(very very long, i wrote it long to remember the night, i apologize) :sifone: I was sitting in the parking lot alone, the people i had planned on meeting up with hadn't even left yet (they were a good hour and a half away) by the time I got there. So I sipped on my Sprite/vodka mixture and talked on the phone as I people watched. I recognized one kid from my high school though we had never talked, so I simply kept to myself. As my sprite began to dwindle I was contemplating going to make friends by asking for beers/offering to pay a buck or two for a beer. Likewise, it was about 45 minutes after the doors had opened so it was time to start heading in and many of the people around me were beginning to leave. All of a sudden I see a guy I recognize and knew would be here, but I had no way of contacting him. I ran up to him, drunk and thankful for finally having someone I could bond with. I quickly got off the phone. Almost immediately he offered me a half dose. He said he had 1 1/2 from Rothbury or Vibes, and apparently each dose had 250 mics so i was about to get 125. I was so down, and so thankful I'd run into him. He opened his tiny bit of tin foil and out came the doses and immediately it went under my tongue! I was scared that in my drunkeness I might let it fall out of my mouth so I sucked on it for only a few minutes before ingesting it. This dude apparently had dry fungus and had made mushroom tea. He offered me some of the tea, warning me that it tasted so nasty it made him puke. He asked that I only take a swig because he had brought it for someone else. I did just that, and quickly followed that swig with my sprite/vodka mixture. I didn't taste anything nasty, in fact there was something sweet about that tea; it was almost delicious. So we were walking towards the line, he was going to meet his friends and give one of them this ticket, he had an extra. We met up with them and decided we should go off to the side, away from everyone, while the ingesting took place. He didn't even want to attempt to walk into the show with anything on him; I can't blame him. As they ingested I drunkenly discussed the upcoming show and Marilyn Manson with this couple who was chilling on the back of their truck. I was very tipsy and enjoying our conversation...all of sudden its time for us to move on. Someone stops us to talk to the dude I'm with about the band that is on his shirt, it was chill and that's when I find out there is an opening band but several people had checked them out and realized it wasn't worth it...maynard and his LA bullshit. Anyway i followed these guys around for bit and after awhile my friend was like," Look no one else wants this, you seemed to like it, drink as much as you want" and handed me the mushroom tea. I drank 2/3s of it and dammit it was delicious i mean i wasn't trying to taste it (knowing it probably would be gross) instead i drank it like i was taking shots. Each sip ended with this really sweet taste. I could have finished the entire thing, but I would have felt terrible, as he wasn't making me pay. So I ended up drinking about 2/3s of it. As I recall he said he made that tea with 10gs of fungus, but maybe he had 10 grams total and some was dry and some was tea. Either way he dosed me and gave me tea for free, I was quite appreciative of his kindness. I followed him around, but eventually he got way ahead of me so I was just like fuck it and turned around to go get in line. I thought I should find my seat before my head became to crazy (haha). Again I run into someone I know, terrible with names i asked, "you're the dude i went to Family Values with right?" He was, and I hopped in line with him, apparently he had waited in line many times and had to go back to put things back, including his belt. We chatted for a few minutes but diverged, thankfully, as soon as we got inside. I went upstairs, feeling tipsy and incredibly anxious to see the show, yet also worried that i was gonna trip to hard (haha). I asked a lady who worked there where I needed to go, thanked her then got very confused once she left me alone. Next I went up to two cops (i had nothing on me so it was awesome) and asked for their help, they looked confused and i was like, "I should ask someone who works here shouldn't I?" They nodded their heads. I decided to ask a couple that was right there and that just happened to be my seat. We had a little conversation apparently the man I was sitting next to had seen Tool "religiously" since the Lateralus tour...I was impressed. I asked how much the beers were, when they said 9 dollars I thought to myself I have enough in my system, I just need water. I went to stand in line for water, I wasn't in line for more than a minutes when the lights went off, and I thought fuck water I gotta see the show! They opened with Jambi, the drums and bass were a perfect way to get the crowd riled up; it definitely got me off my seat. I began recording immediately, I'd hoped to record the entire show (and did, fuck yeah all on my ipod bitches ) I was mesmerized fully, and dancing hardcore. Thank goodness I had a fold up chair so I could pick it up and slide it backwards allowing myself more room to dance. I was raging it hard. Holding my ipod in hand and dancing! Ecstasy. At some point during Jambi one of the ladies working there asked if I was holding a camera, no cameras were allowed. "It's just an ipod," I told her...an Ipod that records though haha. So I continue raging incredibly hard and someone taps me on my shoulder and began talking in my ear even though I didn't take my eyes off the stage. "Do you want to have a threesome with me and my wife in the bathroom?" Flattered and without thinking, still staring at the stage, I responded, "Not during the show, after the show, and only if there are condoms." Damn I didn't know what I was saying, but it was a good answer. Almost immediately I started to thinking that if these drugs take hold of me that won't be such a good idea. It didn't take long for me to forget about that because I was so entranced by the music. I danced the entire show except between songs when I sat down to stop the recording and to put the ipod down to clap. Until they started playing Lost Keys (blame Hoffman) the musical vibrations that I could feel forced me to sit down and I was inclined to meditate. So there I was at a live tool show, surrounded by thousands of people, sitting cross-legged in a fold up chair, eyes closed, palms up and meditating. It wasn't hard. I don't know if it was the resonating sounds all around me, the drugs in my body, the energy from all the people, all of the previous or none of them, but whatever it was, the experience I had was powerful. I sat there closed eyes for a good while, ecstasy pervading my body, mind, and spirit. When I opened my eyes I saw my spirit leave my body, it was white. Awe struck I watched it float out of me and hover above the crowd. It didn't wander outside of me for too long, after a brief vacation I felt it slam back into me. I felt rejuvenated, to say the very least. It was amazing, Maynard had left the stage for Lost Keys, but came back on to transition into Rosetta Stoned. It was time to rock out again! I was lost in the music the entire show. The dude came into my ear at one point saying, "I am still looking for condoms." In my head I didn't know if I was ready for that, it's something I wanted, and being the third person would be ideal, but part of me felt that I shouldn't follow the previous experience with a mindless fuck. At this point I began regretting my initial reaction to his question, but all my worries were swept away yet again by the live music. FUCK it was a stellar show! As always the visuals were mind blowing, but for the last 4-6 songs they used powerful lasers. Green and reddish purple ones, that took over the entire arena creating webs of lasers. They left the stage, and kept the lights going, the crowd was going wild. They came back, and all of a sudden they were playing the song that had inspired several of my most recent trips, Lateralus. I was ecstatic and quickly got my ipod back out to record. I raged it hard, drumming my arm as they sped up the intro, I saw out of the corner eye the guy next to me was doing the exact thing. As the song climaxed I was getting really into the music, dancing, singing, and feeling. The guy who had asked me to have a threesome with him came and asked if I wanted to try to go to the lower level with him. Hell no I didn't want to risk missing any of this song, "I am perfect." "Are you sure?" "Definitely." Screaming out the lyrics, "reaching up to embrace the random, reaching up to embrace whatever may come" and lifting my hands wide open, kind like Jesus' arms as he was crucified, but not quite at a 90 degree angle. It was literal perfection. They closed with Vicarious. I was dancing hard like I had been the entire show. I looked down at one point and the dude that kept talking to me was hugging his wife and pointing at me. I smiled, kinda freaked out and then purposely avoided looking back down his way, which wasn't hard the visuals were much prettier than he was. Approximately half way through Vicarious he came up to me telling me his wife was too drunk, but we should go. I didn't understand what he was trying to tell me at first. He was like, "Where do you want to go?" Honestly I didn't want to go anywhere so I told him he had to decide. I think he could tell I was losing interest and started telling me how large his cock was, and that it would probably hurt me. I agreed. This is when I realized his wife wouldn't be involved. At that point I made one of the best decisions of my life and repeatedly told him, "Not without your wife." I wasn't about to ruin a marriage. He explained that he had commented on my beauty, and she had agreed. This was their first time ever to even approach someone like this, and she was just too drunk. That flattered me, but was definitely not enough to get in my pants. Perhaps his wife was legitimately too drunk, or perhaps she was blaming it on being drunk but was actually having second thoughts. So I continued the phrase, "Not without your wife," as I pushed him away. He went back down as Tool finished up Vicarious I watched him talk to his wife, I assume he was trying to convince her to have the threesome. I was hoping it wouldn't work. The show ended, I applauded and screamed my ass off. Putting away my ipod quickly. As soon as the band left the stage (they had already done the encore) and the lights in the arena turned on I boogied out of there, not wanting him to catch up with me. I took the escalator down and was thinking about how I really wanted to get something. I didn't want any of the shirts, well I did, but I didn't want to spend 40 dollars on a shirt, so I bought a poster. I bought the poster and headed out to the parking lot where it looked like it was raining. I snuck my way back inside the venue hoping they had bags. I got two and covered my poster on both ends. Again I was alone amidst a lot of fucked up people or people just high of the show. Someone asked me, "Why do you have a bouquet?" I gave him a weird look. He repeated it to me several times then I was like, "OOOOOOOh no it's a poster." He then he was like, "Actually it looks like a bong." I had to agree, "I wish it was a bong." He and I reminisced for a minute then even talked about Bonnaroo. Then I saw the sign which was my marker for where my car was so I bid farewell. I was fucked up, alone, and a girl haha I was kinda paranoid. I went to where my car should be, but it wasn't there. FUCK I thought this isn't going to be good. I have an old car, no clicker I got nervous. I had remember that sign on my way in, knowing that I wasn't going to be "all there" on my way to my car. Panicky I called my friend who thankfully answered right away. Although I was nervous I quickly came to my car, apparently there were two signs, perhaps more, like the one I had taken note of (it would happen to me). But there he was my baby. It was early, I was fucked up, I didn't want to go home, nor did I want to drive so I got in my car, rolled down the windows and chatted on the moon, and occasionally with random passer byers. I don't know what it was, maybe the music, maybe being called beautiful, perhaps it was the lucy, but I was oddly horny, and couldn't help but straddle my steering wheel...it felt so good. I watched people pass by, one guy was like, "Damn girl I have a foot fetish, I'd love to have your feet," but thankfully he kept walking. I saw two guys talking to some people, they looked lost so as they passed my car I asked, "Can't find your car?" They said no, I said, "Good luck, I had the same problem," and chuckled. Those same two guys walked past me two more times. I was in the parking lot for a good two hours and finally I was forced to leave, although I had turned on my car before being told to. In moving my legs all over my dash I had somehow managed to turn down my dash lights, so even though I had turned on my head lights I couldn't see my dash. I asked several people if my lights were on, and just made my drive home cautiously, while talking to my friend the entire way. Stopping at Taco Bell before going home, still in ecstasy!
Damn, that sounds like an awesome night. I've never been to a concert in my life, but hopefully when I finally go to one, it will be like that; minus the dude trying to fuck you, of course:tongue:
sounds awesome, but i will be the one jerk who chides you for even touching a car while remotely intoxicated on anything. i missed tool this year blah
One of the best trip reports to ever grace the hip forums, sounds like you had an awesome night!! to be honest that threesome dude sounds creepy but at least it didnt get to ya
thanks everyone yeah well i wasn't supper fucked up, sitting in the car for two hours allowed me to settle down a bit...after the concert i was slightly tripping, but it was mostly in my head, other than that it was my adrenaline. the alcohol had worn off because i expelled so much energy during the show. so by the time i did actually drive i was in full control. wow, drone that means a lot and yes he was quite the creeper haha
Damn!!! Sounds like a blast! I'm super jealous that I didn't go when they came through here. Great trip report!
Sounds like one hell of a concert, tripping at a Tool show is always a good time. I was planing on seeing them this summer but their set list is exactly the same as the last tour (minus the 10k days/wings for mary) and I saw them something like 5 times that tour. Seems like an awesome trip/concert non the less!
so true, the only other time i saw them was at bonnaroo in 2007 and because i spent all my money on roo I couldn't afford to see them when they toured locally. but you are damn right im looking at the set lists from my show and bonnaroo and they are almost identical, but they played two more songs at roo than they did at this show...so i can see what you are saying, but again it was only my second show, and its my second favorite band so i had to! i didn't do festivals this summer so i've been seeing my favorite bands on regular summer tour. but yeah it was still a fantastic show and with out a doubt a great show to trip at!!! :cheers2:
Sounds like an awesome night I love the part where you talk about meditating at a Tool concert!!! I've meditated to their music at home, live i'm sure would be a completely different level.
Sounds like an amazing time for sure!!!!!! I can't wait to see them this summer. definately either acid straight up or hippie flip! or what would be the most recomended drug for a TOOL concert??
i say stick with acid, but i did see them candy flipping at bonnaroo, and i have no complaints but i still say acid alone will allow them to blow your mind to another dimension haha yeah, i'm definitely going to need to try that. when i first started meditating i would use chanting music in the background, but i haven't done that in ages. it helped though, through the vibrations...anyway i am now going to create a Tool meditating playlist and try this out sometime soon!...thanks for the inspiration
What venue were you at? I'm sure they had the same setlist for every place but they did every song in the order at the one I was at...I went to the one in Peoria, Illinois and it was fucking amazingg I wasn't doing weed or any drug for that matter so I didn't get to really experience it fully ='[
i can tell you the set list! jambi stinkfist forty six & two schism lost keys rosetta stoned flood aenima lateralus vicarious almost the same as bonnaroo, except there were a few extras at bonnaroo and honestly you dont have to be on drugs to experience TOOL to the full extent...might be easier, but their music makes it possible to do it without drugs sacred geometry, etc...
Agreed lol I just wish I was into it back then... and yea it's almost the same setlist but instead of playing Flood or Aenima, they played Right In Two
Did Maynard do that pretty fast crazy talking intro pretty well on Rosetta Stoned? That was one that I wish they played when I saw them, I was listening to that song like daily at least 2 weeks prior to the show.
