From: "Pat Marth" (replica@wam.umd.edu)
Subject: Concert Review - December 3 

December 3- Tonight's da night!  TOOL!  After arriving at the Capitol
Ballroom/Warehouse in lovely Southeast DC, me and my roommate were
psyched!
 Many many TOOL freaks congregating outside.  This show was major league
SOLD OUT!  People were offering $50 for a ticket.  If I didn't wanna see
TOOL that bad, I coulda made some serious cash.  After getting my
Marlboro's checked for pot at security, we entered into the first of about
a million rooms before the main concert room.  When we got in there, we
got
as far towards the front as we could.  Not very far, but good enough. 
Anyway, on to the show.  
        To anybody who's got a show listing Psychotica as the opener, I
would
definitely recommend arriving late.  Psychotica fuckin sucked a big hairy
one.  The lead singer looked like a cross between a Mighty Morphine Power
Ranger and anyone from Motley Crue.  About the only cool thing about them
was the electric cello.  People started throwing shit at the band.  The
lead thing then proceeded to make fun of the size of the thrower's
genitalia.  Pretty juvenile.  Anyway, they played a mercifully short and
unspectacular set.
        LADIES AND GENTLEMAN!  ARE WE READY TO RUMBLE!?  The lights dimmed
and the video screens appeared.  It's time for TOOL!  They opened with the
entire
"Third Eye".  Maynard was naked.  Just kidding.  He had shorts on.  That's
it.  He was painted half blue, half white.  Cool.  Then they broke into
"Stinkfist".  The place erupted into a giant mosh pit.  Nobody was spared. 
After it was over, about 100-150 chants of "Chickenweasel!" came up.
Those
not enlightened were standin around like "Huh?"  One thing I have to say
about this concert: TIGHT!  TOOL was so together and Maynard definitely
gives his all.  One of my favorite hilights: 

Maynard: This is our last song.
Crowd: No!!! (groan)
Maynard: This is our last song...
Crowd: No!!! (more groans)
Maynard: off our first album.

hehe.  That was pretty funny.  He introduced "Pushit" like this: 
"Have you ever been in a relationship where you loved this person so much,
but it was so horribly wrong?  Then you had to kill 'em.  Me neither."

The rest is a blur.  This is the rest of what they played from what I can
remember, but definitely not in order:
Eulogy
Forty Six & 2
Aenema
Opiate
Prison Sex
Sober (with a really cool drum intro) 
Undertow

That's what I can remember.  Definitely one of the best out of the many
shows I've been to this year.  The only thing I didn'y like was that they
didn't play "Hooker With a Penis"  :(

I only really started listening to TOOL with this last album.  Never has a
band made such a quick and immediate impression on me.  If they come back
around DC in the spring (hopefully hopefully), you bet your ass I'll be
there.
My neck hurts, and I have no voice.  This constitutes an awesome concert,
and I recommend to everyone!
Take it easy! (but not TOO easy)
Pat