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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.

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

HELLZAPOPPIN A SIDESHOW REVUE is a thrill packed traveling stunt show and circus sideshow.

They’ll entertain you with death defying SideShow Acts such as Sword Swallowers, Fire Eaters, Contortionist, Human Oddities, Acrobats, Classic Burlesque and much more…

This spectacular event is not to be missed as it features some of the biggest SideShow Acts in the World!

Starring: World Famous Penguin Boy The Lizard Man Lady Diabla Zamora the Torture King Bryce “The Govna” Graves John Shaw The Church 2424 Swiss @ Good Lattimer Dallas, Texas 75204 Doors @ 9:00pm www.hellzapoppin.com

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!!

On December 17th Hellzapoppin will be performing at The Church Dallas Who or what is that? Simply put it’s a touring circus side show featuring: Bryce Graves, Lady Daibla, Penguin Boy, Zamora the Torture King, and the world famous Lizardman. Why should you attend this show? Well other than supporting some of our friends and freaks, you will also get a chance to pick up a limited edition of the The Lizardman’s book: Through the Modified Looking Glass It’s a great read and as a support for The Lizardman I will be posting random excerpts from the book. Below is a collection from the Q&A chapter of the book:

If you were to run for president what would your policies be?

My policies would be enough to make sure I never got elected, or at least ensure my assassination. Rather than address the myriad of issues a presidential candidate must formulate policy on, I will simply put forth one I think is most important to our future and also the one least likely to happen (which is unfortunate since I consider it absolutely necessary):

The abolishment of the legal status of corporations as individuals and/or entities in terms of liability or action. I would demand that all businesses ‘have face(s) put to them’ such that there was direct and obvious culpability for any and all operations.

Who do you think would win in a fist fight between Jerry Falwell (if he was still alive) and Christopher Hitchens?

I would certainly have more points of agreement with Hitchens than with Falwell — despite being on the opposite side of the fence from him on more than a couple issues. So that may bias me in his favor but I think the real reason to pick him in this fight would be his drinking. A man with the sort of drinking experience he has professed would likely have some good bar fighting experience, so I am giving him the edge. Besides, I find people who bluster in Falwell’s fashion tend to be cowards if challenged physically. For all his fire and brimstone hate speeches against homosexuals I think Falwell would have offered to suck a dick to avoid a beating and maybe even been thankful for the excuse to do it.

What is the most bizarre assumption that someone has made about you simply because of your mods?

That might be a hard one to narrow down. How about that I am Irish or a Jets fan? Those two kind of caught me off guard at the time. I am pretty sure the people making them thought it was paint and not tattoo at the time though.

Thinking of trying to insert any other power tools into your head via your nose?

Lizard: Always, and other orifices. The thing about me going into a hardware store, or any other store, is that I am always thinking about the show. I pick up all sorts of stuff and wonder if I can balance it, or swallow it, or fit it up my nose. I wonder how it might look onstage or what else it could be used for in the show. On tour you can often find me juggling toilet plungers in dollar stores or doing impromptu demonstrations in home depot for the sales clerks.

Many of the funnier bits and more unusual objects in my repertoire come from these improv moments and demos. The fork I currently put my nose as part of my blockhead routine comes from the Orlando alehouse. It was last year at Horror Nights in Universal when one night after finishing up we went over there for a couple beers and someone asked about show. As more and more people got involved, a few of them expressed disbelief and were convinced I was putting them on. So, I took a fork off the table and worked it into my skull to prove that the blockhead is real.

What is the meaning of life? Also, all things equal (cost, upkeep, feeding, and so on), would you rather have a helper monkey, or a helper robot?

Lizard: I am not at all convinced that life has a meaning and that the question isn’t simply an artifact of the defects of language. Meaning to me is primarily representative of part of the process by which we use symbols of various sorts to represent, and not a property of things. Also, searching for a meaning to life seems to very heavily imply that life is a more like a noun than a verb and my position would be the latter rather than the former.

As to your second question, I have to go with the robot — mainly for customization of appearance and design. If I so desired I could make it a robot monkey.

I’ve been going crazy making banners for the April 17th Event. I actually have 3 more that I think are fantastic, but I’m waiting on the model approval of one, photographer approval on another and both for the third. Hopefully I can get them up soon…but for now here are the ones that are available: (Please blog em, post em, spam em, etc)

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Divina.jpg" alt="La Divina" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Lizard3.jpg" alt="The Lizardman" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17CnA.jpg" alt="Caustic Cayla, Alaina" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Cayla.jpg" alt="Caustic Cayla" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17LadyV.jpg" alt="Lady Vengence" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Ruby.jpg" alt="Jacknife Ruby" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Emrys.jpg" alt="Emrys Yetz" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Chrissy.jpg" alt="Chrissy Bales" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Star.jpg" alt="Jesse Star" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Layne.jpg" alt="Layne D’Angelo" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Truitt1.jpg" alt="Steve Truitt" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17VicSin.jpg" alt="Victoria Sinister" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Truitt2.jpg" alt="Steve Truitt" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Meow.jpg" alt="Melissa Meaow" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Kerr.jpg" alt="Shanda Kerr" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Stigmata.jpg" alt="Stigmata" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Rasco.jpg" alt="Jill Rasco" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Rox.jpg" alt="Roxanne Dale" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Killer.jpg" alt="Killer Art" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Nadyia.jpg" alt="Nadyia" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Painsol.jpg" alt="Pain Solution" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Painsol2.jpg" alt="Pain Solution" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Court.jpg" alt="Courtney Crave" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Lizard2.jpg" alt="Lizardman" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Kali.jpg" alt="Kali Ann" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17AnA.jpg" alt="Athena Fatale, Angela Ryan" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Samar.jpg" alt="Samar" width="336" height="280" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Stitch.gif" alt="Stitch" width="480" height="60" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/April17Lizard2.gif" alt="Lizardman" width="480" height="60" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="http://www.allenfalkner.com/images/Falkner_Banner.gif" alt="Allen Falkner" width="250" height="75" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="images/Falkner_Evite.gif" alt="Lizardman, Pain Solution, Lady Diabla, Body Suspension, Freak Show" width="500" height="900" /></a>

<a href="http://www.thelizardlounge.com/event.php?id=1223"><img src="images/Falkner40b.jpg" alt="Lizardman, Pain Solution, Lady Diabla, Body Suspension, Freak Show" width="500" height="750" /></a>

Yesterday, I did an interview for BME. It was their inaugural podcast and I’m quite happy to be their first. Well, not really the first. Shannon’s BME Radio was started nearly nine years ago. This is actually a homage and rebirth of the old show. Take a listen and let me know what you think.

Click the link below to stream the interview

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