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. AbbY Avatar

    very nice BME tv, good job nice introduction.

  2. AbbY Avatar

    very nice BME tv, good job nice introduction.

  3. Ashley Avatar
    Ashley

    I can’t wait to see more!

  4. Ashley Avatar
    Ashley

    I can’t wait to see more!

  5. foxyviolet Avatar

    Nice!can`t wait to see more! 😎

  6. foxyviolet Avatar

    Nice!can`t wait to see more! 😎

  7. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    I love this! (soooo jealous.)

    More!!!! 😀

  8. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    I love this! (soooo jealous.)

    More!!!! 😀

  9. varevinc Avatar
    varevinc

    very excited to see more of this good job everyone !!

  10. varevinc Avatar
    varevinc

    very excited to see more of this good job everyone !!

  11. IreneAdler Avatar

    Did you see the really beautiful shots in there? Yeah. Those were mine.

  12. IreneAdler Avatar

    Did you see the really beautiful shots in there? Yeah. Those were mine.

  13. JonnyButts Avatar
    JonnyButts

    I’m with JD. Rachel why don’t you take over another one of the former owners projects and try to finish Uvatiarru? Thats one BME movie I’d like to finally see done.

  14. JonnyButts Avatar
    JonnyButts

    I’m with JD. Rachel why don’t you take over another one of the former owners projects and try to finish Uvatiarru? Thats one BME movie I’d like to finally see done.

  15. Castor Avatar
    Castor

    haha, love the crazy bondi lady 😀 and my daughter is in it!!! 😀 nice work Rachel and team 🙂

  16. Castor Avatar
    Castor

    haha, love the crazy bondi lady 😀 and my daughter is in it!!! 😀 nice work Rachel and team 🙂

  17. LenaK Avatar

    It will be interesting to see some of the full interviews, or at least i hope you have something more interesting than people dancing..

  18. LenaK Avatar

    It will be interesting to see some of the full interviews, or at least i hope you have something more interesting than people dancing..

  19. Céline Avatar

    I can’t wait!!!

  20. Céline Avatar

    I can’t wait!!!

  21. Mrs. Penguin Avatar
    Mrs. Penguin

    My browser is IE8 – and the video auto-plays on it. Any chance you could put the video (and future videos) behind a ‘click through’ so that we don’t get a blast of music whenever opening Mod Blog? Many thanks 🙂

  22. Mrs. Penguin Avatar
    Mrs. Penguin

    My browser is IE8 – and the video auto-plays on it. Any chance you could put the video (and future videos) behind a ‘click through’ so that we don’t get a blast of music whenever opening Mod Blog? Many thanks 🙂

  23. Rachel Avatar

    Jonnybutts: Nothing was ever really shot for Uvatiarru. There was just some footage of Jason and Clive (and possibly Marty). I’m more interested in finishing the project I’ve started.

    Lena: This is called a “trailer” for a reason. It’s clips from the interviews showing some of the people that we interviewed and the behind the scenes shots from our time in Australia to show more of what we did while we were there.

    Mrs Penguin: I’ll hopefully be able to figure out something with the auto-play. It doesn’t auto play for me and if I put the videos behind a jump then less people will watch the video. I’ll try to figure something out though.

  24. Rachel Avatar

    Jonnybutts: Nothing was ever really shot for Uvatiarru. There was just some footage of Jason and Clive (and possibly Marty). I’m more interested in finishing the project I’ve started.

    Lena: This is called a “trailer” for a reason. It’s clips from the interviews showing some of the people that we interviewed and the behind the scenes shots from our time in Australia to show more of what we did while we were there.

    Mrs Penguin: I’ll hopefully be able to figure out something with the auto-play. It doesn’t auto play for me and if I put the videos behind a jump then less people will watch the video. I’ll try to figure something out though.

  25. renny Avatar
    renny

    hey!!! you have to como to barcelona spain!!!! just let me know it!!!!!!!

    IAM:rennyfreak

  26. renny Avatar
    renny

    hey!!! you have to como to barcelona spain!!!! just let me know it!!!!!!!

    IAM:rennyfreak

  27. Tobias Avatar

    Whoever edited this did an awesome job.

    The “I *ONLY* have a transcrotal” part made me laugh, as did each time the showed Rachel fucking up the date from exhaustion. Keep going, definitely.

  28. Tobias Avatar

    Whoever edited this did an awesome job.

    The “I *ONLY* have a transcrotal” part made me laugh, as did each time the showed Rachel fucking up the date from exhaustion. Keep going, definitely.

  29. Little-Spaz Avatar
    Little-Spaz

    Looks awesome! Cant wait!

  30. Little-Spaz Avatar
    Little-Spaz

    Looks awesome! Cant wait!

  31. Rhys Gordon Avatar

    Sydney Style !!!!!

  32. Rhys Gordon Avatar

    Sydney Style !!!!!

  33. Dan Avatar

    fuck yeah! that was awesome!

    Australia represent!

  34. Dan Avatar

    fuck yeah! that was awesome!

    Australia represent!

  35. Gre Avatar
    Gre

    Bondi Lady. Now that memory is burned into my retinas, but for memory her sidekicks did a pretty good job of impersonating her… 😛

  36. Gre Avatar
    Gre

    Bondi Lady. Now that memory is burned into my retinas, but for memory her sidekicks did a pretty good job of impersonating her… 😛

  37. Rachel Avatar

    Tobias: You have no idea how many times I screwed up the dates. I’m sure Richard could put together a 4 minute video of just that! I think you can see how tired I was by the end of the day in the shot right after when I asked if I had cupcake in my teeth. I’d been up since 8am to get from Trevor’s house in the suburbs to an interview with a news paper in downtown Melbourne and then traveling by cab, bus and train to Adam’s shop. You can see it’s pretty late at night.

    It’s definitely been worth it. I’m really excited about the filming that we’re doing over the next 17 days here in Japan. We have 2-3 shops booked every day with no days off because of the tight scheduling of the trip. It got cut short and pushed back because I have pneumonia. I couldn’t cancel the trip because my contact here got us in with EVERYONE and it’s such an honor. If I canceled, even though I’m sick, it would be very disrespectful so I have to soldier through it. Like I said though, it’s definitely worth it because we’re going to get to meet so many amazing Japanese tattooers, piercers and body modification artists that we haven’t really featured on BME before because of the language barrier.

  38. Rachel Avatar

    Tobias: You have no idea how many times I screwed up the dates. I’m sure Richard could put together a 4 minute video of just that! I think you can see how tired I was by the end of the day in the shot right after when I asked if I had cupcake in my teeth. I’d been up since 8am to get from Trevor’s house in the suburbs to an interview with a news paper in downtown Melbourne and then traveling by cab, bus and train to Adam’s shop. You can see it’s pretty late at night.

    It’s definitely been worth it. I’m really excited about the filming that we’re doing over the next 17 days here in Japan. We have 2-3 shops booked every day with no days off because of the tight scheduling of the trip. It got cut short and pushed back because I have pneumonia. I couldn’t cancel the trip because my contact here got us in with EVERYONE and it’s such an honor. If I canceled, even though I’m sick, it would be very disrespectful so I have to soldier through it. Like I said though, it’s definitely worth it because we’re going to get to meet so many amazing Japanese tattooers, piercers and body modification artists that we haven’t really featured on BME before because of the language barrier.

  39. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I’d be keen to see something from the New Zealand part of the tour. I was big into this community a few years back (was BMEAotearoa steady reppin’) , and all though I don’t participate any longer, I still keep an eye on it from time to time. Looks like some interesting things are afoot. 🙂

  40. Jon P Avatar
    Jon P

    I’d be keen to see something from the New Zealand part of the tour. I was big into this community a few years back (was BMEAotearoa steady reppin’) , and all though I don’t participate any longer, I still keep an eye on it from time to time. Looks like some interesting things are afoot. 🙂

  41. Tobias Avatar

    @Rachel

    The work and lack of sleep is definitely appreciated. If you guys make it through the states and to Florida I’ll be sure to pop by.

  42. Tobias Avatar

    @Rachel

    The work and lack of sleep is definitely appreciated. If you guys make it through the states and to Florida I’ll be sure to pop by.

  43. Jennie MCQuade! Avatar

    Whoa! Looking good guys! Glad to hear I said the closing lines! Word! <3 <3 <3 xxoxo

  44. Jennie MCQuade! Avatar

    Whoa! Looking good guys! Glad to hear I said the closing lines! Word! <3 <3 <3 xxoxo

  45. Sham Avatar

    Fantastic job guys, can’t wait to see it happen!

    BTW, me like Rachel. 🙂

    Cheers from France!

  46. Sham Avatar

    Fantastic job guys, can’t wait to see it happen!

    BTW, me like Rachel. 🙂

    Cheers from France!

  47. stevie edge Avatar
    stevie edge

    looking real good. super professional. can’t wait to see the rest. good work!!

  48. stevie edge Avatar
    stevie edge

    looking real good. super professional. can’t wait to see the rest. good work!!

  49. k Avatar
    k

    how come the other tour people aren’t in japan as well?

  50. k Avatar
    k

    how come the other tour people aren’t in japan as well?

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