Headed to Winston-Salem Friday night. Went to see Japan Air at Ziggy’s. Got
roped into manning the merch booth. Interesting, 2 of the 3 people that bought
cd’s mentioned they had heard the sample mp3’s off of the net.

Then went to the Tool show on Saturday. I had bought a ticket, but ditched
it when a friend had a couple spare box seat tickets. The box was basically
straight back from the stage, so there was a good view. Definately the
way to see a show.

And the show itself, well…

[mode = “17 year old drunken metalhead”]
That FUCKING ROCKED!!! Woooohooo!!! Tool Fucking Rules!
(throw devil hand gesture in the air) Wooo!
[/mode]

Personal favorite part of the show was when Meshugah’s
drummer and guitarist joined them onstage. The drummer
setup a small rack of rotoroms, and the guitarist had some
sort of synth/noise maker. It started as basically a drum
duet, and then got heavier and weirder. And then heavier.
And then even heavier and more evil. If there had
been a goat in the box, I would have killed it with my
bare hands and drank it’s blood. Overall, an
excellent show.

Otherwise, just hung out in Winston Salem for
the weekend.