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		<title>Playing &#8220;Spot The Maynard&#8221; at the Tool Concert in Denver</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The godlike progressive metal band, Tool happens to be my current favorite band.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The godlike progressive metal band, Tool happens to be my current favorite band. <em>Note</em>: I tend to get stuck on one band, one musician, and that&#8217;s who I&#8217;ll listen to for years. Tool is that band and their vocalist, Mr Maynard James Keenan is that musician. </p>



<p>Last night, these metal gods rocked Denver, Colorado. </p>



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<p><strong>I love Tool. </strong></p>



<p>And Maynard James Keenan is a hell of a rocker for 57 years old. But as much as I adore MJK and all of his work, first, I want to talk about the band that made him a name. </p>



<p>Tool&#8217;s been making music for over 25 years (I think) and it&#8217;s only been within the past couple of years that I&#8217;ve really become obsessive about listening to them (as well as A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, both MJK projects).</p>



<p>We had decent seats for this concert, being pretty much directly beside the stage, as you might be able to see by the above picture of the band. The fact I took a fairly decent picture of the whole band &#8212; and MJK is facing my direction &#8212; I&#8217;m rather happy with it. </p>



<p>It&#8217;s awesome to hear them in real life. It&#8217;s easy to listen to recordings of musicians and expect that when you go to a concert, that&#8217;s exactly what you&#8217;re going to hear. The thing is: Tool wasn&#8217;t perfect. And that&#8217;s awesome. </p>



<p>You know what I like most? I like hearing the mistakes. The little mistakes that knock them off the pedestal I put them on. The little errors that no one really cares about as long as you finish the song.</p>



<p>Those little mistakes &#8212; a bit of feedback here, a bit of something else there &#8212; made me feel as though I&#8217;m part of what was going on, rather than just watching. </p>



<p>MJK had some issues with the oxygen levels in Denver due to the altitude. I wonder how much of this has to do with the fact that he caught COVID and beat it twice. His voice was still phenomenal.</p>



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<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p><em>Hearing him talk about being a 57 year old who thinks he&#8217;s 47 trying to be 27&#8230; I understand, Maynard. I understand. </em></p><p><em>I have never felt so much for a rock star in my life. </em></p></blockquote>



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<p>So, how am I going to tie all this into my writing and my writing process? </p>



<p>In the midst of tens of thousands of fans watching and cheering them on, Tool kept going through a couple slightly noticeable hitches. </p>



<p>I&#8217;d have choked. I don&#8217;t have problems making mistakes; I have problems accepting my mistakes and living with them. And even then, my mistakes aren&#8217;t open to the world to see, night after night after night. </p>



<p>I think Maynard had a couple moments where you could hear his voice crack, but he would rise to the challenge and then some more. The 25-second scream from &#8220;The Grudge&#8221; was awesome. </p>



<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Thank you, Tool, for a fantastic concert!</strong> Wish I could be there tonight in Colorado Springs!</p>



<p>As with previous concerts, Maynard gave his permission to record and take pictures for the last song of the concert. Here&#8217;s a recording (not mine) of it &#8212; go like the video on YouTube if you like it!</p>



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