it pays to buy used.

I picked up a copy of Nada Surf's "Karmic" yesterday at Embassy Vinyl. Today I opened it up and there's Sharpie scrawling all over the inside. It's signed by the band. Matthew Caws wrote to the previous owner: "Indeed, pal! Indeed!" Daniel Lorca's writing was illegible, but it had a smiley. And Ira Elliot put a little drum with N.S. below his name.

Yes, they're just people. But I still think this is pretty cool.

Thanks, karma, for being on my side.
No pun intended.