ANDREW DOST.

Some friends of mine have started an amazing company.  It's a music service that bundles 10 albums together and lets you buy them for $15 total.  It's called soundsupply and you can see what it's all about here:

https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=197191&c=ib&aff=199666

Here's why I like this idea so much.

1.  Every album in the world is available for free online nowadays, if you're willing to hunt for it.  But when EVERYTHING is free, it's tough to narrow it down to a handful of new choices.  I have this problem with Spotify - when you have access to every album, how do you know what to listen to?  I've stared for hours waiting to type something into the search bar.

The infinite access means we still depend on word of mouth, or blogs, to hear new bands.  The albums in each Soundsupply bundle are chosen by people who know music.  Albums you might be curious about already are grouped with other albums they think you might be interested in.

It's kind of like having a wise buddy tell you which of Noam Chomsky's books will blow your mind.  Or which Tom Waits albums were really heartbreaking.  Or which Mountain Dew spinoffs are great and which taste like vomit.

2.  It's a crazy good deal.  10 entire albums for $15.

3.  COLUMBUS is in the first package!  So even if you have it already, it's a good time to buy again to hear all the other fantastic albums with which it's bundled.

That link again is:

https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=197191&c=ib&aff=199666

Merry Christmas, Andrew! It's nothing great, but fun. has helped me so much over this year - I felt like I owed you guys something.

I wanted to send it to Nate and Jack, too, but I don't know how..

Anyway - have a fantastic holiday! Hope all of you get to spend it with people you love.

- Nick