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Lenore

Ya'll are wallowin' around in ignorance!

About Me

"Knowledge cures ignorance, and if you're in the know, be fucking contagious!"

"The most important lesson in life is not that you picked your battles, fought your hardest and lost. It's that you fought for everything that you believed in because it made you proud, regardless of whether or not you won. The point isn't to win; it's to fight, with all of your life. You are a soldier to an army of one, but you are stronger alone than with those that lack the will to fight. Don't ever stop fighting; not even for a moment." ~ Reverend Saint Jon, LAMF (NJHWC) 1977-2006

"To attempt to silence a man is to pay him homage, for it is an acknowledgment that his arguments are both impossible to answer and impossible to ignore." (John "Birdman" Bryant)

Born and raised in Jersey. I was bred short and mean, but I pull off 'cute and sweet' real easy.
Re-located to Philly with a campaign to wake people from their media-fed zombification. I greatly enjoy being a visual nuisance and generally obnoxious when in public. We make no apologies for this.
Family is the most important thing to me.
One word of advice: Don't fuck with the carnies.

Quote to describe me:"You are a true inheritor of that beautiful scene that people like me came of age in and a true person, not one of the endless poseurs that just take up space. You rock." ~ Eak

"Everyone that I know that gets a neck tattoo that's not a spider web, that means something to them, has found a way. Because if you don't eat, you will die, and if you are working and eating with a neck tattoo, you are working for yourself, doing something for yourself. It commits you to you, absolutely. If you're not prepared to walk a very hard road for the rest of your life you shouldn't do it -- Not everyone is on a spiritual plain high enough where they are able to struggle through those hardships. What do you do when you have a face full of tattoos and not even McDonald's will hire you? The nice thing is, you will never be able to work at McDonald's. As Jimi Hendrix said, 'Hey there businessman, you can't dress like me'. It's a very tough road and you'd better be prepared to make sacrifices and not value material things, but people.
There is a security possible. You invest in happiness and you invest in people. All other things will crumble in time." ~ Jon Cobb

Things that I enjoy doing can be found in that handy list of interests, and also include shattering the comfort bubble of local college kids, guerrilla sideshow performances and drinking boys under the table .

+Write and publish 'Alive On the Inside', a circus & sideshow magazine; draw classic tattoo art & modified pin-ups; photograph anything that catches my eye.
+Hair Artist: Fabricator of unique, one-of-a-kind pieces & hand made wigs; excel in vintage hair & pin-up hairstyles; Master Barber.
My work has been displayed by alternative model Vanity Kills .
Other portfolios available.

+Sword Swallower: One of approximately 80 in the world. Have Swallowed: coat hanger, 13 inch sai, 15 inch cane sword and 18 inch sword; up to 3 swords simultaneously. Participated in two group swallows: 5 people, 5 swords; 4 people, 6 swords.

I am who I am. I am proud of all that makes me who I am.

My Interests


50's culture, abandoned amusement parks, abandoned factories, abandoned houses, americana, art museums, b-movies, bingo pinball, barber shops [old school] and barbering, body modification: tattoos, piercings, implants, transdermals, dermal punching, scarification, branding, suspension, etc.; burlesque, cabaret, car shows [or cruiser nites...you know, where all the lovely classics, rods and customs are on display], carnivals, carousels, circus and sideshow: history, performers, banner art, grind shows, single-o's, ten-in-one sideshows, freak shows, torture acts, working acts, self-made freaks [also known as self-inflicted freaks], born freaks, etc.; circusiana, classic cars, classic movie theaters, coney island, custom cars, darts, DIY, demolition derby, dime museum, diners [the chrome ones], drag racing, drinking [even tho I keep quitting and getting sucked back in], drive-in movie theaters, fire eating, fire manipulation, figure-eight racing, flea markets, haunted houses and haunted places in general, horror movies, hot rods, juggling, kustom kulture, old school tattoos: flash, original art, Sailor Jerry...the good stuff, photography, pin-ups: art & live models, pulp magazines, rat rods, roller derby, straight razors and shaving [the RIGHT way], roadside attractions, snakes & snake charming, tattoo conventions, the mutter museum, thrift shops, urban legends, vaudeville, vintage clothing, wax museums, weird nj, wooden roller coasters...

I'd like to meet:

Sideshow performers, musicians, artists and other generally strange, odd and unusual people. Modified individuals that have extensive and/or extreme work. Anyone who shares my interests.

Music:



big band, blues, blue grass, lounge, oi!, old school punk and hardcore [before it was ruined], psychobilly and the ever elusive punkabilly, reggae, rockabilly, rock steady, ska, surf, swing, twang
All the great musicians on my friends list.
We'll leave it at that and see if you're interested enough to find out which bands I dig.

Movies:

A Clockwork Orange, Hellraiser, Sin City, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Day of the Dead, City by the Sea, Strangeland, Swing Kids, Shaun of the Dead, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Donnie Brasco, Casino, Goodfellas, Evil Dead 1 and 2, Army of Darkness, Gladiator, Walk the Line, Saw 1-4, House of 1000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Boondock Saints, the Warriors, Requiem For a Dream, Nightmare Alley, Greatest Show on Earth, Trapeeze, Freaks, Freaked, Dracula, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Resident Evil, the Hills Have Eyes, Hide and Seek, Amityville Horror, the Skeleton Key, Donnie Darko, Hell Boy, Taxi Driver, Gangs of New York, Cry-Baby, Idiocracy, Hot Fuzz

Television:

Robot Chicken, Venture Bros, Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Futurama, ATHF, American Dad, Robot Chicken, Blow-Out, Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Carnivale, Oz, Big Love, Inked, Miami Ink, LA Ink, Tattoo Wars, Taboo, Ninja Warrior, Boondocks, Brotherhood, Myth Busters, Dexter
History Channel, Discovery Channel

Books:

James Taylor's Shocked and Amazed, Freaks & Fire, Coney Island: Lost and Found, Coney Island; The People's Playground, The Zombie Survival Guide, Spirit Of 69, Skinhead Nation
Weird New Jersey, Eerie PA

Heroes:

Where do fallen heroes go, walk the main street of some town
Trampled on like old grey snow, left to die with no renown
Seeds they plant don't ever take, words he speaks just go to waste
Will he pay for his one taste, and forever be disgraced

My Blog

***Sword Swallower For Hire***

That's right ladies & gentlemen, gather 'round and have yourselves a gander at the Strange Girl, straight from the wilds of weird New Jersey. Watch in amazement as she rams, jams and slams sharp obje...
Posted by Lenore on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:33:00 PST

Alive On the Inside: News & Updates

I will admit that I have been slacking on this issue.  Moving out of state [yet again] proved to be a bit more stressful than I had anticipated.However, I finally got down to business of sorting ...
Posted by Lenore on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:21:00 PST

Philthy Angel Designs: Models Wanted

Models currently wanted for Viva La Vamp and Vintage Vixen collections.  All models will receive 10% discount on future orders in return for high quality photos.  I can also include a link t...
Posted by Lenore on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:46:00 PST

Flesh Pull @ Body Graffix [5.2.08]

There's a photo in the Modifcations gallery of the aftermath, and I'll most likely be posting a few more by the end of the week.Big thanks to James & Voodoo of Body Graffix for throwing the ...
Posted by Lenore on Mon, 05 May 2008 03:30:00 PST

Electric Sideshow, Live in Knoxville [4.29.08]

Video of us doing a few of our acts are now live. This is just a taste of what we can do, ladies and gentlemen. View them on our profile [under Television] or on YouTube [search electricsideshow] an...
Posted by Lenore on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:48:00 PST

***Alive On the Inside: News & Updates***

I have been incredibly busy with work and have not had much time to chase people down for interviews or other stuff. If you have been sent an interview but haven't filled it out yet, I would greatly a...
Posted by Lenore on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:26:00 PST

Cheap, plastic imitations break...and so will you

Do you know what I enjoy most about plastic people?They are so wrapped up in themselves, reading posts and blogs and the like that they post on the Internet for purposes of 'bating [yes, I can see you...
Posted by Lenore on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:34:00 PST

Why exes should really get a life...

When I left NJ in ’06, it was partly due to the year of suck I had endured with ex 2 [which is the kinder of the names he has been called]. Some of you may remember how he taunted me with claim...
Posted by Lenore on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:55:00 PST

Musings on facial modifications...

One of the most satisfying DIY modifications I have to this date is my split tongue.  There is no greater joy than knowing you own your body and have the ability to do with it what you please.&nb...
Posted by Lenore on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

Jon Cobb

Anyone that's been on BME long enough should recognize this name.  If you don't, this article should fill you in.He is also credited with pioneering the microdermal, which has become one of the s...
Posted by Lenore on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:33:00 PST