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Tag: Ritual

  • BMEgirls Contest

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    Shannon Larratt

    Hey, I just wanted to mention again the be the next BMEgirl contest. You can actually see more in the BME encyclopedia we’re all been working on. Anyway, it’s going really well, and I think I’m going to do a series of twelve and release one a month along with matching stickers! I wanted to mention that if you want to be in the running to be the number one shirt you have to get your shoot up within two weeks. But later submissions are fine, because they’re still in the running for later ones.

    I wanted to emphasize that all people of all shapes and sizes should enter. The key to the photo is it should be something that’s “pinup-y” in style that I can turn into a cartoon, so pose and framing (it should be full body) is important. And if you don’t have a lot of mods, tell me what you’d like to have and I can add it too! Mostly I’m just looking to feature interesting, fun people from this community.

    And please pass this on to anyone you think would be good!

  • Oh. My. God.

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    Shannon Larratt

    I believe that every time ennui zero sends me photos I feel the nitric oxide flowing and I have a near overdose of cGMP. I think that’s healthy though, right? I’m not the only one, I’m sure! Anyway, this is I think her third feature on ModBlog — here’s number one and number two. Yes, I’m a fan, and a predictable one at that… ok, make fun of me all you want.

    Other than that, I’m considering working on a WordPress2 rework for this blog since I’ve been doing that over on my kit car and home-built vehicle blog, but first I’d have to write an IAM interface to it.

  • Got a low ceiling?

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    Shannon Larratt

    One of the problems when you’re suspending is ceiling height and clearances. Not only do you have your own height, but the rigging adds several feet, and ideally quite a bit more is needed… Toronto-based suspension team Technological Regression Suspensions has proposed this unique solution to suspending in, say, a basement apartment.

  • Asylum Art Exhibit Performance

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    Shannon Larratt

    Thanks to bodymod*starlet for sending in this beautiful on so many levels photo of a suspension she did as part of an art show with the folks at iWasCured London (Ontario, Canada).

  • Detox Flesh Pulling

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    Shannon Larratt

    This is a detox suspension pull c/o Kalie at The Conference Room in Honolulu… I really love the photo, it’s great, and those are some really nice looking traditional tattoos.

  • Lotus You Say?

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    Shannon Larratt

    Emili in Australia totally has the theme down!

  • Damn, those are some BIG hooks!

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    Shannon Larratt

    Thanks to Tina from Milano for sending me these intense chest suspension photos… The hooks are immense! Part of me actually thinks this could be suspension using permanent piercings, but I’m not sure? I need to learn Italian I guess.

  • Rings galore

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    Shannon Larratt

    I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to find the time today to post to ModBlog! I may also have to take the next couple of weeks off because Jon and I want to do some major overhauling to BME to bring it out of the mid-1990s in terms of the technology that powers the site…. Parts of it are starting to feel dated and I appreciate you all being so patient with me.

    Thanks to Melanie in Ottawa for sending me this photo of her side-corsets (ribbons were added later). The piercings themselves are care of Matt Cottrell.

  • Rave Party Pull, Australia

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    Shannon Larratt

    Thanks to my friends at Hanged Man, a suspension performance team in Melbourne, Australia (check out the Hanged Man photo gallery on BME), for shooting over this picture from a rave party performance they did a few weeks ago.

  • Nicely Lit!

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    Shannon Larratt

    Another very nice suspension photo care of my friends at the very talented Ascension Suspension Team in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is from a show at OPM on March 30, 2006. I love the lighting in this shot and wanted to share it with you here.

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