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The Mutual Tattooed Penis Admiration Society

Forktine — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:33:20 -0800

The Mutual Tattooed Penis Admiration Society: Really fascinating archival footage from the 1980s of Sailor Sid, Jack Yount, and others. This is old-school tattooing and piercing, anchored in gay and S&M subcultures, just before it went mainstream. NSFW, and there are far more NSFW things a click away on these links. You will notice that tattooing on the cusp of the HIV/AIDS epidemic was sometimes done to a different standard of hygiene than is the case 25 years later. The affection and trust between the men in the videos really shines through, though. Sailor Sid's papers are now a part of the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago; Jack Yount's collection became part of the Shawn Porter Collection which sadly appears to be offline after a crash. An essay by Jim Ward about Sailor Sid can be read here. The links were posted on BME's ModBlog; they are credited to Shawn Porter at the wonderfully-named Scar Wars; see also his articles, some deeply NSFW, on BME.

Martin's Unusual Penis

jonson — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:02:26 -0800

Martin (no last name given) has done some fascinating and unusual things to his penis. In this interview, you can read about Martin's genital evolution, see pictures of the results, and find out the motivations behind Martin's actions. Despite what you might think, this is totally not safe for work. Via.

Hostile takeover at BME?

yellowbinder — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:47:03 -0800

"Last night false charges were filed against me and I just got out of prison, upon which I discovered that I had been locked out of administrative sections of all the servers as well as being totally locked out of BME." (Google cache, copy available here) Shannon Larratt, founder of the Body Modification E-Zine has seemingly been the victim of a hostile takeover. The original Modblog post was deleted, along with the following post full of supportive comments and a response from Larratt's estraged wife Rachel (comment #88, sorry, no non cache link). The most recent update to the site is a post apologizing for a recent outage, which happened the same time all of this went down. Larratt is currently carrying on his modblogging and interviews at a new site bodytwo.com

Cutting Images Into Flesh

jonson — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:35:32 -0800

We've discussed scarification previously, but as it's been a couple years, and you can never have too much modern primitivism, here's a new collection of the cutting edge in inkless tattoos, courtesy of the folks at BME. Warning: not for the squeamish.

Mirin Dajo, the human pincushion.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:47:55 -0800

Mirin Dajo (1912-1948, born Arnold Henske) was pierced thru the torso (YouTube) with fencing foils and skewers many times, without bleeding or showing any sign of injury. Warning: some links contain graphic content.

brass knuckle implants

jonson — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:35:12 -0800

So by 2006, tattoos and piercings are so mainstream that it's hard for a genuine bad-ass to stand out anymore. While some options still exist, for my money nothing beats embedding a set of brass knuckles directly under your skin.

Love at First Bite

Simon! — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:48:32 -0800

"If you love someone, you want to give something of yourself to them... Go big or go home you know?" Show that special sweetie of yours that you care with the magic of mutual self-mutilation. Really, how often were you using that ring finger, anyways?

I often try and explain it by quoting Barbarella

kirkaracha — Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:23:02 -0800

I mean, who wants to transform themselves into an alien, you know? Joshua does. With disturbing results.

Q: And his ears?
A: I cut them off. It was not hard.

dancu — Mon, 12 Nov 2001 00:57:18 -0800

Some twins share thoughts, dreams, clothes, but these two have shared sooo much more. Quite possibly the most bizarre thing I have seen in a while.