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If a man aoes not keep pace
wrth his companions. perhaps
111s because ne nears a Cltf· You prob.ibly don't buy DRUMMER 10
le1en1 drummer. Let him step tell you how 10 vote. But this column thl"
10 tho mUSIC wnteh ne hears. ume 1~ going to be devoted not only 10
tKMe~ measue:J 0t far a~y. ·' that inform.ulon but d couple or other
H•nry David Thoreau things th.JI some of us need to be told 10
do.
last month in Dalla~, rhe GOP
cmdorsed an eiu"•mi~t platform hand-
crafted by Phym~ Schafly.Jesse Helm!. and
other rlghr-wing rddfnb hell-bent on
8 MALECALL/ DEAR SIR imposing their ndrrow. dart.. vision of
America on the r~t of u~. And. as they terr
10 CHAIN REACTION Your first look (and ours) at the sen ational new Dalla>. Jerry Falwell and many New Right
SM video from the people who brought you Born To Raise Hell. homophobes vowed to go all-out in con·
Mr. Southeast Drummer, Ken Bersquist. takes center stage In some ducting the moM massive voter registra-
of the mo;( scorching action of the year.
tion drive they've ever done. The
18 SAOO ISLAND Republic.in~ 5pent over one hundred mil-
From notorious artist Matt, vra The Zeus Collee11on and DRUMMER, lion dollar~ to put The Great Cue Card
comes a bllarre fantasy of illustrated SM. You'll want morel Reader in office a5 a figurehead. Ir has nor
24 DRUMSTICKS boded well for gays. or much of Jnybody
else other than the mlhrary-lndustndl
25 BLOOD TIES by Tom Non compleic, for that matter. This ume
Stronger 1han fle>h, stronger 1han learner and steel-the call of around there I~ virtually no limit 10 what
blood 10 blood, Master to slave .. . these people can ~pend or to their
32 CAT by Chip Archer resources.
Cat was big trouble, no doubt about it-ju5t the kind of trouble our Here in San franc1\co. the Democrar~
hero was rooking to get mto, shit deep/ kept cheir convenuon open to virtually
every minority, especially gays. We are in
38 PLAYING TO WIN by Simon rhe pla1form and we were al the conven-
A / ale of the holy ritual of pool-cue sticks, balls and deep pockets tion. Our rights and our progress hinges
give way to their living counterparts in the flei.h.
on 1he next four years. The Supreme
43 LEATHER NOTEBOOK Court, if Reagan mak~ more appoint·
45 SNEAK PREVIEW: THE COMPOUND BOOK ments, will be wcmhless to us past the end
Yes, ic's coming-and you will be too when you get a look aL Master or the century.
Brutus exacting di cipli11e from hi> eager recruits. What can you do? Get out and work. Or
contribute. Or. failing that, register and
53 DRUMBEATS vote. The deo1on of Mondale and fer·
Check ouc these boxes-and box number:, ... raro could possibly put an end 10 the
73 ORUM by Bill Ward Insane arms buildup;. the deficits thar
Our burly hero never >eems to :,earch for ex-it ju5t happens ... cannot be paid off in our lifetimes, the
ero.,fon of the bill of righ~. Reag;m's
76 INTERNATIONAl LEATHER SCENE defca1 can give new hope for women. for
Notes from Canac.la, Germany, and the US-shaving news, feather say), for Social Security and human rrshts
crews, Daddies too.
everywhere. Thei;e arc not election-time
82 DRUMMER DADDIES platitudes. II Is simple fact.
True tales of the Daddy Phenomenon in action. Jerry Falwell has announced that he is
85 TOUGH CUSTOMERS registering 1he "fo1ilhful'' to vote "the
Where fantasy meets reality, unretouched. rlghr wav" (extreme right and anli·gay) by
the hundred~ of rhou~nd$. Believe it or
87 ORUMMEDIA VIDEO no1. the fa1 right is the minority-there
What do aerial ballet and fist I ucklng have in common? are more of us than them. Let's get to
90 DRUMMEDIA FILMS wort.. or 1he rc~t of the century will be a
Another Country charts brutal lessons learned in Brirish public quick rrip back 10 1he dark ages.
:,chool. If you don't vote 1his time around, you
deserve what you get. But do the res1 of
91 DRUMMEDIA BOOKS u~?
Urban Aboriginals uffer:> from a footnote fetish.
John 1-1. Embry
91 IN PASSING
Lee Ryder show~ us why they call ir the Studstore ...
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