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Yellow Book Bar

@yellowbookbar.bsky.social
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Independent, alternative bar, theatre and exhibition space in central Brighton. Drinks, DJs, live music and entertainment. linktr.ee/yellow.book.bar

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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
With shows and events that celebrate all things terrifying and chilling, BRIGHTON HORRORFEST 2025 presents some of the finest scares from across the UK over 13 days of productions. Join us at the Yellow Book 18-30 October. brightonhorrorfest.com
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Thu 31-Jul ☞ FREE ENTRY! Wander through the enchanting night market, where local artisans showcase their crafted treasures. Our night market runs through-out the evening of The Court, welcoming you at The Yellow Book bar from 18:00 - 22:00.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
19:30 Thu 31-Jul ☞ Lammas is upon us, and we are proud to present the artists who form our first harvest, to share their bounty with you all… The Court is a celebration of folklore, folk culture, and folk horror bonded by a deep affection for talks, stories, and music sweetvenues.com/whats-on/the...
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
19:00 Wed 30-Jul ☞ The Brighton Slamologue, a monologue slam where performers deliver 2-3 minute monologues from existing plays — expect quirky, offbeat choices - not overdone speeches! BUY TICKETS HERE sweetvenues.com/whats-on/the...
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Clothes swap 3-5pm on Sat 26-July 2025 in aid of @acornunion.bsky.social’s Brighton Chapter - come and get involved!
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Free live music in the bar tonight! Featuring Sleepless Pleasures, Occulture and the inimitable Wage Theft - doors 7:30pm #brightonmusicscene #freegigsbrighton
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Thursday 26-Jun 2025… Brighton’s black metal banshee Artemesia brings an acoustic set of gothic tunes to the Yellow Book with Post-Punk inspired guitar noise from OPM. Melody and Melancholy — Celebrate the dark flipside of summer. FREE ENTRY!
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Music to melt your faces off at the BATSHIT BALL this Saturday — 07-Jun 2025 — FREE ENTRY & LATE BAR. Rikki Chaos delivers the best of Death Metal / Black Metal / Extreme Metal / Industrial / Goth / Hard Rock. DJ set starts 8pm, bar serving up to midnight. #brightonalternative #brightonmetal #djset
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Join us in the darkness! #worldgothday
Text ‘Thu 22-May 2025 WORLD GOTH DAY at the Yellow Book Bar’ inside a Gothic frame with bats and bones against a graveyard background
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
SweetFest 2025 at the Yellow Book — 19 days of comedy, theatre, music, magic and spoken word. Tickets and more info sweetvenues.com
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
FREE ENTRY! 8pm Tuesday 6th May at the Yellow Book Bar. Falling Boy: Drone Metal feat. Oliver IronGiant. Kalopsia: Blend of goth, industrial, sludge and doom - heavy as an evil brick. Wrench: Beer-fuelled sludge, designed to deafen. #alternativemusicbrighton #freegigsbrighton #brightonmusicscene
Band poster with morningstar and skull design
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Sweet@YellowBook: Start the weekend off with some alternative comedy! Brad Jon Kane: Please Slow Down (Work in Progress) 19:30 (60mins) Be prepared to enter the surreal, silly and bizarre in a character comedy show. Visit www.sweetvenues.com to get your tickets, or visit the link in our bio!
Brad Jon Kane with a furry Russian hat and Zapata moustache, accompanied by hamsters
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
May mayhem at our monthly metal night this coming Saturday (3rd May). Noise starts 8pm, bar serving up to midnight and entry is FREE.
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Labyrinth Maker @labyrinthmaker.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
If you're in Brighton next Sunday, I'll be giving a talk entitled 'The Lady of the Labyrinth', kicking off the final day of events for the Once&Future Festival at @yellowbookbar.bsky.social. Book here: sweetvenues.com/whats-on/the...
Poster advertising my talk on 'The Lady of the Labyrinth' on Sunday 27th April for the Once&Future Festival at @yellowbookbar.bsky.social
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Wed 23-Apr @ 18:00 The Fae as Folklore Podcast! Journey deeper beyond the Veil with your favourite faerie bards. Gabi, Alicia, Madi and Nem are the fae queens behind fantasy folk band Fae as Folk. Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/the...
Fae As Folklore logo - words in Celtic style font within a circle
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Tue 22-Apr @ 21:00 An intimate storytelling experience with immersive sound design. Our stories are Inspired by various folklore of the forest, magic and myth, and staying up way too late into the night. Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/bed...
Darling, Bedtime (one half of the artist duo Bedtime and West)
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Sun 20-Apr @ 19:45 The Claras are a Sussex-based folk duo performing traditional songs from the British Isles and beyond, alongside traditional folk-inspired originals and the occasional left-field cover. Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/the...
Harpist and singer Clare McGlone and singer and guitarist Claire Rakich.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Sun 20-Apr @ 18:00 A fairy curse. A sleeping princess. A kingdom in turmoil. A story you think you know. All actions have a consequence; all magic has a price. Robin Gurney weaves poetry together with storytelling… Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/the...
A red rose on a black background
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Sun 20-Apr @ 16:45 Magical Marginalia: Stories and Styles of Mediaeval Art - a journey through the landscape of mediaeval illumination, exploring how a centuries-old style continues to speak to our imagination. Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/mag...
Illustration from a twelfth-century Canterbury manuscript showing St Dunstan pulling the devil by the nose with his blacksmith's tongs.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Sun 20-Apr @ 15:30 Whispers in the Green: A Double Bill of Rural Horror! We proudly present two new pieces of folk horror on film, fresh nightmares from the lonely green... Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/whi...
Black and white photo of a lone cyclist travelling along an otherwise deserted country lane
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Sat 19-Apr @ 19:30 It's comedy, but it ain't stand-up. The UK's finest sketch, improv, character, physical or musical comedy or anything that is just that little bit different. All hosted by the insatiable and incorrigible Leslie Bloom. Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/ext...
Comedian Simon Topping sitting in a giant ice-cream cone.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Sat 19-Apr @ 18:00 Expect a rowdy evening of live-illustrated Epics, Folktales and the occasional sea-shanty live and in pencil when Chris Riddell and The Story Beast Get Folked Up! Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/chr... Not for kids!
Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated comedian The Story Beast (alias John Henry Falle) and world renowned illustrator and Observer political cartoonist, Chris Riddell.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Sat 19-Apr @ 15:00 Meet your local dragon! Learn to walk like a giant! Watch stories come to life live and in pencil! With comedian and tale-teller The Story Beast and former Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell. (Recommended age 6+) Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/chr...
Join comedian and tale-teller The Story Beast (alias John Henry Falle) as he teams up with former Children’s Laureate Chris Riddell for a rollicking live illustrated romp through the many realms of folktale.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Fri 18-Apr @ 21:00 Finish off the first night of the Once&Future fest with Far Darrig, the most sluttish, slouching, jeering, mischievous phantoms. Here to bring you jigs, reels and a hangover! #brightonmusicscene #follband #folkmusic Tickets sweetvenues.com/whats-on/far...
Far Darrig band playing folk music on traditional instruments
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Melissa Dylan aka vvaif @melissadylan.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Join, hear, and feel. Gravity weighs into its pictures present, to move for only those present. Thank you to @onceandfuturefest.bsky.social for hosting this special performance. #onceandfuture25 Tickets: sweetvenues.com/whats-on/vvaif #doomfolk #acousticmusic #brighton
A poster for the VVAIF performance at Once & Future Fest 2025. It reads: “VVAIF conjures primal, acoustic doom folk with melancholic vocals, raw guitar, and a stark, theatrical presence- unraveling subconscious emotions through eerie, unearthed tales where myth, memory, and reality blur.” Located at Sweet venue at The Yellow Book in Brighton, on April 24th 2025 from 6-6:50pm. Advanced tickets on sale for £10
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Fri 18-Apr @ 19:30 For one night only, Frankie Heartless brings us sea shanty and folk favourites! Frankie also performs on board the Golden Hinde, at steampunk events, and recently made their international debut at Helsinki Drag Fest. Tickets: sweetvenues.com/whats-on/the...
A piratical violin and mandolin with a flagon of ale.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Fri 18-Apr @ 18:00. Claire Vine’s songs sound like they’ve always existed. Condensing urgent political and social commentary into concise, uncompromising moments of raw beauty, her songs are unashamedly political and poignantly personal. Tickets: sweetvenues.com/whats-on/cla...
Folk singer Claire Vine performing on stage at a microphone. She is wearing a black vest and floral skirt.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Journey deeper beyond the Veil with a live podcast from faerie bards, Gabi, Alicia, Madi and Nem - the fae queens behind fantasy folk band Fae as Folk. Or enjoy two new pieces of folk horror on film, fresh nightmares from the lonely green… links in bio for tickets if you dare.
Poster listing podcast and film events for the Once&Future festival 2025 at the Yellow Book in Brighton.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Music of all kinds, from sea shanties to Attila the Stockbroker's Early Music Show via primal, acoustic doom folk and traditional folk-inspired originals. Link in bio for tickets #folkmusic #doomfolk #acidfolk #traditionalfolk #livemusicbrighton
Poster listing live music acts for the Once&Future festival 2025 at the Yellow Book in Brighton.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Stories and storytelling featuring dark fairytales, folk tales from a post-apocalyptic future, tales of terror plus Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated comedian The Story Beast (alias John Henry Falle) and cartoonist Chris Riddell. Link in bio for tickets #storytelling #folklore
Poster listing storytelling and literature events for the Once&Future festival 2025 at the Yellow Book in Brighton.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Once&Future 2025: Comedy includes Andrew O’Neill, Simon Topping and Woodland Gothic. Talks on Mediaeval art, 1970s British folk horror TV, the story of Masquerade (the book) and the ancient origins of the widespread symbol of the labyrinth. Link in bio for tickets #folkhorror #comedy #folklore
Poster listing comedy acts and talks for the Once&Future festival 2025 at the Yellow Book in Brighton.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Tickets now on sale for Sweet Venues’ brand-new festival of folklore, folk culture and folk horror at the Yellow Book. So if you want to step into ten days of myth, music and the macabre, simply follow the link in our bio. #folklore #folkhorror #livemusicbrighton #livetheatre #follcukture
Poster listing the many performers at the Once&Future festival 2025 at the Yellow Book in Brighton - Claire Vine, The Pirate's Tavern feat. Frankie Heartless, Far Darrig, Chris Riddell versus The Story Beast, Chris Riddell and The Story Beast Get Folked Up, Extra Topping Comedy Showcase, Whispers in the Green (Double Bill of Rural Horror) Magical Marginalia: Stories and Styles of Mediaeval Art, The Sleeping Princess, The Claras, Bedtime Stories, The Fae as Folklore Podcast, Belver, Cara Elin, VVAIF, Tom's Tales of Terror, What Lies Beneath: The Story of Masquerade, Attila the Stockbroker's Early Music Show  Andrew O'Neill: GEBURAH, Summer Is Icumen In Folk Jam, Queen Mab, Veronica, The Witchcraft and Vagrancy Act, The Lady of the Labyrinth, The Pattern Under the Plough: 1970s British Folk Horror Television, Future Folklore: Tales And Songs From Beyond The End Of The World, Woodland Gothic, Lunatraktors
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
For all your #techno #aggrotech #ebm #industrial #darkwave and #synthwave needs… the Yellow Book industrial music weekender starts tomorrow.
Industrial weekender poster showing futuristic head on a dark background
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
TONIGHT! Three bands, one evening, one venue. Psychedelic post-punk from Wage Theft, alt-rock from La Luna and stripped-down eclectically alternative rock from the Dripping Raspberries on Tuesday 11th March 2025. See you at the Yellow Book Bar. Music starts 8pm and entry is FREE. #freegigsBrighton
Monochrome photos of Wage Theft band and La Luna. The lead singer of Wage Theft is wearing a seagull mask on his head.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
NOW POURING! 62-Mile Stout from Silver Rocket. Lovingly brewed with rum-soaked cacao nibs from award-winning chocolatier J Cocoa & ethically-traded coffee beans from Backyard Coffee. #alternativestout #alternativebeers #independentbreweries
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shardcore @shardcore.org · 19/02/2025
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
8pm on Thursday 20th Feb... count me in.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This week at the Yellow Book...
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Spellbinding evening of Metal By Candlelight, featuring black metal harpist Ahrtemisia.
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RadioReverb @radioreverb.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
We've got another LIVE radio show for you, that you can WATCH, in person, as it's being made! 👀 😲 👏 Join host John Keenan + special guests for a live show from @yellowbookbar.bsky.social, Thurs Feb 13th, 7pm 🗓️ 🎟️ Tickets available here 👇 is.gd/gHTVvv £7 in advance, £10 on-the-door See you there!
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Join us in the bar tomorrow - Sunday 09-Feb - for an acoustic evening with Brighton-based singer songwriter Jack Samuels. Combining slick electric guitar and soulful vocals to create music from the heart. Starts 8pm!
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
We have a wintry evening of locally-brewed folk punk for you! Starring Pog, Emily Flea and Rootweave, this is a splendid way to ease into 2025. Free entry though the performers be collecting donations, starts 8pm. Get there early and grab a pew.
Montage of various album covers for acid-folk band POG
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Wait, what?? It's the Batshit Ball at the Yellow Book Bar on Saturday 01-Feb??? #brightonmetal #alternativebrighton #metalnight
GIF showing Max Schreck looming sinisterly in the original Nosferatu movie
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
It might not feel like it but Saturday is IMBOLC and that means the first day of spring! Celebrate at the Yellow Book Bar with a feast of folklore, folk culture, and folk horror... #imbolc #brightonfolk #brightongothic #freegigsbrighton #grassrootsbrighton
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Gothic folk featuring the mesmerising Jordi Alkema at the Yellow Book Bar, 8pm Tue 28-Jan 2025. Free entry so get here early! #freegigsbrighton #livusicbrighton #brightongrassroots #brightongigs #brightonmusicscene
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Last chance to see @urbanknightart.bsky.social Axel Toth's fantastic artwork on display at the Yellow Book. Exhibition ends at closing time on Monday 28-Jan 2025. NB Commissions open! #brightonartist #brightonexhibitions #brightonart #gothicart #darkart #darkartwork
Words: LAST CHANGE TO SEE! with thumbnails of black and white fantasy/gothic ink drawings by Axel Toth
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Tarot Nights return to the Yellow Book THIS WEDNESDAY — 22-Jan 2025 — from 7-10pm to offer some New Year inspiration. Readings are £15, come with a friend and enjoy a reading together! Walk-ins are fine or prebook on info@teaandtarotbrighton.com #tarotreading #whatsonbrighton #teaandtarotbrighton
Tarot card spread showing Queen of Wands
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Looking for distractions this week? We've got plenty lined up.... Wed 22-Jan 2025 : 7pm onwards New year Tarot Readings with Fiona Coffey Wed 22-Jan 2025 : 7:30pm onwards Simon Topping Brighton Improv Drop-In Sat 25-Jan 2025 : 3 – 5pm A Word With The Bird - family-friendly performances and chat.
AT THE YELLOW BOOK

Wed 22-Jan 2025 : 7pm onwards
New year Tarot Readings with Fiona Coffey

Wed 22-Jan 2025 : 7:30pm onwards
 Simon Topping Brighton Improv Drop-In

Sat 25-Jan 2025 : 3 – 5pm
A Word With The Bird - family-friendly
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Extracellular Polysaccharide Matrix @tom-mcnally.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I'm exhibiting at @yellowbookbar.bsky.social, with an opening event on the 5th of February! Come along if you can, to fondly regard my latest screen prints.
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Yellow Book Bar @yellowbookbar.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Your monthly dose of Emo mainlined into your veins at the Yellow Book Bar on Thu 16-Jan. Free entry, DJ session starts 8pm.
Neon pink and black poster reading Dear Maria... I'm in my Emo phase
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