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Dogtown Redemption: Polkacide Drummer Now Homeless
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Dogtown Redemption, we learn a surprising revelation about Miss Kay, now a homeless woman living on the streets in Oakland, CA, but way back when in happier days a drummer for popular Bay Area "punk polka" band Polkacide.
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