Drowning in the human pool with T

_ Sanaz Ashfar:

IMAGINE being in a
sea of people. Imagine
swimming, better yet,
drowning in that
immense sa. Then
imagine py:tting pushed
up by 20 hands and get
pulled back down by
another 20 hands.

Imagine looking around
and all you sce are arnis and
heads, for miles and miles on
end. Imagine hot air with no
oxygen. Everywhere you pull,
push and force yourself
through, there is another
dead end of sweaty bodies.
Imagine loud, hard music
pumping through your veins
to Keep you conscious and
alive through all this mad-
ness. inictine the mosh pit of
TOOL! °

On Octoter 25th, Tool
rocked the P.11.E. Forum.
However, the same can’t be
said about their opening
band, Cow. They were a mix-
ture of industrial, heavy and
just loud music. Normally
that’s good, but in Cow’s
case, it wasn’t. In fact, they
were so bad, people on the
floor in front of the stage
where the moshpit should
have been, sat down.

Of course, opening bands
do tend to get a bit more
enthusiasm from the crowd,
whether it’s from their music
or just the fact that the '
crowd is rowdy and waiting

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for the opening band to start.
But Cow really did suck the
big one, After what seemed
like an eternity of mish-
mashed chords and loud
screaming, Cow left the
stage.

This gave my friends and I
achance to let our ear drums
stop bleeding and wait for
the one and only Tool.
During the wait, T decided to
go to the bathroom. While
waiting in the long line-up, a
few things came to mind,
like, “damn this forum is
hotboxed,” and “How I love
shows that are general admis-
sion, where you can sit fora
while if you like and join the
mosh on the floor if you
want to.”

All shows should be that
way. I’m sure that everyone
would like a chance to see
the band up close, but would
also like to sit and enjoy the
show as well. Assigned seat-
ing is just as bad as being
confined to the floor.

After relieving: myself, I
walked back through the
crowds and back up to where
I was sitting, itching to see
Tool start. And finally,
KABOOM! Tool had
entered our presence, starting
off the show with the ever
popular song “Stinkfist” and
raging on for the rest of the
night.

The increasing energy
drew more people to the
floor. Some thoughts:

Lia Margeuratt: “Tool was
one of the best. shows I’ve
seen in a long time!”; Paul
Robinson: “Cow sucked!
Tool rocked!”; Jenn Elliot: -
“It was one hell of a concert,
and Cow just brought it
down!”; Danielle Burges:
“Tool had one of tie best
mosh pits in a long time.
They are the best band I’ve
seen live yet!”

The only thing that I
thought was a bit distasteful
were some of the images that
they were showing on the
back wall of the stage. For

Telefriends are needed by
a North Shore organization
that helps seniors. Calls are
made once a weck from the
volunteer’s home to a senior
who would like to have a
friendly chat.

‘A Christmas party coor-
dinator is needed to help co-
ordinate buying and wrapping
of gifts, preparation of treats,
and helping with craft activi-
ties the day of the Christmas
party, In other words, a kind
of “Christmas elf.”

Book readers are needed
to help read children’s animal
stories into a hand held tape
recorder. Tapes will be pro-
vided. If you are interested in
voluntecring, call 985-7138.

example, they started show-
ing this scene where some
guy was wrapping audio cas-
sette tape so hard around his
head that blood started to
pour out from the tightly
wrapped tape.

After an amazing encore,
the lights came up and we all
left the forum extremely
pleased. Tool’s new album,
“Acnima,” is selling at almost
every record store.

If you like hard core

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music | definitely recommend
that you go pick this one up.
Sanaz Afshar isa Grade
12 Carson Graham student
enrolled in Video Production
12 at Leo Marshall
Curriculum Centre.

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