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The February newsletter is now up on Toolband/Toolarmy and it’s a somewhat revealing one:

Tool are in the process or writing new material., though Blair personally hasn’t heard any.
Joe Baressi has, which suggests to me he’s probably going to engineer the album again.
Adam has a new pedal he’s been playing around with, and this may or may not feature.
Danny has some new percussion instruments, and they definitely don’t have a water bong in the room.
The cover from the mini tour was from the band The God Machine, and it wasn’t played because a member of the band had recently passed away (a friend of Justins)
Apparently the male doctors voice on Lost Keys is the bands manager, not Justin as has been suggested to me in the past. The man in question, Pete Riedling if I remember correctly is an Australian.
The Big Thing is the website updates. It will happen sometime in the future. My sources tell me around September.

It’s an interesting read, a mini-FAQ in some ways and I suggest you all take a look.

Thanks to Nathan for the tip!

Blair released the December Newsletter on Toolband today, and surprisingly it’s somewhat on topic. For those who can’t be bothered reading it:

Nothing happening on the Tool front at the moment, but song writing will probably commence once the holiday season is over (with presumably Maynard joining them after the Puscifer shows). Also, no decision has been made as to whether or not they might tour in 2009. Personally, I couldn’t see a tour happening until after an album release.
The Tool websites (including Danny‘s) will most likely get an overhaul in 09. Personally, I’ve speculated that a Toolarmy overhaul could be the “big thing” mentioned.
At least one member of Tool will be on the new Isis record, which is being recorded by Joe Baressi.

Also up on Toolband is a pic of Adam and Danny hanging with Mike Patton at a basketball game. More photo’s can be found on Toolarmy for members.