White Trash Boom-Boom, by Patrick Cowley

White Trash Boom-Boom

by Patrick Cowley

supported by

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$4 USD or more
Limited Vinyl 7" + Digital Download *ONE PER CUSTOMER*
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited to 330 hand-numbered copies. Lithograph sleeves printed by The Aesthetic Union. Includes an insert featuring notes from original Boom-Boom girls Theresa, Janice, and Candida.

Includes unlimited streaming of White Trash Boom-Boom via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

	1.	Bride 01:34
	2.	Beer and a Pizza 01:53
	3.	Baciami 01:57
	4.	Spengo la Luce 03:13

about

The deep archives of disco legend and synth wizard Patrick Cowley continue to prove inspirational for Dark Entries. Cowley, who passed away from AIDS-related illness in 1982, was the multi-faceted producer behind numerous disco anthems such as Sylvester’s “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”. Since 2009, Dark Entries has been working with Cowley’s friends and family to shed light on the lesser known facets of this singular artist’s output. This has resulted in a string of celebrated archival albums, including Catholic (featuring Jorge Socarras), School Daze, Muscle Up, Afternooners, Mechanical Fantasy Box, and Some Funkettes.
For the latest addition to this saga, White Trash Boom-Boom, Dark Entries has teamed up with The Stud to release four tracks culled from some of Cowley’s earliest rehearsal tapes. In 1972 Patrick was living in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood with Theresa McGinley and Janice Sukaitis, friends of his from New York. In 1973, Theresa and Janice formed White Trash Boom-Boom, an all-female avant-garde performance troupe. Reacting to the Angels of Light and the Cockettes, they captured the spirit of the times: camp, confrontational, and delirious. Theresa recalls, "We brewed a brand of performance that steered away from the doctrinaire and reveled in ambiguities." Patrick provided their theatrical experiments with appropriately zany musical accompaniment. Side A features two songs from the “Country and Western” skit, “Bride” and “Beer and a Pizza”, which were written by Janice and Karen Dunaway and produced by Cowley. The feminist skit tackled the issue of women’s limited life choices in society. The B-side contains “Baciami” and “Spengo la Luce”, two songs from “Goes to Little Italy”, a skit addressing Catholic expectations of female chastity, performed in 1974 on top of the bar at the Stud. These songs were lifted from an Italian folk 7” found at a thrift store, and feature “improvised” Italian. The material on Boom-Boom shows Cowley flexing his synthesizer muscles to create curiously camp genre pieces. This is an essential document of a bygone era.
White Trash Boom-Boom is limited to 330 hand-numbered copies. All songs were remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. The cover was designed by Eloise Leigh, and features a photograph of the White Trash Boom-Boom skit “Goes to Little Italy”. The lithograph sleeves were printed by The Aesthetic Union. Included is an insert featuring notes from original Boom-Boom girls. The release date of Boom-Boom is timed to coincide with the opening of Queer Visions at Haight Street Art Center, an exhibition that explores the role of nightlife in queer art in San Francisco.

credits

released June 18, 2021

(C) 2021 Dark Entries Records
Produced and Recorded by Patrick Cowley, 1974
Tape transfer by Joe Tarantino
Remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley 2019
Design: Eloise Leigh
Photographs courtesy Janice Sukatis
Thank you: Janice Sukatis, Theresa McGinley, Karen Dunaway and Phyllis Levine

license

about

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

discography

Malebox

Nov 2022
White Trash Boom-Boom

Jun 2021
Some Funkettes

Oct 2020
Mechanical Fantasy Box

Oct 2019
Kickin' In

Oct 2019
Catholic

Sep 2018
Afternooners

Oct 2017
Candida Cosmica

Aug 2017
Muscle Up

Aug 2017
School Daze

Aug 2017

contact / help

Contact Patrick Cowley

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Patrick Cowley, you may also like:

Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop 1980-1989
by Dark Entries Records

supported by 24 fans who also own “White Trash Boom-Boom”

A portal to another world of dark funky techno pop... Leif Sorensen
go to album
Turned On
by Forbidden Overture

supported by 24 fans who also own “White Trash Boom-Boom”

Seductive sonic space inspired by longing and lust, loving every present moment. mandr8ke
go to album
I Need A Freak
by Sexual Harrassment

supported by 16 fans who also own “White Trash Boom-Boom”

we all need a freak! Robotboot
go to album
Sun is Out
by Semi Precious

Synth-heavy DIY indie pop from the ascendent UK singer-songwriter, distinguished by his texturally rich, softly contoured sound. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 6, 2023
go to album
Crushed Into Dust By The Weight Of The World
by Daughter Of Dawn

Emma Grey (Malachi, Contentious, Hive) sets aside her bands' righteous aggression for this luminous, mournful, spacious solo outing. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 9, 2021
go to album
Cosmos of the Soul
by Amie Waters

An instrumental queer space opera from Portland synthwave artist Amie Waters, who uses a universal mythos to illustrate a personal journey. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 14, 2020
go to album
Various Artists - Endangered Species Vol. 1
by Dark Entries Records

supported by 14 fans who also own “White Trash Boom-Boom”

This album is a great sampling of some interesting new wave sounds. I had never heard of any of the artists on this before, but the whole album is great. You will hear something you haven't before if you listen to this! congealedmeat
go to album