PERFORMER BODY MODIFICATION

[LUCKY DIAMOND RICH]

RBP,

LDR

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[fracksfreakshow]

Frack to is big into body modification. With 23 piercings and using certain ones of them in gigs to lift weights with. No tattoos yet but thinking of a full body concept to start. Working right now on splitting the tongue to get the snake tongue look. Great people that you have listed. Also the Lizardman, never met the guy in person but email him a lot with questions and seems to be a really cool nice guy and has responded back to every email. If anyone got any ideas for Frack to start a full body concept let it be known. I'm going to start a post here for what should Fracks concept be.

[Stretch]

Ah, Kings Cross, what a great place! played tourist twice to great enjoyment.

I'm trying to rembemer the guy's name at circular quay. Does a girafe unicylce, some juggling, knife torch and apple, etc. "I'm the only one in the world that does this . . . while wearing a kilt!" Does a nice job of it too. Wears 'dreads, tatoos, a kilt, (with underwear, caught a glimpse whilst he was mounting the uni) oh, and the most marvilouse set of stainless steel teeth I've ever seen!

Am hoping to return soon. Keeping my fingers crossed . . . I'm told that helps!

Walking tall, and Stretching Imaginations!

Bill "Stretch" Coleman

http://Stiltwalker.com/

I've never thought of stilts as "body modifiers" before, but I guess I'm modified big time!

[Rex Boyd]

I've been trimming my nipple hairs since the age of 13. It didn't help. My chest is still really hairy.

Rex

[LUCKY DIAMOND RICH]

RBP,


LDR

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[LUCKY DIAMOND RICH]

RBP,

LdR

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[LUCKY DIAMOND RICH]

RBP,


LDR

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[Jim]

Titanium balls in the base of your penis?

And you think coffee is bad?

Jim

[Rich Potter]

My first body modification?

When I was ten years old, I learned to put my feet behind my neck. Does that count?

Then, in 1988 (just on that cusp between it being something only "artistic" and "queer" people did, and it being adopted by the mass, beer-guzzling populace as something "cool to do"), I pierced an ear.

I'm a wild sort, me.

--Rich
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[em]

Rich, babe,
its new years eve in Uk now, and can you elaborate on your titanium balls please....some of us, well me maybe, are perhaps wondering just what you mean and more importantly, what do they "do"?

And of course happy new year mate!
love em
x

[elvis]

I never got into the piercing too much (ears, nipples, tongue, took them all out) but the tattoos just keep coming. With the exception of a backpiece, almost all of them are juggling and yo-yo related.

www.tattooedfreak.com &lt;-- not the best pics, but you get the idea...

S

[danielc]

You know, I may be one of the few performers where the body mods came before the desire to perform.. While I have not any tattoos as of yet, I have succumbed to a interest in body piercing...

There's a few clear shots of it on my webpage. (I don't have too many pictures up right now but that will change soon.)

Here's a question for you all.. Do you think the piercing/tattoos adversely affect your image as a performer? I know when it has come to stage performing, people are a little less happy to embrace the liberalities I've taken with my body- But on the street, (which is primarily where I perform) they almost become part of your character.

Hmm. Any thoughts on this?

Hope you all had a happy new year. Good shows, Huge Crowds and Heavy hats to you all for 2002! Hope to see some of you in Canada this summer.

[le pire]

"Do you think the piercing/tattoos adversely affect your image as a performer?"

It depends on the audience of course, but I would say on the whole YES. The USA (like most industrial countries) is split fairly evenly between liberal and conservative. A pierced/tatooed will probably alienate 40%+ of your audience.

I personally have two piercings, navel and nose. The navel piercing is hidden and the nose ring comes out for the show.

My own take on this is I perform because I want to bring people together for a shared laugh and a thrill. If that means I have to rehearse 8 hours a day, spend $5000 on promo, and drive a ford, then that's fine. My goal means that much to me. If something as pathetic as a nosering is going to alienate me from an audience, then I'll take it out.

When I was 16 I had a mohawk and died my hair blue once. I looked like depeche mode. If you asked me to tone down my look (like my parents tried to) I would have flipped out and said you are trying to deprive me of my freedom of expression. These days I express myself differently...

Off stage I wear almost all black all the time, it's become more of a habit than a statement, really. On stage I wear electric blue, white and florescent orange because they say what I want to say.

I guess what I'm getting at is that who I am from day to day and the character I play on stage are not entirely the same person. They are connected, of course, but the guy under the lights is ready for anything while in everyday life I trip going up stairs.


étienne

[LUCKY DIAMOND RICH]

RBP,

LDR

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[Jenny]

Well Lucky thank you as ever.
Frankly I am more interested in your penis than your beliefs. Not that I personally want to try your penis, but I do have a question I've been wanting to ask men...

You know those internet ads telling you to ENLARGE YOUR PENIS SIZE, NATURALLY!
Well, has anyone tried it?
???
From what I can tell, there are a series of exercises one can do with that oh-so-compelling and essential muscle tissue to increase its size, strength, stamina, etc., just like any other muscle!

I feel if I were a man, I would want to try that. Or if I HAD a man, I would wish for him to try it. However, I think I know the reason more men DON'T, and that is along the lines of the answer to the question;
Q: "How do you please a woman?"
A: "Who cares?"

LDR, I love that you are willing to modify yourself to please your prosepective partner(s) -even if you are a whack job.

BOYZ...???

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