I was doing some egogoogling (or whatever the term is for searching for your own name) and came across this old article from my friend Chris at Shift magazine. I thought it was a funny description of me (not that I consider myself particularly hardcore, at least not in comparison to this lunatic):
Modern humans have some pretty thick hides: This is something I learned on the weekend. My Saturday night began when I lugged a backpack full of beer to Shannon Larratt's house, on Toronto's Bathurst Rd. "The exciting stuff happens in the evening," read Larratt's email invite. "...(T)here's suspension, fireworks, firebreathing, TLC filming, BBQ and even a porn shoot in my basement. Come by any time you'd like, bring anyone you'd like." Larratt owns BMEzine.com, a community site for body modification enthusiasts. He's the most hardcore guy I know.
Anyway, the next two paragraphs are about Marty… I'm writing this entry in part because I promised I'd plug his first BBQ as host (IAM Niagara, September 12-14). Marty's been a fixture at pretty much every official BBQ, so I assume it'll go well, and it's a nice junction/centre-point between Canada and the US. Anyway, the quotes:
So I figured we'd see some crazy stuff at his party. We walked up and there was a smiling, tattooed dude swinging from a black crane. He was about ten feet up. We got a little closer and discovered he was hanging from thick metal hooks that pierced his skin at the shoulder blades. The hooks stretched the skin into a taut, leathery wrinkle, maybe three inches out from his body.Smiling, the guy ran through some dance moves from the last couple of decades — a surreal highlight reel. The Running Man. A Travolta-style disco point. The Mixer. A few minutes later they lowered him and his girlfriend jumped into his arms. Then they raised him up again. His skin held.
For those of you who don't remember (or weren't there), there's a video clip of it over at movies.bmezine.com (hosted by Bobbin) — it's the one at the very bottom of the page… I have to admit it's pretty fun to see everyone over two years younger! That video also documents someone's wang, and the knocking over of the original suspension tower.
PS. Warning: If you were at these events, it may be somewhat emotional to watch these…
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