"Punk is Dead, Punk is Everything"

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I forgot if I ever mentioned that the book I worked on designing for so long has come out. It is a beast of a book at 288 pages of punk flyers and ephemera. 

My favorite review is this:

"We need books like this to serve as the inscrutable evidence of the losers and the drunk, hopeful teens with their best bad ideas in full flower....
To remember punk as it really happened." 

Jessica Hopper - Chicago Tribune / This American Life

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We got away for the weekend to the coast.

It was a great way to celebrate the end of a long year for the Etter family.

To reflect on how far we've traveled recently on our path, and to connect with old friends.

Joe and Kelly came up from California for a visit with their kids, Riley and Robbie (and George).

The Barrios family rules.

Riley rules ten times over.

Violet had a word with Joe about the way things should be run.

Robbie rocked the house with some karaoke. He's 2 and half years old. Violet had a little crush on the cool, older boy.

Riley took such good care of Violet.

Ruca loved the beach action.

...and so did George. The rain came down in the late afternoon, somewhere around 4:20 or so.

What a beautiful way to spend the vacation.

May the new year bring many joys and successes, whatever that may mean to you!

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