Remedial Reading for the 'C'onfused.

Programming from the Ground up is an easy going, fun read, and goes a long way towards explaining all those inconvenient miracles that occur when you first try to use pointers in C.

... and, for some reason, Holger Czukays' short video of 'Ode To Perfume' nicely matches the topic (and it's pretty good hacking music).  The longer version of that song is here

(and if this reminds you of Stockhausen's work, well, there's a reason for that)

Update: This here is also a useful read about C's peculiarities.