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From: GIMP (gimp@vt.edu)
Subject: Review - Charlotte Dec 6

The Grady Cole center - what a dump. I wish it upon that place to never 
have a show ever again. The video screens were not used, but a white 
backdrop was where all the images were cast, of course of low quality, 
and littered with crowd shadows. It was also fun having uniformed cops in 
the crowd during the show to make sure you did not light a cigarette. I 
wish the cops had hauled off the 300 lb. nazi thugs that could certainly 
have found a better way to 'vent' than banging around the place like we 
all owe them some sort of respect for their shiny heads and thick necks. 


At any rate, the music was tight and clear. Setlist was same as you've 
all been seeing. Adam seemed surprisingly, i dunno - 'fresh'? during this 
show. he actually was looking up and at the crowd smiling a lot of the 
show. during the 'sober' intro adam went at it with an electric razor on 
his guitar, providing some interesting sound. Maynard spoke quite a bit, 
as a few tech problems left moments to advertise that a guitar tech had 
only one testicle, and that Justin was from (a few found the humor) a 
small french province in Iceland, and was second cousin to Bjork. There 
is no doubt Maynard is back to 100% - he really went at it, sweating 
enough to lose most all of the paint on his body. This was the second 
time this tour I saw TooL, and hope a spring tour brings them back around 
the mid-atlantic, hopefully a little closer to Blacksburg, Va. 

the GIMP
gimp@vt.edu