You all said this so well. I totally agree with you. We were sold a dream. It was the dream we wanted to be sold and we bought it completely. If the dream was just that--a dream--then INXS have only themselves to blame for making us believe it.

Maybe they were trying to sell themselves on the dream. Maybe DCG has it right and they never got over Michael's death. Maybe they thought they were moving on, but eventually figured out they couldn't do it. I don't know. I guess we'll never know. For some reason, INXS has kept silent about it. Maybe it's too personal and too hurtful for them to talk about, but they are entertainers and should remember that their fans are the only reason they make money as entertainers and if they allieante the fans they make no money.

As for JD, I think he was sold on the dream as much or more than we were. There is no way he had any idea that INXS didn't want to be a band again. He had to think this was real and forever. He wears his heart on his sleeve. No way he could fake the emotional bond he thought he had with the rest of the band.

As for the drugs . . . I know you can't stop an addict from using and you can't ignore their refusal to stop. Believe me, I know this from experience. INXS have been around for years. They have all used drugs--it's in Story to Story. If JD was using to the point he couldn't do the job, they could have insisted on rehab. If that didn't work, they could have given him an ultimatum. If that didn't work, they should have had the decency to tell the fans the moment they decided they could no longer work with JD.


Finally, I am thankful. Even though it seems the fairy tale hit turbulance and broke apart mid-flight, I am thankful that INXS did the RS show. I'm thankful they picked JD Fortune. I'm thankful for all the shows we were able to take in. I'm thankful for all the great friends I made. I'm thanful for all of you and for the fun we always have together. I'm sad for JD and for INXS that this thing didn't last forever as it should have, but I'm still thankful for the memories. Thank you all for keeping me laughing. Thank you all for your humor and your beautiful souls that I've come to know because of this jurney. And thank you for still being here and still caring enough about our band to be angry with them, to be sad about this, to be happy they still exist (if only in our minds), and for still believing in the dreamer and his dream of making great music even if that music is not with INXS anymore.