That Ain't Workin' - My New Book

[Chris W]

But, for context, we're talking about two photo captions and not talking about all the photos, which is the main aspect of the book.

[Jules]

But, for context, we're talking about two photo captions and not talking about all the photos, which is the main aspect of the book.

I have to say that I like the photos a lot, and you can clearly see how they improve in terms of composition and ideas as the tour goes by. It's a pitty that the last one you took (or selected) was from Barcelona and there is nothing from the very last date in Zaragoza.

very nice to see pics of Neil Dorfsman setting up for the recordings.

[Chris W]

It turns out I hardly took any during the last leg of the tour. I think it's because the weather was getting greyer (Autumn) and we were all suffering a bit from burn out. Most of my pictures and a lot of the best ones are from the Spring and Summer of 1992, all across Europe.

[Pottel]

this stuff happens all the time and everywhere.
Someone makes a tiny spelling mistake and it gets taken for granted and future discussions/mentions all got that spelling mistakes
Also, with stuff like venues, there is the local name, the international name, the old sponsor name, the new sponsor name, so many opportunities for mistakes.
i always keep correcting "Werchter Festival WeiSe" into "Weide" which is the flemish/durch word for pasture/meadow/grasland and which is basically the legendary Werchter Festival grounds in belgium, between Leuven and Brussels (also often referred to as being "in brussels" which it most deffo isn't) where DS played in 79 (lacklustre performance that Mark was not all too happy with and neither were the reviews, contrary to their Pinkpop performance a few days earlier, then again in 1981, which we all know as it is a grandiose performance, the penultimate of that tour before finishing the next day in Luxemburg and then again in 1992 where i was lucky enough to be in attendance and where a great When it comes to you was perfomed

[dustyvalentino]

Also stuff that someone posted as opinion gets taken as fact.

That's one of the reasons I'm glad Chris and Ed have come on here to correct a lot of stuff, we just need to keep the site online forever now.

[Chris W]

Anyway yes, it was a one man project so a mistake was bound to crop up somewhere. I did check and recheck, used the band tour itinerary, online gig lists, then googled all the venues for local spellings etc.

I'm getting a lot of private feedback. Public would help spread the word. But anyway, the one word that keeps cropping up when people write to me is 'emotional'. People find looking through the book an emotional experience.
That's pretty cool!

[Waldo]

this stuff happens all the time and everywhere.
Someone makes a tiny spelling mistake and it gets taken for granted and future discussions/mentions all got that spelling mistakes
Also, with stuff like venues, there is the local name, the international name, the old sponsor name, the new sponsor name, so many opportunities for mistakes.
i always keep correcting "Werchter Festival WeiSe" into "Weide" which is the flemish/durch word for pasture/meadow/grasland and which is basically the legendary Werchter Festival grounds in belgium, between Leuven and Brussels (also often referred to as being "in brussels" which it most deffo isn't) where DS played in 79 (lacklustre performance that Mark was not all too happy with and neither were the reviews, contrary to their Pinkpop performance a few days earlier, then again in 1981, which we all know as it is a grandiose performance, the penultimate of that tour before finishing the next day in Luxemburg and then again in 1992 where i was lucky enough to be in attendance and where a great When it comes to you was perfomed

Hi Pottel,
You were at '92 concert in Werchter ?
So was I, very close to the stage, in the limited access area to prevent pushing I guess.

But I'm wondering, what do you mean by "durch" ?!?
Just kidding, amigo.
A little revenge for you calling me dutchie ;-)

[Robson]

Anyway yes, it was a one man project so a mistake was bound to crop up somewhere. I did check and recheck, used the band tour itinerary, online gig lists, then googled all the venues for local spellings etc.

I'm getting a lot of private feedback. Public would help spread the word. But anyway, the one word that keeps cropping up when people write to me is 'emotional'. People find looking through the book an emotional experience.
That's pretty cool!

Chris, definitely because for many of us the great adventure with Dire Straits began in the early 90s 

And besides, who would have guessed at the time that 35 years later the DS drummer would be answering our questions on a forum.
It's amazing.

[Pottel]

this stuff happens all the time and everywhere.
Someone makes a tiny spelling mistake and it gets taken for granted and future discussions/mentions all got that spelling mistakes
Also, with stuff like venues, there is the local name, the international name, the old sponsor name, the new sponsor name, so many opportunities for mistakes.
i always keep correcting "Werchter Festival WeiSe" into "Weide" which is the flemish/durch word for pasture/meadow/grasland and which is basically the legendary Werchter Festival grounds in belgium, between Leuven and Brussels (also often referred to as being "in brussels" which it most deffo isn't) where DS played in 79 (lacklustre performance that Mark was not all too happy with and neither were the reviews, contrary to their Pinkpop performance a few days earlier, then again in 1981, which we all know as it is a grandiose performance, the penultimate of that tour before finishing the next day in Luxemburg and then again in 1992 where i was lucky enough to be in attendance and where a great When it comes to you was perfomed

Hi Pottel,
You were at '92 concert in Werchter ?
So was I, very close to the stage, in the limited access area to prevent pushing I guess.

But I'm wondering, what do you mean by "durch" ?!?
Just kidding, amigo.
A little revenge for you calling me dutchie ;-)

nom de dieux...putain....
yes yes, 17yr old me, somewhere to the right hand side, 20th row roughly, in trance...

[Chris W]

Barcelona 1992.
Who are these young men and where are they now?

[darkshiver]

Barcelona 1992.
Who are these young men and where are they now?

I know the names of two of the guys. The guy on the left is called Santi (one of the founders of the Spanish fanzine Rockaway with me and another guy). The guy on the right I think his name is Frederic.  During those concerts in May and October I also went to see Dire Straits at Le meridien hotel in Barcelona. I have pictures with all the band members, except Mark (it was really difficult to get a picture with him for the reasons we all know (I got pictures in 1995 and later years in completely different circumstances), John and Paul. I get everyone's signature, that's for sure!  I've been looking at the pictures a little while ago .... Well, I'm 51 now, Santi is 1 year older than me and I don't know the age of the other guys. In the October concerts, I went into the concert at the Palau Sant Jordi with a video camera. I was able to record the last concert,  the 4th October. Fantastic concerts, fantastic ages, fantastic days that year. Beautiful memories. 

[Chris W]

Oh great. That's good know.
I thought they would be in their 50's.
Time flies.

[wayaman]

Barcelona 1992.
Who are these young men and where are they now?

I know the names of two of the guys. The guy on the left is called Santi (one of the founders of the Spanish fanzine Rockaway with me and another guy). The guy on the right I think his name is Frederic.  During those concerts in May and October I also went to see Dire Straits at Le meridien hotel in Barcelona. I have pictures with all the band members, except Mark (it was really difficult to get a picture with him for the reasons we all know (I got pictures in 1995 and later years in completely different circumstances), John and Paul. I get everyone's signature, that's for sure!  I've been looking at the pictures a little while ago .... Well, I'm 51 now, Santi is 1 year older than me and I don't know the age of the other guys. In the October concerts, I went into the concert at the Palau Sant Jordi with a video camera. I was able to record the last concert,  the 4th October. Fantastic concerts, fantastic ages, fantastic days that year. Beautiful memories. 

Frederic is Spanish or french? I met in Barcelona two siblings (boy and girl) from France but with family in Spain, I think in Gandia...

[darkshiver]

Oh great. That's good know.
I thought they would be in their 50's.
Time flies.

the average fan was 19-20 years old. I think you would have been about 33 at that time, Chris.

[darkshiver]

Barcelona 1992.
Who are these young men and where are they now?

I know the names of two of the guys. The guy on the left is called Santi (one of the founders of the Spanish fanzine Rockaway with me and another guy). The guy on the right I think his name is Frederic.  During those concerts in May and October I also went to see Dire Straits at Le meridien hotel in Barcelona. I have pictures with all the band members, except Mark (it was really difficult to get a picture with him for the reasons we all know (I got pictures in 1995 and later years in completely different circumstances), John and Paul. I get everyone's signature, that's for sure!  I've been looking at the pictures a little while ago .... Well, I'm 51 now, Santi is 1 year older than me and I don't know the age of the other guys. In the October concerts, I went into the concert at the Palau Sant Jordi with a video camera. I was able to record the last concert,  the 4th October. Fantastic concerts, fantastic ages, fantastic days that year. Beautiful memories. 

Frederic is Spanish or french? I met in Barcelona two siblings (boy and girl) from France but with family in Spain, I think in Gandia...

Frederic is the Catalan version of FRIEDRICH in German. It also has the French version. This guy is Catalan for sure! (Catalonia is a region of Spain, (the history of Catalonia is complicated to explain for people outside of Spain, even for  some people from the rest of Spain).