Adams Myspace site has been updated, this time with pictures from a carnival, with the "adamjones.tv" logo on them. Is this a sign his website will come to fruition soon?

Toolarmy members also seem to have a new recording photo, this particular one looks like a photo of Adams Guitar rig. Hopefully this trend will continue. Non Toolarmy members will have to wait approximately 0.666 seconds for this picture to creep it's way onto the internet.



Edit: 0.666 seconds later.....

In case you haven't noticed yet, Blair's August Newsletter is up, feature not only the usual obscurity, but also some studio goodness. Many pictures are up, including lots already seen on Adam's Myspace site, but there's also plenty of new ones.

CHeck it out at Toolband.

I get the feeling that somethings going to happen soon, some information will be shared, hopefully worthwhile this time. Maybe a Tool Army chat will be announced, as well as some glimpses of what's happening in the studio.

In the meantime, someone on Toolnavy has made the assertion, that according to his uncles drinking buddy from Revolver Magazine, that the next issue will contain some Tool news, including the announcement that the new CD will be released on the 6th of December. Is it just me or are these rumours coming from more and more dubious sources.....

If you really need to read the thread go here:

http://www.toolnavy.com/showthread.php?t=30189

Found this on Toolarmy this morning, apparently an update (source unknown) from Joshua Davis regarding the new CD, Website, and other stuff.

Joshua Davis (Grandmaster Flash) Spark 05 Hamilton

On Tool:

Recording began recently - as in August (dates and pics from Adam's myspace are accurate).

No suggestion of a possible release date for the album or new website(s).

The website will be updated when finances are made available to direct into the project - money is currently tied up with recording.

The band funds promotions/videos etc. for itself only using the 'label' for distribution of the album/cd.

Touring revenue accounts for the majority of the bands income - very little is made from album sales.

T-shirt/Poster/Album art may come from some of Joshua's flash animations.

More footage was shot during rehearsal of the new material and may appear in some form later. He is unable to make it available until the album is out (for obvious reasons).

Each rehearsal (approx. 1p - 4p daily) would begin with playing a few old songs (see Lateralus clip) and then move into the new stuff.

Hope this is helpful to someone and i haven't made too many errors.

There have also been a couple of other posts from Blair on Toolband in the last week, none regarding the signed vinyl, but one saying that Volto! will be playing later this week (possibly even tonight). If you're somewhere in LA and you go and see it, let me know what it was like!

For Haiku fans out there, you may want to check out Maynard's website, which has been updated with a peom for all his friends. Uh yeah.....

Those interested in the Tool recording progress should continue to check Adam's Blog, as there have been more pictures added in the last couple of days, and it looks as though it may become a regular occurance. It looks like King Buzzo and Josh Homme have paid a visit.

It's Joe's (presumably Joe Baressi) birthday today, August 16th according to Toolband so I thought I'd share with you all an interview with ex-Helmet/Tomahawk/Mark of Cain drummer John Stanier, where he talks (amongst other things) about Joe's recording techniques. Enjoy!

Is it a coincidence that Joes's birthday is the same date as the alleged Teleincision (not that it ever happened, surprise surprise!).

http://www.ink19.com/issues/january2004/interviews/johnStanier.html

I came across this post on Toolarmy this morning (thanks Stingers) which comes from Cam's Myspace site, and outlines some interesting facts regarding work Cam has done for Tool. Some interesting facts:

Hey there -

Sorry for the late reply (not the first nor the last). It's crazy busy over here, so I can get a bit buried, but Renny (my son) is keeping an eye on the myspace stuff for me, and he just nudged me to respond.

I sure appreciate the interest in my work. Honestly, it means plenty to me.

Regarding the Latralus album, Tool has done a very nice (and appropriate) job of promoting the fact that all the art on that album was made by the amazing Alex Grey, with the exception of the truly beautiful graphic layout on the back of the slipcover, which was designed by the very talented Mackie Osborne. I had nothing to do with that particular package. My only contribution(s) to Lateralis was the design of the set's, characters, color palette, and the body painting of the principle characters in the "Schism" video. Chet was resposible for the design of the head of the "male" character in that video, and had the impossibly daunting task of being in charge of all make-up and many phisical set peices as well. He had the worst of it, but both he and I nearly did ourselves in on that project. The body painting of the 2 Osseus Laberint dancers alone required 23 straight hours of very concentrated work (hardest on the dancers, Hanna and Mark) standing on a cement floor without a break. No, I don't mean to appeal to your sypathies; just thought you might be interested to know a little of what goes into this stuff.

As for Salival; I designed and painted the figure for that package after a little brainstorming session with Adam and Chet. Then once that was done, Chet carefully modeled (in Lightwave) the 3-D figure that the painting was then "mapped" onto. That made it possible for the figure to be rotated, and various screenshots taken, for the interior illustrations of the booklet that came with the DVD. The version you see on my website (Salival Figure) is the original image I made without any 3-D elements.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to help clear some of that up. There has been a huge amount of confusion as to the work I've done that Tool has used over the 9 - 10 years I was contributing imagery to the art-rock party. So, it's nice to be able to address some of that. Thanks.

Any other questions, lemme know. I'm sure Renny will rattle my cage, and I'll reply ASAP.

- Cam

There's been many posts on Toolband and Toolarmy lately, mainly involving the Vinyl release. Those Americans who've ordered the vinyl (non-autographed) should have recieved it by now, or will recieve it shortly. Still no firm details on the Autographed vinyl though.

Word on the boards is the Toolarmy's boards will be recieving and update sometime in the foreseeable future, and that pruning is currently underway. Seeing as there's been many promises of things afoot on the TA site, and nothing delivered as yet, I'm not holing my breath, however I would expect there to be an update to the site, probably coinciding with much vaunted Joshua Davis collaboration.

Adam has been posting pics from the recording studio up on his Blog lately. Interestingly it indicates that they're only up to day 6 in the studio, though I have no idea whether this is implying that the last post was on day six (Sunday the 14th of August), or more likely sometime earlier. It also definitely looks like Joe Barassi is taking part. Still, the idea of it being release in August seems pretty damn unlikely, unless of course this is a second CD they're recording....

For those who can't be bothered following links, or just don't like Myspace, here's some of the pics. Presumably they've been censored to protect the guilty parties.

Hi Justin, is that a dope plant?

Maynardo Grilling some Capsicum (I Think?)

Adam, I want your guitar

Apparently some dude from ISIS (oh, and Danny too)

And again, but with Adam

Lord Barassi, and what is that, a Jesus statue?

Anohter update on Toolband and Toolarmy indicates that:

• The Autographed Lateralus Vinyl is on it's way to the printers. Now I'm not an expert on the vinyl printing industry, but I'd suggest that it'd be several weeks before this becomes available. 'There will be plenty of advance warning' Blair says (sort of).



• Aloke Dutta is playing in Norman, Oklahoma on the 19th of August and in Dallas, Texas on the 20th. Put on your 10 gallon hat's and party with the tabla master.



• Daily Grail has some Google Earth coordinates for numerous places including Area 51 and Pine Gap. It even looks like Greg from the Daily Grail is an Aussie. Good onya mate! unfortunately no coordinates of Tool members houses. If you have any let me know!



• For all you Google Earth (or NASA World Wind) fans out there, try and find me in Yeppoon, Queensland!

Found this article today, which includes a comment from Jason Nerys from the New York Jets(?).

Linemen Long to Know What Pigskin Feels Like in Their Hands - New York Times:

Nerys, who spent last season on the Jets' practice squad, is a fan of the heavy metal group Tool. The frontman Maynard James Keenan does not interest Nerys as much as the bassist Justin Chancellor or the drummer Danny Carey.

'Those guys are not getting the attention,' Nerys said. 'The lead singer gets all the attention, and it's like, 'Who the heck is everyone else?' Everyone can recognize the lead singer, but then, if you see the drummer or the guitarist, it's kind of like, 'What are you doing?' So you kind of have that same understanding.'

Be warned, registration is required to read the article.

I stumbled upon a Bikini Bandits article, on IGN of all place which very briefly (and pointlessly) mentions A Perfect Circle. If you're really bored, check it out!

Us Toolarmy lads were welocomed by a picture of Adam holding the much requested Lateralus Vinyl. Looking good Adam now GET BACK TO WORK! ;)

Blair sars info on the Autographed copies will be coming soon. Still no idea of when and how much. Patience is a virtue....

Another day, another new post on Toolband about something other than Tool......

This time it's about their Tabla playing mate Aloke Dutta, who's got three shows on in August, the first of which will be in Santa Barbara at the Mercury Lounge. Apparently the other shows will be in Oklahoma and Texas. Yeehaw!

For those Laterauls Vinyl lovers, and those that just missed out in the recent sale, heres a pic I grabbed from the website of the in demand item.

It looks like the Lateralus Vinyl has either sold out or been removed from the Tool site. I can assure you all it did appear for a few hours last night, and was still available when I went to bed (about 10:30 Australian EST). It seems to be gone this morning, so if you didn't get one, I'd imagine you've missed out. Just have to wait until it arrives in the stores I guess. Hopefully the release gets distributed outside of the United States so that the many international Tool fans who missed out last night can enjoy it.

Blair has posted on the site that the Autographed Copies are NOT yet available, but will be made available to Toolarmy Members in the near future.

He also mentioned stuff about John Ziegler, Volto and possible guest musicians coming up in August. Does anyone in LA go to this stuff?

Well, after much hype, presumtions and server crashes, it looks as though the Lateralus Vinyl is available, both on Toolband and Toolarmy. From what I can see they're not Autographed, holographically or otherwise, and the cost is US$44.99 + US$16 for postage to Australia. That's about $81 Australian!

I hope the autographed copy is not much more expensive than that!

The Toolarmy sites getting smashed at the moment. I sure hope the Administrators were thinking when the let Blair announce that there's records are on sale. Would be funny if the whole site went down and nothing even goes up for sale!

Anyway, surely there's gotta be a better way, maybe they could have a lottery or some other way to help people secure the vinyl without bringing the whole machine down.

I'm giving up for now, no point hanging around, especially since I don't think anythings going up today....

According to the The Frontier Touring Company, Fanotmas are on their way back Down Under. Not sure if I'll be able to catch them this time, since the finances are a little tight for a trip down to Brisbane at the moment. Maybe if everyone who uses my Toolarmy Toolbar donate's $5 I'll be able too!

Still I'm better off than when I was in Adelaide, since they've decided to skip the City of Churches altogether. Getting to Brisbane from Rockhampton is still cheaper than Adelaide to Melbourne or Sydney.

What does this have to do with Tool you say? Not much, but I love Fantomas, and I guess they did tour with Tool at one point, not to mention Buzz's longtime association with Adam.