What I'm listening to right now.
Don McLean, "American Pie." This song seemed very meaningful and significant when I was 17. It seems less so, now, but it's still an excellent song. I remember sitting on a sand dune on Mad River Beach in Arcata, memorizing this song. I spent a lot of time memorizing poetry and song lyrics in high school – is this something nearly universal to adolescence?
Here's is a picture I took on a dune at Mad River Beach in Arcata, in 2007.