From: Beth Winegarner 

I went to see Tool last night in SF and Maynard said a couple of things
which you might like to use in conjunction with your lyric
interpretations.  I don't know how, since these aren't *my* interps and
they're not yours either... I'm just trying to be helpful, anyway. :) 

On "Jimmy:" "This song is kind of a sequel to 'Prison Sex.'" (which they
had
just played; the two songs work *really* well together).

On "Aenema:" "Some take this song kinda literal. They think it's about Los
Angeles. I've got news for you, San Francisco. If we go, you go. So it's
kind of a love song -- a Romeo and Juliet kinda thing."

(other quips)
On "Hooker with a Penis:" "This song is about our new T-shirts."
On Paul D'Amour's absence: "People keep asking where Paul is. If Paul was
still here, we wouldn't have a new fucking record."

I'm a regular writer for Addicted to Noise (http://www.addict.com) (no,
this is not a shameless plug; it's just shameless) and my review of the
show will probably run in tomorrow's news section, if you're interested. 


Thanks,

Beth 

--
"All right, one more [song]. Unless you're in a hurry to be somewhere."
                                -- Maynard James Keenan, of Tool,
                                prior to their final song of the evening