Celebrate Gay Pride with 'Mechanical Fantasy Box: The Homoerotic Journal of Patrick Cowley'! Featured images are reproduced from 'Mechanical Fantasy Box,' a Staff Pick for Pride Weekend 2021. Collecting electronic dance music legend Patrick Cowley's homoerotic journal entries, 1974–1980 (he died of AIDS-related illness in 1982), this volume can be seen as an historic document, offering an unfiltered glimpse into San Francisco's hardcore gay disco scene in its heyday. Cowley's entry for June 26, 1977 reads: "A red letter day. The Gay Rights parade, Christopher St. A day of total ecstasy & celebration with complete men & women. The faces that go with the images in these pages passed before me filled with the spirit of our basic need. My family from the Citoi had me Brazilian hips between the bubble machines and Robert & I beaming our beauty and love overflowing into the streets and finally to the source the sun the sun the sun & my arms & hands outstretched in communion & worship. The revelation of a martyr. Search the mere facts of his path to sainthood. LIVING IN THIS BRAND NEW WORLD MAY BE A FANTASY BUT IT’S TAUGHT ME TO LOVE AND THAT’S REAL REAL REAL TO ME." Published by @darkentriesrecords Cover design and all artwork by @gwenaelrattke Introduction by Jorge Socarras. Foreword by Theresa McGinley. Preface by Josh Cheon. Read more via linkinbio #patrickcowley #mechanicalfantasybox #pride #pridemonth2021 #lgbtq https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoSICvs2Z1/?utm_medium=tumblr
