Page 193 - An Historical Perspective of the Covers, Mastheads, Contents, and Staff of DRUMMER Magazine

Alternate Publishing: John H. Embry, Publisher
Robert Payne, Editor-in-Chief

"ff o man does not keep
poce with his compan-
ions. perhops It Is because
he hears o different
drummer. lat him step to
the music wtilch he hears.
however measured or for
owoy"
Henry David Thoreau
The first book we ever
4 STAGE SEXI put together wa~ CARE &
Solo-sex under lhe spollights is spreading across che country. TRAINING Of THE MALE
The result: An epidemic of hardened voyeurs/ SLAVE, which supported me
8 ATIACK OF THE STREET FAIR during the two unpaid yea~
A cast of thousands proves that Sou«h of Market Is still the leather I devoted to H.E.L.P., a gay
capital of the world. legal aid society in Lo~
14 HUN OF THE MONTH Angeles. There were a hnle
Getting more barbaric all the time ••. more than a thousand
copi~ which, while not the
15 REPORT
publishing achievement of
22 MALECAU all time. eventually became
24 DRUMMER DADDIES as scarce as hen's teeth.
26 DRUMSTICKS later we did a new
version with a four-color
'27 IMAGINATION by Kenn Rkhle cover and DRUMMER
I\ long hot soak can get your imagination spinning and your primed twice a( many as Is
blood boiling. Fetch, Fido/ customary for a book with a
31 OUTlAW by K.f. Meyers ten dollar cover. The other
A young bumpkin is «hrown into the slammer with a jailhouse day the mail order
tough who whips him into shape. department lold me that we
l4 VlSION QUEST by Beasi were down to one copy and
ShifOng scenes from the sex life of a man who's done It all-pas1, they had a stack of orders
presenr . . . and futuref waiting. (No one ever
notices we are low on
42 FLY (Conclusion) by Don Perry anything until we are out.)
The third and final episode of Perry's erotic epic takes an unex- So it is 1lme 10 begin CARE
pected tum inco «he twilight zone. & TRAINING Ill, which we
45 LEATHER NOTEBOOK will of(er lo people who
How to expand your tits, cock, balls ... and limits. were too late for C&T II.
47 INITIATION by Mark I. Chester But something even more
An eager young novice places himself in the hands of a Master of exciting came up. How
Bonda11e. Wora.s and pictures capture the fragile momenrs of about a video version of
transition. what has become a basic
classic? It mighl even be a
SS DEAR SIR! forerunner of a video
The ulfimace in man-co-man classifieds.
version of DRUMMER hselfl
75 DRUMMEDIA MOVIES The new book Is on the
The life of Yuk.lo Mishima comes ro the screen-in curious birs drawing board and parb of
and pieces. the video are going before
78 DRUMMEDIA BOOKS the cameras even as you
.At last-the inside story behind the most notoriom gay publi!)h- read this. If there is space in
ing nonevent of the year. Enquiring minds want co know/ one of the sections of this
Issue you may even find a
80 DRUMMEOIA PRESS little ad for both al pre-
Easyriders, the Bible of the ~traighr biker .>et, lays a big messy
turd-on you. publlcatlon/ pre·release
prices. We could promi\e it
87 ORUM by Bill WArd in so many weeks, but we
Guess who's Dad is back? have a tendency to revamp,
90 MANHOOD RITUALS 1: THE COMPOUND overhaul and improve the
Whac is there left to say? Only Robert Payne knows for sure. concept half-way rhrough rn
our que<>t for what pu~~
96 THE HARD HAND OF THE LAW
Our friends at Man's Hand Fiims share some blistering shou for perfection. However,
from the kind of spanking only a cop can deliver. they are on their way.
Those who do order in
98 PARTING SHOT advance will not only save
Shocking oral perversion witnessed at the Folsom Street Fair! money, they will help
Cover; Steven Rcijwig, Mr Drummer 194.S. OpposJ1eP.ige. The 81.ick Pilntherre.ichf!} for finance our most ambitious
eat.uy (from 1he videotape Joys of Self-Abuie). Photo by Patrick Nunn project to date.
Can the video version of
DRUMMER be far behrndl
Robert Payne
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