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Kickin' In (2024 Remaster)

by Patrick Cowley

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    12" vinyl includes a postcard with lyrics

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When your heart starts to thumpin and you feel it kickin' in... And your mind starts to turnin' don t resist it, let it spin... And your body starts to movin' and you feel it slippin' in And if someone wants to give their love... LET IT IN... LET IT IN...
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The moon eclipsed by Slavic cheekbones The city sound coming up in waves A shooting meteorite blazes into oblivion Faces in shadow turn our way At night, in the morning, later afternoon On the floor, the bed, they fuck one another Later, he remains with his tipped glasses and empty champagne With strewn about clothing, smooth vaseline Lustful, melancholy, spent He’s a thief of love As he slips through the alley The long long time of the night The longer you love The longer you live The back of his neck cradled between furry thighs An offering or a sacrifice, the boundaries indistinguished One saint astride another, bent to his thrust Churning to a transubstantiate rhythm Until, speaking in tongues and erotic litanies The tongues of flames grow hot and hotter all heaven breaks loose ——— In doorways, against walls, stalls Rooms empty save for beds, or carpets, or couches All night long the men walk the narrow halls and dark rooms A small, subtle, yet distinct compact ritual is performed again, and again...
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remember there are times when nothing is wrong but a feeling is there that makes you like a snake itching to crawl out of that tight inhibiting little skin, you gotta make it come loose. snakes rub up against rocks, you rub against other men. you’re a nocturnal prowler, can’t settle down at night, til you’ve been out on the streets for a while. tonight you meet a man, blonde, square jaw, trim. right off he’s assertive and erotic. a great mouth that offers silent communication. you suck cocks, asses, faces, necks, muscles, tendons. in the room of mirror slabs that reflect only the dim, dark silhouettes. you can wail with erotic fantasy. when you remember his form standing above you on the bed, his foot coaxing your groin as he jerks himself off, his cum spraying all over you. he pushes his spewing prick into your face, cum smearing in your face. and now you let it fly, like your brain is flying. it’s a small tool shed out back. when you step inside, in the darkness you see maybe six men. one man is getting off, moaning as another on his knees sucks his cock. next to them, a bearded man facing you and bent over is getting an even energetic balling from a young man who moans “yeah, yeah, yeah.” soon you’re feeling that pushy, sexy fucker’s balls and hairy ass as it bounces into his partner. now you’re standing on the platform giving head to that big boy while he gets it up his ass. you think,“gimme that cum! shoot it down my fucking throat!” you feel stiffer, fatter, can you keep it up? and he fucks faster and holds your head and moans,“yeah” and faster,“yeah” and harder, “yeah.” he cums wet, thick in your mouth, throat, face and you shoot it “ahh hmm yeah.”

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Dark Entries again shines a spotlight on bathhouse disco don Patrick Cowley with a newly remastered release of Kickin’ In. Although Cowley tragically passed from AIDS-related illness in 1982, he left an extensive archive of unreleased tapes, many of which Dark Entries has had the honor of releasing. While working as a lighting technician at The City, SF’s disco cabaret, Cowley saw rising star Frank Loverde perform. Cowley asked Loverde to contribute vocals to some material in progress, and Frank, Linda Imperial, and Peggy Gibbons joined Cowley in the studio. The resulting songs included “Kickin’ In,” a 9-minute cybernetic disco stormer that taps into the essence of Cowley’s hi-NRG sound: equal parts spaced out and zoned in on the dancefloor. In May 1978 Cowley joined Loverde on stage at The City to perform “Kickin’ In” as they opened for disco diva Sylvester.
“Kickin’ In” was initially released in 2015 via Honey Soundsystem who found the tapes in the basement of Megatone Records owner John Hedges. This newly remastered version was made possible due to the discovery of the original multi-track recordings of "Kickin’ In," allowing for a fresh mixdown by Jim Hopkins as well as the creation of a new instrumental version. Also included are two impeccably sleazy Cowley jams recorded in 1980, “Thief of Love” and “Make It Come Loose.” Cowley narrates excerpts from his erotic journals on these raunchy slow-burners, capturing the vibe of SF’s leather bars and backrooms. “Thief of Love” features Cowley collaborator Paul Parker on background vocals. This reissue of Kickin’ In includes features an illustration by Gwenaël Rattke that originally appeared Cowley’s erotic journal, Mechanical Fantasy Box, as well as a postcard with lyrics. “Patrick parted the veil and entered a dark world of forbidden vices, wondrous musical panoramas and bold, strident, hopeful possibilities. Patrick brought the future to us and laid it at our feet.” – David Diebold, Tribal Rites

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released August 23, 2024

© 2024 DARK ENTRIES RECORDS
Written, Composed, Recorded and Produced by Patrick Cowley, 1979 –1980 Vocals on “Kickin In” by Frank Loverde, Linda Imperial and Timmy
Backing vocals by “Thief of Love” by Paul Parker
“Kickin’ In” mixed by Jim Hopkins, 2022
Mastered by Anne-Marie Suenram, 2024
Illustrations by Gwenaël Rattke
Designed by Eloise Leigh
Thank you: John Hedges, Maurice Tani, Paul Parker, Linda Imperial,
Joe Tarantino, Gwenaël Rattke, Eloise Leigh.
Dedicated to the memory of Patrick Cowley (October 19, 1950 – November 12, 1982)

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Patrick Cowley San Francisco, California

Born in Buffalo, NY on Oct 19, 1950, Patrick moved to San Francisco in 1971. Patrick would produce songs for disco superstar Sylvester such as “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” and “Dance Disco Heat”. By 1981 Patrick released dance singles, “Menergy” & “Megatron Man” Prior to his passing on Novl12, 1982, he recorded 2 more hits, “Do You Wanna Funk” for Sylvester & "Right On Target" for Paul Parker ... more

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