Month: January 2022

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The Grievance Journal

Let's start with an easy one:

What bad behavior are you sick of seeing in public?

Whether it's loud cell phone conversations on speaker or littering, what degenerate displays irritate you the most? Speak!

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Welcome to the Grievance Journal

I bought this for one purpose: to liven things up around here at Voenix Rising. I'm going to start posing questions that were provided as food-for-thought in this book. Participation is not required, but it might be fun for y'all to vent anonymously…

Want your own copy? Get one here.

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Flashback Friday

Not me this time, but my late friend Steve Golden, spinning at Hotbods in Phoenix, spring 1983:

And in a more relaxed state of mind…

He always thought me silly because of the number of photos I shot of him at work in the booth, but now, some 39 years (!) later, I'm so glad I did. Yeah, I was new to 35mm photography, never did really get the exposure right, and a lot of the shots are out of focus, but I'm so glad I took them. But that last one? Chef's kiss…

He would've been 64 last year.

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Preach, Sister!

From Lady Bunny on Instagram:

Former Dem presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on Twitter making the simple point that politicians should do things people like. Democrats campaigned on all she mentioned, yet after one year of controlling the White House, the House and the Senate, they've achieved none of them. It shouldn't be necessary to point out that politicians should do what voters want to do because they (allegedly) represent us, but it is. For too many Democrats, simply bashing Trump and the GOP is considered better politics than doing what you campaigned on. Many of you will excuse Democrats' inaction by claiming that the issue blocking Dems' agenda is Joe Manchin or Kyrsten Sinema. It's not. These conservative Dems have more in common with Biden and Pelosi/Schumer than they do Bernie/AOC. Biden and Pelosi unlinked the infrastructure bill with Build Back Better social spending bill, ensuring it's failure. And Biden was pushed by those saying he could work well with the GOP. Yet he can't even work with Republican lites like Manchin and Sinema in his own party.

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A Musical Interlude…

…for those of us who came of age dancing to Patrick Cowley's music. Put on your headphones and let your ears bleed. Regardless of your current age, I dare your feet to not start moving in time with the music.

I'm fighting back tears of joy…

The pictures are from my personal collection, shot at the now long-defunct club Hotbods in Phoenix (ironically only a couple blocks from our current domicile) in spring of 1983. I don't remember these were shot the actual night I first heard Patrick's music, but it was definitely the same season. (Phoenix always lagged months—if not years—behind both coasts in the music scene.)

Before his death in 1982, Patrick Cowley produced some of the American gay underground's most thrilling dance music, from chart-topping disco to radical club tracks. In recent years, San Francisco record label Dark Entries has devoted itself to released Cowley's lost art, from porn soundtracks to original albums and erotic journals.

As the label celebrates what would have been his 69th birthday with a new compilation, DJ Mag discovers how Cowley is finally being recognised as an icon. Meanwhile, Dark Entries' Josh Cheon serves up a 69 minute mix of his biggest and boldest tracks

Read the full feature: djmag.com/longreads/patrick-co…ey-gay-genius-hi-nrg

Tracklist:
Patrick Cowley – Mechanical Fantasy Box
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras – Robot Children
Patrick Cowley – Mind Warp
Sylvester – Do Ya Wanna Funk
Patrick Cowley – Primitive World
Patrick Cowley – Megatron Man
Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Mega Mix)
Patrick Cowley – Menergy
Patrick Cowley – Lift-Off
Paul Parker – Right On Target
Patrick Cowley – X-Factor
Patrick Cowley – They Came At Night (Remix)
Patrick Cowley – Sea Hunt
Patrick Cowley – Big Shot
Patrick Cowley – Tech-No-Logical World (feat. Paul Parker)
Patrick Cowley – If You Feel It
Patrick Cowley – Get a Little
Patrick Cowley – Goin Home (Remix)
Patrick Cowley – Somebody To Love Tonight
Patrick Cowley – Thief Of Love
Patrick Cowley – Primordial Landscape
Patrick Cowley – Menergy (Reprise)