From: Obidicut (jimmorey@eden.rutgers.edu)
Subject: tool show at the roseland, nyc, on fri., nov. 22 


kabir,
excellent job on the tool page. keep up the good work. on to the review: 
well, the show included all of the same shit everybody else felt the need 
to repeat endlessly(blue&white maynard, projection screens, etc.) what i 
found to be most fascinating at this, my first of hopefully many tool 
shows, was the performance of the band and maynard's on-stage presense. 
as far as performance, the guys were a dead on match to their recorded 
sound, which is excellent. but what really mezmerized me was maynard's 
intensity. in a day & age when music seems to be more about gimic and 
less about talent and true emotion i feel tool truly have few, if any, 
peers. maynard sang each song as if it were the first time, so inspired 
did he seem. he threw in some interesting little surprises. an extra 
verse to prison sex, set to music similar to that of jimmy, was added to 
the performance. l.a. and arizona bay in aenema were changed to n.y. and 
i believe philadelphia(or possibly pennsylvania) bay, which i thought was 
kind of cute. other than that the set was pretty much as described in 
previous reviews, mostly new stuff, with a mixture of songs from the 
first two albums. the crowd sucked. too many under-sexed, macho dickhead 
frat-boys banging into each other. despite this i felt as if maynard was 
singing directly to me, as he gazed out over the crowd in between his 
methodical dances, seemingly making eye contact with each member of the 
crowd in turn. overall, it was an excellent show, and i urge all who have 
the chance to go see them play. oh yeah, psychotica sucks. 

jim
(jimmorey@eden.rutgers.edu)