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[12/30/97] - Likely the last Tool news of the year comes to us from 
Niki Rodgers (nrodgers@hotmail.com):
"Ænima" was picked for "Best Album Cover" of the last year in 
Rolling Stone's Annual Reader's Poll. (It
probably came out too late for last year's poll).

[12/11/97] - A new FAQ is up at last, after 5 months! Check it out. 
Lots of small changes, nothing too
earth-shattering. Let me know if I missed something. Tabs have been 
cleaned up, some outvoted ones are
gone, and votes for the past few months have been straightened out. 
Still a lot of catching up to do. "Forty-Six
& 2" was last pegged at #22, I believe. 

[12/7/97] - Yes, Tool was on MTV's Mattrock last night. Some of the 
interview was from the 120 Minutes
episode when "Ænema" first aired, the rest featured Maynard and 
Danny talking about appearances in music
groups, about Adam working on artwork, and about the "Stinkfist" 
and "Prison Sex" videos (which were both
shown). No info is around on if this show will air again as of now. 
Thanks to all those who mailed me about
this, sorry it didn't get posted until it was too late. Also, 
Kaveh (Kavehs@aol.com) points out that this week's
Billboard mainstream rock chart has "Forty-Six & 2" at #26.

[12/3/97] - A truckload of pictures have just shown up in the 
Images section, under "Individual Photos"; the
year-old backlog is nearly expunged at last. 26 of these are a 
series of excellent Lollapalooza pictures, taken
by the same folks who sent them in: Karl Wurm (Novus14@aol.com) 
and Nicole (inyoh@aol.com). Mail them and
tell them they kick ass. The promised Audio and Video is coming, 
the images have managed to take longer
than I had thought. Sorry about that.

[11/19/97] - Not news, but from all of us back here, here's wishing
 a happy 27th birthday to Justin!

[11/11/97] - At long last, the Larrikin site has been updated, and 
now sports a cryptic message on the front
page. Mail to that site has been answered with information about the 
songwriting process set to pick up again
in January, followed by a North American tour. Information on all of 
these is currently being dug up, though
another album is coming ... someday. As far as rumors of Tool shows 
around the country this winter, I have no
idea what's going on. Don't forget, Tool is still in the midst of 
the label-switch lawsuit; though they aren't in any
hurry to make any decisions, and apparently have a number of suitors 
ready to pick them up. Also, on
November 17, the Tori Amos RAINN concert (which featured Maynard 
singing on her song "Muhammad My
Friend") will be released on video, though only in the UK. Get more 
info from Mike Whitehead's Tori page.
The online mailing list has moved, more info is up under Mailing 
List, oddly enough. Lastly, on a very upbeat
note, my film has finally completed shooting; so I've almost got 
time again for everything else. Like this long
news bit, for example.

[10/31/97] - Today being Halloween, MTV ran a Top 10 All-Time 
Scariest Videos, and "Stinkfist" ("Track
#1") came in at #9. Glen Toomayan (gat2@acpub.duke.edu) is to thank 
for bringing us this oh-so-spooky info.
On a darker note, Fred Stuhr, animator, co-director of the "Sober" 
video and certainly inspiration for some
others, was killed Saturday night when his car left the 210 Freeway 
in San Gabriel, CA and crashed into a
tree. Stuhr was 30.


 
   
   
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