My favorite cold open.

"It's been a long December and there is reason to believe that maybe this year will be better than the last.... I will walk along these hillsides in the summer 'neath the sunshine. I am feathered by the moonlight. I am feathered, I am feathered, I am feathered, I am feathered, I am feathered and I guess I should."

I love love love this song, particularly this version of it with "A Murder of One" alts (which inspired my feather tattoo). (And I think it might be the most-viewed video I've uploaded on youtube, with close to 200,000 views, so other people must like it, too.)