And no, we never plan to play again.

ps. to the guy who has type 1 diabetes…my wish came true. Christmas came early.

dino-fucks are retarted and as long as blake did a little beatboxing that night then the show was worth it.

problem solved.

Also, the whole deal surrounding Dino-mech is last-minute, and slapped together. We have a MS with 16 people on it, and a handful of flyers for a show that never happened. Big Whip. That does not make them a real band, and certainly their actions have proven them unprofessional. If they were interested in selling albums and gaining fans, they never would have acted so abominably. We can only hope their newfound friends at VFTW will embrace any music they do produce, because right now they are the sole fans of a bunch of immature adolescent-minded protagonists.

If they were really wanting to gain fans(Blake Lewis’s fans–DUH!) then maybe just a little respect could have come into play with their promotion. Had they done so, none of this would have happened, and Dave from Daylight Hours would not have made 150 new fans for himself. Ah well.

What I do find hard to believe, though, is that Dino-Mech is a legitimate band. Their so-called “story” first appeared six days after the concert and they continue to exhibit an appalling lack of professionalism. And it’s a story shot through with holes. It appears they didn’t have a MySpace account until less than a month before the show. When given an opportunity to discuss their grievance at a Blake-related website, Dino-Mech quickly devolved the discussion into petulance and insults. Their behavior and motives in this story are suspect. They were quickly embraced by a website that is very proud of its stated mission to “bring down” American Idol. Even they have seemed to move on.

Why would a legitimate band jeopardize an opportunity to open for anyone, and feel that they could show such a blatant lack of respect—for fellow musicians, for music fans, for venues, for their own community—with impunity?

I don’t find Blake Lewis’ side of the story hard to believe at all. It was his 11th show in 11 days, so why wouldn’t he need a few hours rest? Anyone at the show knew his wrist was injured and he had a sore throat, so he was wasn’t being disingenuous in relating his side of the story. His management may have wisely recognized that Dino-Mech lacked the level of professionalism to share the stage with Carlotta and Blake Lewis. Tellingly, the owner of the New Brookland Tavern has been silent on the matter, other than what Dino-Mech chose to include in their story. It now appears that only Dino-Mech and a few like-minded friends insist on carrying on this specious claim. It is not at all flattering to them.

There are plenty of hard-working, talented, little-recognized musicians who would love to open for a high-profile headliner, particularly one who respects and understands the struggle musicians face in a very harsh business. Dino-Mech’s future may lie in designing flyers for a copy shop, because it doesn’t seem like they give a flip about taking music seriously.

…..This band who broke up and then quickly got back together (doesn’t matter who it was really) was on a bill with another artist, who was headlining (doesn’t matter who it was again) and said band put out a poster that was disrepectful to this other artist, (and yeah in this country if the disrespected thinks it’s disrespectful than it is…cause really that’s the only person who’s opinion matters and is the only person who can determine if something is disrespectful to him/her). And then they wanted this artist to give them a live mic at the show where said artist was headlining, hence standing in front of the same audience later in the evening. Yeah, read that as LIVE MIC so the said band can then talk directly to the artist’s fans and said band can say whatever the heck they feel like saying to the artist’s fans. And said band has already shown bad judgement in their communication skills with the artist’s fans.

WhyTF would they let that band go on anyway. What artist in their right mind would allow that. And what manager in their right mind would even let that get to the artist. Regardless of who pulled the plug, it was done correctly. I’m in agreement with smaller bands “using” larger acts to further their career. It’s the way of the game and makes complete sense. However, that smaller band better have a bit more respect for the coatails it wants to sit on for the night.

Oh yeah and HT, you switched from we to them during that post…kinda gave yourself away! Just sayin’.