May newsletter

[Nith Sahor]

If you guys feel this is just nonsense being stirred up, then please bin this.

From the May newsletter: (pay attention to the bold bit)

" "Illegal?.. Well, that goes without saying. Look at us... Yeah, there's a can of 'night vision' under the back seat. Go take a long hard look! They're no Hodgies here, grunt. We screwed the pooch!.. Look, maggot, we just want to turn the f**k around and, in these times of war and impending war... and with all the dangers of this new century, go intrude upon a real secret base! We're just doing our patriotic DUTY to try and convince the enemy that we have all these technological marvels, and not just a bunch of Hummers reinforced with pieces of scrap metal cannibalized from blown up Hummers! Isn't the Integratron just a few klicks down the road?" F**k, why's this guy so uptight? What, is he prairie-doggin' in the 120 degree heat or pissed off about not getting Cinderella leave? Did they shut the local A&W down? "I've a nephew that's a chairborne ranger over on the Rock at Okinawa that'll have you fishing in the latrine for blind Mullets if you don't quit messing with us! This is Vince De Franco, inventor of the Dimension Beam. One more word, puke, and he'll beam your pimpled ass to Okinawa!" (NOTE: I should probably mention that at the time I had one of those "what god did I offend" hangovers - that and a spilled half of a cup of tepid KFC iced tea in one of my Frye boots). As Scott prepared to turn around, he informed this particular gyrene that the two SUVs behind us were our friends (and NOT rainbows). Well, for whatever reason (see photos), our friends, Camella, Heather, Adele and Amanda were treated a little more civilly at Alpha Alpha. "Oh, what kind of dog is that?" he asked one of the lovelies as Diablo poked his head from the back. Vince was probably right - it was us, and not the ladies that this guy wanted to frisk. From his attitude, he was probably Tool's biggest fan, and if he wouldn't have been running his suck, I would have told the bag of ass about Elephtheria. Jesus Christ, a van pulls up to a Marine guard post in the sand and everybody freaks - am I missing something here? "

Elephtheria is a Greek word meaning "freedom". Apparently, they found the word written (in the Greek alphabet) on an I beam near Roswell or at Roswell, I'm not sure (interestingly enough, Blair underlined H and I later on in the newsletter - wonder what that means). I'm not sure if Blair "[telling] the bag of ass about Elephtheria" was just Blair trying to tell the guard about the fact that they found the word on a UFO part, or whether Blair wanted to tell him something about the new Tool album (which that word could have something to do with).

What do you guys think?

[Fap]

*stuff*

I noticed that bolded part, too. Coupled with the new front page of "soon" on mjk.com, I think the album is close to being finalized. Hopefully.

[MrMcPheezy]

Oh boy. The album may or may not have a title. Or, one of the songs may or may not have a title.

How exciting.

[0ne /V\ind]

lol what is wrong with that guy? he writes in yiddish

[c4nnon_fodder]

I think Blair is trying to tell us that the name of the new album is "Elephtheria"...

[kyyuulle]

who knows anymore?

[MrMcPheezy]

I think Blair is trying to tell us that the name of the new album is "Elephtheria"...

I think Blair is trying to avoid telling us anything at all.

[Metal Militia]

This shouldnt even be posted on Tool's site. I'd rather be given nothing than the drivel Blair spews on his so called "news"letters.

[EyesOfAFallenAngel]

I noticed that bolded part, too. Coupled with the new front page of "soon" on mjk.com, I think the album is close to being finalized. Hopefully.
Change your avatar, you thief!

Oh and:
Oh boy. The album may or may not have a title. Or, one of the songs may or may not have a title.

How exciting.
Yep.

[waffel]

i find it absolutely impossible to read blairs writing. the way he writes is really hard to follow


win

[DavidL]

I think Blair is trying to tell us that the name of the new album is "Elephtheria"...
I bet the album will be self titled...that would be super

[Isac Khrondor]

So, once again I scan through all the shit that I don't care about looking for the key words :

Album
New
Tool
Adam
Justin
Maynard
Danny

Not many of them turned up, Elephtheria.. sounds better than Teleincision, but it's still crap.

[987]

Does anyone know where and what the statue Maynard is sitting in front of on the picture at www.maynardjameskeenan.com is?

[Akasha]

Did anyone notice this:

"... and Danny's new electronic drums were Vince's brainchild... not to mention that new dimension beam contraption that will enable Danny to play without drumsticks. Need I continue?.."

Now, tool has a link to Vince's homepage, this is it:

http://www.synesthesiacorp.com/eyris.html

Have a look at the Video and Audio examples (in the 'Whats it Do Menu?') of the device he has made, then think of the fact that:

"....Danny's new electronic drums were Vince's brainchild...."

All of a sudden the following statement:

"...new dimension beam contraption that will enable Danny to play without drumsticks"

Doesnt seem like a joke, because this device that Vince invented uses MIDI, and all Electronic Drums use MIDI, this thing can without a doubt be used to control Danny's new electronic kit, or certain parts of it, especially since both were created by the same person. This is very interesting, and exciting as well.

[anoimnn]

Does anyone know where and what the statue Maynard is sitting in front of on the picture at www.maynardjameskeenan.com is?

This was already discussed in another thread, however the words mean 'to offer', or 'gift' -if it helps…

[Tyson]

I think Blair is trying to tell us that the name of the new album is "Elephtheria"...

No, I think Blair is trying to tell us he hangs with gullible hot chicks.

[GelatiCruiser]

Blair's writing = stream of consciousness. Totally hard to follow.

[pornstarchampion]

The album will be called Elephtincision.

[UnholyBelligerence]

Blair

Bliar

[c4nnon_fodder]

Look, another cover has been leaked, I knew I was right : http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/c4nnon_fodder/e1268ba6.bmp

and zoomed in: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/c4nnon_fodder/_Elephtheria-zoom.bmp

[nddurst]

From his attitude, he was probably Tool's biggest fan, and if he wouldn't have been running his suck, I would have told the bag of ass about Elephtheria.

Notice that Elephtheria is italicized. That means it is the title of something. Not a song, because then it would be in quotes. I would say Blair may have told us the title of the new album.

This is assuming Blair has followed proper syntax rules.

[champion]

From his attitude, he was probably Tool's biggest fan, and if he wouldn't have been running his suck, I would have told the bag of ass about Elephtheria.

Notice that Elephtheria is italicized. That means it is the title of something. Not a song, because then it would be in quotes. I would say Blair may have told us the title of the new album.

This is assuming Blair has followed proper syntax rules.

i just checked this out. i'd say this is reasonably legit. it's possible.

[c4nnon_fodder]

Damn, I was right? Cool, let's go spread the rumor!

[the mechanic]

From his attitude, he was probably Tool's biggest fan, and if he wouldn't have been running his suck, I would have told the bag of ass about Elephtheria.

Notice that Elephtheria is italicized. That means it is the title of something. Not a song, because then it would be in quotes. I would say Blair may have told us the title of the new album.

This is assuming Blair has followed proper syntax rules.

this guy has a point

[GregoryWohlwend]

i could live with elephtheria, sounds better than teleincision

[Nith Sahor]

From his attitude, he was probably Tool's biggest fan, and if he wouldn't have been running his suck, I would have told the bag of ass about Elephtheria.

Notice that Elephtheria is italicized. That means it is the title of something. Not a song, because then it would be in quotes. I would say Blair may have told us the title of the new album.

This is assuming Blair has followed proper syntax rules.

Good to know I'm not the only one :D

[987]

Couldn't it just mean that it's a foreign word?

[shifty50fs]

Couldn't it just mean that it's a foreign word?

Probably...people tend to italicize Latin words, so why not weird-alien-structural-Greek words?

[umbilicalchemist]

That whole crap with roswell is a fucking rumour
that patriot conspiracy theories jerks like to spread
in greece. Crap

stop reading bmb.

[5th Eye]

i could live with elephtheria, sounds better than teleincisionSounds like elephant euphoria or something. Weird.

[cureformax]

Wait. I thought it was common knowledge that the DVD, Teleincision, is coming out in August. So, yeah, you are uninformed.

Re (http://www.trowbridgeplanetearth.com/ALI/ROS/Wreck.html) - search (http://www.rkdn.org/alternative/roswell.asp)

[tomXwithXweather]

In the newsletter he uses the letter E a lot. I bet it's the name of the album.

[assailing eyes]

Elephtheria - possible album name

H (underlined in article) - 8th letter of the alphabet
I (also underlined) - 9th letter
08/09......possible release date?

I dont know, Im probably rambling, i just wish someone would give us real news. And also, IF teleincision is released Aug. 16th it seems unlikely theyd give an album just one week before.

My conclusion; don't listen to Blair

[Kelly]

Elephtheria - possible album name

H (underlined in article) - 8th letter of the alphabet
I (also underlined) - 9th letter
08/09......possible release date?

I dont know, Im probably rambling, i just wish someone would give us real news. And also, IF teleincision is released Aug. 16th it seems unlikely theyd give an album just one week before.

My conclusion; don't listen to Blair

your the bollocks

[lastrose]

i could live with elephtheria, sounds better than teleincision
nah. it sounds too much like "elephant", "thyroid", and "elephant man".

[SaTaNs_LiTtLe_HeLpEr]

Elephtheria - possible album name

H (underlined in article) - 8th letter of the alphabet
I (also underlined) - 9th letter
08/09......possible release date?

I dont know, Im probably rambling, i just wish someone would give us real news. And also, IF teleincision is released Aug. 16th it seems unlikely theyd give an album just one week before.

My conclusion; don't listen to Blair
08/09....hmmm.... then you're probably right about 08/16 being doubtful.... I like Teleincision more than Elephtheria....

Which sounds better as the title of the album and which as the title of the DVD?

Teleincision - DVD
Elephtheria - alb.... fuck it sounds like shit even to be the title of the album. Next presumable title please.

[Spongebob]

i doubt teleincision or elephtheria will be names of albums, dvds or songs by tool, and if they were the album names, they would change them now because they have been leaked, they probably leak out fake rumours to distract people and to prevent the real stuff getting out.

[MasterOfKtulu109]

August 9 seems doubtful....Staind's new album comes out that day and record companies are not going to have 2 major releases on the same day because that would hurt sales immensely (people are not likely to shell out 25 bux for 2 albums on the same day).

Tool said that the album would probably be out before the DVD, but I don't know if that is truthful or just more bullshit.

[el rancho ovulate]

lol what is wrong with that guy? he writes in yiddish
omg, he writes in a High German language written in Hebrew characters that is spoken by Jews and descendants of Jews of central and eastern European origin?

[assailing eyes]

I actually think the album will be out before the DVD, however they could go the whole salival/lateralus route and release the DVD before hand. How close was the release of salival to the release of lateralus anyways?

And what day does an album generally get released in America...is it a tuesday? cos if so the 9th seems to be a tuesday like i was saying......

Still something seems not quite right, it's way too close to August 16th. Tho i did find Blairs latest post on Toolband amusing, he seems to think we're good at making all these dates up =)

[champion]

check out the latest news update. it's almost like blair saw this thread and posted something just to refute what he said.

[SaTaNs_LiTtLe_HeLpEr]

LISTEN, it’s great that so many fans of Tool’s music are so eager for specifics about the recording process, wanting song titles, track listings, the names and social security numbers of engineers and producers, and even the ability to download samples of the recording sessions! Unfortunately, at this point I’m not at liberty to reveal these things, but if and when the band decides that they want certain details to be made public (such as social security numbers), they will undoubtedly get posted on the band’s official site (where I still manage to sneak a few things in…shhhhhhh). In the meantime, there’s always the rumor mill, and those who make up their own album titles and release dates… and do a pretty good job at that!

for all you lazy people :)

[Nith Sahor]

Yea, that's interesting... did you notice the word right before it ("HYPARXIS")?

If you look it up, you get an image which looks like this:

http://www.duversity.org/GIFs/hypwilanm.gif

It's called an enneagram. Look familiar?

What's also interesting, is one of the websites which talks about it mentions that hyparxis (the ability to be, represented by the triangle in the picture) involves a cycle of "harmony through conflict" (http://www.duversity.org/doering/3HarmThruConf.html), which, depending on how you interpret it (I guess) sorta goes hand in hand with the elephtheria thing (and what Maynard said in an interview about how his politics from APC have started to go into Tool's stuff).

[SaTaNs_LiTtLe_HeLpEr]

Maynard said in an interview about how his politics from APC have started to go into Tool's stuff).
This is not good.

Yea, that's interesting... did you notice the word right before it ("HYPARXIS")?

My bad. The Source would've done a better job.

[nddurst]

Watch, just to fuck with everyone bigtime, the new album will be self-titled.

[the mechanic]

(and what Maynard said in an interview about how his politics from APC have started to go into Tool's stuff).

if thats true, fuck you maynard. seriously. and i thought i would get some good music soon...

[luketheduke06]

Wouldn't it be neat if they bundled the DVD with the new album? I've kinda had an inkling they might do that ever since they decided to wait so long to release it...I mean you know damn well the thing is finished by now...

[Cid]

August 9 seems doubtful....Staind's new album comes out that day and record companies are not going to have 2 major releases on the same day because that would hurt sales immensely (people are not likely to shell out 25 bux for 2 albums on the same day).

Tool said that the album would probably be out before the DVD, but I don't know if that is truthful or just more bullshit.

hahaha....people like/still like staind?!? i haven't heard their name in years, didn't like them then either though.

[Fap]

Change your avatar, you thief!

I stole the avatar image from my hard cover copy of The Drawing of Three, and didn't know anyone used it here before. If you want it that badly, we can duel for it in a game of fisticuffs.

[Goldfoot]

H (underlined in article) - 8th letter of the alphabet
I (also underlined) - 9th letter
08/09......possible release date?

My guess is that he is just saying HI.

[just simulacra]

david bottrill is producing the new staind.
interestingly enough...

[TheNothingSong]

your the bollocks
hahaha, Saturist said bollocks

[MasterOfKtulu109]

hahaha....people like/still like staind?!? i haven't heard their name in years, didn't like them then either though.


Yeah, staind is still very popular. I think is just because of the radio. Their new single has already been on the radio for a week or so, and the album still doesn't come out for 2 months. That's insane.


I like staind. I know they're one of the bands that is "cool to hate" now for no apparent reason, other than just saying "they suck" or "they're too popular". They aren't reinventing music, but they aren't trying to either (a lot of new bands try way too hard to make good music and it sounds fake), and Aaron Lewis has one of the better rock voices out right now.

I don't hate a band just because of mainstream success because that is just stupid (believe or not, bands should be allowed to make money in their profession). Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin sold millions of records, and people respect them, so the modern logic a lot of people have is just ridiculous.

[champion]

Yeah, staind is still very popular. I think is just because of the radio. Their new single has already been on the radio for a week or so, and the album still doesn't come out for 2 months. That's insane.


I like staind. I know they're one of the bands that is "cool to hate" now for no apparent reason, other than just saying "they suck"

that's a pretty good reason.

[tops008]

Elephtheria is the Greek word for "freedom", which, from what I've gathered, was written on an "H" and/or "I" -beam on the supposed space ship in the Roswell crash. Google it, a lot of stuff like that comes up. Seeing that in the newsletter he was explaining a trip to Area 51, it fits contextually. The fact that he used the police officer symbolically as a "Tool fan" and that he almost "told the bag of ass about Elephtheria" links Elephtheria to Tool in whatever way you may want to take it, name of new album or otherwise.

[5th Eye]

Everything you read about a week before the album is released is bullshit...

[Estevan]

Elephtheria is the name of the 18 minute song.

[Orph8998]

all these n00bs have to have tool links, they are just popping up left and right saying either retarded things, or really meaningful things....

or alteast id like to believe this...

[randomhero8823]

I
Elephtheria is a Greek word meaning "freedom". Apparently, they found the word written (in the Greek alphabet) on an I beam near Roswell or at Roswell, I'm not sure (interestingly enough, Blair underlined H and I later on in the newsletter - wonder what that means). I'm not sure if Blair "[telling] the bag of ass about Elephtheria" was just Blair trying to tell the guard about the fact that they found the word on a UFO part, or whether Blair wanted to tell him something about the new Tool album (which that word could have something to do with).

What do you guys think?

http://trowbridgeplanetearth.com/ALI/ROS/Wreck.html

here is a article about the word

[slave2addictions]

That whole crap with roswell is a fucking rumour
that patriot conspiracy theories jerks like to spread
in greece. Crap

stop reading bmb.

Your a dumbass

[SaTaNs_LiTtLe_HeLpEr]

Elephtheria is the Greek word for "freedom", which, from what I've gathered, was written on an "H" and/or "I" -beam on the supposed space ship in the Roswell crash. Google it, a lot of stuff like that comes up. Seeing that in the newsletter he was explaining a trip to Area 51, it fits contextually. The fact that he used the police officer symbolically as a "Tool fan" and that he almost "told the bag of ass about Elephtheria" links Elephtheria to Tool in whatever way you may want to take it, name of new album or otherwise.
This sounds about right.