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Your suggestions for @bandcamp.com Friday

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The Cords
Bar Part time
Veotis Latchison
Pateka
Cahl Sel
Bored Lord
Late Aster
SLOPE114
bastiengoat
Tortoise

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Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“The rise of police brutality signals a national process toward developing a militant and military corps of repressive force in this country,” says Steve Martinot. Catch him Sun/7 at the Howard Zinn Book Fair.
At Zinn Fair, Steve Martinot connects police brutality to US fascism's rise - 48 hills
SFSU Instructor Emeritus has written several books on racism and police; he'll speak at social justice gathering.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A neighborhood coalition plans to file a lawsuit that could delay the implementation of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan—potentially until after the next elections for Board of Supes, when the majority on that body might change.
Rich Family Zoning Plan faces CEQA suit - 48 hills
The city relied on a three-year-old EIR for a different project; will that survive a court challenge?
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December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Catch Cirque Du Soleil's 'Echo' at Oracle Park! The show runs through January 18 at Oracle Park — and we've got 20% off tickets.

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December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Celebrate the retrospective of artist and former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party Emory Douglas, framed around his 12-point Political Artist Manifesto. All that and many more arts and culture happenings in #BIGWEEK
BIG WEEK: Emory Douglas, Miss Major, Golden Girls, Glitterbox, Gumby's Junk... - 48 hills
Recombinant Fest, Peter Pan, '1000 Whispers from Our Future,' 'Kill Bill,' Mariah Carey Drag Brunch, 'Cabaret,' more to do!
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December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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For @bandcamp.com Friday @48hills.bsky.social has Bay Area picks
*Programming 🎶 for 2026
SFJAZZ & Castro Theatre bookings
* Tortoise release, Beatles' Anthology 4, & new Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama reissue, "Tokyo Funk Diva."

UnderTheStars

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48hills.org/2025/12/unde...
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Tortoise on @intlanthem.bsky.social
The Cords on @slumberlandrecords.com
4 @bandcamp.com Friday......
An explosion of new music to power you through the last weeks of 2025! #UnderTheStars would like to introduce you to Veotis Latchison, Pateka, Cahl Sel, Late Aster, and more.
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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BIG WEEK/THIS WEEK @48hills.bsky.social

#seablite calls it quits........has a final hang/show
plus other things to do in the bay this weekend

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December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of Stephen Sondheim's biggest flops has been subject to endless revisions—and now it hits movie theaters. Is 'Merrily We Roll Along' worth the rehash? #ScreenGrabs
Screen Grabs: 'Merrily We Roll Along' rolls onto big screens - 48 hills
Plus: Librarians, feminists, prophets, poets, Plastic Man, Kurosawa, an uncut 'Kill Bill,' and 300-minute 'Castration Movie.'
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December 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
An explosion of new music to power you through the last weeks of 2025! #UnderTheStars would like to introduce you to Veotis Latchison, Pateka, Cahl Sel, Late Aster, and more.
Under the Stars: Fresh new music nods to wrap up your year - 48 hills
Bandcamp Friday picks, Tortoise returns, the Beatles' latest, '80s Japanese swagger, SFJAZZ and Castro 2026 lineups.
48hills.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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@48hills.bsky.social covers what most media won’t: Luries war on the poor.

“Former Sup. Dean Preston points out on Bluesky that the city’s policies on the unhoused these days are remarkably similar to an executive order issued by Donald Trump called “ending disorder on America’s streets.”
SF's plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump's every day - 48 hills
Mayor's plans seem awfully similar to Trump executive orders
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Mayor Daniel Lurie continues to look for more ways to arrest drug users, and the latest is a forced “sobering center.”
SF's plan for crime and unhoused people looks more and more like Trump's every day - 48 hills
Mayor's plans seem awfully similar to Trump executive orders
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December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
We’ve got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of 'Song Sung Blue', Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s new movie about a reunited Neil Diamond tribute band—on Wednesday, December 10, 7pm at AMC Metreon 16, SF—but act fast! [GIVEAWAY]
Score a free pass to new movie 'Song Sung Blue'! - 48 hills
We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson's new movie—but act fast
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December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
While perusing the wares and partaking of the delicacies, harken to vendors’ tales of their deep and loving connections to the fair! John Bauer and Patty Riek take in the #DickensFair #LiveShots
Live Shots: Dickens Fair 2025 takes the plum cake—just watch for the squirrel - 48 hills
Vast annual Christmas extravaganza at Cow Palace recreates Victorian London, and comes with some furry friends.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Board of Supes approved Mayor Lurie’s Rich Family Zoning Plan today after rejecting an amendment that would protect all rent-controlled housing.

The vote was 7-4, with Sups. Connie Chan, Chyanne Chen, Jackie Fielder, and Shamann Walton in opposition.
Rich Family Zoning Plan passes, 7-4 - 48 hills
To say this creates affordable housing is a wild fantasy. Yet Lurie's allies all lined up against tenants and vulnerable communities.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Does a wowza pozole featuring lightly fried whole fish sound apt for fingerless glove weather? If so, it might just be time to hit up Merkado in SoMa’s South Beach ✏️ @supermarke.bsky.social
Warming winter's chill at Merkado, with bright Mexican twists - 48 hills
Technicolor ensalada, smoking Do Epic $h!t cocktails, and a pozole to die for at the inviting South Beach spot.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
He's inspired by the Old Masters—but his figurative paintings take shape on an aging laptop. A deep dive into the process of Sacramento's John Tarahteeff:
Old Masters meet old laptop in John Tarahteeff's evocative canvases - 48 hills
East Sacramento artist utilizes digital tools and love for classical painting in process he calls 'chasing surprise.'
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December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Documentary 'The Librarians' paints a damning portrait of what librarians are facing in our authoritarian age. Join us starting Thu/4 at the Roxie for its local run— @supermarke.bsky.social will speak w/ the filmmakers after the Fri/5 screening!
Bravery among the books: 'The Librarians' fight censorship - 48 hills
Documentary follows those battling the frenzy to erase LGBTQ-related stories from schools.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“The thing I love most about the Howard Zinn Book Fair is that it helps folks who are feeling helpless and angry get involved and take action,” says an organizer of the event (Sun/7, 10am-6pm on the Mission Campus of CCSF).
Turn that anger into action at this year's Howard Zinn Book Fair - 48 hills
The annual social justice bonanza celebrates the history and possibilities of engagement in an era of despair.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller album, released on November 30, 1982, hit number one on the Billboard charts on February 26, 1983, and stayed there for a non-consecutive 37 weeks until April 14, 1984.

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1984—the year pop music shot to the stratosphere - 48 hills
As the 40th anniversary releases and tributes roll out, revisiting a year of barrier-busting giants.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Holidays themselves are horror enough for many—so why not spend them with the latest edition of @ahithfilmfest.bsky.social? It runs all month, and our critic Dennis Harvey has the stand-outs for you in the latest #ScreenGrabs
Screen Grabs: Let's get weird for the holidays at Another Hole in the Head - 48 hills
Blood-sucking landlords, hilarious hoagies, deadly influencers, bad haircuts: 'Tis the season for the 22nd freak film fest
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December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Mayor Lurie's pick for D4 Supervisor, Alan Wong, has to cast a vote tomorrow that could have a huge impact on his political future.
New D4 supe faces defining vote on Lurie's Rich Family Zoning Plan - 48 hills
Plus: A way to control corporate campaign spending, and saving car-free Market St .... That's The Agenda for Dec. 1-7
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December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Did you know The Tick voices the be-maned horse mayor in 'Zootopia 2'? @cinepam.bsky.social caught up with Patrick Warburton to talk iconic character turns—and becoming an integral part of the world of Disney.
Cult actor Patrick Warburton horses around in 'Zootopia 2' - 48 hills
The deep-voiced favorite goes from 'Seinfeld' and 'The Tick' to a Fabio-maned mayor in animated sequel.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The founder of Food Book Club, Tamara Palmer, shares her favorite tomes for taste, plus delicious places to donate to make sure others have a full belly for the holidays #GoodTaste
Good Taste: Perfect gifts for the food-obsessed - 48 hills
Cookbooks, classes, fruit delivery, more tasty—and tasteful—presents for locals and out-of-towners.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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📻 #SF/ WestCoast self-proclaimed punks, Spiritual Cramp, schelprockin’ down Clarion Alley, totin’ a boombox.
De La Soul, Pharcyde, and Lush drop releases
KeiyaA expresses atmospheric heft...... #UnderTheStars

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Under the Stars: Spiritual Cramp gives a sloppy punk kiss to SF with 'Rude' - 48 hills
Plus: KeiyaA's atmospheric heft—and 'tis the season for new releases from immortal crews like De La Soul, The Pharcyde, and Lush.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM