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Tonight -- as my wife and I hurtled through the dark countryside to see Capote -- we listened to a playlist on my iPod (via iTrip). The playlist had a curious mix of music: much of the music was music that I listened to when I was younger (primarily in high school) and haven't listened to for some time. For kicks, I've posted much of the playlist below.

Pearl Jam, Elderly Woman...
Travis, Sing
Blink 182, I Miss You
Radiohead, Karma Police
Toad the Wet Sprocket, All I Want
OutKast, The Whole World
Less Than Jake, Johnny Quest
Stone Temple Pilots, Plush (acoustic)
MxPx, Take On Me (cover)
Our Lady Peace, Clumsy
Dave Matthews, After Her (live)
Weezer, My Name Is Jonas
Everclear, Everything to Everyone
U2, Beautiful Day
Biz Markie, Just a Friend
R.E.M., One (cover of U2)
Emmet Swimming, Sunblock
Cornershop, Brimful of Asha
Emmet Swimming, Listen to the River
Citizen Cope, Son's Gonna Rise
OutKast, The Way You Move
Agents of Good Roots, Upspin
Third Eye Blind, Motorcycle Drive-By
Seven Mary Three, Water's Edge
Goldfinger, Here in Your Bedroom
Reel Big Fish, Beer
Green Day, When I Come Around
R.E.M., Man On the Moon
Nirvana, Where Did You Sleep Last Night (unplugged)
Geggy Tah, Whoever You Are
Reel Big Fish, I'll Never Be
OutKast, Hey Ya!
Beastie Boys, Sabotage
Everyday at Six, The Yacht
Toad the Wet Sprocket, Walk On the Ocean
Bush, Machinehead
Skalicious, Rope
Offspring, Self Esteem
Oasis, Wonderwall
Green Day, Basket Case
Blur, Song 2
The Verve, Bittersweet Symphony
Pete Yorn, For Nancy
OMC, How Bizarre
Modest Mouse, Gravity Rides Everything
Green Day, J.A.R.
Our Lady Peace, Superman's Dead
Cowboy Mouth, Jenny Says
Santana f. Rob Thomas, Smooth
Blues Traveler, Most Precarious
Toadies, Possum Kingdom
Busta Rhymes, Gimme Some More
Foo Fighters, Next Year
MxPx, I'm Ok, You're Ok
Emmet Swimming, Jump in the Water
Green Day, Hitchin' a Ride
Matchbox Twenty, Long Day
Green Day, Brain Stew
Emmet Swimming, Arlington
R.E.M., Daysleeper
Green Day, She
Good Charlotte, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Beck, Tropicalia

I don't have to point out that many of these songs did not air while I was in high school. But, for some reason or another, almost all of these seem to come from my late high school/early college years, which coincidentally were the years of my life when music played the biggest role. All of these songs have memories attached to them. It's fun to listen to music that immediately transports you to a time and place far away while hanging out in my "new" life with my lovely bride. The best of both worlds.

P.S. Go see Capote. It's gosh darn good. Philip Seymour Hoffman is spectacular.