Actual Writing and Photography by Genre
by Jack Fritscher
as it appeared in Drummer
with an historical introduction
FEATURE ARTICLES OF GAY HISTORY
INTERVIEWS OF GAY HISTORY
REVIEWS (Books, Films, Parties, Bars, etc.)
COLUMNS (Astrologic, etc.)
VIRTUAL DRUMMER
"The Academy: Incarceration for Pleasure," Drummer 145, December 1990
"Basic Plumbing Unplugged," Drummer 27, February 1979
"The Battered Lex Barker," Drummer 26, January 1979
"Bears! How to Hunt Buckskin-Leather Mountain Men and Live Among the Bears!," Drummer 119, July 1988
"The Best Little Brothel in San Francisco," Drummer 30, June 1979
"Bodybuilding: How to Judge It Inside and Out: A Sensual Critic’s Eye View," Drummer 124, December 1988
"Bondage: Blest Be the Tie That Binds," Drummer 24, September 1978
"Castro Street Blues: 1978," Drummer 24, September 1978
"The Catacombs: Fist Fucking in a Handball Palace," Drummer 23, July 1978
"Cigar Blues," Drummer 22, May 1978
"Cock Casting," Drummer 15, May 1977
"Grand National Rodeo Blues: Cowboys and Mounties," Drummer 26, January 1979
"The First International Mr. Leather (IML), May 20, 1979," Drummer 31, September 1979
"Gay Jock Sports: Wrestling, Boxing, Rollerballing, Soaring, Scuba, Bodybuilding, Dune Bodies, Films," Drummer 20, January 1978
"High Performance (Or, Sex Without a Net), Drummer 26, January 1978
"Leather Christmas," Drummer 19, December 1977
"The Leatherneck," Drummer 18, August 1978
"The Mineshaft," Drummer 19, December 1977
"Noodles Romanoff and The Golden Gloves," Drummer 29, May 1979
"Pentimento for Robert Mapplethorpe: Fetishes, Faces, and Flowers of Evil" ("Caro Ricardo"), Drummer 133, September 1989 (Full article with photos in pdf-flip)
"Pissing in the Wind: The Mineshaft", Drummer 20, December 1977
"Pumping Roger: Acts, Facts, and Fantasy, A Night at the Nob Hill Theater," Drummer 21, March 1978
"Prison Blues: Confessions of a Prison-Tour Junkie," Drummer 21, March 1978
"Rear-View Mirror #1: Home Is the Sailor! Home from the Sea!" Drummer 126, March 1989
"Rear-View Mirror #2: Bars and Bikes," Drummer 127, April 1988
"Rear-View Mirror #3: Leather's Founding Daddies," Drummer 129, June 1989
"Steve Reeves' Screen Test," Drummer 19, December 1977
"Remembrance of Sleaze Past, Present, and Future," Drummer 139, May 1990
"Reviewing Straight Magazines: Some Babes in the Woods," Drummer 23, July 1978
"Rex Revisited," Son of Drummer, September 1978
"The Robert Mapplethorpe Gallery (Censored)" Son of Drummer, September 1978
"Rubberotica: Confessions of a Rubber Freak," Drummer 118, July 1988
"Russo-Mania: Inside Porn Star Donnie Russo," Drummer 170, December 1993
"S&M: The Last Taboo, The Janus Society," Drummer 27, February 1979
"Scottish Games: Men in Kilts," Drummer 25, December 1978
"Drummer Goes to a Slave Auction at the Arena," Drummer 22, May 1978
"Solo Sex, A Man’s Guide," Drummer 123, September 1988
Shapiro, Al. "The Artist, A JAY: Al Shapiro–The Passing of One of Drummer’s First Daddies," Drummer 107, August 1987
"Tit Torture Blues," Drummer 30 June 1979
"Turkish Delight: Macho Wrestling with Leather, Oil, and Heavy Sweat," Son of Drummer, September 1978
"Corporal in Charge of Taking Care of Captain O'Malley," Drummer 22, May 1978
"Firebomber Cigar Sarge," Drummer 22, May 1978
"Foreskin Prison Blues," Drummer 186, July 1995
"Horsemaster: Come to the Stable," Drummer 25, December 1978
"Hustler Bars: Tricks of the Trade," Drummer 204, June 1997
"Lords of Leather," Drummer 100, October 1986
"Punk Funk: You Read This, You Deserve It," Drummer 21 March 1977
"Shadow Soldiers," Drummer 127, April 1989
"Sleep in Heavenly Peace", Drummer 25, December 1978
"Corporal in Charge of Taking Care of Captain O'Malley," Drummer 22, May 1978
"Sleep in Heavenly Peace", Drummer 25, December 1978
"Dune Body" Drummer 20, January 1978
"Chico Is the Man" ("Rough Trade"), Son of Drummer, June 1978
"Foot Loose," Drummer 29, May 1979
"Gay Deteriorata," Drummer 21, March 1978
"J.D. Slater Is Dirt!," Drummer 127, April 1989
"Redneck Biker," Drummer 23, July 1978
"Wet Stough" ("Photo Op at Walt Whitman Junior College"), Drummer 28, March 1978
Bratman, Gary. "Bondage: Blest Be the Tie That Binds," Drummer 24, 1978
Domino. "Drawings by Domino," Drummer 29, May 1979
Hinde, Tom. "Tom Hinde Folio: Drawings 1977," Drummer 16, June 1977
Poole, Wakefield. "Dirty Poole: Everything You Fantasized about Wakefield Poole," Drummer 27, February 1979
Shapiro, Al. "Al Shapiro, A.Jay, & Harry Chess," Drummer 107, August 1987
BOOK
Sabbath, Dan and Hall, Mandel, "End Product: The First Taboo," Drummer 22, May 1978
FILM
"The Deer Hunter," Drummer 28, April 1978
"El Palso Wrecking Corp.," Drummer 19, December 1977
"Equus, A One-Horse Open Sleigh," Drummer 25, December 1978
"Movie Movie," Drummer 27, February 1979
"The Norseman," Drummer 25, December 1978
"Salo," Drummer 20, January 1978
"Sebastiane," Drummer 22, May 1978
"Superman," Drummer 27, February 1979
PARTY
"CMC Carnival," Drummer 20, January 1978
"Seaman's Semen's End: CMC Carnival 1978," Drummer 26, January 1979
"Drummer Goes to Its Own Party," Drummer 25, December 1978
"Night Flight 1977," Drummer 20, January 1978
PHOTOGRAPHY
Tress, Arthur, "Meditations on Photographer Arthur Tress," Drummer 30, June 1978
Etienne, "Star Trick Artist Dom Orejudos Is Etienne!," Drummer 19, December 1977
Plewik, Tony, "The Macho Images of Tony Plewik: A Drummer Do-er’s Profile," Drummer 31, September 1978
Stewart, Jim, "Men South of Market," Drummer 14, May 1977
Thomas, Lou, "On Target: The New American Masculinity," Drummer 29, May 1979
"Attitude Begets Attitude," Drummer 22, May 1978
"Afraid You’re Not Butch Enough?," Drummer 25, December 1978
"Crimes Against Nature," Drummer 20, January 1978
"Defending Your Attitude, A Masculine Declaration of Independence," Drummer 21, March 1978
"Drummer: The American Review of Gay Popular Culture," Drummer 23, July 1978
"Homomasculinity 1978: Let Us Now Praise Fucking with Authentic Men," Drummer 24, September 1978
"The Most Dangerous Game," Drummer 29, Mary 1979
"Submit to Drummer: The American Magazine of Gay Popular Culture," Drummer 23, July 1978
"Stunning Omission: Letter to the Editor," Drummer 15, June 1977
Astrologic: "Aquarius, The Dawning of the Age," Drummer 20, January 1978
Astrologic: "Aries," Drummer 21, March 1978
Astrologic: "Capricorn," Drummer 19, December 1977
Astrologic: "Leo," Drummer 23, July 1978
Astrologic: "Sagittarius," Drummer 26, January 1979
Dr. Dick: "PCP: Shortcut to Suicide," Drummer 21, March 1978
Dr. Dick: "Drummer Goes to the Doctor, Amoebiasis: Your Ass Is Falling Out" Drummer 25, December 1978
Rear View Mirror 1: "How SOMA Began," Drummer 126, March 1989
Rear View Mirror 2: "Dirt, Dish, Truth, and Little White Lies," Drummer 127, April 1988
Rear View Mirror 3: "Leather's Founding Daddies," Drummer 129, June 1989
"An Open Letter to the Prior Richard Pryor"
"Bears! Hair-Balling," California Action Guide, November 1982
Bodybuilder: "A Real Live Bodybuilder!," Inches, August 1986
Bondage, "Why Bondage? Life is a Learning to Surrender Control," Man2Man 7, Jul-Sept 1981
"Call Him 'Old Reliable,' Because He Is,"
"DesiderBEARata," Richard Bulger's Bear Magazine Vol 2 #6, 1988
Lyon, Danny, Photographer, "Conversations with the Dead," Man2Man 7, July-September 1982
"Hard2Find Obsessions," Man2Man
"Homomasculinity: Why We're Not Gay Anymore," California Action Guide 1, July 1982
"Inventing the Leather Bar: Red Bulbs, Black Paint, Back Rooms, & Public Sex"
"Jim Enger: On the Way Up?" Muscle Training Illustraed 80
"Live on Stage--Dan Pace and Clint Lockner: A Pair of 10s,"
"Mapplethorpe, Wigler, and the Politically Correct...When Sex Meets Violence," California Action Guide, August 1982
"A Night at the Nob Hill Theater," Skinflicks Vol 1 #1, January 1980
"Old Reliable: A Legend In His Own Time," California Action Guide, Vol 1 #3, September 1982
"People Helping People: Man2Man Magazine," In Touch
Personal Ads: "What You're Looking for is Looking for You," Just Men, 1984
"Remembrances of Remarkable Men: A Night with the Legendary Tony Tavarosi"
"Rex Video Gallery: Corrupt Beyond Innocence"
"Sludgemaster: The Underground Experience,"