Page 163 - An Historical Perspective of the Covers, Mastheads, Contents, and Staff of DRUMMER Magazine

Alternate Publishing: John H. Embry, Publisher; John W. Rowberry, Associate Publisher
Robert Payne, Editor; Steven Saylor, Associate Editor

If,, omn does no/ keCfl
pace w1tll his compan-
1on s, pe11>aps II is I believe that 1f ~meone eli.e hai. ~•11d it
hr.cause he.: hears 11 dtl· .is well or belier than I would have, lcl
t~1en1 dwmmet Lei 111m tl'tem ~ay it Here, with perm1ss1on is a
step to tire music winch condcn~ed editorial from th<' CJl/form,1
flt' het11"' howeva1 mc,1· Voice.
When a bad reporter land) a 1ob v. ith .i
sured (11 lat <1W<1}' • big nly daily newspaper becau~e he
Henry David Thoreau
happens to be gily. he c;m carcles'>ly and
virtou~ly turn on hi~ commun11y Randy
5hihs Is a perfect example. Hts arttcle 1n
the 5.1. Cronicle hec1dhned "Sheriff
RPCruits tn a Leather Bar" is his mos1 irre-
6 MAlECAll/DEAR SIR ~poMible -;1ory 10 date-and Shilts i\ no
8 BLUE COLLAR BLUES b y Robert Payne ~tranger to irre~pon~1ble journali11m.
A dow uay ar rhe WJrehou~e rurm inro a hot man-to-man Pncoun- S.f. Sheriff Mike 1lenncssey1:. making a
rer. Heavy ~c1uipme11t? !_hese nu1:1 '!eed a forklift to handle it' courageous .ind comm<'ndablc attempt
to get more A~ians. bl.irks ilnd gay\ into
18 LOOKING FOR BLUE COLLAR BUDDIES the department. A'> p.in of this effort he
1, your ided of a perfec:1 Jftemoon hanging around a consrrucrlon decided 10 recruit al Ch.1p~. c1 popular
\ite. taring at rhe ~weal and ~tee/I Ever wi,.h som<>body would srart South of Market ba1 and chose Sunday
d club where you could meet rho~e working mt>n? Well . .. t:1hernoon bccau~e he wa~ advt)cd. cor·
. rectly. that he could H!clCh n lat gt? number
22 YOU ASKED FOR IT! of gay~ at that time.
Anti we've got it •.. The g.iy press gave the meeting at
24 DRUMSTICKS Chap~ front pasc publichy and a l;irgc
crowd showed up 10 meet the Sheriff and
26 AFTER CLOSING TIME by Din" Rivers ~ome of hi~ gay dcputie~.
In which a young hitchhiker pay' for hi, lift the llarcl way-\trunµ up hlh unfartunJti>ly al!>o ~hOWl'<l up 10
in a garage In lhc dead of night. fill 'er up! cover the L•venl. Ra1hc1 lhdn d~n1bc the
po~1t1ve d\pect~ it promoted, he decided
32 mUCATING RUDY by Jay Jo7ce 10 write h1~ ho'ltilt- point of view about
A rall lale from the Janel o lall timber. Thh lumber1ack kn<'w what kind or men go 10 South of Markt'l
every trtck in the book. except one-but he w.h a f a~r IC'arner. b.irs.
1 o describe ChJP' as drawing patrons
39 PRESSMEN by Roger Tuveson who "'know a 101 about r.unishment,il not
I lot off the pre!>s: A long 111ght ·) work ca/J, for J hot '>lwwer. J bike .ibout r rimc" and who 'mJy h.1ve alr<'ady
ritlc down country ro;u.I:., and an olcl-fa,hionttcl bucldyfuck. 'een their f.111 sha1e of uniform , re·
43 LEATHER NOTEBOOK \lraml\ and dunHeom." 111.iy \lrtkc Shills
S&M advrcc from our Q&A man. .ind hi\ cdilor a~ being lrlKhtlully clever.
Covenor Deukmejian'c; veto of AB·l
45 SNEAK PREVIEWS may be directly Jllributed to hi\ impre·
An cicclusivc advance look at the hot!cq ~1ufl ,cJwdulcd to come sion of the ga~ steflWtypc perpetuated by
down the pike in '8-1 1 sloppy, unthinking reporter~ hkc Shilts
111\ .ulide wai. prin1ed the day before the
53 DRUMBEATS If every pcrwrldl ,J<J tell!> a ''°'Y· t#Jcn we 'vc gol Cone V('10.
\Vith the Wint/! While Shihl> deserve) little I~~ than tu
73 DRUM by Bill Ward he run out of town on a rail, Sheriff I ten·
Our hero looks great in basic bfock-or vice vcf\a . •. n~wy i~ to be C'ommended for not re1>u·
diatlng his recrui1mcn1 cHon a1 ChJP'·
76 INTERNATIONAL LEATHER SCENE San Franci~co i\ d first da\s 1own w11h c1
The ~earch for Mr. Drummer 1984 bcgim! wor Id cla~~ ~henH. II de~erve~ belier than
~~""""-~~~~~~~~~~~ a 1h1rd rate reporter rovering gay events
81 TOUGH CUSTOMERS for a sccond rate daily n1.•w\paper
Mor<' nwR ~hot~ from rcac.lcn who like to show their 5tuff.
83 TOUGH SHIT!
fhc curtou~ case of 1hc NATO lciuJcr: Wa\ he wam't he?
85 DRUMMEOIA VIDEO
A \CC'oncl look al in<len<'n<lem v1deomakcb.
90 DRUMMEOIA FILM
The scree11's most famous Samurai rclUrm 111 a "/031" clas"c
91 DRUMMEDIA BOOKS
I\ !>ex gettin~ leH intere,1i11g, or 1ust book!} with SC'K in the> tttlf'?
94 IN PASSING

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