A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Earning money the blue collar way, with tools.

When it comes to Modblog worthy pictures, few groups can compete with Agro recently. The guys and gals of Agro have performed some incredible and cutting edge suspensions and body play, like  the trampoline super pull and Neil’s single point stomach we featured recently.

At a recent performance the Agro folks used a common sideshow money maker, having people staple money to one of their performers.

I remember seeing this stunt performed by Capt. Don Leslie many years ago, and he made out pretty well from it. I bet this pretty young lady faired even better.

Thanks to Mike Kelton, for submitting this image.cxc8-great-show

Comments

104 responses to “Earning money the blue collar way, with tools.”

  1. GTFO Avatar
    GTFO

    Yuck, yuck, yuck.
    If you are practitioners concerned about blood-borne diseases and bacterial infection, you should not have let this go on at your show, and as such I would not ever want to be suspended by the group in question knowing their standards are this low. Though they’re shallow wounds you could certainly catch Hep. C through them.

    re: #24 It is giving body piercing/suspension a bad name as it was performed at an event starring people known as suspension artists. Doesn’t matter that it’s a consenting adult doing this, that it’s a performance, or whether it’s a suspension hook, piercing needle, play piercing needle or staples, the same rules of basic bio safety should ALWAYS apply to anyone involved in a show if you want people to trust you and yours with their health.

    How can you compare suspension performed with clean tools in a clean environment to this? A women stapling filthy, bacteria (and potentially worse) ridden banknotes from strangers into herself, and, presumably not properly sterilizing the notes afterward, before putting them back into circulation and spreading her utter foulness on others as casually as she inflicted it on herself.

    BAD.
    IMHO should be serious grounds for having APP membership reviewed.

  2. GTFO Avatar
    GTFO

    Yuck, yuck, yuck.
    If you are practitioners concerned about blood-borne diseases and bacterial infection, you should not have let this go on at your show, and as such I would not ever want to be suspended by the group in question knowing their standards are this low. Though they’re shallow wounds you could certainly catch Hep. C through them.

    re: #24 It is giving body piercing/suspension a bad name as it was performed at an event starring people known as suspension artists. Doesn’t matter that it’s a consenting adult doing this, that it’s a performance, or whether it’s a suspension hook, piercing needle, play piercing needle or staples, the same rules of basic bio safety should ALWAYS apply to anyone involved in a show if you want people to trust you and yours with their health.

    How can you compare suspension performed with clean tools in a clean environment to this? A women stapling filthy, bacteria (and potentially worse) ridden banknotes from strangers into herself, and, presumably not properly sterilizing the notes afterward, before putting them back into circulation and spreading her utter foulness on others as casually as she inflicted it on herself.

    BAD.
    IMHO should be serious grounds for having APP membership reviewed.

  3. GTFO Avatar
    GTFO

    Yuck, yuck, yuck.
    If you are practitioners concerned about blood-borne diseases and bacterial infection, you should not have let this go on at your show, and as such I would not ever want to be suspended by the group in question knowing their standards are this low. Though they’re shallow wounds you could certainly catch Hep. C through them.

    re: #24 It is giving body piercing/suspension a bad name as it was performed at an event starring people known as suspension artists. Doesn’t matter that it’s a consenting adult doing this, that it’s a performance, or whether it’s a suspension hook, piercing needle, play piercing needle or staples, the same rules of basic bio safety should ALWAYS apply to anyone involved in a show if you want people to trust you and yours with their health.

    How can you compare suspension performed with clean tools in a clean environment to this? A women stapling filthy, bacteria (and potentially worse) ridden banknotes from strangers into herself, and, presumably not properly sterilizing the notes afterward, before putting them back into circulation and spreading her utter foulness on others as casually as she inflicted it on herself.

    BAD.
    IMHO should be serious grounds for having APP membership reviewed.

  4. GTFO Avatar
    GTFO

    Yuck, yuck, yuck.
    If you are practitioners concerned about blood-borne diseases and bacterial infection, you should not have let this go on at your show, and as such I would not ever want to be suspended by the group in question knowing their standards are this low. Though they’re shallow wounds you could certainly catch Hep. C through them.

    re: #24 It is giving body piercing/suspension a bad name as it was performed at an event starring people known as suspension artists. Doesn’t matter that it’s a consenting adult doing this, that it’s a performance, or whether it’s a suspension hook, piercing needle, play piercing needle or staples, the same rules of basic bio safety should ALWAYS apply to anyone involved in a show if you want people to trust you and yours with their health.

    How can you compare suspension performed with clean tools in a clean environment to this? A women stapling filthy, bacteria (and potentially worse) ridden banknotes from strangers into herself, and, presumably not properly sterilizing the notes afterward, before putting them back into circulation and spreading her utter foulness on others as casually as she inflicted it on herself.

    BAD.
    IMHO should be serious grounds for having APP membership reviewed.

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