Author Archives: eldamcarmona

Sufjan Stevens.  I don't play him enough… I need to fix that…    

 

The winner of NPR's 2nd Annual Tiny Desk Contest will, for want of a better word, amaze you.  The whole Tiny Desk Concert is here.    

My brother-in-law told the fam today via text that Keith Emerson had died. Alas, my response was "meh." I had googled Keith Emerson and saw that he was the EMERSON of Emerson, Lake & Palmer from back in the day, but it still didn't register. Maybe it was because my poor pea brain read Emerson, Lake and Palmer but heardContinue reading “Lucky Man/Fanfare for the Common Man”

If you haven't seen Kelly Clarkson's riveting performance of this song during the final season of American Idol, you can see it here.  Have tissue close at hand. I could go on about the HUGE impact dads have on their daughters, but I won't.  At least not now. Kelly does just fine.    

In an Elephant Revival kinda mood tonight. Maybe I'm missing Northern California… This music reminds me of the little shops in Sonoma… or Yountville, or Santa Cruz… Half Moon Bay, perhaps. It's something I can't quite put my finger on, but I've yet to find it here in Southern California. It's earthy and airy atContinue reading “Ancient Sea”

Haven't played Elephant Revival much lately. This is a lovely find.    

Six years. Six years I've spent with the Crawleys… six years of love lost and gained and lives changed, altered, for good and for bad. I've said goodbye to cherished characters. I've watched as mistakes were made, some with little repercussion, others with devastating consequences. I've laughed, I've cried. I cringed and bristled and satContinue reading “Downton Abbey”

"Not only is all your affliction momentary, not only is all your affliction light in comparison to eternity and the glory there, but all of it is TOTALLY meaningful. …It's working for you an eternal weight of glory, therefore, therefore do not lose heart…" – John Piper Selah.    

Darlingside.  Yeah, still going there.