D Nuts || July 30, 2007

E-mails with KISS-FM in the subject usually get thrown in the spam folder. Christ, it's the Dallas pop station. I have to put up a few filters just to keep up with everything else I'm already behind on at Dd, right?

The latest one proved interesting, however, alleging conspiracy theories about Friday's KISS Party at Nokia Theatre. Seems the station put up a Battle of the Bands "vote for the opening act" contest online a few weeks ago, and somebody who's connected to one of the losing bands claims foul play. I'd normally dismiss such a sore loser claim, but when the battling bands consist of three no-namers and the freakin' Rocket Summer, I have to wonder. Did KISS-FM really expect a close race between the Island Records signee and shlubs like A Thousand Miles From Home?

Weirder than that, it appears that Bryce Avery and his twinkly-eyed emo troupe is already booked on the WARPed Tour, gigging in Ohio and Pennsylvania when this Friday approaches. Dd was about to call KISS-FM, Island Records and Bryce himself to get to the bottom of this, but then we remembered--we didn't actually give a shit.

Really, it looks like KISS-FM put up a contest, knowing full well who'd win and land the headlining spot, just to draw local MySpace bulletins as publicity for the terrible concert. Maybe the WARPed boy didn't get the memo and book accordingly. Maybe it's all a ruse. Maybe he and Avril had a falling-out. Whatever the case may be, it's not illegal, but it sure is stupid. -SM