Ariana Morgenstern

By Ariana Morgenstern • Nov 24, 2025 • 1m Listen “Pajarito” finds José González at his most delicate and introspective, weaving his signature finger-picked guitar with quietly luminous melodies. Sung in Spanish, the track carries a gentle, folkloric warmth as González reflects on fragility, hope, and the small but meaningful moments that guide us forward.

I'm reeling with a heavy heart today at the passing of a dear friend, David Lynch. I have been lucky in my life to meet my heroes, and David was one of them. He was one of my favorite guests. I am not clear on when we met. It may have been when we first invited him onto Morning Become Eclectic 30-something years ago... or I think that we met through a mutual friend (and later, David’s biographer), Kristine McKenna, at one of his art shows.

One of the million reasons that Mark Oliver Everett — aka eels, aka e — has been on Morning Becomes Eclectic so many times is because you can count on him for two things. He always brings his A-game, armed with brand new songs and he offers wit and humor that so dryly surfaces when we talk with him. Underneath his smart, funny curmudgeonly exterior is a big mushy heart. And just to prove it, we came up with some kooky questions for him to answer for this latest session of In Residence.