i saw A Perfect Circle last night at the Vogue. the pleasant surprise of the evening was that Pigmy Love Circus opened, which is Tool drummer Danny Carey's sideband. so not only did i get to see Maynard, but Danny drumming as well. buzz.

it's funny seeing everyone wearing TOOL and other band t-shirts at the show. i was picturing them looking in their closet earlier that day going "yeah, everyone would think i'm cool in this Marilyn Manson t-shirt". the only one i thought was cool was the guy in the Fantomas t-shirt. for the record, i do have band t-shirts, but i wouldn't wear one to a show. even my TOOL Preseminal European 2001 Tour t-shirt. :)

APC played a lot of new songs, and the new album out Sept. 16 should be killer. the band was lit from the back the entire show, so you only really saw each person's silhouette. there was a large olympic-medal-like stage podium setup, with James Iha at Bronze, the drummer Josh Freese at Silver, and Maynard of course at Gold. Billy Howardell and Twiggy Ramirez were in the front. Twiggy lost the goth from his Manson days; he looked pretty normal. I think he goes by his real name too now, I think it's Rupert or Hubert or something. not only is Maynard the best singer in rock, he's also the best dancer in rock. it's like a crab wearing a wig instead of an exoskeleton.

"Judith" was of course the last song. it has much more fury live than the recorded version. after the song the lights went up and i left while everyone was still cheering hoping for an encore. don't they know Maynard doesn't do encores.