So after a day or two to make it home and reflect, I can give a more detailed recollection...

Opened showed with Viginti Tres playback and that was an interesting way to start a show. Set up No Q nicely. Which, BTW is a good way to warm up the crowd and ease into the night.

Without hearing a bootleg yet of the show, I'm sure they teased Cold and Ugly between No Q and the Grudge. It was a quick jam of maybe 30 secs while Maynard was making his way to the stage. Maybe Adam was messing around or joking with the other guys waiting for Maynard but it was distinct. Hopefully there is some sound or video of this transition and it can be confirmed or denied.

'Nard came out and said "It's nice to be back in the whales vagina." and "Sahn Dihago". A la Anchorman. And not the first time he's gone Ron Burgandy on us down here. Made some other comments too.

Opiate was one of the highlights of the night. There was a long intro and extended middle jam where it sounded like they were testing a little new material. They killed it with this song and it was good to hear that they still got it. Incidentally, the most talking Maynard did was before this song. He said something like "We just came from San Francisco and they're all...vegans" . Real dismissive, ha. Then he launched into a mild tirade about how they (SF) didn't like the band singing about raping you and he had to explain to them it was only "metaphorical rape" and to chill out. Then at the end of the song on the last "rape you" line he added "metaphorically rape you" all drawn out and condescending. Was so fukin funny, all my toolhead buds laughed out loud at that. Heard it was not done night 2 so a cool bit of Maynardisims for us.

Descending sounded strong and was also a good amount of time/music in show. Definitely not a teaser, we want more!!

I know they have extended jam sessions inserted into songs but tonight it seemed like they intro/outro jammed a lot more and it was super cool.

Maynard gave a shout out to the members of the military before Stinkfist. Asked the crowd to acknowledge their service. Was nice (but odd for a rock show) to do and maybe due to SD being a military town and his background. Stinkfist was very extended and was good to hear it in a new place in the set. A little (-) ions and "electricity" video thrown in for good measure, also cool.

Crowd was in a good mood and into the show. Had a few phones up for photos here and there but overall not distracting. I took a few snaps too ;) Few people around us were also Tool show vets and it was nice to chat.

Primus FUCKING KILLED IT and I wish they could've played longer. Was not disappointed in their set. Les went behind one of the big mushrooms on the stage and came out the other side with a pig mask on. Then he played a long Krinkle /Jilly's on his stand up electric bass with the mask on. DBC Tweakers, Winona, MNI Mud, Jerry WARCD all were sick. Do not miss their set!

The Tool lsetlist may be uninspiring for some but the musical arrangements, intro/outros, flow and "free form metal" jamming made it one of the better shows I have seen/heard recently.

And big props as always to Junior and his crew. Making hard work look effortless and the show a SHOW!

Spiral out, friends.