Ruby Dee Philippa: PUNK STORYTELLER

Ruby Dee Philippa and 2 friends standing in front of the FLIPPER band van

Dive into Ruby’s tales of life as a punk on the streets of San Francisco back in the day. Most of the stories are more or less true…

bag of tricks trilogy

Bag of Tricks is a compilation of short stories about San Francisco punks in the early 80’s

Bag Of Tricks

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