Night+Day

tuesday
september 23
Show Us Some Skin! Hamburger Mary's, whose own staff members have made the covers of tattoo mags like Skin, produced a tattoo and piercing show in '93, when contestants wound up dancing on the bar and the winner was a man with a multiply pierced penis; now HM has goes one step further with the Manipulation Distinction Show. Pierced, tattooed, branded, and otherwise manipulated types competing for the $100 prize will be rated by Shannon Archuleta from Gauntlet, "Tennessee" Dave Sullivan from Anubis Warpus, and Patrick and Lad from Erno's. Contestants must be at least 18 years old, and manipulations must be permanent, which rules out push-up bras, clown noses, and decorative henna painting (contest organizers consider it wimpy). The show begins at 9 p.m. at Hamburger Mary's, 1582 Folsom (at 12th Street), S.F. Admission is free; call 626-6653.