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"If o mon does not keep
pace with his compan-
ions perhaps It Is because
f'le hears o different
drummer Lei him step to
the music Which ne hears.
however measured or for
away We were curious as to wha1 would
Henry David Thoreau happen when the media finally had their
hand\ on the informa11on that screen star
Rock Hudson has AIDS. Now w<> know.
6 RUBBER: STRETCHING THE LIMITS by Aaron Travis Mag1mne\ that wouldn't mention the
An elasric fantasy about synthetic desire and clinging word or which, like 1he present
pha11toms ••• admlnimatlon. had a dcflnhe nollcy or
10 METAMORPHOSIS by Marl< I. Chester ignoring the problem, now have rheir
He is New York man/urban survivor. White Punk. Rubber Boy. version of AIDS information (which we in
An explorer imo the outer reaches ... Boy Wonder meet\ Mad the gJy community have known about lor
Max in a mixture of rubber and leather. more I ime than we ever w.inted to) all
over 1hcir cover~. rhe coverage 1~
18 THE BOX p·red1oable w1lh TIME and NfWSWEEK
The object Ii sensory control. The vehicle i> The Box. Once being obJeet1ve and above ii <111, PfOPLl
inside, you may never be the same ...
wallowing In it and LIFE'!> saeamin8 front
21 REPORT cover with very little in(ormauon inside.
The latc51 on the macho scene, from nekkirl cop~ ro new life in Bui we have to t.ike our ha1 lor
the South of Market ~cene. somcthingl off to the NI\ TIONl\L
24 MALECALL ENQUIRER. We can think of no time in
28 DRUMMER DADDIES which they have sunk quite as low. within
Raunchy feet. potent cigars-the kid 1u t can't get enough. rccen1 memory. Nol even Jerry Falwell
would have publicly put out lhc hogwash
32 DRUMSTICKS
I hey slapped into" hurried front paise A\
33 SAVAGE ACTION SECTION: usual what followed m\ide had not too
THE DRUMMER MENAGERIE much 10 do with the hec1cJlhung. There
Three wild and wooly stories to quell thme end-of-summer were no facts, of coum~ The ENQVIRCR
blues. Hal de Compean cells che tale of Mutt, about a young man has ne1rer been known for fact~. Ju~t
who likes It ruff. Don Perry's 11ew serial Fly takes wing, about a quotes from unknown pc~ons claiming
superTop wlch an unsatisfied anal urge. And David May returns the Dyn,J>ty cait was .ighast at having
with Jason, Cat, a story of mystery, leather and lurking feline been exposed to Rock Hudson during
suspense. both t.ipintt and rehed1>als. There was a
51 LEATHER NOTEBOOK ~tatcment from another unnamed source
quoting co-star Linda Fvans, tht'n John
SJ SPECIAL CATALOG SUPPLEMENT: THE SOURCE Forsy1h, that one or the other had l.1ssed
You need iCf NeecJ it bad/ 1 ry The Source. him repeatedly and wa~ now rrlghtened
69 DEAR SIRI to death. Even one supposedly (rom Joan
The man-to-man classified'> to bear all other ! Collins, who certainly must be aware of
89 DRUMMEOIA MOVIES the dangers of venereal disease.
Picking the rough rrade out of a glut of marshmallow summer mou1hlng hogw;ish which she probably
flicks. we give the once-over to Rambo. Thunderdome, and never mouthed.
Silver ado. But tha1 isn't all you get for your 60«.
Another unnaml'd ~ource quot~ Nancy
9S DRUMMEDIA PRESS Reagan dS )imilarly agh.ist thc1t Mr.
The shame of the New York Native: The most virulent anti-SM
tirade in years has surfaced in the pages of a respected gJy Hudson wa invited to a ~tat~ dinner at
the Whhc House and exposed everyone
newspaper
there to his lo;ith~ome dl~ea\e.
101 ORUM by Bill Ward We doubt any and all of this and
104 SAFE.SEX SLA\IESCHOOL by Max Exander fcrverntly hope th.lt ~ome or these
A ne~v vision of care and training rn the 1980s. quoted individual sue the living hell out
o( the CNQU/RfR. which. God !.now), is
110 TOUGH CUSTOMERS
More rubber-this TC'~ goc the metchiest wardrobe around! no ~tranger lo law,u1l!i Perhap,, we
suggest. just In the name of .J rather nice
113 SLAVES OF THE EMPIRE guy who ha~ had to live in the closet all or
Al l<i:.t; Aaron Travis' Roman epic is hot off the press/ his professional lire. When you win, and if
118 IN PASSING you collect. give 1he money tn his name to
one of the many causcsaroundwhich can
be of Immeasurable help to similar
Cci.('f. Our youn1t rovrrmt1n •lr1k~ ,, comm1mclmg poic (p/1rno by P111rlrk Nunn); Jnd
(ht1po•1/I• (><#81') 11 'h c.tuj(hl in .:i fompH>m,./nR po,l11on (Photo by Ht'nry DryovJR<') victims who haven't such a newsworthy
WI''// 1.-.kc him .my wo1y Wl' c<1n Hl'I h1ml name.
In the meantime. Mr. Hud~on, God be
with you. Your 1lln~s may accomplish
more than you ever dreamed througholll
your very creditable CJrecr.
-John II. £mbry
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