Just to keep you all on your toes, Blair has posted the February Tool Newsletter for 2012. It doesn’t contain anything too exciting, but it does contain an apparent answer to the 10,000 Days puzzle.
Let the complaining commence!
Also, there’s a great photo of Justin!
Blair has released the January Newsletter, which you can read in the Newsletters section of Toolband right now. A quick glance shows no real Tool news, which doesn’t come as a huge surprise to me. Feel free to comment & discuss the email below!
Anyone stuck their tour poster under a UV lamp yet?
NOTE THE NEWSLETTER CONTAINS SETLIST SPOILERS
Blair put out the May 2010 Tool newsletter on Toolband today, and it turns out that it’s his 10th anniversary as writer/content manager. Congratulations Blair, and despite what some say I’ve always felt he’s been an great webmaster give then guidelines he must work within.
Plenty of goodies inside the newsletter, though I haven’t had a chance to read the full thing, but here’s the bit I like:
Also, with the success certain Karcists are having with the fragments from the grimoire entitled “Libri Of Veneficus Pro Tool”, it would appear that I should get my passport renewed. Once that’s taken care of, hopefully I’ll have a few extra bickies to finally purchase that ILC DOVER-manufactured Extravehicular Mobility Unit that I’ve been yabbering about for years. Remember, the suit with its 3D-Textile “Red Ned” stain proof hydrophilic fibers and polyurethane-coated nylon pressure bladders (hopefully they kept in mind the problem of Chocolate Ripple Biscuits). No wucking furries about the new Assassin spider, but there’s still the usual suspects!
Take a look at the January 2007 Newsletter in particular and some may note the correlation between various terms used…. Perhaps reason enough for Aussies to start getting excited.
There are also strong hints of a website update, something many of us here have suspected for a while now.
In other news today, it seems as though Tool may be playing in LA on the 18th, 19th and 21st of July at the Nokia Center. This may or may not be Ticketmaster (not on sale yet though) and I’m about to go to bed so haven’t checked personally. I’m sure someone helpful will post below if this is really the case.
Blair has released the December 2009 Newsletter. It really just says Merry Xmas from the band. Read into that what you will! Thanks to nxrm for the tip!
Also, Meshuggah have released an official trailer to the coming Live DVD Alive:
The DVD can be ordered from a range of places, but packages from Nuclear Blast USA can be had with a poster, and either shirt or hoodie.
I’ve had it pointed out to me overnight, that November 12th in all likeliness won’t be any kind of announcement. I was somewhat skeptical about the chances of anything happening that day, but Toolarmy member Corinthian pointed out to me a couple of interesting points contained in a few Tool Newsletters.
It turns out that November 12th is the day of the “San Antonio Curse” . From the March 2007 Newsletter:
We’re still getting lots of messages from Tool enthusiasts who are concerned about the rescheduled tour dates. Many are wondering if the “10,000 Days” tour might in fact be cursed, especially those fans living in San Antonio who are writing to me about what they actually refer to as “the San Antonio curse.”
And
The San Antonio curse began on November 12, 2002 at Freeman Coliseum when a faulty drape fell off the wall in the band’s dressing room and caught on fire from some candles burning there. Noticing this, Maynard nonchalantly uttered “fire… fire… FIRE to anyone who would listen as he calmly walked down a hallway back stage. As an interesting side note, since, as I alluded to earlier, the potential solution to removing the curse involves aspects of time travel, I’m pretty sure that the date that Marty McFly returned to in the film “Back to the Future” and its sequel was November 12 (1955).
The flames were quickly extinguished with the only inconvenience being that a certain band member was deprived of a particular piece of fruit. However, the venue officials required the band to pay several thousand dollars in damage. This was the moment that the curse actually began! Those of you who have read my newsletter about the Coachella debacle – that involving a magically ‘unlawful’ pantacle (not pentacle) placed in the back of Danny’s beater pickup truck might find the following to be quite telling: According to the general manager of the Freeman Coliseum, the fire in the band’s dressing room caused only minor damage, “less than the amount of a used Chevy truck.” With his choice of words, there can be no question that this is evidence of a supernatural presence at work – a strange manifestation that exists outside of time, or is able to manipulate time in ways that modern science doesn’t understand. This presence that foresaw and/or was involved with the future imprecation placed on the truck with its K.C. plates is most certainly demonic in nature, and probably of the “Xaphan” pedigree. It would also appear that the swarming flies of misfortune have followed the band ever since that event of November 12th.
From that May 2008 Newsletter:
we might just be able to remove a curse that occurred in San Antonio’s Freeman Coliseum on November 12, 2002 after a fire in the band’s dressing room prompted venue officials to require the guys to pay several thousand dollars in damages.
In my opinion, what better way to help remove the curse than some positive news regarding Tool’s plan for the future!
Blair has posted the May Tool Newsletter up on Toolband (not announced in the news – visit the newsletter page directly). It talks about Mormonism and the upcoming Salt Lake City show, but probably won’t do anything but frustrate those of you with little patience for Blair’s writings.
Blair has posted the October/Halloween Tool Newsletter, which mainly outlines his and Danny‘s trip to the Guitar Hero World Tour party in LA. A somewhat interesting read, but I’m sure most Tool finds will find the following statement much more interesting:
Oh, one more thing: “No”, GHWT wasn’t “the big thing” (your words) alluded to in earlier posts. I believe that’s still a go. In the meantime, keep on rocking in the irised spotlight!..
The Augustember edition of the Tool newsletter is now out on Toolband/Army, and as promised it largely talks about Danny & Blair’s recent trip to Maynard’s Vineyard. A somewhat interesting read but don’t expect much Tool insight.
There’s also some more information regarding Maynard’s upcoming Wine Signing Sessions at Whole Foods Markets about the place:
“Vineyard owners Maynard James Keenan and Eric Glomski kick off signings of 2007 Arizona Stronghold “Tazi,” “Mangus,” and “Nachise” beginning Sept. 16 in Pasadena.”
“Cornville, Ariz., Aug. 7 – Arizona Stronghold Vineyard vintners Maynard James Keenan (Caduceus Cellars/Merkin Vineyards owner and front man for Tool and Puscifer) and Eric Glomski (Page Springs Cellars) will host, in conjunction with Whole Foods Market, a series of bottle signings beginning Sept. 16 in Pasadena, Calif. The pair will be signing bottles of the debut 2007ASV releases as well as the 2006 Merkin Vineyards Chupacabra, and a handful of Keenan’s Caduceus wines.”
Dates and locations for the signings are:
September 17 4:30 – 7:30 pm Venice, CA (225 Lincoln Blvd at Rose)
October 21 2- 5 pm Tustin, CA
(Jamboree and Barranca Pkway at the Districtat Tustin Legacy)
22 9 am – 12 pm West Los Angeles, CA (11666 National Blvd. at Barrington)
November 4 4:30 – 7:30 pm Henderson/Las Vegas, NV (100 S. Green Valley Pkwy)
6 2 – 5 pm San Diego, CA (8825 Villa La Jolla Dr. at Nobel)
December 2 9 am – 12 pm Fairfax/Los Angeles, CA (6350 W. 3rd St. at Fairfax)
3 4:30 – 7:30 pm El Segundo, CA (760 S. Sepulveda Blvd. at Rosecrans)
9 4:30 – 7:30 pm Las Vegas, NV (6689 Las Vegas Blvd. S. at Sunset Rd.
in Town Square Las Vegas)
10 4:30 – 7:30 pm Chandler, AZ (2955 W. Ray Rd. at the 101)
11 4:30 – 7:30 pm Scottsdale, AZ 7111 E. Mayo Blvd. at Scottsdale Blvd.
15 4:30 – 7:30 pm Scottsdale, AZ (8688 E. Raintree Dr. at the 101)About Arizona Stronghold Vineyards
“ASV lies at the eastern edge of Sulfur Springs Valley, in Cochise County (alongside the Wilcox Playa) in a small, unincorporated area known as the Kansas Settlement. The vineyard site is 80 acres with 66 acres currently under vine. Co-owned by Eric Glomski (Page Springs Cellars) and Maynard James Keenan (Caduceus Cellars/Merkin Vineyards), ASV’s mission is to present affordable top quality Arizona wine made by passionate Arizona based winemakers. Keenan says of the vineyard, “One of our many goals here in Arizona is to establish a cornerstone around which locally owned and operated, sustainable and organic industries can thrive.”