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  • Part of the Force

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    The Sinner Team is for lovers! God, these kids and their adorable suspension photos, right? The last time we checked in with these folks, Anna was hanging from Stanislav, and there were many awws. This time around, this group of longhairs is being just as cute, except now it’s Pavel and Kate giving each other the lovers’ stare while some folks mill around in the back. We liked this photo so much, we decided it deserved a click-through, so enjoy a higher-res shot as well. As for The Sinner Team, we don’t know how many more couples you count among your ranks, but we are very ready to send some Spanish Fly up Russia way if it means more pictures like this. Just a thought, you know?

    See more in “Knee suspensions“ (Ritual)

  • Under the Night

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Doesn’t it just feel like Germany has all the luck sometimes? Not to stereotype an entire nation, of course, but when some of your more notable exports include hearty beer, tasty sausages, efficient automobiles and, based on what we have the privilege of posting here, excellent tattoo artists, it’s hard not to be just a little jealous. This beautiful confluence of stippling and blackwork, for example, comes to us from Sonja at Amazon Tattoo in Oberhausen, Germany. See? Jealous.

    See more in “Tribal and Blackwork Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • All Your Mental Armor

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Happy Monday, ModBloggers! Hope the weekend found you all well. Let’s begin our week with the lovely AmeliaDolore, who, for one reason or another, isn’t much of a talker, but hey, she’s got other good qualities. Like her taste in medical equipment, for example. And her choice in tongue-splitters. And yes, that’s a Bush reference in the title—wanna fight about it?

    (Photo by Paper Street Photography.)

  • This Week in BME

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    And finally, folks, we conclude our broadcast week (and our summer of celebrity death) with this Roadhouse-inspired Patrick Swayze memorial tattoo by Emily at American Ink Tattoos in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She explains:

    Roadhouse is a very important movie to my circle of friends (anyone who hasn’t seen the pop-up video commentary on this flick is seriously missing out on some quality drunken laughs), and when Swayze died I drew up this tattoo. It was something I had to do that day, and thankfully my good friend Tom was up for it. The thistle is a metaphor for Dalton, as we all know of his philosophical/cooler genius…

    Fare thee well, Swayze. What else went on this week?

    – Shark attack!

    – Brianna made her triumphant return to ModBlog.

    – Josh will seriously just straight up murder you.

    – The appropriately named Bluetat checked in from some mannequin graveyard. He seemed pretty happy about it.

    – Balls!

    – Your editor is not up on his Spanish slang, apparently.

    Thanks for hanging around, friends. Also! There may still be some goodies left for BME Shop’s 50%-off Kaos sale! Go take a look before it ends on Sunday at midnight. Other than that, we should be around tomorrow with a fun new interview, which is the sort of thing we can all get behind, right? Then, come Monday, we fire this sucker back up like normal. Until then, have fun, stay safe, and, of course, thank you for your continued support of BME.

  • Guess What? Autumn Breeze Edition

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    It’s getting to be that time of year, eh folks? The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter and we’re all breaking out our warm, autumnal sartorial options—even our esteemed Guess What? participants, including Uwe up there! Hopefully I haven’t given away too much, because the first person to guess what’s behind the click-through wins a new fall wardrobe courtesy of J. Crew!*

    *Or, to put it another you, you do not win that at all.

  • Back On Course

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Good afternoon, folks! Let’s kick off our day with this fun addition to our esteemed collection of hand and knuckle tattoos by Jeff Miller at Body Art Tattoos in Stratford, New Jersey. What can we say? We enjoy vaguely-antagonistic-but-good-humored-nonetheless tattoos. We hope this gentleman gets some good use out of his newly adorned knuckles.

    And hey, it’s Friday, ModBloggers. Right in the face.

  • Wake Up and Apologize

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    And finally, after the hidden genitals from earlier today, here is some straight-up vulgarity by Capo out of Addicted in Barcelona, that makes no effort to disguise itself whatsoever. And you know what? We applaud that. Just own it, you know? Straight-on shot, after the jump.

    See more in “Skin Removal Scarification“ (Scarification)

  • Lollipops and Crisps

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Comparatively speaking, head tattoos are a pretty low-risk investment, no? Sure, nobody’s happy with a shitty tattoo, but at least if there’s a screw-up atop your noggin, more often that not, nobody else has to know about it. With that said, though, we guess we’re just lucky that so many of the ones we receive are of the sort for which people should be proud to strut around clean-shaved—like this one, say, or these bad boys. Or, you know, the one above by Tattoo Joe at Physical Graffiti Tattoo in Bridgeport, Connecticut, which makes a fine addition to the canon, we think.

    See more in “Facial and Neck Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • The Heavens Tremble

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Anatomical heart tattoos? We see ‘em from time to time, and we tend to be fans. Now, anatomical heart tattoos with ever-so subversive dicks and balls hidden amongst the ventricles and such like Heirophantress is sporting? That’s some 1950s-era Walt Disney shit right there. Keep it up.

    (Tattoo by Kit Hall at Deluxe Tattoo in Chicago, Illinois.)

    See more in “Hearts and Love Tattoos“ (Tattoos)

  • Dust of the Dust

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    And hey, while we’re on the subject of Mr. Wiscombe below, let’s keep things black-and-gray-ish (and western Canada-ish) with this perturbed and tortured demon-type by Shawn Thompson at Strange City in Edmonton, Alberta. Now, as an impartial resource, we can neither confirm nor deny the frequency with which Mr. Thompson conjures such wretched hell-beasts, nor do we feel comfortable offering an opinion on his dark and terrible talents. We will merely suggest that you do not cross him. That is all.

    See more in “Shawn Thompson Tattoo Mini Porfolio“ (Tattoo Artist Portfolios)

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