  We explore the relationship between classical quasinormal mode frequencies
and black hole quantum mechanics in 2+1 dimensions. Following a suggestion of
Hod, we identify the real part of the quasinormal frequencies with the
fundamental quanta of black hole mass and angular momentum. We find that this
identification leads to the correct quantum behavior of the asymptotic symmetry
algebra, and thus of the dual conformal field theory. Finally, we suggest a
further connection between quasinormal mode frequencies and the spectrum of a
set of nearly degenerate ground states whose multiplicity may be responsible
for the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.
