Last night, my brother's friend Joey, treated us to free tickets as well as VIP passes to Tool's show at the memorial coliseum. It's been a long time since i would have considered myself a tool fan, but i still have a soft spot in my heart for earlier albums, and besides, who would pass up great tickets and VIP passes to anything? The show had a lot of laser effects and more of the same video screens that they have had the last...five times i have seen them. Joey said that there was a crew of over 40 people, and there were seven trucks to carry all of the equipment. I believe it. They had their own lighting rigging and crazy effects and projectors and all this stuff.
Joey showed us the bus they've been traveling in which was pretty posh: satelitte tv, kitchenette and 12 bunks each with a personal dvd player. Some of the busses even have a "camera channel" so if you are in your bunk, you can turn it on to see where what the camera mounted on the front of the bus sees. That way, you can see where you are if the bus stops. We went to an after-party of sorts where there was beer, and the drummer from tool was walking around, but we didn't meet any of them, which was fine because I am not so starstruck by them any longer. There was also a drunk guy who insisted that my brother was the spitting image of "dale" danny carey's (the drummer's) brother. He was funny and uncomfortable. Also, Joey gave some tickets and passes to some drum company people, but when they tried to get into the after party, he told the guard people not to let them in. That made us look extra cool. Trans Am was also enjoyable. At one point, one of the members took a bite out of a sandwich while playing the keyboard with his free hand. His bite was not sensible, and he spent the rest of the song chewing. Unbelievable!
All in all, a good time. Thanks to joey for getting us in and showing us around, thanks to ben for knowing joey!
1 comment:
you know IM jealous.
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