Sunday September 26th, 2010 – Marked For Life – The Modification Celebration

Plaques, Trophies, Cash prizes and gift certificates for best tattoo, best mods, best artist, best local shop

Best Tattoo (Male/Female)
Best Body Mod (Male/Female)
Best Tattoo Shop (Online Poll)
Best Tattoo Artist (Online Poll)
Best in show
…also prizes for
Worst tattoo

Fashion show featuring Dallas’s hottest tattooed models dressed in latex by Dollskin Designs.
Presented by Melissa Meaow.

With Special Guest MC – The World Famous Lizardman

Click on the banner below to vote for the best shop and your favorite artist

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Brought to you by Fade Fast Laser Tattoo Removal, Checkout My Ink, 97.1 The Eagle, 102.1 The Edge, Quick Dallas

Admission: $10 over/$15 under 21. $5 off with dog tags or VIP.

Yes I know this a bit last minute but life’s been crazy and most of my blogging time has been spent on Hook Life.  So, here’s the scoop. This Friday July 30th  Kira Von Sutra will be in town to headline what is sure to be another amazing Broads & Panties event.  If you’re looking for a good show in Dallas that is a break away from the traditional burlesque that has become so loved here then you MUST check out this show.  Broads & Panties Heavy Metal Unchained is a tribute to everything 80′s metal!  Kira Von Sutra, Angela Ryan, and Courtney Crave will be headlining the event, along with a Motley Crue tribute band, Saints of Los Angeles.  So if you love awesome 80′s hair metal, rad chicks getting naked, drinking and partying at one of the best live music venues in Dallas, the legendary Trees, then come out to this show and scream your teased out hair sprayed head off.

For anyone that’s keeping track, today is the luckiest day of the year 7/7  …and of course that can mean only one thing.  It’s another year in this mortal coil for Ms Angela Ryan.  Yes folks today is the Living Doll’s birthday.  How old is she exactly?  Well, this author does love to bust her chops from time, especially with so many different ages listed all over the internet.  But let’s just say it’s been a while since she lost her innocence …a LONG while.  (love ya, mean it )

Speaking of old.  Angela has been working for ages putting together a rather unique Baroque themed soiree that should be one hell of good time.  Not only should you expect to see locals to dressed in period costumes, this event will feature the provocative and picturesque Darenzia and straight from the stages of America’s got Talent, the ever so posh, Prince PoppyCock.  So pull out your stockings, dust up those powdered wigs and come join Angela this Sunday to celebrate her 21st birthday for the ?th time.

Angela Ryan’s Baroque Birthday Bash

Featuring Performances by:
Darenzia (www.Darenzia.net)
Prince Poppycock (www.PrincePoppycock.com)

DJ’s Curse Mackey and Heather Michelle

Free Green Screen Guillotine Photo Booth

Costume Contest with $500 in prizes!
Ideas Include: Marie Antoinette, Marquis De Sade, French Revolutionary, Courtesan, Executioner, Lady in Waiting, Napoleon Bonaparte, King Louis XIV / XV, Bach, Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, royal court ladies and gentlemen

Spanking booth by Athena Fatale

Qu’ils mangent de la brioche (let them eat cake!)
Free cupcakes for everyone!

The Church
2424 Swiss @ Good Lattimer
Dallas, Texas 75204

Doors open at 9:00
Admission $5 over and $10 under
free with dog tags or Church VIP

info: www.TheChurchDallas.com
tweet: TheChurchDallas

When some people think of Texas summers they picture sweltering heat and overbearing humidity.  For others it’s long lazy days by the pool with cold drinks, good food and great friends.  Both may be true, but for me the dog days of Tejas are all about one thing.  Hot women in very little clothing. 

So what will you being doing this Sunday?  For me it’s daytime relaxing and bird watching by one my local aquatic hangouts, then off to Denton for an early evening at the Dr Sketchy’s Anti Art School featuring the ever so hot and mostly naked German Dream Girl – Ms Courtney Crave:

….and of course finishing off the night with a trip back to Dallas to be part of the insanity that is Kumi Monster.  Yep Sunday’s gonna be a good day.

Forty years ago today a great man was born.  Who might you ask?  Well, if you’re an American, then you know him as Pain Solution.  Live in Europe?  Well, if you know the anything about the world of sideshow or flesh hook suspensions then you’ve probably seen the Head Master.

Although he is best known for being a mutli-talented performer, his biggest contributions have been in the world of education.  Besides teaching the art of suspension throughout the world and running a school of sideshow in Oslo, he has worked directly with the Norwegian medical community to explain the art and science behind pain and to show the positive effects of body suspension.

Yes, today is my friend Håvve Fjell‘s 40th birthday.  Unfortunately I cannot be there to celebrate with him.  However, I will be there in a few weeks for the Oslo Suscon. (In my opinion the world’s best suspension convention)

My Story of Håvve
It was December 3rd, 2000 – I had just finished a suspension performance for Torture Garden .  (Opening for Ron Athey)  During my suspension I had managed to rip my knee and was a bit distressed about how to handle the gaping wound.  I remember sitting upstairs at Body Probe Studios staring at the hole when I notice a tall bald man standing over me.

“Hello Allen, I’m Håvve”
“Nice to meet you Håvve, by chance to do have any sutures?”
Now in all honesty, the question was more of sarcastic joke.  Yes I needed to stitch my knee, but I never expected anyone to have anything that might help.
To my surprise he replied, “Yes I do”
He dug through his backpack and handed me a sterile suture pack.
“Wait.  Who are you?”
“I’m Håvve from Oslo.  We have been chatting online.”

At the time it seemed like a random encounter.  Little did I know that I had just met such an amazing person that was not only going to influence the world of suspension, but become such a good friend.

Happy Birthday Old Man

The video below is MUST see. I love my crazy friends! My hat goes off to Jesse and the AGRO crew for pulling off this mini bike suspension. Enjoy:

In other news, we just got in 800 needles from Industrial Strength Needles. I can’t even express how thankful I am to have Maria and her team supporting the suspension community. If you work in the tattoo/piercing industry, you should give your business to IS Needles! Even in this bad economy, they have gone out of their way to donate supplies to us!

Yesterday, we made a rather landmark purchase. It cost a pretty penny, but we now own a dynamometer. We even spent the extra money to purchase the software that goes along with it. So what does this mean? Now we can test suspension equipment by pushing it until it fails. Plus with the software we can record, in real time, the forces exerted during a suspension! The company even told us, that if we record video we can sync the dyno’s readings with the video. If I remember correctly, the software takes 24 measurements per second! Holy crap I’m excited to see what kind of results we will get.

And in final news, we are placed a giant rope order for the upcoming Dallas Suscon. In previous years we’ve only had a few choices of rope. This year we will have a selection of ropes for people to compare side by side: (MBS=minimum breaking strength)

1/8″ Tech 12 (600′) – MBS: 2500 pounds

1/8″ Amsteel Blue (600′) – MBS: 2300 pounds

1/8″ Amsteel Gray (600′) – MBS: 1600 pounds

4mm Accessory Cord (646′) – MBS:1056 pounds

7 strand Paracord (1200′) – MBS: 550 pounds

Friday April 2nd, 2010 we are bringing back the Dallas Suscon opening party Freaks & Fetish event to the Lizard Lounge in Dallas. This year’s event will showcase performers and guests from around the world:

	World champion pole dancer Pantera Blacksmith: www.panterab.blogspot.com
	An amazing act never before seen in Texas: From Finland – Snake Oil Sideshow: www.snakeoil.fi
	The return of Pain Solution: www.painsolution.net from Norway
	And our very own Lizardman (www.thelizardman.com) will be rounding out the evening as MC with his unique blend of stand up comedy and sideshow stunt work.

With all our freakish thrills and sexy frills, this is a party you won’t want to miss.
For more information and ticket prices please visit:
http://thechurchdallas.com/event.php?id=1196

To see what you missed last year visit the Church Pictures:
http://www.thechurchpictures.com/viewer/index.php?id=337

And of course a HUGE Thank You to this year’s event sponsors

As most of you living in Dallas know, 4 businesses in our beloved lower Greenville were destroyed by fires early Tuesday morning. If you hadn’t heard about this tragedy that destroyed Terilli’s, Micks, Hurricane Grill, and Greenville Bar & Grill please check it out here.

This Saturday, March 6th, Broads & Panties has joined together with Jessie from 102.1 The Edge and local businesses and artists to support those affected by the lower Greenville fires. Originally, Broads & Panties Burlesque-A-Billy was to be a rockabilly burlesque show featuring the talents of local performers, including Courtney Crave as the headliner. Broads & Panties is the second production birthed from the brain of talented Dallas performer Vivienne Vermuth. Now, thanks to so many people in the community coming together, this has turned into a huge burlesque event and benefit raffle.

First, let’s talk about the show. Broads & Panties Burlesque-A-Billy is an all rockabilly burlesque revue featuring local performers such as Scarlet Switches, Zamra, Cora Coquette and Vic Handsome. Please go to the Trees Dallas website to get your tickets for this one of a kind show. There’s going to be singing, there’s going to be hot chicks taking their clothes off, there’s going to be fantastic music. And there’s going to be an awesome raffle.

After the fires on Tuesday a number of people decided that we needed to do something. 100% of the proceeds from the raffle being held at Broads & Panties are going to help those businesses affected by the fire. So the more of you who come out and buy raffle tickets, the more we have to give to those who need it! Here are some of the amazing things you can win in the raffle:

- 1 guitar autographed by all the bands of Edgefest 19 including Korn, Blue October, 311, Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin and more donated by 102.1 The Edge

- 2 $300 tattoo gift certificates for 2 hours worth of tattoo work from Hold Fast Tattoo

- 1 painted skateboard deck from Kira Leseman of Hold Fast Tattoo valued at $200

- 3 t-shirts sizes L, XL, XL from Hold Fast Tattoo valued at $20 a piece

- 1 GIANT print painted by Mike Tidwell of Hold Fast Tattoo valued at $350

- 3 $150 tattoo gift certificates from the amazing artists at Saints & Sinners, including Jason Boatman, Dru Bias, and Brian Thurow

- 3 sessions of laser tattoo removal from Allen Falkner of Fade Fast Laser Tattoo Removal with a joint cover-up tattoo session from Stephen Hibbs of Suffer City valued at $600

- concert tickets for Aaron Lewis, Coheed & Cambria, Angels & Airwaves, Alkaline Trio, A Day to Remember, and Rogue Wave

- signed 8×10 photographs of many of the performers and international pin-up models including Courtney Crave and Angela Ryan

- 4 tickets to the next kinky party held by Glory Hole Productions

- 2 VIP tickets with sponsor drinks and meet and greet with Playboy models Bella Jackson and Heather Bryant for the Extinction event at The Church on March 26th

- artwork donated by local artists including Vera Voodoo

- merchandise from local businesses including Decadent Dame Designs and Poisoned Creations and much much more!

Please come out, this Saturday March 6th for lots of burlesque and rockabilly fun and raffle with a great cause for your beloved lower Greenville!

So much is going on in the world of suspension right now. First of all, I finally made an announcement that the Dallas Suscon will happen again in 2010. It is scheduled for April 2-4 of 2010. The event will be similar to last year, including the big Freaks and Fetish opening party that will feature some amazing acts that Dallas has never seen.

In more recent news. Emrys and Bella from Rites of Passage just appeared on the National Geographic network last weekend. The show was entitled Humanly Impossible. The segment was short, but the science they describe pretty much hits the nail on the head when it comes to the biology and brain chemistry that surrounds suspension:

Those of you that keep up with this blog know that I’ve been promoting the Hellzapoppin sideshow coming to Dallas Thursday December 17th. Presently I’ve been focusing on the Lizardman and his book that he will be selling at the show, but I wanted to make a special shout out for another Hellzapoppin performer, the World Famous Penguin Boy. This last Monday I had the honor of hanging him for his first suspension. Photos never really show the how well people suspend, but I can assure you he hung like a pro:

And speaking about someone that hangs like a champ. Holy shit! Two days ago I opened my email to find a link to this video of Neil from the Houston AGRO team. This, my friends, is in my opinion one of the most impressive suspensions to date. Trust my folks, this is definitely one of those DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME moments:

From Neil: “This would not have happened without the help of so many of my close friends.  Arwen Rosa, Joe Amato, Tim Taylor, Kenny Hughes, Kieran Diedrich, Jill Coudray, Nicola Sands, Rick Pierceall, Miss Ouch, Roel Moreno, CoRE, AGRO, DHS, SMS, everyone who hung from me, and several others who I’m sure I forgot to mention.  I couldn’t have done this shit without help from all of them.”

People have asked if this was the first one point resurrection. Actually the first to my knowledge was done by Alice from Constant Elevation at the 2008 Oslo Suscon photo below:

Update 09/12/11: I can’t believe I forgot about Damien who was hung by Hanged Man Suspension Team in Australia. He did a single point resurrection back in early 2009, I believe.

This next video is also Damien suspending from his forearms, doing some VERY impressive aerial flips.  The clip is from a show entitled “Live Bait. ” Interesting side note, there are some old TSD button work shirts out there, circa 1998, with graphic of a doctor performing surgery holding a hook. The caption on the shirt is “Live Bait”

He may not have been the first to pull of the one point resurrection, but the tandem seen below is, I believe was a first. Yes, that’s Neil again doing a superman with 3 people hanging off him from their knees. Think that’s impressive? What you may not know is that not only was this after the one point suspension you see in the video, he also had several other people hang from him as well this day. I’m not even sure how many in total.

Man I love the suspension community …you guys never cease to amaze me!!

A old friend of mine was cleaning out his warehouse…and guess what he found, one of my old suspension rigs.  It was custom built by Christian Ristow for a show I did back in 2002. (The Los Angeles Fetish Ball) If you are in the LA area and can give this contraption a good home, please drop me a line.