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    BME Updates! BMEshop and BME New Year’s Eve Party!

    Written by

    Rob

    Just wanted to share with everyone a bit of news regarding BMEshop, as well as this year’s BME New Year’s Eve party.

    First up, BMEshop is currently in the process of moving. From Tuesday November 16th until Saturday November 20th, we will be driving all the way across country. From Sunday November 21st until Tuesday November 23rd, we will be unpacking and updating our inventory. We may be able to ship out some orders during that time but it is not guaranteed. From Wednesday November 24th until Sunday November 28th BMEshop will not be shipping orders so that we may celebrate Thanksgiving with our families.

    BMEshop will remain available to take orders during this time but orders will not be able to be shipped until Monday November 29th. All orders placed during the period of Tuesday November 16th until Sunday November 28th, will be shipped on Monday November 29th.

    Please remember that all proceeds from BMEshop go directly to supporting BME. Thank you for your support!

    In case you haven’t been to the shop lately, here’s the stunningly beautiful itsssssBROOKE showing off the BME Calm Logo t-shirt.

    So freaking hot

    Also, this year BME is having a New Year’s Eve party/BBQ!  It’ll be taking place at the new BME headquarters just outside of Richmond, VA.  The event page has all the details, including directions, as well as information regarding food, possible suspensions, and all sorts of activities.  We’ll also be looking to interview people to feature on ModBlog in the coming year, so if you’re interested just let us know.

    So if you don’t have plans yet, head on over to the event page to get all the details.  If you do have plans, cancel them and come to the BBQ instead!

  • BME News and Notes: Video Edition

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Hey, so, first things first, this here is a band from scenic Canada, North America, called The Ending, who have just filmed the fancy video for their song “Freakshow” that you see above. Now, normally, we don’t give preferential promotional space to bands (other than Pearl Jam, who I will promote forever and so help me God you will like it), but what do you know, they’ve got people doing all sorts of fun sideshow stuff in the video! Also, it features BME super-hunks Orbax, Sweet Pepper Klopek and Russ Foxx! Go look at your friends, people.

    Moving right along, how would you like to be on television? Specifically, MTV? Well, here’s some pertinent information!

    MTV’s True Life is casting for an upcoming episode and seeks young people, 16-26, at odds with their parents over their relationship; mainly because of their significant other’s interest in tattoos or body modification.

    You can email your situation to [email protected], and be sure to include your name, age, location, phone number, and recent photo of yourself.

    If anyone who reads this is featured on the show, please do everything you can to infiltrate MTV and punch everyone on The Hills in the balls.

    And finally, apparently Playboy is too fancy to allow embedding of their videos, but this here is some kinda folk song dedicated to the Denver Nuggets and their tattoos. The Nuggets, who advanced to the NBA’s Western Conference Finals last night, are pretty much, to a person, covered from elbow to asshole in tattoos. The song isn’t hilarious, but hey, sports + tattoos + acoustic guitar + Playboy = Welcome to ModBlog!

  • Rachel on The Molls Show!

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    So, if you’ve been around the Internets once or twice, you probably know the lovely Molly McAleer, formerly of Defamer and other various hilarious online ventures. (She even beat Christina Hendricks for “Best Newcomer Boner” on Boner Party! The Internet is a magical place.) Well, now she’s hosting The Molls Show, and wouldn’t you know it, she just had BME‘s own Rachel on as a guest to answer a very special question about tattoos. The whole episode is fun, but if it’s just Rachel’s soaring soprano you wish to hear, skip ahead to the 2:00 mark. And then go back and watch the rest of it.

  • New Article Posted! (BME’s Big Question)

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    In a mini-edition of the vaunted BME roundtable, our esteemed panel (with newcomer Tracy Baer!) discusses the benefits and pitfalls of dealing with the media as a body modification practitioner.

    We should have another article coming up this week, and, if all goes well, a brand new feature that we’re pretty excited about. Stay tuned!

    To read BME’s Big Question #6: Fameballin’, click here.

    [Ed. note: Comments on this post have been disabled. Have at it in the forum attached to the article. Thanks.]

  • This Week in BME

    Written by

    Jordan Ginsberg


    Hey, holiday symbolism! And before anyone jumps in to criticize, those hand-web piercings are one day old. If they look fresh or irritated … that’s why.

    And just like that, friends, another week is behind us. What kinds of hilarious hi-jinx did we get up to this time?

    – A brand new interview with The Lizardman! Always nice to hear from our fine, scaly friend.

    – VOMIT didn’t drink boners, but she did show us a fancy balloon trick.

    – Your managing editor was enlightened about the existence of long-standing Internet meme, and subsequently deleted the Internet, all of it, forever.

    – A fine display of piercing-reversal with this stitched-up stretched labret by xPUREx.

    – Samurai + serpent + swastikas = one hell of a back-piece.

    – Ryan Ouellette and xPUREx would both like to cut you at the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts convention.

    – No, really, we had a lot of really tremendous scars this week.

    And there you have it. We’ll check back in over the weekend here and there, and then rise from the ashes on Monday morning, good as new. We’ve got some great interviews to look forward to soon, and, what, a complete redesign of BME rolling out any day now? Hell yeah. Be good to each other on this fabricated excuse to sell chocolate, ModBlog, stay safe, and, as always, thank you for your continued support of BME.

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