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”
With all due respect to Shannon, and I do have alot. To the people that are saying BME is dead. I have to strongly disagree, maybe I’m an optimist but I’d like to believe that this is a new begaining. Yes Shannon will be missed very much. However to count BME itself out is just plain stupid. It shows to me at lest just how much part of the community you are.
With all due respect to Shannon, and I do have alot. To the people that are saying BME is dead. I have to strongly disagree, maybe I’m an optimist but I’d like to believe that this is a new begaining. Yes Shannon will be missed very much. However to count BME itself out is just plain stupid. It shows to me at lest just how much part of the community you are.
bye shannon, im sorry you are leaving so soon after i discovered modblog<3; i wish you the best of luck.
bye shannon, im sorry you are leaving so soon after i discovered modblog<3; i wish you the best of luck.
Shannon,
Thanks for changing my life.
Shannon,
Thanks for changing my life.
Best of luck in your future endeavors. Keep in touch.
You have changed our lives for the better.
Best of luck in your future endeavors. Keep in touch.
You have changed our lives for the better.
you will be greatly missed. good luck and fair well.
you will be greatly missed. good luck and fair well.
I agree with you Heretic.. BME isn’t dead because Shannon is leaving..it will change, but it will not die.
I agree with you Heretic.. BME isn’t dead because Shannon is leaving..it will change, but it will not die.
…….seriously? shannon, i love you. i’m pretty sure you changed the fucking world man. x
…….seriously? shannon, i love you. i’m pretty sure you changed the fucking world man. x
I’ll miss ya, Shannon. But let’s hope we don’t all go “morgue” on this. BME doesn’t need to die simply because of foolish loyalties to the frontman [with all due respect.]
It’s been a good run.
I’ll miss ya, Shannon. But let’s hope we don’t all go “morgue” on this. BME doesn’t need to die simply because of foolish loyalties to the frontman [with all due respect.]
It’s been a good run.
I’ve found myself on MODBLOG Everyday for as long as i can remember. Your posts have taught me so much about pushing our bodies to the limits and have also educated me on how many oppourtunities and possibilities there truly out there.
I wish you the best of lucky in anything you will be persuing in the future.
I’ve found myself on MODBLOG Everyday for as long as i can remember. Your posts have taught me so much about pushing our bodies to the limits and have also educated me on how many oppourtunities and possibilities there truly out there.
I wish you the best of lucky in anything you will be persuing in the future.
Thank YOU, Shannon. For everything.
Thank YOU, Shannon. For everything.
wish you the best! and hope to get my hands into one of your books soon! 🙂
thanks!
been a great time!
wish you the best! and hope to get my hands into one of your books soon! 🙂
thanks!
been a great time!
BME has been a part of my life for many years. Thank you Shannon for everything! Good luck in the future!
BME has been a part of my life for many years. Thank you Shannon for everything! Good luck in the future!
There is a season for everything under Heaven,… that’s from Ecclesiastes,… or the Birds.
I’ve been on here since it was a text only message board in 96. I’ve met great people on here, some of my favorite people ever, & even performed a wedding for two of them, Carmela & Critical Bob.
The spirit of the place has changed. I’m all for change. I change people for a living. But I feel like too much of the vapid PC culture I loathe has corrupted people. There are far too many walls from the way things were a decade ago.
Shannon has been a great fan of my work, & I of his. I hope to meet you someday, & we can trade,…
Buona fortuna, & DLTBGYD!
There is a season for everything under Heaven,… that’s from Ecclesiastes,… or the Birds.
I’ve been on here since it was a text only message board in 96. I’ve met great people on here, some of my favorite people ever, & even performed a wedding for two of them, Carmela & Critical Bob.
The spirit of the place has changed. I’m all for change. I change people for a living. But I feel like too much of the vapid PC culture I loathe has corrupted people. There are far too many walls from the way things were a decade ago.
Shannon has been a great fan of my work, & I of his. I hope to meet you someday, & we can trade,…
Buona fortuna, & DLTBGYD!
…so goes the heart…
…so goes the heart…
Wow. Thanks for everything, Shannon. We’ll miss you. Best of luck!
Wow. Thanks for everything, Shannon. We’ll miss you. Best of luck!
It will be strange without you… I’ve been a BME fan since it was bme.freeq.com. Modblog is definitely less entertaining when you’re not writing it.
I hope whatever path you take next brings you joy.
It will be strange without you… I’ve been a BME fan since it was bme.freeq.com. Modblog is definitely less entertaining when you’re not writing it.
I hope whatever path you take next brings you joy.
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Good luck mate! thanks for all the spoon fed information
Good luck mate! thanks for all the spoon fed information
Happy trails to you until we meet again.
Aes Dhammo Sanantano.
Happy trails to you until we meet again.
Aes Dhammo Sanantano.
Well shit.
Anybody need a few coupons? I won’t be needing them. 😐
Well shit.
Anybody need a few coupons? I won’t be needing them. 😐
Can anyone say cult status?
I don’t know how this will all turn out, I just hope that bmezine manages to continue doing what it has always done for me, and probably a lot of others who frequent the site: made us feel comfortable with who we are.
Can anyone say cult status?
I don’t know how this will all turn out, I just hope that bmezine manages to continue doing what it has always done for me, and probably a lot of others who frequent the site: made us feel comfortable with who we are.
Will miss you dearly Shannon, you were like an old friend to us all. Thanks for all your work. You’re a legend, mate.
Will miss you dearly Shannon, you were like an old friend to us all. Thanks for all your work. You’re a legend, mate.
So long and thank you for making a place that changed my life.
Take care.
-Tyler.
So long and thank you for making a place that changed my life.
Take care.
-Tyler.
This is so sad.
Best of luck Shannon
I think it may have already been said, but it feels like a close family member has just died.
BME will never be the same
This is so sad.
Best of luck Shannon
I think it may have already been said, but it feels like a close family member has just died.
BME will never be the same
I’ll miss your posts Shannon =^.^=
I’ll miss your posts Shannon =^.^=