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Joshua Rotter

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.
Culture

Folsom 2025 brings Twisted Windows, joyful gates, a continually expanding Playground

Four of the kinky fair's players take us behind the juicy scenes (and history) of this year's fetish fest.
Music

After 28 albums, Sparks still can’t resist a flourish—thankfully

Synth pop duo's 'MAD!' enlists ennui haze, light banter, schoolkids' backpacks in its theater of ideas.
Music

GLŌM FEST’s polyglot nocturnal liturgy draws dark artists from around the globe

Deathrock, darkwave, goth purveyors fly from the bat cave as DNA Lounge transforms into a mausoleum of sound.
Onstage

For dark times, comedian Nori Reed believes in the joy of jokes

Bay Area stand-up wrote the Disney Channel's first live-action trans character, rejects reductive approaches to identity.
Lit

Scissor Sisters’ Babydaddy grows into a new ‘Nostalgia’

From EndUp dance floor to pop fame, musician Scott Hoffman now delves into the world of graphic novels.
Music

Unplugging with Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Adding stalwart guitarist Imaad Wasif, the indie heroes hit Symphony Hall to explore their acoustic side— and some new emotional textures.
Music

‘The most euphoric feeling’: Live Aid music legends look back 40 years on

As TV docuseries relives epic charitable concert, performers dish about wild moments before 2 billion fans—and backstage.
Music

John Cameron Mitchell glories in Bowie devotion at ‘BLACKSTAR Symphony’

Philharmonic tribute to queer icon's final studio album sets stage for Pride weekend.
Onstage

At Fresh Meat queer arts fest, ‘conformity isn’t an option’

Mudd the Two Spirit, more brilliant performers continue to lay annual showcase's transformative groundwork.
Movies

From piercing icon to flaming ecosexuals, Frameline’s tales of rupture and survival

Interviews with the fest's compelling protagonists of 'WICKET,' 'A Body To Live In,' and 'Playing with Fire.'
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