Bag of Tricks: Mixed Stories of Life as a San Francisco Punk in the early 80’s

Ruby Dee Philippa

Oct 2025 · Earth Island Books · Narrated by Ruby Dee Philippa

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Bag of Tricks by Ruby Dee Philippa

Mixed Stories of Life as a San Francisco Punk in the early 80’s

BOOK ONE OF A PUNK TRILOGY

BAG OF TRICKS is a compilation of short stories about San Francisco punks in the early 80’s.

These vignettes stand alone yet bleed into one another. Meet the band The Shits, their groupies The Clits, and an array of colourful characters who populate these streets, squats and punk shows. With them, we cop drugs, shoot up, dumpster dive, trip around The City, go to punk shows and slip between the cracks of society.

Most of the stories are true, although some of the details may or may not have happened...