On OzcatRadio.com, 89.5 FM KZCT, with a listener audience in the thousands across the Northbay and worldwide...
Thee Mothership Connection is your ticket to
HARD ROCK, PUNK, AMERICANA, PSYCHE & LoFi
Broadcasting from the upper east-side of the San Pablo bay, featuring bands from the Greater Bay Area, NorCal (707), and Central Valley (209 & 916), performing at venues in the Northbay counties of Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Contra Costa, and in neighboring Oakland and Berkeley.
[facebook.com/The-Mothership-Connection-Ozcat-Radio-895-FM-KZCT-1441733309389969]
Tracks listed with bands are played on the live broadcast, and / or are recommended listening to.
Events databases:
- The LIST [is.gd/VpdB9G] of funk-punk-thrash-ska shows, alongside anything else.
- KZSU's Lively List of Live Music Happenings [kzsu.stanford.edu/concertcalendar]
- Sacramento Area Shows [undietacos.org]
- Bay Area Punk [bayareapunk.com]
- Solidarity with your community radio stations, including KWTF [kwtf.net] in neighboring Sonoma County!
- Vallejo downtown events and entertainment [artvallejo.org/events]
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At TOOT'S TAVERN, in Crockett
21+ // [tootstavern.com] [facebook.com/pg/tootstavern/events] // 627 2nd Ave., Crockett, CA 94525 // (510) 787-9860, [tootstavern@)gmail.com]
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At the Goldfield Trading Post
All-Ages shows // [goldfieldtradingpost.com/events] // 1630 J St, Sacramento // (916) 476-5076
Thursday, Oct. 4th, 7:30pm, $10 to $12
Event page [eventbrite.com/e/48652294322]
- For Peace Band
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At THE RED HAT
21+ // [facebook.com/redhatsportsbar] [reverbnation.com/venue/redhatsportsbar] // 1860 Monument Blvd Concord, CA 94518 // [facebook.com/TonyKrollBooking]
Saturday, Sept. 29th, 9pm, $7
Event page [facebook.com/events/169171163994699]
Tony Kroll presents...
- Well Secluded [facebook.com/WellSecluded] [soundcloud.com/well-secluded], w. "Don't You Worry", "Heavy Weighs the Crown"
- Pity The Foo (Foo Fighter Tribute Band) [facebook.com/groups/646516838695066]
- August Sun (on tour across Cali! #augustsuntour) [facebook.com/AugustSuntheband] [augustsuntheband.com], w. "To The Stone", "Freight Train"
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Saturday, October 6th, 9pm, $7
Tony Kroll Presents...
- Road Vikings [theroadvikings.bandcamp.com], w. "Black Magic Nights", "Full Moon"
- Sun Beast [sunbeast.bandcamp.com]
- Greasy Rich [facebook.com/Greasy-Rich-120666648502360]
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Friday, Oct. 12th, 8pm (doors), 8:30pm (show), $10
MARS Productions presents...
- Armed for Apocalypse
- The Lions Daughter
- Apothesary
- A Dying Sun
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Saturday, Oct 13th, 8pm, $7
- Heavens Heels [reverbnation.com/heavensheels]
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Friday, Oct. 19th, 9pm, $7
- United Defiance [uniteddefiance.bandcamp.com]
- 3UpFront [reverbnation.com/3upfront]
- Bay Area Danger (B.A.D.)
- The Tortured
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Saturday, Oct. 20th, 9pm, $7
Event page [reverbnation.com/show/23965719]
Tony Kroll presents...
- Absolem [reverbnation.com/absolem]
- Not This Day [reverbnation.com/notthisday]
- SLUDGEBUCKET [sludgebucket.bandcamp.com]
- Jackie Clementine (opener)
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Up The Creek
All-Ages // [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music] // 1840 Tice Valley Blvd. Walnut Creek
Saturday, September 29th, 6pm to 7:30pm, free
Event page [upthecreekrecords.com/events-and-live-music/2018/9/29/the-black-excellence-band]
- The Black Excellence Band (Soulful Acoustic Hip Hop - with live drum set and a fiddle!) [facebook.com/TheBlackExcellenceBand]
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At THE PHOENIX THEATER
All-Ages // [thephoenixtheater.com] // 201 Washington St, Petaluma, CA, 94952
Saturday, October 6th, 7:30 pm (doors), 8pm (show) 'til 11:30 pm, $10
Event page [thephoenixtheater.com/event/1755878-em-read-itchy-la-la-petaluma]
- Em Read
- Itchy La La
- Cowabunga (pop-punk, from Washington D.C.)
- Divorces
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At THE ARLENE FRANCIS CENTER, FOR SPIRIT, ARTS & POLITICS
All-Ages // [arlenefranciscenter.org] [facebook.com/arlenefranciscenter] // 99 6th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 7:30pm to 10pm, $10 Supportive Donation
Event page [facebook.com/events/1692860224127282]
North of The Bay: Music Series
- Colombia Livia
[facebook.com/columbaliviaband/videos/526684620861490]
[facebook.com/columbaliviaband]
- Aly Rose Trio
[facebook.com/AlyRoseTrio/videos/256019888308084]
[facebook.com/AlyRoseTrio]
- Garrison Krohn
[soundcloud.com/garrisonsound/parachute-she-is-love-cover-by-garrison-krohn]
- Dovekeeper
[facebook.com/Dovekeeper/videos/1673982142688122]
[facebook.com/Dovekeeper]
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At The Orchard House
All-Ages // [facebook.com/theorchardhousesr] // 670 Brittain Ln, Santa Rosa. Don't park on Brittain Ln, park in the corporate center parking lot across the street on sebastopol road.
Sunday, Oct. 21st, 6pm, donation-based (carry an extra $10 for band merchandise!)
Event page [facebook.com/events/1020554888125489/]
- Standards (from Los Angeles) [facebook.com/wearestandards] [wearestandards.bandcamp.com]
- Floral
- Sloth & Turtle [facebook.com/slothandturtle] [slothandturtle.com]
- Rex Means King (a psych prog punk whatever band) [facebook.com/RexMeansKingCA] [rexmeansking.bandcamp.com]
- Dreamfish
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At the San Jose Peace and Justice Center
All Ages // [sanjosepeace.org/calendar.php] // 48 South 7th st., San Jose // (408) 297-2299
Friday, Oct. 5th, 7:30pm, $5 to $7 donation
Event page [facebook.com/events/318361968915538]
- Pity Party [facebook.com/therealpityparty] [therealpityparty.bandcamp.com], w. "Grindmother", "Pop Song 4-Evr"
- Dezorah (Progressive post-punk, from McAllen, TX) [dezorah.bandcamp.com]
- Crying On Vacation (Indie pop, of San Jose) [galaxyswimteam.bandcamp.com/album/so-dude-what-are-you-doing-after-high-school-gst-17]
- Awakebutstillinbed (Emo, of San Jose) [awakebutstillinbed.bandcamp.com]
59 days of tour kick-off party for Pity Party & DeZorah!!
[facebook.com/therealpityparty/photos/a.1395499654109147/2173685322957239]
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At 924 GILMAN, in Berkeley
All-Ages // [924gilman.org] // 924 Gilman St. at 8th, Berkeley // (510) 524-8180
HARDCORE! THRASHCORE! METAL!
Saturday September 29th, 6:30pm (doors), 7pm (show), $17
Event page [facebook.com/events/235834790592039]
The Hard Times Shows presents...
TOTAL RETALIATION INVASION!
- Terror [facebook.com/terrorhardcore] [totalretaliation.com]
- Harm's Way (from Chicago) [facebook.com/harmsxway]
- Backtrack [facebook.com/BacktrackNYHC] [backtracknyhc.com]
- Year of the Knife (from Newark, Delaware) [facebook.com/yearoftheknife] [yearoftheknife.bandcamp.com]
- CANDY
On National Tour, schedule [facebook.com/BacktrackNYHC/photos/a.151283784899474/2249539758407189]
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TINY Fest Day Three
Sunday, Sept. 30th, 2pm 'til 10pm, $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/245157076111781]
This Is Not Your Fest- Benefit for BAWAR
- awakebutstillinbed (Emo, of San Jose) [facebook.com/awakebutstillinbed] [awakebutstillinbed.bandcamp.com]
- Year Of The Fist [facebook.com/yearofthefist] [yearofthefist.bandcamp.com], w. "Never Go Home", "Killer On The Road", "Let It Go"
- Gnarboots [facebook.com/GNARBOOTS]
- United Defiance [facebook.com/Uniteddefiance], "Product of Disaster" EP [youtube.com/watch?v=Xuft8VYWGbo], w. "Big Brother" (2:53), [uniteddefiance.bandcamp.com], w. "Homeward Bound", "Road Less Traveled"
- Day Labor [facebook.com/DayLabor] [daylaborska.bandcamp.com]
- Dying For It [facebook.com/dyingforitca] [safeinsiderecords.bandcamp.com/album/dying-for-it-born-to-deny], w. "Don't Buy The Lies", "Under His Eye"
- Lavender Scared [facebook.com/lavenderscared] [lavenderscared.bandcamp.com], w. "When the Walls Break", "Dust to Dust"
- Noble Bones [facebook.com/noblebones.ca]
- MoonFox [facebook.com/MoonFoxBand] [moonfox.bandcamp.com]
Check this show out on Rad Plaid!
[getradplaid.com/shows/this-is-not-your-fest-benefiting-bawar-day-three-09302018]
THIS IS NOT YOUR FEST MISSION STATEMENT
- Defend our shows, venues, and communities from perpetrators and apologists of sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and sexual assault
- Increase awareness and organization against domestic violence and sexual predation, with the goal of preventing predators and removing abusers’ and apologists’ ability to participate, function in, or profit from our scene
- Hold our venues, record labels, promoters, bookers, bands, engineers, patrons, and community accountable for their words, actions and associations
- Champion the needs of those who have survived abuse or are being abused through direct action and a zero-tolerance politic, thereby fostering a safer music scene free of abusers and those who enable them.
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Thursday, October 4th, 7pm (show) 'til 10pm, $10, watch out: mosh pit!
Event page [facebook.com/events/290202078246384]
- Midnite Snaxx
- Choked Up (from NYC)
- Sarchasm [sarchasm.bandcamp.com]
- Coherence [fuckcorporations.bandcamp.com]
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Friday, Oct. 5th, 7:30pm (doors), 8pm (show), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/521789898243808]
Hooray! Free breakfast and friendship!
- Lawn Chairs (of Oakland, leaving for another giant tour! w. Slang Church records) [lawnchairsoakland.bandcamp.com], w. "Vigilante Garbage Man"
- Get Married (Elvis impersonators, of San Jose, w. Asian Man Records) [getmarried.bandcamp.com]
- Campy (Connor & Jacob Gill-core, of Oakland)
- db (Grungers, of Oakland, ft. members of Rex Means King & Grumpster)
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Saturday, October 6th, 7pm (doors), 7:30pm (show), $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/649869875398609]
- Pity Party [facebook.com/therealpityparty] [therealpityparty.bandcamp.com]
- DeZorah (Progressive post-punk, from McAllen, TX) [dezorah.bandcamp.com]
- awakebutstillinbed (Emo, of San Jose) [facebook.com/awakebutstillinbed] [awakebutstillinbed.bandcamp.com]
+ acoustic performances by
- earthworm
- Greg Rekus
- Paige Baller
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Sunday, Oct. 7th, 5pm, $12
- Coolzey
- Jo Jack Talcum
- Toyota
- Two Lazy Boys
- dj Douggpound
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At People's Park!
All Ages
Saturday, Oct 20th, 12 noon 'til 5pm, FREE
- Uromastyx
- Stranger Than Fact
- Ripe Species
- 2 Lazy Boys
- sukon Hanibal
- Sasquatsh
- mc Bozo The Clown
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At 1234 Go!
All-Ages // [1234gorecords.com] [facebook.com/pg/1234gorecords/events] // 420 40th Street #5 Oakland, CA
Tuesday, Oct. 2nd, 7pm, $8
- Choked Up (of NYC) [facebook.com/ChokedUpNYC] [chokedup.bandcamp.com]
- Coherence [fuckcorporations.bandcamp.com], w. "no heroes"
- awakebutstillinbed (Emo, of San Jose) [facebook.com/awakebutstillinbed] [awakebutstillinbed.bandcamp.com]
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Friday, Oct. 5th, 7:30pm (doors), $10, watch out: mosh pit!
Event page [facebook.com/events/314844259281789]
Tankcrimes and 1234Go presents....
- VITAMIN X (International Hardcore Superstars, from Amsterdam) [vitaminx.bandcamp.com]
with support from two of the sickest HC punk bands Oakland has to offer...
- ISOTOPE [isotopehardcore.bandcamp.com], w. "Wake Up Screaming"
- KHIIS
Vitamin X is appearing next
at the Blue Lamp
21+ // 1400 Alhambra blvd, Sacramento
Oct. 7th, 8pm, $12 / $15
Event page [sacramento.carpe-diem.events/calendar/7979041-vitamin-x-slow-code-sick-burn-and-years-of-aggression-at-blue-lamp-sacramento/]
- Vitamin X (hardcore punk from Amsterdam — new record out on Southern Lord) [vitaminx.bandcamp.com]
- Slow Code (punk rock, from Seattle) [slowcodewa.wordpress.com]
- Sick Burn (local hardcore, members of RAD)
- Years of Aggression (local punk/grind) [yoanorcal.bandcamp.com]
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Saturday, October 6th, 7pm 'til 10pm
Event page [facebook.com/events/2081150868879706]
- Oy Noko
- Corduroy
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Sunday, October 7th, 7pm 'til 10pm, $8
Event page [facebook.com/events/511932342617517]
- Michael Dean Damron (I Can Lick Any SOB In The House) [michaeldeandamron.org]
- Chad Price (Drag The River, and All) [dragtheriver.com]
- Dear County [facebook.com/dearcounty] [dearcounty.com]
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PRISON STRIKE BENEFIT
Saturday, Oct. 13th, 5:30pm (doors), 6pm 'til 10pm (show), $3 to $3mill donation-based
Event page [facebook.com/events/174989826710860], watch out: mosh pit!
FUNDRAISER FOR INMATES HARMED BY RETALIATION DURING NATIONAL PRISON STRIKES
Presented by ABO Comix & ARM Publishing & IWOC Oakland
- DEFEND
- DECARCERATED [facebook.com/decarcerated.arms]
- CHRYSANTHEMUM
- DIATOMACEOUS EARTH
w. VENDORS, RAFFLES, & LOUD MUSIC!
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Friday, Oct. 19th 7pm, $10
Event page [facebook.com/events/269389173691360]
- FUTURE PUNX [facebook.com/FuturePunx]
- Lower Self [facebook.com/LowerSelfSF]
- Magnetizer
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At The Gargoyle
381 15th st. (new bar with pinball machines! Right by BART)
Friday, Oct. 5th, 9pm, $8
Event page [facebook.com/events/2245689945712798]
- PIÑÉN (raw hardcore punk, from Barcelona!) [abortosonoro.bandcamp.com]
- KHIIS (Local rippers with a new 7”!) [khiis.bandcamp.com]
- SCREAMING FIST (Gonna have a demo I think?)
- SHIT COFFINS (Ex look back and laugh, talk is poison, negative standards, no statik) [shitcoffins.bandcamp.com]
Plus new band TBA featuring members of Mozart, Sterile Mind and Hunting Party
Support international punk!!
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At the Octopus Literary Salon
All-Ages // [oaklandoctopus.org] [facebook.com/TheOctopusLiterarySalon] // 2101 Webster st. at 22nd st. // (510) 844-4120
Saturday, September 29th, 6pm 'til 9pm, $6-20
Event page [facebook.com/events/528092354271378] [oaklandoctopus.org/street-eaters-drama-silent-era-casual-burn-new-orleans-6pm-6-20]
Nervous Intent Records presents...
- Street Eaters [streeteaters.bandcamp.com], w. "To The Ice" & "Davenant"
- Drama [omgdrama.bandcamp.com]
- Silent Era (driving moody punk) [silenterabayarea.bandcamp.com], w. "Borrowed Time", "Powers Of Ten"
- Casual Burn (dirty/dark punk, from New Orleans) [casualburn.bandcamp.com]
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Saturday, September 29th, 10pm, $8
Event page [oaklandoctopus.org/marbled-eye-record-release-marinero-lacker-j-nguyen-10pm-8]
- Marbled Eye (Record Release! Kick-off show for their Leisure Tour 2018!) [marbledeye.bandcamp.com], w. "Open Hand", "Curtain", "Idle Hour"
- Marinero
- Lacker
- J Nguyen
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Saturday, Oct. 6th, 9:30pm, $8
Event page [https://www.facebook.com/events/2126817030867798/]
- Ryan Von Gonten (album release show for debut LP "Truthlikeness" out on Human Noise Records!) [humannoiserecords.bandcamp.com/album/truthlikeness]
- Ziplock (guitar scrap ♥) [processionalcross.bandcamp.com], w. "Laramie"
- Jana Horn (atx) (folk with feel) [janahorn.bandcamp.com]
- Little Arcs (math rock doo-wop) [littlearcs.bandcamp.com]
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At the CATALYST ATRIUM
16+ // [catalystclub.com] // 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz // (831) 423-1338, (831) 423-1336
Sunday, Oct. 7th, 8:30pm (doors), 9pm (show), $18/$20
- Strung Out
- The Bombpops
- Counter Punch
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Monday, Oct. 8th, 8:30pm (doors), 9pm (show), $17/$19
- Grieves
- Greater Than
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At the Mayfair Center
All-Ages //
Tuesday, Oct. 9th, 8pm, $6 to $8
Event page [sanjose.carpe-diem.events/calendar/8102352-choked-up-nyc-eves-peach-practicing-sincerity-at-san-jose-california/]
- Choked Up (On Tour from NYC! Pop-punk telenovela about reclaiming your heart during fascism! Fronted by Cristy Road, yr fave zinester from the 90's!) [chokedup.bandcamp.com]
- Eve's Peach (Power-pop Sweethearts, from San Jose) [evespeach.bandcamp.com]
- Practicing Sincerity (Santa Cruz-based soft punks with lots of feelings and some guitar solos!) [practicingsincerity.bandcamp.com]
- Yufi 64 (from Seattle)
- Chanel Beads (from Seattle)
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'Zine Reviews & News
* [brokenpencil.com]
* [facebook.com/SyndicatedZineReviews] [syndicatedzinereviews.blogspot.com]
924 Gilman Annual Zine Fest!
Saturday, October 6th, 3pm 'til 6pm, FREE!
Event page [facebook.com/events/649626532082978]
Featuring tables from
- RE/Search
- PM Press
- Pixel Jizz
- Underground Zine
- ABO Comix
- In The Closet
- Ardent Press!
Reminder that it's FREE, and if you're interested in staying for the Pity Party show in the evening, you only have to pay half the cover!
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At El Comalito Collective Cultural Arts Center
All-Ages // [facebook.com/elcomalitocollective] // 302 Georgia St, Vallejo
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Check out Raizes Collective [facebook.com/raizescollective] [raizescollective.org], in Sonoma Valley!
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Open Mic & Poetry Listings
Ca' Momi Osteria, in Napa
[facebook.com/camomiosteria]
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Sunday Poetry at the Deli
2nd Sunday of the month, 3 to 5pm
at Valona Deli, 1323 Pomona st. in Crockett. Tel: (510) 787-2022
This popular Crockett event attracts poets and poetry lovers from all around the Bay Area, with featured poets, and an open mic.
[poetrypost.com/valona-deli-events]
[facebook.com/Valona-Deli-Second-Sunday-Poetry-Series-129743620466029]
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Poetry in Notion: A Gathering of Poets
3rd Mondays at 6:30pm
John F. Kennedy Library, 505 Santa Clara st. Vallejo
Poetry enthusiasts gather each month to share their love of poetry. Do you write poetry? Or do you simply like to read poetry? Please come join us as we read poems to eachother - either original work or that of others. Our read around style group is open to teenagers and adults wishing to share their poetry or that of their favorite poets. Come and listen or share. This is a monthly group sponsored by the JFK Library founded by Genea Brice that has been meeting since 2015. Hosted by D.L. Lang. Free snacks. No admission fee.
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Also tune-in to...
* "Rhythms with Rich": Mondays, 3 to 6pm
* Talking Schmidt, Sunday 6 to 9pm, with Rock, Blues, Classics, with new, unsigned, alternative artists!
* "Grateful Siren and Mose Show" (@GratefulSirenAndMoseShowOnOzcatRadio) [facebook.com/GratefulSirenAndMoseShowOnOzcatRadio] We play an eclectic blend of reggae, blues, rock and, of course, the Grateful Dead, every Monday night from 9-midnight
* "The Irie Radio Show", conscious roots reggae and dancehall, Fridays, 6 to 9pm
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