If you're a Tool memorabilia collector, you might want to check out the band's contribution to Clive Barker's Kickstarter project for a hardcover art book. They donated some signed custom tour posters. Only one is left, and it can be yours for a pledge of $2200.The status of a new Tool album remains up in the air. The band is working on new music, but a timetable hasn't been set. Keenan stated in a recent interview that the creation of a Tool album was "a long process." He also added that he doesn't write the instrumentals and was waiting on his bandmates to bring their songs to him.Work has begun on a brand new Tool album, with frontman Maynard James Keenan recently describing the process as 'tedious', expressing his nuisance and having to wait for band members to pen music for new tracks.
"I don't write the music. They write the music," he told Rolling Stone in November 2013. "I wait for them to bring music to me. They tend to go back over and over stuff. It's a long process. For a person like me, it can be a very tedious process. In some ways, they are bigger perfectionists. But you can only help support their talent so long. They don't have to go through it 700 times. They can trust that first thought. But that's their process, so you gotta let them do it." And is that process happening? "I couldn't tell you."The band's new shows will place in Fresno, Las Vegas, San Diego, Austin, Houston and Phoenix. There are still no UK shows confirmed, but hopes are high the band will bring their show to our shores before the end of 2014. Tool's full 2014 dates are below. Additional dates are in bold.
The veteran Los Angeles alternative rock band, which this year celebrates its 24th anniversary, will perform March 16 at Valley View Casino Center. The four-man group, which has won three Grammy Awards, has previously headlined at such major festivals as San Diego Street Scene, Lollapalooza and Bonaroo.Alternative-rock sensations Tool, fronted by Arizona winemaker Maynard James Keenan, will bring their latest tour to US Airways Center on Thursday, March 27.Formed in 1990, Tool released a double-platinum debut called "Undertow" in 1993 but really hit their stride with 1996's triple-platinum "Aenima" and 2001's double-platinum "Lateralus." Their biggest rock-radio hits include "Sober," "Schism," "Parabola," "Vicarious," "The Pot" and "Jambi."
2014年2月21日星期五
2014年2月19日星期三
Into the Wild With a Tool Belt
The dead of winter may not seem like the liveliest time in the real estate business, but on television one segment of the new-construction market is booming: the cabin-in-the-woods market.On Tuesday night the National Geographic Channel serves up "Mennonite Made," about a Mennonite business in Salem, Mo., that makes custom-designed log cabins. It joins the channel's "Building Wild," a workplace reality series that began last month, about two guys who call themselves the Cabin Kings. Apparently being monarch of the forest is a thing, because Destination America has announced a series for next month, imported from Canada, called "Timber Kings." Trees everywhere are quaking in their boots, or roots.
Maybe it's a sign of economic recovery that television is showcasing cabin building, since these structures are often retreats rather than primary residences. Or maybe it's a sign of the opposite. Television has been marketing fantasy since "Queen for a Day," back in the 1950s. "Spend an hour indulging in the fiction that you, too, can afford a second home," these cabin shows may be saying to the income-stagnated among us. "Though, of course, you can't."In any case, "Mennonite Made" features a charming group of men who use old-fashioned construction methods — Lincoln Logs, the children's toy, may come to mind —NCAA recognizes Snapchat as'munication tool for recruiting to create a 1,600-square-foot cabin for a customer in Estes Park, Colo. The wrinkle is, Missouri and Colorado are about 1,000 miles apart. They first build the structure on their home ground, then dismantle it and truck the pieces to Colorado for reassembling. Since each hand-cut log is unique, that requires a detailed system of labeling; it's a 3-D jigsaw puzzle.
There has been quite a run of Amish-themed reality programming in the past few years, a lot of it not particularly complimentary. Mennonites are somewhat different in their beliefs from the Amish, including not being averse to using power equipment, and "Mennonite Made" shows these men in a respectful light. All of them are appealing on camera. Now that "Duck Dynasty" has lost its luster, there's an opening for personable bearded men of faith on TV. "Mennonite Made" is a one-shot special, but, by its end, you may find that you wouldn't mind seeing more of these fellows.
Maybe it's a sign of economic recovery that television is showcasing cabin building, since these structures are often retreats rather than primary residences. Or maybe it's a sign of the opposite. Television has been marketing fantasy since "Queen for a Day," back in the 1950s. "Spend an hour indulging in the fiction that you, too, can afford a second home," these cabin shows may be saying to the income-stagnated among us. "Though, of course, you can't."In any case, "Mennonite Made" features a charming group of men who use old-fashioned construction methods — Lincoln Logs, the children's toy, may come to mind —NCAA recognizes Snapchat as'munication tool for recruiting to create a 1,600-square-foot cabin for a customer in Estes Park, Colo. The wrinkle is, Missouri and Colorado are about 1,000 miles apart. They first build the structure on their home ground, then dismantle it and truck the pieces to Colorado for reassembling. Since each hand-cut log is unique, that requires a detailed system of labeling; it's a 3-D jigsaw puzzle.
There has been quite a run of Amish-themed reality programming in the past few years, a lot of it not particularly complimentary. Mennonites are somewhat different in their beliefs from the Amish, including not being averse to using power equipment, and "Mennonite Made" shows these men in a respectful light. All of them are appealing on camera. Now that "Duck Dynasty" has lost its luster, there's an opening for personable bearded men of faith on TV. "Mennonite Made" is a one-shot special, but, by its end, you may find that you wouldn't mind seeing more of these fellows.
2014年2月13日星期四
NCAA recognizes Snapchat as'munication tool for recruiting
Tool's first recorded material was as concise and to the point as the band's latter day repertoire would b'e expansive and lyrically opaque. This bruising banshee howl is the band at its most confrontational, a profane, three-minute kiss off from its 1992 EP "Opiate," where the group establishes the guiding principle of its career: These dudes are going to do what they want, when they want, and if that means turning antagonism into an art form, so be it.The NCAA has worked to keep up with the times when it'es to'munication,You've got to hire the best cast adjusting its policies based on the explosion of Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets. Now coaches will have a new tool to'municate with prospective student-athletes: Snapchat.
The photo messaging application allows users to take photos or videos and add text or drawing, then set an expiration for the message once it is opened. The service has been criticized in popular culture as a means to distribute explicit material, particularly for its part in the social phenomenon of sexting.The idea of coaches Snapchatting their way into a recruit's life may seem strange because of the app's reputation, but it is no different than any of the other social media tools currently being used for recruiting. Coaches send Facebook messages and direct messages on Twitter, along with Instagram posts and those archaic text messages.The NCAA will allow coaches to use Snapchat as a method of'munication for recruiting, categorizing it just like Twitter messages and Facebook posts.
Schools will be able to start using Snapchat for recruiting Aug. 1. It's not as if coaches haven't used social media as a tool for'municating with recruits, but Snapchat opens up another interesting Pandora's Box in its format - the photo messages sent via Snapchat are timed to expire once the message is opened by the recipient.Some websites are already having fun with the idea of college coaches using Snapchat to'munitcate with recruits.Intelligence officials investigating how Edward J. Snowden gained access to a huge trove of the country's most highly classified documents say they have determined that he used inexpensive and widely available software to "scrape" the National Security Agency's networks, and kept at it even after he was briefly challenged by agency officials.
The photo messaging application allows users to take photos or videos and add text or drawing, then set an expiration for the message once it is opened. The service has been criticized in popular culture as a means to distribute explicit material, particularly for its part in the social phenomenon of sexting.The idea of coaches Snapchatting their way into a recruit's life may seem strange because of the app's reputation, but it is no different than any of the other social media tools currently being used for recruiting. Coaches send Facebook messages and direct messages on Twitter, along with Instagram posts and those archaic text messages.The NCAA will allow coaches to use Snapchat as a method of'munication for recruiting, categorizing it just like Twitter messages and Facebook posts.
Schools will be able to start using Snapchat for recruiting Aug. 1. It's not as if coaches haven't used social media as a tool for'municating with recruits, but Snapchat opens up another interesting Pandora's Box in its format - the photo messages sent via Snapchat are timed to expire once the message is opened by the recipient.Some websites are already having fun with the idea of college coaches using Snapchat to'munitcate with recruits.Intelligence officials investigating how Edward J. Snowden gained access to a huge trove of the country's most highly classified documents say they have determined that he used inexpensive and widely available software to "scrape" the National Security Agency's networks, and kept at it even after he was briefly challenged by agency officials.
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