B e t w e e n 1 9 8 0 and 1 9 8 2, Will Roscoe, Bradley Rose, and a small group of friends and collaborators published four issues of Vortex: A Journal of New Vision. In its short existence, Vortex reached out widely to artists, writers, performers, activists, and visionaries who shared the desire to create alternative culture and challenge the social and artistic mainstream. The result was a vibrant cross-section of West Coast politics and art on the eve of the “Reagan revolution.” Twenty-five years later the new vision of Vortex remains fresh and vibrant as the links on this page reveal. . . .								Contributors Stephen Marks (Will Roscoe) Harry Hay & John Burnside Bradley Rose Eva Lake Nona Collins Carol Queen H. B. Pony MRDR (Dennis Morse) Camille O’Grady Mark Thompson Leslie Aguilar Dennis Miles Paul E. Brown Will Roscoe & Tede Matthews Judy Grahn Blackberri Emanuel Ro Samuel Steward Larry Bord Bradley Rose Ginny Lloyd James Broughton H. Constance King Dean Gengle Cornelia Reich Will Roscoe – Marxist Spirituality Collective Brad Mulroy – W. Dorr Legge Stephen Jetmore Mark Thompson – Lou Rudolph Will Roscoe & Bradley Rose David Kubrin Barbara Noda John Hoffman Milton Wilson LaMamelle, Inc. TRACTIONgallery Jean Genet – Paul Mariah Larry Hartless
“Vortex is the paper of record—not of the past—the future.” Brad Mulroy “Vortex stretches the boundaries on all fronts.” Magical Blend “Vortex is the yellow (red hot, white-on, singing- the-blues, green light) journalism of its day.” Mark Thompson				Vortex 1 ONLINE			Vortex 2 ONLINE
“I feel myself more and more committed to pulling together the political and the spiritual.” —Starhawk, Vortex 2				THE STORY OF VORTEX Sources & Inspiration
Vortex Stamps (Print out on your favorite paper and perforate using a sewing machine with a big needle….)
	“We can learn much from ages and cultures that knew/know the inter-relationships of all things, whose spirit and life were one.” –H. Constance King, Vortex 3. Constance Kind, Vortex 3				Vortex Press Kit
	Vortex 3 Premiere Party Flyer Press Release Blessing by Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Photos				“We call to readers to join us in exploring new possibilities, new worlds, new ways of seeing and feeling…the New Vision.” Vortex 1
“Artists have to offer not only a powerful means of communication—they can also project actual visions of non-sexist, non-racist, non-hierarchical consciousness.” —Will Roscoe & Tede Matthews, Vortex 2		Wallpaper Vortex 1 centerfold (Eva Lake) Vortex 2 centerfold (Leslie Aguilar) (Large files)				“The shaman of the ‘80s is at the hard-cutting, sinewy blade-edge of disruption.” —Dean Gengle, Vortex 3

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