CMJ Top 150

TRANSMITICATE, the debut album from Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments, has entered the College Music Journal (CMJ) Top 150 College chart. We want to thank all of the radio stations that are supporting our record. Please make a request to hear “Fly Feather Fly” off of TRANSMITICATE to you local college station! We want to break the Top 100! Thanks for your support.

Posted on 21 July 2008 | 6:34 pm

SparkSync

Donita is now offering profit participation on the SYNC LICENSE of her new song called “HE’S GOT THE HONEY” off of her record Transmiticate.For more details on this mad experiment that we don’t think has ever been offered to the public before, click HERE.

Who’s got the power?? We all do.

Posted on 20 July 2008 | 12:00 pm

TRANSMITICATE REVIEW ON NPR’S “FRESH AIR”

TRANSMITICATE got a glowing review on National Public Radio’s highly regarded show “FRESH AIR”. Have a listen to Ken Tucker’s insightful review with an intro by Terry Gross HERE.

Posted on 19 July 2008 | 11:00 am

Transmiticate

TRANSMITICATE, the debut album from Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments is out now! The album is co-produced by Donita with Ethan Allen (Luscious Jackson, 50 Foot Wave, Daniel Lanois).

Order your very own copy HERE. Or better yet, get a SIGNED COPY while supplies last!

Posted on 8 July 2008 | 1:00 pm

WEST COAST DATES POSTPONED

Unfortunately we’ve had to cancel our upcoming West Coast US dates. We are hoping to reschedule this fall. We’ll keep you posted.

Posted on 8 July 2008 | 10:15 am

CASH Music For All

Donita is pleased to be a part of an entirely new musical endeavor, the Coalition of Artists & Stakeholders - CASH Music, along with Krisitn Hersh. Soon to be open to all artists, CASH Music represents a new music business model that cuts out the middle men (record labels) and brings the music directly to the fans. Through Creative Commons licensing, the fans are also encouraged to create their own mixes and participate through other forms of creative response. With direct connection and support from music lovers, CASH Music hopes to create sustainability for artists and loosen the reins on music accessibility for fans.

Posted on 13 February 2008 | 11:50 pm

SERIAL MOM RELEASE

Donita is interviewed in the new Collector’s Edition DVD of Serial Mom. L7 played the role of the band Camel Lips in the 1994 John Waters dark comedy.

Posted on 15 January 2008 | 4:00 am

CSS Vs. L7 Mashup

The CSS vs. L7 mash-up Pretend We’re Alala has made #11 on the “Best of Bootie 2007” CD.

Donita created the mash-up with her friends The Illuminoids as a shout back to the Brazilian sensations CSS’s cool cover of L7’s Pretend We’re Dead.

Posted on 14 January 2008 | 9:01 pm

FireDogLake

Donita is a contributing writer for the popular, politically progressive blog Firedoglake.com. Her music/pop culture column “The Spin I’m In” appears every Friday at 3pm Pacific Time. You can join her live in “comments”.

Posted on 14 January 2008 | 5:01 am

The Life of Reilly

The Life of Reilly, starring the late Charles Nelson Reilly, has made numerous “Best of 2007” lists including Slant Magazine”s 2007 Year in Film Top Ten List. Donita contributed to the score of the feature film from L’Orange Films.

Posted on 14 January 2008 | 5:00 am