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Joshua Rotter

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Joshua Rotter is a contributing writer for 48 Hills. He’s also written for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, SF Examiner, SF Chronicle, and CNET.
Music

Brian Jonestown Massacre returns in a psychedelic rush and swirl

'The key is, I never gave up' says frontman Anton Newcombe of the band's rocky beginnings in SF—and its later triumphs
Music

Roddy Bottum: ‘It felt like a sense of royalty’ to live through SF’s alt-rock era

Faith No More and Imperial Teen musician’s memoir 'The Royal We' captures scrappy scene's roots.
Music

Still hung up on ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’

A very gay ode to Madonna's glitter galaxy of a dance floor comeback, as it hits 20 with a deluxe re-release.
Music

With ‘Dreams on Toast,’ The Darkness still winks and blazes in all directions

Glam strut and cheeky twang on new LP, as bombastic UK quartet reaches for the playful and profound.
Music

Beetlejuice on oboe: Danny Elfman’s shivery Tim Burton scores come to SF Symphony

Composer returns with beloved film music—and waxes about '70s group 'The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo.'
LGBTQ

75 years ago, they sparked the gay rights movement with ‘exhilarating freedom’

Library event celebrates groundbreaking 1950 Mattachine Society, which helped shape modern queer identity.
Music

Scottish songbird Sheena Easton: ‘I always like to make every performance feel intimate.’

Revered for '80s hits which took her from Bond to Prince, she brings her inimitable strut to Yoshi's and Symphony Hall.
Lit

Two decades in, you still can’t break Broke-Ass Stuart

Beloved SF chronicler and bon vivant releases new book 'The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart: 20 Years of Love, Death & Dive Bars.'
Fashion

Leather, lace, and hardware: All the looks you need at Folsom Street Fair

From Five and Diamond to Love Lorn Lingerie—a tour through some of the fine fetish fashions on offer at the festival.
Music

Rock legend Andy Summers takes aim with a different instrument

New multimedia tour is 'nothing like what I did in the Police at all,' says guitarist and photographer.
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