Souvenier merchandise this tour is p-ss poor...
Date: October 13, 2005 23:18
I got an e-mail blast from the rollingstones.com offering me the "opportunity" to buy an exclusive fan-club t-shirt. It is the butt-ugliest design I've ever seen and there have been a plethora of butt-ugly designs available for purchase on this tour. Moreover, when you get your hands on the stuff the shirts are all that cheap, thin cotton that runs small. The caps are the sort of generic, shapeless kind that also run small. I have NEVER seen the quality of souvenier merchandise on a Stones tour as shabby as this.
It certainly was not the case with LICKS. Top drawer stuff all the way. Hats were thick and well made with bills so thick they could embroider lettering 1/8" thick on the edge. Not so with the shapeless, paper thin bills on the new caps.
Those of you looking forward to shows, shop carefully. I'm pretty sure they are counting on you to buy willy-nilly at the show which is why they've allowed such crap to be sold. Why put an extra dollar into a t-shirt? It would cut into the $31 margin they are making I suppose.
Anybody been to the shows and bought anything agree with me? Disagree?