Doesn’t all good summer fun begin with some yard work? Doing some of that… but I did have some real fun in LA on my last trip. After getting all of my work done and closing a deal for Tool (GH4) I spent the last day of my trip in Catalina which is a gorgeous little island off the coast. The ferry ride is about an hour. I made some new friends with a Texas Ranger and his wife – Justin and Courtnie Chambers – and spent the day with Adam, Camella, Rynne, and Aaron Harris of the band Isis.

Source: http://attorneyalanjones.com/ (Adam’s Brother, TOOLs attorney!)

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Uploaded all the tool pictures ive saved off the net over the years.. if you have any I dont have please email them to me.  If theres any that should be removed let me know.

Link

• http://www.kneecapped.org/toolpics/

1. Queensland
   1. Visit Angus
   2. Tracey & Jocks fancy new house
   3. Saw TOOL over the fence at Brisbane BDO
2. Sydney
   1. TOOL
   2. Market
   3. Hotel
3. Melbourne
   1. TOOL
   2. TOOL at the Big Day Out

Tool 3 times (so far) LIVE in ONE MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Order has been confirmed!
You have ordered the these items on the 13/10/2006 from the BIG DAY OUT website
Total ticket(s) ordered: 2
Venue:
2 x BIG DAY OUT – MELBOURNE 28/1/2007

Hope the rest of you lot remember to get your tickets……………………..

Sourced from http://www.toolnavy.com and fourtheye.net

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• http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/racket/default.htm - Full Show
• tool.mp3 – Tool excerpt made by Foamy

Transcript

Now something that people might think I have held out, but I might as well drop the bombshell now I was privileged enough to hear the brand new Tool album yesterday in its entirety. It is titled 10,000 Days and it will be released on the 6th of May (Australia) and the members were present during the listening session, of cause Justin Chancellor, Danny Carey and Maynard James Keenan are currently in Australia promoting the album.

And what can I say about the brand new album? Well some might have had the privilege of going to a few listening parties, and yes they are privileges, but after a couple of songs you get a little bit distracted and you start talking to people because I really find it difficult to take in an album, regardless of what it is, the very first time when youre sitting there amongst people and youre all staring at the floor like youre at a funeral and at the end of a song youre sort of obligated to clap etc. But I will tell you the opening cut for the new Tool album just smacked me in the head and it certainly is far more aggressive than what youll hear on or what you heard on Lateralus album.

The band have actually said theyve been listening quite heavily to Meshuggah which theyve taken out on tour several times over the last couple of years and throughout the rest of the album there certainly are very lengthy Tool tracks where theyre definitely renowned for those progressive sound scapes and Danny Carey as always is truly on fire with some amazing drumming. And theres a couple of interesting vocal ideas too put in there by Mr. Maynard James Keenan.

This is a very brief assumption on the album so Im looking forward to hearing it properly when it does come out so May 6th is the release date (Australia) for the new Tool album called 10,000 Days but expect nothing short of a monstrous production. Not exactly sure who produced this new album? I dont think they used Dave Botterill on this one but its certainly raised the bar in the production stakes for the band even though weve always known them, the last few albums, to have very very polished productions.

Expect the same on the new one. But expect a lot more heavier tunes as well. So thats a mini mini brief rap-up of the new Tool album. Not a lot to give because like I said its very distracting to sort of listen to albums in that sort of environment. I just cannot wait to get a hold of the album when it comes out like everybody else because I dont think there will be any advanced copies going out. And what I noticed too, when the band turned up, actually right at the very end of the album, Mr. Maynard James Keenan, white shirt and jeans and a cowboy hat, I kid you not, walked over to the DJ booth, and there was only a good 20 or 30 people there in this venue, walks over to the DJ booth as the last song finished, ejected the cd himself, put it in the cover and put it in his pocket. So there you go.

The band are personally delivering this album themselves and taking it back themselves because of, generally, internet leaks which happens in albums like this, especially in the anticipation in an album like Tool, which has been 5 years in the making since Lateralus 2001 release. So there you go. Look out for the new Tool album May 6th and ask me what Im gonna think of it around that time when Ive really absorbed it as well as yourself. Im always curious to hear what you people think of certain releases that are coming out as well

Interesting ideas, no wonder he gets this kind of job.

Cool demonstration of how Macromedias Breeze product works, one of our clients was interested in using this and I can now see why, though I would be interested in viewing non-tech savvy people using the software to communicate like that….

http://www.speleorovers.org/fourtheye/Toolband-JD.png apparently a proposed design for the site above.