Chris Nicks: The New Tour Books
 

Chris Nicks was in his RV working fastidiously on the new tour book yesterday before the show. :wavey:




"....Well I tried and I came bearing gifts. I guess I should not try again, huh?..." :shrug:



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Hmm...good to know there's gonna be a tour book; not as good to know who's behind it, but hopefully it'll be a good one! Thanks for the heads-up!

Hopefully it's out before the end of the tour...I feel like we waited forever for the SYW tourbook too

Well maybe Chris can surprise us this tour and be something good...just like everything else on this tour has seemed surreal :)

If John Kinney is, in fact, the guy taking all of the photography for it, i'm keeping the faith--he's generally pretty decent.

I talked to Chris after the Detroit Stevie/Don show and he said that every time he gets the tour book almost done, they give him more pictures to add. :rolleyes:

~Jen

I'm loath to give Kinney props for anything, but I must say the photos he took of Stevie in 1981, 1982 & 1983 (all on his Web site) are fantastic shots. He took that one of Stevie in the cowboy hat (Dallas 9.05.83), among others.

But why do these tourbooks keep arriving so late -- well into the tour or even after it? That's a ridiculous situation that has no good excuse, occurring as it does time after time.

So that fans who attended the first two shows of the tour can pay a colossal price for them later on eBay, of course. :rolleyes:

That's what I was thinking also :0((( That was the first thing I looked for Friday night and even went out of my way to ask about them........ he had better get those things rolling--I mean the tour is just about half over right?? Unless she adds some more dates........ and there wasn't really a reason not to have them at the Don Henley shows since all of their merchandise was separate anyways......not even one Don and Stevie shirt either (for the Henley shows...)--now THAT I was disappointed about!! They needed to have a special shirt for the "2 voices" shows--come on people!!! That I would have bought in a hearbeat!! :distress:

Amy

I hear ya on that one!!! SIGH!!

Amy

LORD HAVE MERCY.

With what ? A tub of paste and a pair of blunt nosed scissors ?

That would require effort. I imagine he's just ripping the photos to fit the desired space and licking the backs to make 'em stick. He'll add the text later on with his super duper Photoshop '95 software.

You forgot the circa 1990 version of paintshop :wavey: ;)

You guys, I have a feeling from the tone of the email John sent me re: tour books that he might make them available on nicksfix to people who went to shows and did not get them. (edit: could not get them because they weren't available.) This does not include the Vegas shows. Those people only get "ugly" tshirts.

Laura

Oooo--I hope so :)

Amy

Well that sucks. I am losing respect for Mr Kinney by the minute. Why can't the Vegas people get them too?
*sigh* Remember when the Nicksfix was worth looking at?

The Nicksfix was worth looking at once? Wow, this is what I get for coming into my stevie fandom late :rolleyes:

~Marissa~

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I hope that doesn't mean there will be another half-assed tourbook. I hope they put some new pics of her in it too. The ones from 2001 are way too old. She looks phenomenal these days so why not photograph the woman?

Actually before it became the official site, it was THE site to go to for news and photos and info. During that period the nicksfix actuallly became my homepage because of all the good info Mr. Kinney used to be allowed to provide. Then he became the official site and we all were psyched because he (like the penguin) had earned that right to be recognized as the official site. Sadly though, this stopped him from being able to post rumors and show spoilers and photos and... quickly the Nicksfix fell from being the best fansite to being a slightly better than most official site.

However, shortly after becoming the official site and before artist direct, the nicksfix had a store, and that store did sell tourbooks (rock a little, timespace, and enchanted, I believe this was prior to TISL) and tour merchandise. So now that Stevie doesn't do artist direct, maybe they can/will bring it back briefly.

i used to go there every day.. now, maybe once a week.. and thats usually just to check on a tourdate or something :lol:

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Well hopefully they will be ready for the Atlantic City show! I don't think they could possibly be printed and ready to go for Cinci...


:rolleyes:

i heard this also, don said stevie was planning on doing 45 dates, but who really knows :shrug: ~

Man, I hope that they do sell the tourbooks. It does not look like I'm going to be able to make it to a show and I really, really want to buy some tour merchandise!

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I remember the first show I went to that they were available was CHicago on 9-13-03. WHen I walked into the venue and saw them, I about SH##. FINally I shouted. LoL :laugh:

[QUOTE=thepoetinmyhear]Actually before it became the official site, it was THE site to go to for news and photos and info. During that period the nicksfix actuallly became my homepage because of all the good info Mr. Kinney used to be allowed to provide. Then he became the official site and we all were psyched because he (like the penguin) had earned that right to be recognized as the official site. Sadly though, this stopped him from being able to post rumors and show spoilers and photos and... quickly the Nicksfix fell from being the best fansite to being a slightly better than most official site.

However, shortly after becoming the official site and before artist direct, the nicksfix had a store, and that store did sell tourbooks (rock a little, timespace, and enchanted, I believe this was prior to TISL) and tour merchandise. So now that Stevie doesn't do artist direct, maybe they can/will bring it back briefly.[/QUOI know what you mean, but you have to understand that in order to be an "Official" site, u gotta kiss up to her management. I would personally prefer an unofficial site. u get more info that way it seems. But I think John does a good job with what he has

There were always other good sites, too, as far as I'm concerned: I would rattle them off if I could remember their names or locations.
Like a good many other site owners, Kinney was able to post good stuff because other people supplied him. He didn't start concocting all that data on his own -- people sent it to him. This idea that people have that Kinney dug up all that data on his very own is just not what happened. A good fan site -- like that one, like this one -- relies on submissions by the community of fans. Hundreds of people contributing data is always going to be more comprehensive than one lone cowboy doing it all himself.

I would assume he is using pictures that were taken opening night in Grand Rapids.

OK, that Cruise/Winfrey thing made me piddle a liddle.... With the caption about psychiatry - just perfect!

without a doubt the best signature pic ever!! :laugh: :thumbsup:

The original email he sent me is long gone, although the thread should still be around here somewhere... this is almost verbatim... if he is able to make tour books available thru the website, it would only be to the people who attended 2 Voices or Gold Dust shows where tour books were not yet available, afterall that is why they're called "tour" books and Vegas was not a tour. :cool: oh my.

So I think what happened is since nicksfix became official, John is no longer able to post any information unless it comes from the camp. And it seems the camp in some ways is not too organized when it comes to things like keeping the website updated and merchandising. Wonder if those are Chris's areas of responsibility.. LOL!!! :sorry: :D

I still love the nicksfix because you do get things like Q&As, random handwritten notes and journal entries and the occassional rarely seen hi-res photo. :thumbsup:

Laura

How would they prove whether you were at a show or not??? Would you have to show them a ticket stub or something?? I don't see how they could do that :shrug:

Amy

And he would demand PROOF of what show you went to? If this is the case, he's a total creep.

That is a very optimistic assumption on your part! :laugh:

Hope you're right, but with the level of organization and commitment this clown has shown towards getting things done on time, I expect we'll be lucky if it includes photos of her from the SA era...

Selling the tourbooks only to people who attended the Two Voices/Gold Dust concerts is just plain stupid, I'm not saying he didn't say it or suggest it - I'm just saying it's not very business savy. Why wouldn't they want to sell to anybody who would buy one? And like someone just said, how the hell would they know you didn't go?

:ring ring:
asshole selling books: hello?
eager young fan: Yes I'd like to order a tourbook please!
asb: Did you attend any of the shows during the Two Voices/God Dust tour?
eyf: No, but I went to see her in Vegas, gambled, lost all my money, my home, and my job but was able to save enough cash for the tourbook. I love Stevie very much and...
asb: sorry, you can't have one.
:click:

:ring ring:
asb: hello?
bootlegger/scalper dude: Hi, I attended a show on the Gold Dust tour and would love to order a tourbook to sell on ebay for a billion dollars.
asb: prove it.
b/sd: I can send you a copy of the show I bootlegged and receipts of all the money I made selling them to fans!
asb: how many tourbooks would you like?

:laugh: :lol: :p Bravo!!

Guess not...
 

I guess the tour books weren't ready for Cinci.... :distress: ...maybe by Atlantic City? Tampa? West Coast? :laugh:

Does anybody besides me worry that there won't be a tourbook?

Not as much as I worry it'll be yet another tour around her Phoenix house with wishings for a safe and happy new year from Stevie and Chris! Oh wait, that was Enchanted.

I'm sure there will be one--I just doubt we'll see it until mid July, IMO.

When I talked to Chris in Detroit, he said he was working hard on getting them done...I mean, how long does it take though?? I have to take into consideration though, that he did say he was the only one working on them, and he had no help...

THAT was weird. :nod: