life as I grew up to the 19 year old I am today. Thanks for being the other parent 🙂
I hope all goes well for you.
Shannon-
like many people here, I feel as though you have changed my life for the better. I found BME five years ago and it has influenced my life as I grew up to the 19 year old I am today. Thanks for being the other parent 🙂
I hope all goes well for you.
Goodbye Shannon, I’ll miss you input… Thank you for BME.
Goodbye Shannon, I’ll miss you input… Thank you for BME.
Thanks for everything, Shannon. You will be missed.
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Thanks for everything, Shannon. You will be missed.
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*tears* 🙁
You will be missed Shannon!!!
*tears* 🙁
You will be missed Shannon!!!
my heart goes out to you shannon, i’m so, so sorry for what’s happened. you’ve given so much… you may not have been able to end things on the best terms, but you can at least bow out knowing you’ve touched the lives of more people than you can possibly imagine.
thanks for everything. i hope your next consuming passion finds you hastily.
so see you down there i guess – i’ll bring the marshmallows.
-pete
my heart goes out to you shannon, i’m so, so sorry for what’s happened. you’ve given so much… you may not have been able to end things on the best terms, but you can at least bow out knowing you’ve touched the lives of more people than you can possibly imagine.
thanks for everything. i hope your next consuming passion finds you hastily.
so see you down there i guess – i’ll bring the marshmallows.
-pete
Le sigh.
I’m glad to hear that BME will keep going but really… things aren’t going to be the same without Shannon. Especially Modblog, I’m going to miss his humor.
Le sigh.
I’m glad to hear that BME will keep going but really… things aren’t going to be the same without Shannon. Especially Modblog, I’m going to miss his humor.
thanks for changing my life. im sure gonna miss your posts.
thanks for changing my life. im sure gonna miss your posts.
Ouch.
Ouch.