Page 213 - An Historical Perspective of the Covers, Mastheads, Contents, and Staff of DRUMMER Magazine

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

You have in your hand wh.lt I rm~\ume
"If o man does not keep
pace with his comf)On- lo be the las1 ISSUe or ORUMM[R with
your) truly as publi~hcr. Ahcrnatc Pub-
1ons. oerhops It Is because lhh1n8 h.i) .innounl.cd the ~le of
he hears a different DRUMMER, MACH Jnd FQ m.ig.uine~
drummer. Let him step to to Oe\modus Publkat1om. formerly ol
the music Which htJ hears. ChicJgo. Eleven yc.irs. going on twelve
hOwever measured or for Is a long tirne lo1 rtm expe11cnn! that ha\
owoy .•
Henry David Thoreau ce11alnly had its e~rrcmt? joys and pleas-
uic.•, triumph~ and d1sappo1111rncnts, At
thi~ point and time Wf' have celcbr.u d
our ann1vers.11y in June. ~elected .i new
Mr. Drummer for the year Jnd complet-
ed 1u~1 .1bou1 everyrhing eAcept pu11in>1
out i~'>Ul' 100 l hat we will havi? 10 leave
10 the new publishers. It will be out in
November.
What has b~n accomplished the~e
past elt>ven. going on tw1;>l"c· ye.ml
DRUMMER hac, become one of the mm1
rMpedccf of gay public:.Uionc;, 1n 'Pile of
FANTASY FICTION ISSUE lb ~ub1ec1 marter.
ORUMMCR h.n fo<.tercd the INthN
4 TRASH ANO LEATHER hlt-.Sl) le nahonally and mtrrnationally.
A junk yard approach to leather with a taste of class.
i.omewhal unifying tht> le.it her commun-
6 A DOC'S LIFE •IY through 1he year'>. We like to {eel II
It ain'1 all Cravy Train ancl A /po, kid. ha'> broughr humor and undcrc;tanding
8 IS THERE SEX AFTER DEATH? to an .iwa that WJ\ dc.!emcd humorlc$~
1' everything over. or h fl /U)( a new beginningt and mi(undN'itood. It ha\ been
DRUMMER'S plc.isure to pre..en1 many
10 WITNESS by Phillip Gaudre•u
A slave's life b not an e.ny one, but ii ha~ ib rewards. hitherto unpubli~hed wrncrs. attim and
phutogr.iphers. beinx In 11~ own wdy J
12 A WEEKEND WITH DADDY by Wilriam Kilmer patron or the MIS, producing a \hOWC"J~C
fan/illy/and becomes 811bylaml witli a trip to the ken11el!t. for .i br.inch or crcati\>fty that hold no-
15 REPORT where cl~e 10 go,
All the >hil that's flt to prr111 leatherwi~e. 11 ha~ h,1d ht, 1mh,uor~ .rnd dNractol'\.
16 FORUM many or whkh have b<.'t:n lch by the
A >Catl>lng <Waclc in a new book on poppcn and the lnclu\try. w;iy,ldc•, l.icklng ORUMMlR'> loy.il fol-
lowing. On going back through mun)• or
18 MAlECALL the back IS\UC~. I never CCJ!>C 10 b<·
20 DRUMMfOIA / MOVIES amawd at how really good par1c; or them
23 ORUMMEOIA I VIDEO can b<.•. The stdnd.irds h.ive been high
and our contributor~ have made them
26 LEATHER NOTEBOOK by Larry Townsend
e.,,en higher.
27 BOOK SECTION An fogli~h .m magaz•nt' ha!. called u~
A second helping of Roberr Payne's 1990 blockbu\lerl lhc bl!~t of the American g.ay slicks but
36 BOUND FOR GLORY by M ason Powell 1he mc~1 things said about us 1n r('cem
"The War Against Rhenglel." memory caml! from one ol our 1.wori1c
contributors writing for Lhe New York
47 ADVENTURETIM£ with Etienne Conrwction,·
Rape on the ~ubway ancl Sailor Beware.
..Of all the popular gay publication~.
56 DEAR SIR! DRUMM(R i~ the onl) om.• with rNI
Th~ bigge't cla)sified H~crion in our hi 1ory. balls; 11\ unafr.ud In 1.1ke rhancP~. to
74 DRUMSTICKS boldly go wht're no gay mag.uine hd~
To 11clcle your fwmvbone. gone- before
86 LEATHER BULLETIN BOARD by frank O'Rourlce "DRUMMER is also the m<bt polltcally
.1stute of rhc gay maga1111N ... gcnNally
87 DRUM by Bill Ward rcprc~en1at111e of the lrontline ol gay
90 MANWATCHING IN RINGOLD AUEY poht1ral thought. indeed, thl' entire
Sou(h of M;rrket' annual daytime bare cheH exiravaganLJ magazine ((Jn be wen as an alt or rcJdic.il
caught by the magic camera of RicliarcJ law. pohlt<.~. DRUMMER t;eh 10 people 111
96 TOUGH CUSTOMERS way\ 'safe' gay m.igatlne~ don't. . &his
po111 ayal of gay~ as .t ~trong, proud peo-
98 IN PASSING
With a warcl from Drummer'> new publhller~. ple. no11he odd bib or le.llhn and 'exu.il
par aphern.ilia in the photos is what· s rev-
CovN. Pl1C>10 by Jim Mcm .. olu1 ioncJ1 y .ibout DRUMMER •• d plPa~­
Oppo)ll' pai;e 11/u,//"JllCJn by iJ.iny Bu)lt ure to read and a pleasure lo write for. '
And ii ha~ been a plea~ure to havt'
been around. l'U be reading DRUMMER
ol\ enthUsla~tlcally ,l\ I evN havp In lhP
ume to come -Jolin 1-1. Embry
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