From: shade@paradoxnw.com
Subject: Tool: Tacoma show

well, I didn't have tix, but decided to take the day off work and drive
30 miles to the venue anyway.  After 20 minutes of wandering around the
parking lot, I picked one up for $10.  The gods were smiling today...

After the cows gave it their best, much do the dismay of the general
crowd, we had to endure an almost Trent Reznor caliber wait for Tool to
take the stage.  The MC apologized after a while, citing Technical
difficulties.  Maynerd had a different story: " we were all backstage
playing Monopoly and completely forgot there was a show tonight.
There's only one thing to say about the performance, and that is

TOOL ROCKS THE FUCKIN SHIT!!!

This was my first time seeing them, and I was amazed.  They're
incredibly tight.  That whole kundalini idea makes a lot more sense
after seeing Maynerd on stage.  He was most of the stage presence, but
more than made up for the others.  Here's the set list:

Stinkfist
46 and 2
Intolerance
Eulogy
Hooker with a Penis (Preceded by "This is a song about getting more than
                     you bargained for.")
Prison Sex
Jimmy
Undertow
Pushit
Sober
Opiate
Aenima 

I was about 15 feet from the stage the whole time, and Maynerd
definately did do the whole intro to Eulogy through a megaphone(?).
Sometime in the set, Maynerd introduced Justin, and then said for those
wondering where Paul is that he just finished an album called (he didn't
remember) in a prject named (I can't remember) but that it would be out
in Jan. on he thought Volcano Records.

Incidentally, the venue they played was the field house (Gym) for a
private college up here.  Very small, comapared to your average arena.

Amazing. Wow.  My body will hate me tomorrow, but well, I wouldn't have
it any other way.

- -shade