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"ti a man does not keep
pace with his companions, This is Drummer's Eighth Anniver·
perhaps 11 ts because he
hears a <111/erent drummer sary issue and this issue is loaded, not
Let him step 10 the music only with things to come, but things
wh,ch he hears, however that already are. Not mentioned
measured or far away " herein i~ 1he release finally of John
Henty David Thoreau Preston's powerful novel MR. BCN-
SON, which to date has been turned
down by four homophobic printers,
each after sitting on the finished pas-
6 MAlECAll/ DEAR SIR
teups for at least a month apiece. The
8 SNEAK PREVIEW: THE COMPOUND A crotch-stirring look at new MR. BENSON begins our trade
Drummer's upcoming expose and true history of the most Infamous paperback efforts and will be fol-
dungeon on the West Coast. lowed by Carlo Carluccfs HE AIN'T
12 SNEAK PREVIEW: DRUMMER DAOOlfS II HEAVY, HE'S MY LOVER, then an
All new, all unpublished accounts oft he life and time of some of che S&M triumph THE BRIC. excerpts of
hollest daddies and their boys. which is in this issue.
16 SNEAK PREVIEW: DOWN BOYi What happens when white slaves You'll find also THE COMPOUND.
gee a Black master/ Drummer !»hows you the initial interviews for the PIERCED. SHAVED & TATTOOED,
coveted position. DOWN BOY and DRUMMER DAD-
18 SNEAK PREVIEW: SHAVED, PIERCED & TATTOOED The marks of DIES II represented in this issue.
total subjugation as demonsrrated by an anxious group of handlers There simply wasn't room for any
and sub1ects. parts of Roberi Payne's forthcoming
22 SNEAK PREVIEW: HE AIN'T HEAVY, HFS MY LOVER Carlo Carluc- MANHOOD RITUALS. We'll save
ci's upcoming colfeclion of willy, satiric ob~ervations on things gay. that blockbuster ror another issue.
Mark Chester is represented with a
24 FUCKBLOOD Martin Thomas creates the u/Umatc cerror.
magnificent centerfold and Bill Ward
25 SNEAK PREVIEW: THE BRIG BY MASON POWRl Wl1at happens Is aboard with his incomparable
when a man puts his trust in the war powers act and his life in tile DRUM. Much of the work of this
hands of the men who make 1l1e final decisions?
issue is by contributors who have
31 WAVES LIKE EVIL ANGllS ON A COLD BLACJ< TIDE A ~peclal tale of been with us for some lime but there
madness and unconvcnOonal love by Tim Barrus. are several first-time contributions.
JS THE LEATHER BULLETIN BOARD News of lhe leather/ SM empire. That's 1he way it should be after eight
years. DRUMMER has never had
37 CONRAP Our connedion to life behind bars.
more ro offer o r had more friends to
38 STUDWORk BV TOM HERMAN Something to wear out your hand offer ii all to.
and keep you up at night from a new Drummer author.
As this issue goes to press, the
41 AIDS INFO UPDATE A brief guide to the latest information. entire staff starts packing for rhe big
42 MY LITTLE FRIENDS An excursion inro 1he ... twilight zone by move three blocks awdy to Folsom
Roberr Chesley. Row in San Francisco. And the Urse of
45 ICONOGRAPHY Our Eighth Anniversary centerfold boa5tS the uni- October will see the debut of our
que bondage photography of Mark I. Chester. STUDSTORE. It 1s at a somewhat his-
toric site at 960 Folsom. We hope you
53 DRUMBEATS A/I the really hol stuff is here,jusl wailing robe tasled.
will be as excited about 11 as we are.
73 DRUM New adventures of the Drummer persona. When you are 1n San Francisco. drop
76 LEATHER SCENE: COLDEN FUECE XII A look at the famous Rocky by to see us. TheSTUDSTORf should
Mouniain bike run from the inside. be a very unusual institution.
80 LEATHER SCENE: BALTIC BATTLE For the first time on these shores.
highlights of the best known bike gathering in Scandanavia.
as DRUMMEOIA VIDEO A look at one of the besl known names in
avanl garde SM porn.
19 FORESKIN UPDATE: The continuing debate and interest in the ~kin
game. thi~ time from the files of Bud Berkeley.
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