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.

BMEtv – Trailer!

I know everyone has been wondering what’s been going on with the BME tour so here it goes! First I wanted to thank H2Ocean and Industrial Strength for helping make the tour possible and supporting BME.

Our schedule started to get a little haywire somewhere along the third or fourth week of the tour.  It started off with a never ending erupting volcano which soured travel plans, then some political unrest, economic instability causing more political unrest, being hospitalized and then coming home with an awesome case of pneumonia,  and so many more “little things” we had to take a break. Richard has been working his butt off  editing up a storm. I’m glad to announce that things are coming along well and we should be able to start uploading and posting videos in the next week from our time in Australia and New Zealand. With over 60+ Australian and New Zealand tattooers, piercers and body modification artists already interviewed, we are well on our way to a great start with what I originally intended to do with the tour project. I hope you enjoy the tour preview video that Richard put together and I can’t wait to start posting more videos!

I really want to thank Richard, Chez, Darah and Megan for joining me on the Australian & New Zealand leg of the tour and for all the work they put into the 5 weeks we were out on the road. As I said before, I can’t wait till we start publishing the interviews that we’ve done to date and I look forward to getting out on the road again and seeing what else the Body Modification Community has to offer in the rest of the world!

Comments

132 responses to “BMEtv – Trailer!”

  1. Babasom Avatar
    Babasom

    thats a awesome intro…. nice work team BME… 🙂

  2. Babasom Avatar
    Babasom

    thats a awesome intro…. nice work team BME… 🙂

  3. Jedi Kim Avatar
    Jedi Kim

    Great preview! I look forward to seeing the videos!

  4. Jedi Kim Avatar
    Jedi Kim

    Great preview! I look forward to seeing the videos!

  5. Lori St.Leone Avatar

    WHAT’S UP DARWIN? Ha ha! And way to spell my name wrong! 😛

    I can’t WAIT to see some of these videos, this is a who’s who of Aussie bodymod! Super excitement abounds!

  6. Lori St.Leone Avatar

    WHAT’S UP DARWIN? Ha ha! And way to spell my name wrong! 😛

    I can’t WAIT to see some of these videos, this is a who’s who of Aussie bodymod! Super excitement abounds!

  7. Lori St.Leone Avatar

    Also, how many McShady Dance Parties ™ are there in that video? hahahaha!

  8. Lori St.Leone Avatar

    Also, how many McShady Dance Parties ™ are there in that video? hahahaha!

  9. chez Avatar

    there are not enough mcshady dance parties anymore!!

  10. chez Avatar

    there are not enough mcshady dance parties anymore!!

  11. CalmLlama Avatar
    CalmLlama

    Id watch it, but im too lazy to download quicktime. I’m sure ill get around to it eventually.

  12. CalmLlama Avatar
    CalmLlama

    Id watch it, but im too lazy to download quicktime. I’m sure ill get around to it eventually.

  13. Nano Avatar

    I reckon drag the crazy Bondi lady to LA and have a crazy McShady dance party.
    Now that would be amazing.

    P.s. love your work Rachel, Chez, Darah, Meg and Rich.

  14. Nano Avatar

    I reckon drag the crazy Bondi lady to LA and have a crazy McShady dance party.
    Now that would be amazing.

    P.s. love your work Rachel, Chez, Darah, Meg and Rich.

  15. beans Avatar

    awesome! It looks like you spoke to just about every awesome artist in australia. Can’t wait to see more video!

  16. beans Avatar

    awesome! It looks like you spoke to just about every awesome artist in australia. Can’t wait to see more video!

  17. Katie McShady Avatar

    Hahaha! The McShady Dance Parties!!! I feel so proud that they carried on across the world! <3 There can never be enough dance parties…or bacon cookies. Just sayin’.

    This turned out so well. I’m so excited for the videos to come!

  18. Katie McShady Avatar

    Hahaha! The McShady Dance Parties!!! I feel so proud that they carried on across the world! <3 There can never be enough dance parties…or bacon cookies. Just sayin’.

    This turned out so well. I’m so excited for the videos to come!

  19. Spooky Avatar
    Spooky

    its was great having you out this way:) awesome BBQ @ bondi and joeltron is alway a treat 😉

  20. Spooky Avatar
    Spooky

    its was great having you out this way:) awesome BBQ @ bondi and joeltron is alway a treat 😉

  21. Joeltron Avatar

    Werd up bitches

  22. Joeltron Avatar

    Werd up bitches

  23. chokehold Avatar

    Honestly, this looks incredible… I can’t wait! More, more more!

  24. chokehold Avatar

    Honestly, this looks incredible… I can’t wait! More, more more!

  25. Pauly7 Avatar
    Pauly7

    How about setting the file to NOT auto-play upon loading?

  26. Pauly7 Avatar
    Pauly7

    How about setting the file to NOT auto-play upon loading?

  27. swirly Avatar
    swirly

    my bottom!

  28. swirly Avatar
    swirly

    my bottom!

  29. Dean aka Crazy Face Avatar

    “you know your watching BMETV when some body says ‘I’ve ONLY got a transscrotal’…

    ahaha that made me laugh….good job guys *thumbs up*…and I just joked with a friend while watching this…thats its deifnately BME when a tattooed ass is there :p

  30. Dean aka Crazy Face Avatar

    “you know your watching BMETV when some body says ‘I’ve ONLY got a transscrotal’…

    ahaha that made me laugh….good job guys *thumbs up*…and I just joked with a friend while watching this…thats its deifnately BME when a tattooed ass is there :p

  31. newaddict Avatar

    Congratulations. Notice how nice the Gold Coast weather was? Seriously some great work there. Some very tight and brilliant editing that keeps the viewers attention. I know how much work would have gone into just that brief teaser. Well done to the team

  32. newaddict Avatar

    Congratulations. Notice how nice the Gold Coast weather was? Seriously some great work there. Some very tight and brilliant editing that keeps the viewers attention. I know how much work would have gone into just that brief teaser. Well done to the team

  33. snoogans Avatar

    hahhaa my beard was more noticeable than my face, i dig that.

  34. snoogans Avatar

    hahhaa my beard was more noticeable than my face, i dig that.

  35. Jen Avatar

    Pauly7 – It doesn’t autoplay on my browser. Maybe it’s a setting on your browser that makes it autoplay?

  36. Jen Avatar

    Pauly7 – It doesn’t autoplay on my browser. Maybe it’s a setting on your browser that makes it autoplay?

  37. Darah Avatar

    Lady Gaga turned up at top volume will forever be my antidote for incessant, screaming children on planes. This video is wicked. Gah, so many wonderful memories of so many wonderful people!!

  38. Darah Avatar

    Lady Gaga turned up at top volume will forever be my antidote for incessant, screaming children on planes. This video is wicked. Gah, so many wonderful memories of so many wonderful people!!

  39. JD Avatar
    JD

    Obviously, lens flare, under-exposure, lo/no contrast and little or no depth of field in many of the images mean nothing to your documentary crew. Sad that you paying to travel the globe, but didn’t get a decent lighting package.

  40. JD Avatar
    JD

    Obviously, lens flare, under-exposure, lo/no contrast and little or no depth of field in many of the images mean nothing to your documentary crew. Sad that you paying to travel the globe, but didn’t get a decent lighting package.

  41. anon Avatar
    anon

    Omg its MTV!

  42. anon Avatar
    anon

    Omg its MTV!

  43. newaddict Avatar

    JD – Do you have $100,000 to contibute and maybe they could add a sound tech, lighting tech, additional camera person, make up artist, private security personnel and maybe a private jet to carry all the extra weight? Unless you have a huge budget it is all about producing a professional result with some compromise. Personally I reckon they are doing a great job with what they have. Sorry now back to your Hollywood studio

  44. newaddict Avatar

    JD – Do you have $100,000 to contibute and maybe they could add a sound tech, lighting tech, additional camera person, make up artist, private security personnel and maybe a private jet to carry all the extra weight? Unless you have a huge budget it is all about producing a professional result with some compromise. Personally I reckon they are doing a great job with what they have. Sorry now back to your Hollywood studio

  45. Rachel Avatar

    RE: Autoplay – The video is set to NOT auto play. This is a browser related issue as you can verify in the source code the following: autoplay=”false”.

    JD: The clips in the trailer were shot on a variety of cameras and in many many different settings. Lighting can’t always be perfect. ONE lens flare from a shot on a tiny hand held flip cam pointing directly into the sun over the course of 5 weeks of shooting really isn’t something to complain about. Some shots are in the dark on our point and shoot cameras and most of the video in the trailer are from our hand held “behind the scenes” flip cams. The trailer is about the trip as a whole.

    We’re a grass roots group of body modification enthusiasts going out to interview amazing artists from around the world, not a high budget documentary production crew.

  46. Rachel Avatar

    RE: Autoplay – The video is set to NOT auto play. This is a browser related issue as you can verify in the source code the following: autoplay=”false”.

    JD: The clips in the trailer were shot on a variety of cameras and in many many different settings. Lighting can’t always be perfect. ONE lens flare from a shot on a tiny hand held flip cam pointing directly into the sun over the course of 5 weeks of shooting really isn’t something to complain about. Some shots are in the dark on our point and shoot cameras and most of the video in the trailer are from our hand held “behind the scenes” flip cams. The trailer is about the trip as a whole.

    We’re a grass roots group of body modification enthusiasts going out to interview amazing artists from around the world, not a high budget documentary production crew.

  47. Rachel Avatar

    Lori: Sorry I didn’t catch the name thing on the first preview of the video before I uploaded it. It’s been corrected and a new video is in place! 🙂

  48. Rachel Avatar

    Lori: Sorry I didn’t catch the name thing on the first preview of the video before I uploaded it. It’s been corrected and a new video is in place! 🙂

  49. Toffisall Avatar
    Toffisall

    Looks really good! cant fucking wait for the real thing to arrive!! 😛
    BME 4 Life

  50. Toffisall Avatar
    Toffisall

    Looks really good! cant fucking wait for the real thing to arrive!! 😛
    BME 4 Life

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