BME: Body Modification Ezine

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  • Need your 15 minutes of fame?

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I’ve gotten a number of media requests lately, so I’m posting them all here. If I hear back that they’re filled, I’ll update this entry, although I don’t always hear back so if more than a week or two has passed, there’s probably no point in writing these folks. Oh, and if you write them, tell them that Shannon from BME told you about it.

    From: Sunny Foscue
    Subject: Fear Factor

    I am a Casting Director with NBC's "Fear Factor" and was wondering if youknew anyone for our upcoming "Freaks vs. Geeks" episode. The "Revenge of theTattooed Nerds" article was great, and I would love to get some of thosepeople on the show.

    We are looking for guy/girl "Nerd" Teams to compete against "Freak Teams". Iwould love to talk to you more about the show if you are interested inhelping me out. ... Anyone that you have I would love to interview. Theycan just send me their info along with a picture to my email and we will getthem set up. We are looking for super freaks!

    Thanks,

    Sunny Foscue
    [email protected]

    Twwly mentions she’s looking for a few guys to hook up with her enticing friends for this show as well. Here’s another one. It’s definitely a fun little gig, I can’t give you more details publicly but if you’re in the NYC area, drop them a line. This is for filming tomorrow night.

    From: [email protected]
    Subject: TV Show looking for one pierced person

    Major cable network TV show is looking for a heavily pierced person (maleor female) who appears 18 to 22 for a new show taping in midtown NYC.

    Individual must be available for the show taping on the evening ofWednesday, September 28. If this is you, please email a photo and contactinfo to: [email protected]

    Participants will be compensated

    Here’s an interesting project for a suspension group or suscon organizer…

    From: Jamie Friddle
    Subject: Other Americans

    I am researching eccentric communities and events in America for a pictorial essay titled Other Americans: underground . overground . off the grid. I am the team writer. We are in the middle of assembling a prototype for the book, as well as a proposal. You can read more about the project on our web site: www.otheramericans.com.

    I am writing you because I'm interested in profiling one of the suspension/ritual cons. We think the body modification community is unique and, though not solely American, it is worth investigating for inclusion in our book. The final project will have 12-15 groups ranging from "way of life" subcultures to extreme sports.

    Can you recommend a couple of suscons that occur annually? One of the subtexts of the book is that while old-school forms of community are slowly disintegrating, other forms of community, largely based on passions, are emerging.

    Best,

    Jamie Friddle, Writer
    [email protected]
    Other Americans
    www.otheramericans.com

    And one last one:

    From: [email protected]
    Subject: NYTimes writer looking for college students who got tat soon after getting to school and really freaked their parents out at Thanksgiving

    Hey. I’m a NYTimes reporter writing a story on the conflict that tends to ensue between parents and “children” at freshman Thanksgiving break. For what it’s worth, I’ve got three tats and I used to have a naval piercing until my kid was born a few years ago. I remember all too vividly the shit that happened when I came home with my first tattoo — a black dahlia on my shoulder — at 18. I figure some current students have got to have some Thanksgiving horror stories.

    [email protected].

    Thanks
    N

    Good luck, and if you end up doing one of these projects, drop me a line!

  • Tattoos on a theme: Rock’n’roll, the words.

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Certainly tattoos and music go hand in hand, and every time I update there are band logos, portraits, song quotes, and other musical tattoos. But rock’n’roll is more than just a catalog of sounds — it’s a philosophy, and sometimes people choose to simply declare their affiliation to music as a whole… thus this mini-gallery of declarative rock’n’roll word tattoos!

    Oops… dunno how that last one slipped in there…

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    “This is a snakeskin jacket, and for me it represents
    a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom.”

  • “BOOO WHOOO, why don’t you cry about it”

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    I’ve giggled here previously about finger mustache tattoos (one, two), so I thought I ought to mention the equally clever silly finger teardrop tattoos. These two examples are on IAM:BruisedandBroken and IAM:Aretha who got them done at the Boston Tattoo Convention.

  • Geisha Scarification

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    The work that’s being done by top scarification artists these days has now reached the level where it’s competitive with tattooing in terms of the aesthetic result. This amazing example on DejaMoon is a collaboration piece between Dave Gilstrap and Brian, and is three and a half months old in this photo. This is definitely one of the best examples of cutting work I’ve ever seen.

  • Tattooed Motorcycle Police

    Written by

    Shannon Larratt

    Blair sends in this picture taken at the war protest in Washington DC two days ago, saying “I just thought it was interesting to see someone with full sleeves who isn’t a protester”. It’s certainly not unusual to see tattooed cops (juristictions attempting to bar the practice for their officers notwithstanding), but this guy definitely has some nice heavy work — and with it on his hands and neck, surprisingly public as well. I have to wonder if it’s made it easier or harder to do his job, both because of how the public responds to tattoos, and because of how the administration would.

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