Sacred Debris
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Archiving, Documenting, and Contextualizing body modification history, culture, and ephemera since 1993.
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Nodal Points 6, the latest edition of our ongoing exploration into the history, culture, and evolution of modern body modification. This issue brings together a diverse range of voices, each offering unique insight into the world of extreme body mod, ritual, & history.
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Larry Copeland hosted a gathering of tattoo and piercing fans at his Hoboken, NJ residence in 1974/5.
In attendance was Emil Gundelach who continued getting tattooed into his 90s, Tatu Scotty, Spider Webb, Dave Slack, Mary, and Ken Meyer (among other unnamed friends)
In attendance was Emil Gundelach who continued getting tattooed into his 90s, Tatu Scotty, Spider Webb, Dave Slack, Mary, and Ken Meyer (among other unnamed friends)
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Larry Copeland hosted a gathering of tattoo and piercing fans at his Hoboken, NJ residence in 1974/5.
In attendance was Emil Gundelach who continued getting tattooed into his 90s, Tatu Scotty, Spider Webb, Dave Slack, Mary, and Ken Meyer (among other unnamed friends)
In attendance was Emil Gundelach who continued getting tattooed into his 90s, Tatu Scotty, Spider Webb, Dave Slack, Mary, and Ken Meyer (among other unnamed friends)
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Dave Slack was a queer tattoo artist who worked in NYC in the 1970s/80s. He appeared in the legendary gay xxx video "NYC INFERNO" (playing a tattoo artist).
This clip, recorded in approx 1974/5, also features Emil Gundelach, Larry Copeland, Key Meyer, and Spider Webb.
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This clip, recorded in approx 1974/5, also features Emil Gundelach, Larry Copeland, Key Meyer, and Spider Webb.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Dave Slack was a queer tattoo artist who worked in NYC in the 1970s/80s. He appeared in the legendary gay xxx video "NYC INFERNO" (playing a tattoo artist).
This clip, recorded in approx 1974/5, also features Emil Gundelach, Larry Copeland, Key Meyer, and Spider Webb.
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This clip, recorded in approx 1974/5, also features Emil Gundelach, Larry Copeland, Key Meyer, and Spider Webb.
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This is the length (heh) I go to to not get banned on Instagram again. Leg tattoos by Raven
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October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is the length (heh) I go to to not get banned on Instagram again. Leg tattoos by Raven
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Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of my mentor, Jack Yount. I'll be giving a series of lectures on his life and legacy in 2026, contextualizing his place in my history, body modification history, trans history, and more.
Very excited about this series!
Very excited about this series!
October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of my mentor, Jack Yount. I'll be giving a series of lectures on his life and legacy in 2026, contextualizing his place in my history, body modification history, trans history, and more.
Very excited about this series!
Very excited about this series!
Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames"
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Excerpt from TATTOO; Rick Herold getting "ass flames"
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
Directed by Michael Zen (C. Michael McCullough)
1975
On Aug 16th, I gave the first in a series of lectures on the under documented history of Queer Tattooing. We covered a basic primer on some of the early (1960s-80s) queer tat pioneers, then dug into cruising culture documentarian/tattooer John Dagion.
This book serves as a lecture companion...
This book serves as a lecture companion...
Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter | Blurb Books
Find Indelible Identities 01: John Dagion by Shawn Porter at Blurb Books. Compiled as a companion to his August 2025 lecture at BMXNet in Berlin, Germany, this 8...
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August 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
On Aug 16th, I gave the first in a series of lectures on the under documented history of Queer Tattooing. We covered a basic primer on some of the early (1960s-80s) queer tat pioneers, then dug into cruising culture documentarian/tattooer John Dagion.
This book serves as a lecture companion...
This book serves as a lecture companion...
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Patrick's favorite bar, The Ambush (1973-1986, SF) 🔻 Poster NFS • Artwork by Chuch Arnett • Photos by @bradleyroberge.bsky.social • 𝒜𝓊𝓉𝑜ᴇʀᴏᴛɪᴄᴀ • 4077A 18th St at Castro • (415) 861-5787 • email autoeroticasf@aol.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Patrick's favorite bar, The Ambush (1973-1986, SF) 🔻 Poster NFS • Artwork by Chuch Arnett • Photos by @bradleyroberge.bsky.social • 𝒜𝓊𝓉𝑜ᴇʀᴏᴛɪᴄᴀ • 4077A 18th St at Castro • (415) 861-5787 • email autoeroticasf@aol.com
It was nice sharing time with so many amazing people yesterday at BMXNet. My talk went mostly well. Only had one person faint!
August 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It was nice sharing time with so many amazing people yesterday at BMXNet. My talk went mostly well. Only had one person faint!
Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!
July 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Pleased as punch to be invited back to Berlin by the fine folks at BMXNet!
Sarai, 2006.
The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sarai, 2006.
The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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The SCAR WARS events- three in total- were the first organized gathering of cutting/branding professionals working alongside each other, collaborating, and sharing tips and tricks.
This was from the second event.
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We’re proud to announce that the film’s international premiere will be at the Gaze Film Festival in Dublin (July 2025). We are excited to take our film overseas! 🎥 Also! You can stream the film WORLDWIDE July 26-30 via frozenfilmfestival.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
We’re proud to announce that the film’s international premiere will be at the Gaze Film Festival in Dublin (July 2025). We are excited to take our film overseas! 🎥 Also! You can stream the film WORLDWIDE July 26-30 via frozenfilmfestival.com
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Fired up the VCR today for some conversion. This cassette is likely from 1981 and features Bill Mokry.
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June 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Fired up the VCR today for some conversion. This cassette is likely from 1981 and features Bill Mokry.
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Queer history. Tattoo history. Queer tattoo history.
Little rough teaser - still working on dropping some text in it any trying to work Cliff Raven in somehow- for my August lecture on queer tattooing history.
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June 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Queer history. Tattoo history. Queer tattoo history.
Happy Pride Month y'all!
The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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June 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Happy Pride Month y'all!
The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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The history of queer tattooing is still being written (literally. Im procrastinating from writing about it right this second) but there will always be a special place in my heart for Sailor Sid Diller, seen here tattooing at his private studio, 1980s
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Test copies of my book of photos from the London Tattoo Society event arrived and I’m absolutely delighted with them
June 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Test copies of my book of photos from the London Tattoo Society event arrived and I’m absolutely delighted with them
While searching for something else (which is often how I find cool things in my archives) I found a thought-lost letter from Viking Navaro to Jack Yount, 1982, discussing scrotum stretching. Excited to get it scanned!
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
May 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
While searching for something else (which is often how I find cool things in my archives) I found a thought-lost letter from Viking Navaro to Jack Yount, 1982, discussing scrotum stretching. Excited to get it scanned!
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
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(photo of Jack, 1980s, cropped)
A few years back I put out a book featuring beyond rare photos of a modification devotee named TIL - who was most famous for his "penis inversion" - this was the promo video.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A few years back I put out a book featuring beyond rare photos of a modification devotee named TIL - who was most famous for his "penis inversion" - this was the promo video.
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A friend of legendary piercer/tattoo artist Alan Oversby, taken 1978.
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#septumpiercing #bodyart
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May 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A friend of legendary piercer/tattoo artist Alan Oversby, taken 1978.
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#septumpiercing #bodyart
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the first SCAR WARS event; we assembled some of the world's top scar artists for three days of cutting, peeling and branding.
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
May 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the first SCAR WARS event; we assembled some of the world's top scar artists for three days of cutting, peeling and branding.
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
Will be doing a lecture about the events this August in Berlin!
John Dagion's semi-autobiographical smut zine, TRASH, collected his sexual escapades alongside the lascivious tales of his readers, personal stories, erotic art, & personal ads. It's essential documentation of the life of an underrepresented part of modern tattoo culture.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
John Dagion's semi-autobiographical smut zine, TRASH, collected his sexual escapades alongside the lascivious tales of his readers, personal stories, erotic art, & personal ads. It's essential documentation of the life of an underrepresented part of modern tattoo culture.
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NYE 1985 at @bradlapin.bsky.social 's do! 💗💗💗
May 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
NYE 1985 at @bradlapin.bsky.social 's do! 💗💗💗
Just updated the blog with the not safe for instagram Polaroid of Bob from Michigan. Dates back 40 years or so.
#queertattoo #indelibleidentities
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#queertattoo #indelibleidentities
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May 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just updated the blog with the not safe for instagram Polaroid of Bob from Michigan. Dates back 40 years or so.
#queertattoo #indelibleidentities
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It’s impossible to overstate the impact that Samuel Steward had on modern tattooing. Tattooing professionally under the name Phil Sparrow, he was a primary mentor to Ed Hardy & Cliff Raven. The intersection of tattoo culture and the queer community is inseparable.
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#queertattoo
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#queertattoo
Tattooing Reality 3
YouTube video by Shawn Porter
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May 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s impossible to overstate the impact that Samuel Steward had on modern tattooing. Tattooing professionally under the name Phil Sparrow, he was a primary mentor to Ed Hardy & Cliff Raven. The intersection of tattoo culture and the queer community is inseparable.
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#queertattoo
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#queertattoo
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Another Benard Kobel Photo Of A Tattooed Lady 1940s...
#tattoo #tattooed #bernardkobel #photographer #tattooedlady #1940s
#tattoo #tattooed #bernardkobel #photographer #tattooedlady #1940s
April 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Another Benard Kobel Photo Of A Tattooed Lady 1940s...
#tattoo #tattooed #bernardkobel #photographer #tattooedlady #1940s
#tattoo #tattooed #bernardkobel #photographer #tattooedlady #1940s
This is Easter. I celebrated by sorting, inventorying, and scanning through dozens of T.R.A.S.H. magazines; True Revelations and Strange Happenings.
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
April 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is Easter. I celebrated by sorting, inventorying, and scanning through dozens of T.R.A.S.H. magazines; True Revelations and Strange Happenings.
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!
The issues featured amazing confessionals from JD, art by REX, the Hun, Bill Ward, and enough tattoo content to give added depth to my next lecture!