Donita and fini…! Aloha!

Hey Donita! I got my CD finally in the mail yesterday, the album is great!!

By the way, last week at school in art class I made a picture of the L7 hands logo out of green tissue paper, waddya think of it? http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs2....._Kefka.jpg

Donita!

I think I will stick to real pets, thanks!

Hi Donita and Fini!
*waving to Young Jess!!*

And here’s today’s cheezeburger, how timely.
ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby.

Yo, long time reader first time commenter. Love your articles. I don’t know if this is the place to say this so please don’t be mad. I’ve sent a couple of emails to lazlo@donitasparks.com, but no response. I still haven’t recieved my autographed copy of Transmiticate yet, and i was just wanting to make sure i had one coming. I placed the order before the release date, so it has been quite some time. I’m not mad or anything and I really appreciate your work. can you help me out?

Mechanical cats for loneliness? That’s pretty serious.
But it’s not as serious as UFO Jellyfish neural network complexity.

*waving to Elliot*

Those LOLCats are always the best

Hey travismetalhead, welcome to the lake!

Hey Donita!
Hey Fini!

I don’t know but I think it would be difficult to actually match the personality of the real cats. Each feline that has owned me or a family member has had a quite unique personality that I don’t think the mechanical/automated cats could bring.

But that’s just me and I might be an idiot.

Hey there Donita & Fini! :)

A happy Friday everyone.

In response to Donita Sparks @ 0

Apparently a recent study revealed that mechanical pets, over time, are as effective as real pets in treating loneliness with the elderly in nursing homes.

Makes one think and somewhat sad.

Anyway I tried to watch the live Webcast of your release party. Good show, too bad I missed the first 20 minutes. Darn those different time zones. Sorry the Stellar Moments had a Spinal Tap moment when you wanted to play “He’s got the honey”.

Nice work. Let the fan art continue!

Hi all!

Hey Travis @ 5

I got one of your emails about your order, there was a delay in processing some of the orders and it should be arriving soon. We had to get some of the items in the store restocked, sorry about that!

I like your collage! bet it was fun to make

Thank you!

Thanks Elliot! It was fun, but it took forever lol

The scene in the 0:20 point in the commercial above is especially distressing :>

That rocks!

Thanks!

and only 8000 yen, 2nd commercial is also especially distressing, that fuzzy white cat :/

Thank you so much. Sorry for being such a pain in the….neck. You all do great work. Thanks again.

BTW watched the webcast….needless to say I was more than giddy when I heard my mix play ‘as the Stellar Moments took the stage’ :D Thanks ;) It seemed like thought that maybe something was up with the sound, etc….ah well…especially enjoyed He’s Got The Honey live (once it got under way) and also Dare Dare live…another thing that completely surprised and pleased me was the DJ’s playing of Suzi Quatro and Wire…

I have to get going now, I might be back later, not sure, wish I could stay, see ya!

Young Jess! I’m glad that you like the CD. I love your tissue rendition. Very Modern.

I’m especially diggin that Duffy tune in the playlist this week D. Has a very spatial quality to the production. Very “Wall of Sound”-ish.

me too actually….wasn’t so sure but everything positive I’ve heard about her is proven on this track

I’m so sorry! That is weird. I’ll get Fini to help me track this down. We’ll get the CD to you right away. Thank you!

Your Brazil gigs sounded like fun. I’d love to check out Brazil sometime soon. Great music! Plus I’m a hardcore beach bum.

Mechanical cats for loneliness?

I’ve decided that I want a mechanical Prince Charles Spaniel - I took care of my parents’ for a day here in downtown Indy - forget babies, you want a “chick magnet” - get this dog.

She’s still just a puppy, but Sophie not only never met a stranger, but it seems to be her mission in life to jump into the arms of every single person she meets and keep on kissing them, pretty much interminably.

ok - so I might consider a “real” one - but ya gotta figure that wherever ya go, it’s going to take about three times as long as you would have expected - *everybody* has to stop and say hi to Sophie.

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/ca.....paniel.htm

Hi Donita!
Hi Fini!

She is not too bad in my opinion. Very much a throwback kind of style to her vocal but I dig that kind of sound. If she can get even twangier with the guitars we’d have somethin’!

Hmm, this keeps making my Safari crash.

Hey there! I would recommend the mechanical version of that dog because I understand those dogs are expensive to care for health care wise.

Hey dude, call me this weekend!

YO!
Donita and Fini fini!
You betcha I watched the concert, I has witnesses. *G*

Hey Donita, I sent that frikkin contract out Express mail with a signature required and got the damn thing back unclaimed. I got a hold of Bob Fagan and he is lookin into what happened but I ain’t heard back.
You want I should just send it snail mail?

Nice playlist, I like the Tracy Ullman song the best.

Nina Hagen is seriously weird. A couple of months ago she was guest in a serious late night talk show about UFOs. Because physicist Joachim Bublath didn’t believe her story of having been abducted by aliens, Hagen acted like a 5 year old and insulted Bublath to the point that he left the studio. I think it’s on Youtube somewhere.

Busted! What’s up!

happy friday!

late to the party (frustrating day!), but rockferry is rocking my blues away - beautiful!

Yup, he was there. Also, fini or Donita - is that usually like a ‘party line’ chat, the room which these webcasts are done at Safari Sam’s….obviously there were quite a few people who weren’t there for the show judging from some of the comments :/

We’ve got friends coming in late tonight from Texas. They, like us are huge Elvis fans. This one’s for you Lahoma.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz2EaVe_JiY

Nina Hagen is awesome. I suggest her song New York, New York be played to everyone at least once in their lifetime.

Nina had the sight to cover the Tubes…that’s all that needs to be said :>

hi donita!
that vid is crazy
im still waiting for my cd, cant wait for it
come to aust/nz some time you have so many fans here

-jas

If you haven’t yet, you should hear her as Polly Peachum in ‘The Threepenny Opera’ .. pretty sure it’s still in print…

That was my first time there, first time using Stickam. All of Stickam’s rooms are like that. Its a great concept and I am glad that guy The Top Floor did that for her show, that was awesome.

Sorry…Mrs. Peachum, not Polly…

is that usually like a ‘party line’ chat

I guess. Of course it’s different than being there in person. Still it’s a good concept, I think.

Donita, thanks for the playlist.
I’d forgotten Tracy Ullman sang that song.

selise, if you launch Stand Alone Player, you can bookmark for later and again. I’m liking Rockferry too.

And I’d forgotten Tracy Ulman sang that song.
Dusty’s here too!

Was rather fun wasn’t it regardless of some of the naysayers….quite surreal but excellent ‘experience’

Oh there was just that one idiot spouting off, there’s always an idiot in every crowd. I thought the whole thing went off really well. I especially liked the live version of “headcheck”

I learned today that my cat Barney, whom I adopted recently from a friend, says some very interesting things when he’s about to vomit. Thought he was possessed there for a minute. He was thoughtful enough to go back to the rug by the litter box to throw up. What a gentleman!

I think he got too excited about fish-flakes a short while ago. I must remember to moderate the portions.

He’s okay now. Staring out the front window.

Have a dandy weekend, rockers.

if you launch Stand Alone Player, you can bookmark for later and again.

done and done!

streaming really loudly through my stereo right now is “knew you telling lies, i could see it in your eyes”

hmmm… who does that remind me of? i just don’t know… *g*

I can’t wait to see DS&SM when you guys come to Boston (that date is secured, indeed!) … I had a feeling the live show might come across just *a tad* more powerful in person :>

Hi there, I see Mr Finito is here, hey Fini-boy! (it’s strange ’cause in french “Fini” is “Finished”…;-), then the question is : is our R’n'R Goddess in line now?!?!!

I think Into The Hi-Fi was where it hit me that I was watching something amazing…

Nina Hagen is awesome. I suggest her song New York, New York be played to everyone at least once in their lifetime.

If you say so. I’m just not a fan of her.

thormaillet! Ha, yes you won the Pre-Mix contest! I liked all of the pre-mixes, but yours was nice and jaunty to take the stage with. Can you send Fini your shirt size? I’d like to get some swag together for you.
Good work!
You all can listen to thormaillet’s pre-mix of my song “Fly Feather Fly” at:
http://donitasparks.cashmusic.org/read-write.php

That’s cool. I have to say she had to grow on me. She was strangely recommended to me in the same breath as Kate Bush…

Oh I know that sound! HORK! HORK! HOOOOORRRKKK! BLEEEEEEECH!

No cats left in my household anymore since I moved in December. I miss my cat Oatmeal, my friend Mark adopted her. :(

I don’t miss that whole overeating/feline bulimia thing they do though.

No worries, I’m the one who feels bad. We’ll take care of this today, promise.

YES! I SEE YOU’RE THERE, Ô GREAT DONITA!!! (open your eyes, cactus!) OH SWEET I DON’T KNOW WHAT?! I hope you are still in line?!???!!!z^jaj!!!!!!!!! (me happy!)

Heh - thanks!!!! I’m glad you liked it (and I also really dug the others too) - FFF Funk I was like :o! He added a new bass line, the mofo - killerrr.
Slurred Transmitication is a whole lot of fun (if I say so myself :>) AutoGenerator also did that really cool sound-art thing…

I’ll definitely send Fini my T-shirt size…

Oh dear those two are so different.

I mean judge for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfGc4wcil2g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0VRXdh-RnA

Bustednuckles! Looking into where to send right now. Give me five.

Exactly. It still doesn’t make sense, the recommendation, to me. But I do like some of the throatier singers (Dagmar Krause, Lene Lovich, Lotte Lenya) so Hagen suits my tastes overall I guess.

Donita’s poking around here somewhere! And yes, as a matter of fact, I took the name Fini Finito from the French and Italian for finished. My original moniker on Yahoo years ago was FinishedLast2000 which I gave myself after my one and only unsuccessful run for public office. I ran for Indiana House as a Libertarian candidate in 2000 and came in last place in a 3 way race. The name got shortened in chat rooms by people to just Fini so I changed my name to Fini Finito and it stuck ever since.

it’s fun to say

your name also reminds me of this Veruca Salt song, was on their EP “Blow it out your ass” where at the end some kid says “c’est tout, c’est fini”….never fails to recall that, or Throwing Muses “Finished” :P ;>

Or as I say it, Fini! Fini!

There is that too. I’m always all about the fun!

Real fast

Some say math is the universal language. Perhaps it is. But music is the gift from the Heavens.

It’s cool, you see even me wasn’t sure, and I’m a frenchtalker…
Guys, I’m gonna try to join Donita now (!!!!!!!!:-)))!!!!!!!!)

Right on Kiddo, I cain’t add fer sour beans but i sure know good tunes when I hears ‘em.

Hey Donita?! Am I able to contact you here now? (myspace is easier for a cactus), are you ok after the Brazil attack! ;-)

Hi Busted,
My manager said that he’s just been in contact with you. He’ll let you know as soon as he finds out what happens next. Thanks my man!

The web is spawning Transmiticate reviews, mostly by bloggers. I found this when I was googling for the lyrics for “Creampuff”.

http://blogcritics.org/archive.....155614.php

But the lyrics, I did not find. :-/ How am I supposed to sing along in my car now?

Fini, where should I contact you?

Thanks Darlin, you Rock in more than one way!

And what’s this I heard you was MARRIED?!!
DAMN! Ruin a guy’s life, would ya….
Lol.

We love this guy’s sounds. We understand he has endorsed a Democrat to be our new president.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....38;search=

My email is my name @gmail.com or service AT donitasparks dot com, they both go to the same place :)

Cool. Thanks a ton Fini. So…I’m curious…is the A-side of the first Vinyl Lovers Club single going to be FFF (which I guess makes logical sense)…or a surprise?

You are such a f***g lucky guy, top class! ;-)

Hi, Donita! How are you?
I had a cat, he was smart and ambitious, besides very beautiful, because he was all black.. but my cat died and today I’ve a bird, that loves to listen L7, Joan Jett, Scorpions, Elvis Presley and 80’s music!

Donita, you weren’t online when I posted here last Friday, but I was very happy because you to have liked Sao Paulo, thanks! I’m sorry for not having gone to the shows, but next time I’ll go, without doubts! Have a great weekend! You rock! o/

The webcast was hosted by my friends at The Top Floor which is an online web dance show that I’ve written about here at The Spin before. They were the ones on the technical end. Here’s a link to them:
http://www.thetopfloorlive.com/

I can see a bit of the performance/operatic tendencies. Kate was definitely more of a “romantic”, while Nina was a rebellious punk with an operatic quality. I believe that Nina Hagen was a trained opera singer, like her mother, before she ditched out on a tour from East Germany. Kate was trained in classical ballet (it especially shows in that video…perhaps a bit TOOOO much). That’s the “sweet Kate” from her early days. She got a bit rougher at points in her career.

Here is a little more “operatic” (and a bit sexier) Kate Bush

Baboushka

I think she must have stole the second costume from “Adam & the Ants”

There were a few FireDogs there that night, I remember seeing BobbyG there too.

DONITA?! It’s cactus? (remind me an Iggy song “God? This is Iggy” :-P)

…on “Kill City”, I guess)

-Cactus?
-Yep?
-I think you are talking alone, guy!
-Huh?

lol!

lol?

Merle! Born in A Boxcar outside of Bakersfield!

And rumors have it that Johnny Cash’s “A Boy Named Sue” may have been written for Merle.

Easy man, she’s not as quick on the computer keyboard as she is on the guitar!

I believe his mama and papa were from Oklahoma. ;0)

Hi Cactus! I got behind in “comments”, just see you now.
Welcome to FDL!

:-) Yeah, you right, I’m sorry, little too much excited! And a “rookie” around here, tee hee!

Keep calm, I’m only a monster.

ROOOOOOOH WOWOWWWWAAAOOOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DONITA!!! IT’S AN REAL HONOUR FOR ME, I KNOW IT SOUNDS SILLY BUT IT’S SO FUCKING TRUE!!!
PS: What’s happens in Brazil? (I know what’s happen;-) They are all crazy there now?!

Kate was trained in classical ballet (it especially shows in that video…perhaps a bit TOOOO much).

I know. But is has to be this way. The song is told from the perspective of a ghost in a Victorian novel after all. :-)

Replying to Bustednuckles @ 86

There were a few FireDogs there that night, I remember seeing BobbyG there too.

I was there, but only at the end.

Well I must run along for now, see you all next week if not sooner!

And what a monster, eh? A living legend, guy, if you want it or not :-)))))

Alright, I made it back, at least while some are still on lol

I was there, but only at the end

Only in the chatroom that was. :-(

AP - The White House says President Bush will veto legislation on Saturday that would have barred the CIA from using waterboarding — a technique that simulates drowning — and other harsh interrogation methods on terror suspects.

Tchao Mista Finito, see ya on myspace :-*

Brazil was great. Yes, the are mostly crazy…. in a very good way. We had a blast.

I thought I’d throw this in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnhRNxnTNeM

How long did the logo take to make? It’s very cool.

Sleepwalk by Santo and Johnny is one of my all time favorites. I like Brian’s version too. Never heard it before, thanks for the turn on.

still here…

I’m glad ya like it :) And ummm I think it took about an hour, the big pieces I used weren’t so hard to cut out, but it was kinda hard with the smaller and thinner ones which kinda slowed it down, but I’m happy with how it turned out, I was afraid I’d mess up

The logo is rather cool :)

Oh Donita, it’s crazy : I’M CHATTING WITH MISS SPARKS!!!
I’ve got some brazilian friends on myspace and they are MUCH MORE than enthusiastic!!! I mean, things will never gonna be the same there!
Is Mista G. Alan around? Or maybe another friday? And Dee? And you’re gonna be here often? And, and, and…? ;-)

Did you get your info to Fini?
Your mix will be the B-Side on the Vinyl Lovers. I’m not sure what will be the A-Side yet. Still deciding.

Did you get ‘graded’ on it???? :lol:

Thanks :)

I forgot to hand it in, I will in 2 weeks hahaha

I leave you for a few minutes… :-(