zed. Hi, Donita!

Have fun Donita

Hope you’re having fun!

Enjoy!

hi, donita! have fun on tour!

Ain’t mobile Internet technology freakin cool? Touring these days is a dream compared to the bad decade old maps in the van glove compartment and directions from the drunk at the last gig days. I’d have taken a dude’s eye out to have a laptop and a mobile card on my last jaunt around the country.

Donita, your drunken soroity girl somehow has managed to attend half the shows I’ve ever played. Maybe if she follows you for awhile….:)

Oops that donita comment above is mine, I forgot to sign out of her username after posting the thread.

Donita Sparks @ 5

Ain’t mobile Internet technology freakin cool?

I know, it’s amazing, It’s great when you’re on the go

Hi Donita, Love the report from the road! FYI, This Hillbilly connects to the net via cell phone and the cord is bogus and not necessary if you have blue tooth..

How did you like the Great American Music Hall?

Big mistake to go to the Beauty Bar — it’s for shallow frat boys and sorority girls. Millions of other great bars in SF where you won’t have the same problem.

Hi fini

Hi Elliott…I’m hiding…I booboo’d up the thread and don’t want people throwing stuff at me cuz Donita’s not here yet. She will be soon though.

Hello Margot.

lahoma

Dat and Alan have excellent musical taste by the way. They had a lot more to add to the playlist that I just couldn’t find but were cool songs.

I love Eugene!

finifinito @ 7

Oops that donita comment above is mine, I forgot to sign out of her username after posting the thread.

Darn that short-term memory loss! :)

Eureka Springs @ 15

I love Eugene!

and he feels the same for you?

For those in my family who serve in the Air Force and the U.S. Army. We love you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhrCyKsVtug

RonD @ 16

finifinito @ 7

Oops that donita comment above is mine, I forgot to sign out of her username after posting the thread.

Darn that short-term memory loss! :)

Nah…its not sho-….ooh shiny! [blinks] Uh, yeah, uh…whats happenin man?

hey , donita, i hate to be the one to tell you this and ruin your fun, but i was on my computer and i discovered that, once again, you are being ripped off. do you want me to fill you in?

89.6 million and 82

I was almost crying with laughter from your description of Eugene!

Enjoy Portland!

Nothing but loving envy for what Donita’s doing right now…really nothing like it. Touring…for people who get wrung out on the road, it might be a burden, but for people who live to play live, there’s really nothing like it. I wish I could have done a lot more, although I still play clubs 120-150 nights a year.
{{{{Donita}}}}

Sound check…testing, tesstting, one two..sssstt…sssttt…sounds good, can you take the drummer out of my monitor…too much guitar…okay…sounds good…where’s the food?

I love the road.

Elliott @ 17

Eureka Springs @ 15

I love Eugene!

and he feels the same for you?

I was only kidding

donita – thanks as usual for the playlist. very nice.

RonD @ 23

Nothing but loving envy for what Donita’s doing right now…really nothing like it. Touring…for people who get wrung out on the road, it might be a burden, but for people who live to play live, there’s really nothing like it. I wish I could have done a lot more, although I still play clubs 120-150 nights a year.
{{{{Donita}}}}

Cheers from a retired grunt from the road. I did monitor mixes and FOH for local and regional acts out of Indiana for years. Been a studio rat for 15 years.

Welcome to Portland Donita!
Absolutely Beeeyoootiful day, innit?
I will see you tonight.

Donita Sparks wrote:

The bad vibes happened after the show at The Beauty Bar where a drunken sorority girl and her British soccer hooligan companion threatened to throw my foxy male guitarists thru the saloon glass window, simply for looking better than they did.

I’m sorry to hear that.

Donita Sparks wrote:

My friend (whom I re-connected with in “comments” here at FDL) invited us for some grub and a place to crash. The house was filled with healthy, glowing, friendly people, most of them barefooted river guides. It was sort of like studying another species in their own habitat: totally positive vibes from everyone. (Later that night, my drummer Dee had a nightmare that the beautiful, no makeup wearing women at the party, attacked me. We’re still trying to interpret this one).

All those impressions. I gotta get out more.

Anyway, have a blast tonight.

LS @ 25

Sound check…testing, tesstting, one two..sssstt…sssttt…sounds good, can you take the drummer out of my monitor…too much guitar…okay…sounds good…where’s the food?

I love the road.

Is that the band standing around the mixer, taking turns turning themselves up?

RonD,
I wish I could go see more live music.
Performing live…I can’t imagine it.
I just love the energy that’s at a live concert. Does it get wearing?

RonD @ 31

LS @ 25

Sound check…testing, tesstting, one two..sssstt…sssttt…sounds good, can you take the drummer out of my monitor…too much guitar…okay…sounds good…where’s the food?

I love the road.

Is that the band standing around the mixer, taking turns turning themselves up?

lol – only when the sound guy’s not looking ;)

finifinito @ 28

RonD @ 23

Nothing but loving envy for what Donita’s doing right now…really nothing like it. Touring…for people who get wrung out on the road, it might be a burden, but for people who live to play live, there’s really nothing like it. I wish I could have done a lot more, although I still play clubs 120-150 nights a year.
{{{{Donita}}}}

Cheers from a retired grunt from the road. I did monitor mixes and FOH for local and regional acts out of Indiana for years. Been a studio rat for 15 years.

Cheers back at you! (clink).

LS @ 33

RonD @ 31

Is that the band standing around the mixer, taking turns turning themselves up?

lol – only when the sound guy’s not looking ;)

But, RonD, does it go to 11, man?

Demi @ 35

LS @ 33

lol – only when the sound guy’s not looking ;)

But, RonD, does it go to 11, man?

lol – How do we get to the stage???

It’s Friday night night. Want to go dancin’? For my baby (Lahoma):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=

Elliott @ 17

Eureka Springs @ 15

I love Eugene!

and he feels the same for you?

Coincidentally my brothers middle name is Eugene.

This photo reminds me of late October in Eugene.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 36

It’s Friday night night. Want to go dancin’? For my baby (Lahoma):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=

Shout blues from ol’ Big Joe Turner!

Margot @ 32

RonD,
I wish I could go see more live music.
Performing live…I can’t imagine it.
I just love the energy that’s at a live concert. Does it get wearing?

On stage, no, because you’re generating so much energy, and giving off and feeding off this energy coming back at you, that I know I can play for hours live before I start to really feel it…off stage, yeah, I’m not 25 anymore and I feel it the next day when I’ve played a heavy show…but I’ll do it till I can’t. :)

You crank it up to 11 and break it off! If it’s too loud, you’re too old!

just kidding.

Ron, who you play with, where are you based?

RonD @ 41

If it’s too loud, you’re too old!

Hahaha! That’s what I always say when I’m joking around with my mom and dad if they tell me to turn down my music!

OT, does anyone on this thread have a link to the “Al The Spook” blog?

Eureka Springs @ 36

This photo reminds me of late October in Eugene.

Good god, that’s gorgeous…

OMG, how did you wind up with Teenage Kicks on your playlist? It’s been on my brain all week, I put it up on late nite last either last night or the night before in the comments, can’t remember.

randiego @ 44

OT, does anyone on this thread have a link to the “Al The Spook” blog?

http://ratiocinatonsofasavageheart.blogspot.com/

Jane Hamsher @ 45

OMG, how did you wind up with Teenage Kicks on your playlist? It’s been on my brain all week, I put it up on late nite last either last night or the night before in the comments, can’t remember.

Dat and Alan put this playlist together. Like I said upthread, these guys have great musical taste!

Bears in the Threatdown again on Thursday’s Colbert Report. What. A. Surprise. (Not!)

Not only that, but Stephen ColBERT disparaged my good friend’s professionalism.

I smell a law suit. Or is that salmon…?

Eureka Springs @ 37

Coincidentally my brothers middle name is Eugene.

This photo reminds me of late October in Eugene.

It’s lovely! beautiful colors, although bittersweet that winter comes after the leaflightshow.

My memory of Eugene is a wide open campus lawn and fifty hundred million evening grosbeaks.

finifinito @ 42

Ron, who you play with, where are you based?

My current gig is a Tampa Bay-based Pink Floyd tribute band, Wall of Echoes, and a rotating assortment of bar bands.

When I grow up I wanna be in a band!

My favorite Bee Gees.

Did you see yourself up here yesterday BTW, D, giving us all a moment of respite?

Donita says-. My friend (whom I re-connected with in “comments” here at FDL) ……

who was the commenter?

i am not normally a gossip monger, but i do wonder, who had no-make-up guests at their house??????????

you would laugh if you knew why i wanted to know………

best of all things on your tour, donita. use your talent, live life.

Jess @ 52

When I grow up I wanna be in a band!

Be ready to sacrifice. Not just you, but your friends, family, and loved ones. It requires an incredible amount of unseen work and costs, financial, relationships, and lifestyle.
It is not easy.

Do not sell your soul casually.

But it is a hell of a lot of fun.

RonD @ 50

finifinito @ 42

Ron, who you play with, where are you based?

My current gig is a Tampa Bay-based Pink Floyd tribute band, Wall of Echoes, and a rotating assortment of bar bands.

Seems like every pro I know not in LA, NY or Nashville is doing the same thing. My brother has 4 rotating jazz gigs in Indy but he plays 3-4 nights a week and is still making a living. The gigs are drying up though, it’s got a lot of good players taking day gigs or heading into resort/c*s*no work.

RonD @ 55

Jess @ 52

When I grow up I wanna be in a band!

Be ready to sacrifice. Not just you, but your friends, family, and loved ones. It requires an incredible amount of unseen work and costs, financial, relationships, and lifestyle.
It is not easy.

Do not sell your soul casually.

But it is a hell of a lot of fun.

Got it, I know it’s not all fun n games, I just gotta remember that. But from what I’ve heard musicians do face problems like that most of the time so it shows that you just gotta be prepared I guess

i’m an old guy

love bach, beethoven, brahms, etc.

also jazz, disco, and pop

on vinyl

too much noise, imo, in digital music

LS @ 47

randiego @ 44

OT, does anyone on this thread have a link to the “Al The Spook” blog?

http://ratiocinatonsofasavageheart.blogspot.com/

Thanks LS – I figured you’d be the one.

Ok, carry on!

I like old stuff too, all my friends don’t, they’re into crap like Emo and Disney Channel and whatever is on top 40, they call my stuff “boring old stuff”, it’s annoying

BTW

If you want to save the playlist assembled for us, launch the stand alone player and then bookmark the site.

busted at 29 says-”

Welcome to Portland Donita!
Absolutely Beeeyoootiful day, innit?
I will see you tonight.”

did you make your sign? or are you too ‘cool’ for that?

RonD @ 55

Jess @ 52

When I grow up I wanna be in a band!

Be ready to sacrifice. Not just you, but your friends, family, and loved ones. It requires an incredible amount of unseen work and costs, financial, relationships, and lifestyle.
It is not easy.

Do not sell your soul casually.

But it is a hell of a lot of fun.

Run, don’t walk to get this book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life It’s really wonderful’ Jacob was Semisonic’s drummer (Closing Time). He’s not bitter, it’s not all sex drugs and crap, it’s about what it took to “make it”.

raven @ 62

RonD @ 55

Be ready to sacrifice. Not just you, but your friends, family, and loved ones. It requires an incredible amount of unseen work and costs, financial, relationships, and lifestyle.
It is not easy.

Do not sell your soul casually.

But it is a hell of a lot of fun.

Run, don’t walk to get this book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life It’s really wonderful’ Jacob was Semisonic’s drummer (Closing Time). He’s not bitter, it’s not all sex drugs and crap, it’s about what it took to “make it”.

Sounds interesting

I had a dream last night, myself.

I dreamt Hillary was hosting “The View” for tea in the Oval Office with Ben Bernanke. Ben complained the economy was flat … the rest was a blur.

Elliott @ 60

BTW

If you want to save the playlist assembled for us, launch the stand alone player and then bookmark the site.

Brilliant… thanks.

and busted, i have to admit, i wouldn’t do the sign, i would pass a note, but it sounded so cool…i could picture it..so that’s why i wondered….

This was, and is… a giant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=

My grandparents lived in Eugene. I miss visiting them. It’s a great place.

The get Star Making Machinery a 30 year old book about a great band, Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen and how they would not sell out like, say, the Eagles did.

most college towns are great

oases

raven @ 61

Run, don’t walk to get this book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life It’s really wonderful’ Jacob was Semisonic’s drummer (Closing Time). He’s not bitter, it’s not all sex drugs and crap, it’s about what it took to “make it”.

Hunter Thompson has the best quote ever about the music business.

“The music business is a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”

Jess @ 63

raven @ 62

Run, don’t walk to get this book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life It’s really wonderful’ Jacob was Semisonic’s drummer (Closing Time). He’s not bitter, it’s not all sex drugs and crap, it’s about what it took to “make it”.

Sounds interesting

Their lead and songwriter is Dan Wilson took home the Grammy for Song Of The Year! He won the prize for “Not Ready To Make Nice” which he co-wrote with the Dixie Chicks and they released on the CD “Taking The Long Way”.

Jess @ 60

I like old stuff too, all my friends don’t, they’re into crap like Emo and Disney Channel and whatever is on top 40, they call my stuff “boring old stuff”, it’s annoying

I do too but after hearing the Monkeys once on the Today Show, I ordered a CD of theirs on Amazon. It’s only good in moderation. Now I enjoy the Grey’s Anatomy soundtracks.

finifinito @ 70

raven @ 61

Run, don’t walk to get this book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life It’s really wonderful’ Jacob was Semisonic’s drummer (Closing Time). He’s not bitter, it’s not all sex drugs and crap, it’s about what it took to “make it”.

Hunter Thompson has the best quote ever about the music business.

“The music business is a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”

My brother manages a band in LA and he said he learned all kinds of really important stuff from the book.

JPL @ 72

Jess @ 60

I like old stuff too, all my friends don’t, they’re into crap like Emo and Disney Channel and whatever is on top 40, they call my stuff “boring old stuff”, it’s annoying

I do too but after hearing the Monkeys once on the Today Show, I ordered a CD of theirs on Amazon. It’s only good in moderation. Now I enjoy the Grey’s Anatomy soundtracks.

Steve Stills tried out for the Monkees and didn;t make it.

raven @ 72

Jess @ 63

Sounds interesting

Their lead and songwriter is Dan Wilson took home the Grammy for Song Of The Year! He won the prize for “Not Ready To Make Nice” which he co-wrote with the Dixie Chicks and they released on the CD “Taking The Long Way”.

Oh, I like that song! My mom has that album!

raven @ 74

JPL @ 72

I do too but after hearing the Monkeys once on the Today Show, I ordered a CD of theirs on Amazon. It’s only good in moderation. Now I enjoy the Grey’s Anatomy soundtracks.

Steve Stills tried out for the Monkees and didn;t make it.

thank God!

This Raveonettes tune in the playlist sounds a bit like Stereolab when they started out.

Their lead and songwriter is Dan Wilson took home the Grammy for Song Of The Year! He won the prize for “Not Ready To Make Nice” which he co-wrote with the Dixie Chicks and they released on the CD “Taking The Long Way”.

Oh, I like that song! My mom has that album!

More

“The best insider’s account of indentured servitude to the music industry since Danny Goldberg’s essay ‘The Ballad of the Mid-Level Artist’ and Courtney Love’s ‘Dear Fellow Recording Artists’ letter.”
- Washington Post Book World

And then there’s this guy. Oh yeah…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K1InOOLEsQ

Steve Stills tried out for the Monkees and didn;t make it.

You’re right. I had forgotten that. And, of course, the Jimi Hendrix Experience first toured the US opening for…The Monkees.

raven @ 80

Their lead and songwriter is Dan Wilson took home the Grammy for Song Of The Year! He won the prize for “Not Ready To Make Nice” which he co-wrote with the Dixie Chicks and they released on the CD “Taking The Long Way”.

Oh, I like that song! My mom has that album!

More

“The best insider’s account of indentured servitude to the music industry since Danny Goldberg’s essay ‘The Ballad of the Mid-Level Artist’ and Courtney Love’s ‘Dear Fellow Recording Artists’ letter.”
- Washington Post Book World

Courtney got on the list too?! Sweet!!

RonD @ 82

Steve Stills tried out for the Monkees and didn;t make it.

You’re right. I had forgotten that. And, of course, the Jimi Hendrix Experience first toured the US opening for…The Monkees.

that’s a surrealistic pillow

voice faintly in the wilderness

the beatles, miles davis, john lee hooker, and others of the vinyl era should be listened to only on vinyl

New thread

Enjoy the city of thorns Donita.

Jess @ 52

When I grow up I wanna be in a band!

These “The Spin I’m in”-threads fill one with a certain yearning, don’t they? They give me actually symptoms of quarter life crisis (btw. it should rather be called one-third life crisis), not so much for not being in the music business, but for seeing how boring my life is… but I’m always fine again from around 6pm PDT.

finifinito @ 71

Hunter Thompson has the best quote ever about the music business.

“The music business is a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”

That helps. Thank you.

raven @ 63

Run, don’t walk to get this book So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer’s Life It’s really wonderful’ Jacob was Semisonic’s drummer (Closing Time). He’s not bitter, it’s not all sex drugs and crap, it’s about what it took to “make it”.

I can’t get that link for the book to work, but this one does

here

I like the cover

Badwater @ 90

here

My

Bad!

nice playlist…I like Suede, Raveonettes,Pixies and Pulp… and the last album by The Go! Team is great…
hope the tour will be cool, you could do a playlist with songs to hear on the road…
rock on my dear…
B

rond at 55 says-”Be ready to sacrifice. Not just you, but your friends, family, and loved ones. It requires an incredible amount of unseen work and costs, financial, relationships, and lifestyle.
It is not easy.

Do not sell your soul casually.

But it is a hell of a lot of fun.”

oh, it’s more than that….my whole life i’ve known musicians……swore them off at 22……inside joke…musicians, artists, whatever, all the same….with any art, there is a sacrifice, or call it a subversion…….anything that takes time to master takes away from other things…..as in any art……the ideal is to find a way to balance that out in real life……as with any passion….or calling.

or not….most don’t find a way to balance it……some do…….

omg my mouse all the sudden shut down,,,,damn…frickin thing won’t go where it’s supposed to……fits in with the subject…..

raven at 70 says-”

The get Star Making Machinery a 30 year old book about a great band, Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen and how they would not sell out like, say, the Eagles did.”

saw bill kirchen many times here at the fur peace ranch, jorma koukonen’s place-jefferson airplane fame….

he is still kickin’ it guitar-wise……

also saw him way back when in commander cody days in cincinnati…the only way i went was if my friends also went to see pusette dart band…..my favorite……was a deal……

Hi, Donita!
I’m late here tonight… Sorry!
Dee’s nightmare was funny! lol
Yeah, great playlist! The songs are cool!

Good luck with the shows!
Donita & Donnas ROCK!!!

Rock on!!!

dmac @ 95

raven at 70 says-”

The get Star Making Machinery a 30 year old book about a great band, Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen and how they would not sell out like, say, the Eagles did.”

saw bill kirchen many times here at the fur peace ranch, jorma koukonen’s place-jefferson airplane fame….

he is still kickin’ it guitar-wise……

also saw him way back when in commander cody days in cincinnati…the only way i went was if my friends also went to see pusette dart band…..my favorite……was a deal……

Hell yes! There’s a riot goin on! I love Jorma.

Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman spends almost the whole show on the Jena 6. I had no idea that the same prosecutor who determined that the young white kids who hung the three nooses could not be tried for a “hate crime” because they were under age then that same prosecutor determined that Micheal Byell would be tried as an adult for beating up the white student.

http://www.democracynow.org/ar…../21/158211

good luck tnjigt(how i sdpell when i don’t look at the Kewybpaerd. I couldn’t get out of bend today or I would be there in Portland. We have a march here in a half hour and that is where i will be. And, Donita, thanks for the turn on to music these old ears wouldn’t hear normally.
All the best

Chhildrens hospital in Baghdad
http://www.informationclearing…..e18439.htm

Nice to have y’all. The perfect house guests for certain.

You crack me up with the nightmares after such a benign experience. It is Dee’s Los Angeles coping mechanism keeping her centered. Perfectly healthy reaction when directly under the feet of the double rainbow. Beloved Eugene.

From one end of the rainbow to the other,

respect and kindness,
Mike

Rock on gentle people.

No one’s commenting no-more…..
…Someone’s gotta break the silence….