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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

As the new year approaches, I always take time to clean out my home office and files. This year, I stumbled across a few photos tucked away in remote places, including this shot of me, Lara and PigPen outside our house on Gold Avenue in Albuquerque. I’m guessing this was around ’91 or ’92. I, of course, am wearing the obligatory flannel shirt and Grateful Dead t-shirt. (This is also during my ponytail phase.) Lara’s wearing her usual grin … I think this was taken by an intern from Arizona who had the unlikely name of Gawain. I think his girlfriend was Sunshine. Damn, that was a long time ago …

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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

Wes picks a tune with the Dia de Los Muertos skeleton who sits in our rafters after we mixed moonshine and Christmas lights. The effect was pretty spectacular … If you look closely, you can see LBJ up in the rafters, too (upper right).

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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz

Wes, Lara and I pose amid the blitz of lights we strung through the house after quaffing a bit of Popcorn Sutton’s moonshine. If you look closely in the lower left, you’ll see a white blur that is Mully as he scurries through the photo.