TRANSCRIPT (9-11-97)

"I, I don’t have a whole lot of time. Um, OK, I’m a former employee of Area 51. I, I was let go on a medical discharge about a week ago and, and... [chokes] I’ve kind of been running across the country. ****, I don’t know where to start, they’re, they’re gonna, um, they’ll triangulate on this position really soon. Ok, um, um, Ok, what we’re thinking of as, as aliens, they’re extradimensional beings, that, an earlier precursor of the, um, space program they made contact with. They are not what they claim to be. Uh, they’ve infiltrated a, a lot of aspects of, of the military establishment, particularly the Area 51. The disasters that are coming, they, the military, I’m sorry, the government knows about them. And there’s a lot of safe areas in this world that they could begin moving the population to now. They are not! They want those major population centers wiped out so that the few that are left will be more easily controllable."

At that point, for about 30 minutes, the entire transmitting system went down. The network’s communication satellite, GE-1, lost 50 channels (including Art’s broadcast) possibly due to some EMP generator. The loss of communication (uplink transmitter) was believed to be caused when the "earth sensor lost lock", meaning that it no longer pointed to the earth station. Unaware that he had been knocked off the air, Art continued to speak with the terrified whistle-blower over the phone for about a minute until, as he later told the audience, he heard a scream and the phone was disconnected. After some dead air, engineers at the network put in an old tape of Art interviewing Mark Furman (of O.J. fame). Finally, by using a 56k digital phone line, Art came back on the air live (although at this point, even his analog "hotline" went out, thereby cutting off any communication with network engineers). After the satellite outage, one of the first callers to the show was a person who claimed to be part of the Area 51 security force. He explained to Art that the network had been "pulsed" and that Art "would not hear from the [triangulated] caller again." According to this person, those with Area 51 security were "professional cleaners" who "dig lots of holes in the desert" and "use a lot of acid." Later on, I’ll be discussing a few speculations as to what might have occurred on that night of 911, and offer another possibility that, to my knowledge, no one else has yet considered.

FAAIP DE OIAD: IAIAD DE MAHORELA

PART TWO: A DEFECTIVE MACHINE?

It was many years ago that a certain reverb unit of Danny’s began acting rather strangely, emitting a sound as it went funny (i.e. malfunctioned?) that so fascinated him, that it, perhaps, inspired a song title. It was during that night, as Danny frantically rushed about the loft to sample the machine’s death-throes that I knew he would someday put the **** thing on a recording. But, like I said, this was many years ago. Moments later (the deed done) we were back up at the makeshift bar in the place, having a beer or twelve pack or two, and the whole thing was forgotten. Or at least I had forgot about it. When Lateralus was still in the writing/arranging stage, and it came time for Danny to start thinking about ‘his’ piece - something on the lines of ‘IONS’ from AEnima, but a bit more elaborate, I suggested that he do something using the Enochian (or Angelic) language of Dr. John Dee and Edward Kelley’s occult experiments with extradimensional intelligences (if that’s what they in fact were).

Initially Danny seemed to like the idea, enough so that I quickly began to write out some verses in the Enochian language that he (or, better yet, Maynard) could vocalize. We thought that using a vocoder would create the most powerful effect (especially with the 20 frequency band Sennheiser VSM-201 analog vocoder that Danny owns, this being the famous model used by Kraftwerk and others{including the voices of the droids on the film Star Wars}, of which there are only a few [3 is the number that I’ve heard] in the world. (NOTE: the Sennheiser vocoder takes a carrier sound such as a synth waveform, etc. and articulates that sound with a person’s voice or other incoming audible signal that can analyzed via the 20 channels of band-pass filters to achieve unique sounds and multi-modulations). Accompanied by the broken (?) reverb unit and with Danny’s various vintage synths, we thought the effect could be truly haunting.

But things don’t always go according to plans. Although I had written the Enochian verses, there was a sudden push to get Lateralus finished, and the complexities of doing the track as it was originally planned were outweighed by other considerations. Also, as I mentioned earlier, the Enochian piece didn’t seem to fit with the rest of Lateralus. Having already given Danny my cassette copy of the ex-employee on the "Area 51 Caller Line" from Art’s Coast to Coast AM show, he decided to use it in the background of a piece he wrote using the noise of the "higher-evolved’ machine [i.e. defective reverb unit] he sampled along with some nice touches he added with his EMS Synthi AKS (another very rare piece of equipment). And so that’s what was recorded (at the loft studio) for the Lateralus CD. Now, if you think that the series of coincidences surrounding the "triangulated" Art Bell caller were strange, wait until you hear about what happened to me as I was working on the Enochian verses (which, at the time, Danny was still planning on using for ‘his’ piece on the recording).

FAAIP DE OIAD: IAIAD DE MAHORELA

PART THREE: THE GREATEST DIFFICULTY: PRONUNCIATION OF ENOCHIA

This part of the story occurred in January of 2000, several days after the "Y2K" flop. I was back in the Midwest, in the small town of O’Fallon, Illinois, celebrating my mother’s birthday. After the holidays, I had a few days with little to do in my sleepy hometown before returning to Los Angeles. I would spend most of the day and nights in my parent’s house (before they moved) working on the correct pronunciations of my Enochian verses. I had several Enochian Dictionaries with me, and each contained a discussion and system (or guidelines) on how to pronounce Enochia, something that few if any occultists or language scholars know for sure. (NOTE: as with most systems of magick, the slightest error, whether with a Call, an invocation/evocation or the construction of a sigil, can be potentially disastrous to the operator.) Among other sources, I had GMICALZOMA by Leo Vinci, a special edition of THE GOETIA translated by Aleister Crowley (?), THE COMPLETE ENOCHIAN DICTIONARY by Laycock and Skinner, A TRUE AND FAITHFUL RELATION... edited by Meric Casaubon and THE ENOCHIAN WORLD OF ALEISTER CROWLEY by Duquette and Hyatt (Ph.D). Working with another person who had a great deal of knowledge on the subject, we had previously decided upon which pronunciation to use for reasons which I shall not explain at this time. For three days and nights I practiced the Calls, or, to be more accurate, the verses that I had assembled, for that is what they were, each time without feeling or visualizing the slightest thing. In short, I wasn’t in any way attempting to skry in the Aethyrs or to summon the Enochian denizens, whatever they were. I was just trying to learn the pronunciation so that I could teach it to Danny, or Maynard, or whoever was going to sing/recite the verses through the vocoder. For those interested, the verses were: ENOCHIAN WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION: "TORZU!/ Arise! AAO HUBARDO TIBBP/ Amongst the lanterns of sorrow. TZAMRAN/ Appear AAF NOR MOLAP/ Amongst the sons of men IZIPOP/ From the highest vessels, FOARGT VRAN/ The dwelling place of the elders LUCIFTIAS PIRIPSOL/ In the brightness of the heavens."

Having a plane to catch the next morning, I put away my notes and went to bed around 2:00 am. I had been sleeping soundly the other nights in my parent’s house, but on this particular night, I suffered (the word I choose to use here) an incredibly lucid and disturbing dream (if, in fact, it was a dream - I’m still not sure). This dream or vision seemed to involve something that was attempting to overpower me in some way. I tried to fight off the astral attack, or whatever it was that wanted me to surrender to it, but I felt somewhat paralyzed, with my flailing arms stuck, to use Whitley Strieber’s words, in "electrified tar." The thing I saw is almost impossible to describe. It seemed to be some elaborate geometric construction, a bit like the qabalistic Tree of Life diagram, but somehow different. Actually, it seemed like a pyramid or structure of sorts that was composed of smallish beings, horribly clownlike and mechanized, who were juggling orbs of luminous multicolored energy in an extremely fast and deft manner. The whole thing was completely alien to my mind, and if it was attempting to communicate something to me, whatever it was I hadn’t the faintest idea. The motion of the orbs of ‘energy’, the strange geometry of the living construction, and the vividity of the unusual colors all made me feel rather dizzy.

I remember suddenly waking up feeling out of breath, the colors of whatever it was still burned into my retinas. I thought I had suffered a nightmare, but I remember laughing to myself and saying in a faint voice: "God****, that **** really works." What struck me the most funny was the idea of Enochian entities parading around in my parents’ house. After checking the time (It was around 4:20 AM I remember) and scribbling down what I perceived, I soon fell back asleep. The next morning, I woke up and had a friend drive me to the airport. On the flight home, I didn’t think too much about the dream or vision, about what caused it or what it might have meant. I was just glad to be going back to the warmth of southern California. After landing at LAX, I grabbed a shuttle van and within an hour was back in my apartment. I remember that the first thing that I did was to turn on my Sangean ATS 818 cs radio (yes, I’m smiling too), to see who Art Bell had on the show as I unpacked and checked my mail and phone messages. Well, Art’s guests that night turned out to be two police officers from small Midwestern towns. In fact, they were from the very place that I had just returned from. I quickly realized that they were talking about some kind of major UFO event that had occurred in St. Clair County, Illinois and at approximately (I could justifiably say exactly) the same time that I suffered from the bizarre ‘dream’ which, perhaps, was the result of my experimenting with the Enochia.

TO BE CONTINUED...

BMB

Wow. Thats really interesting and creepy.

Where did you get all that info from?

from tools official site

stumpetioto, thank you! I've been after that article for ages, as I was discussing Enochian with someone on here pages back, and couldn't find that story. Some of the articles on toolband are fascinating, although dried up recently. And for any regular to the site who hasnt found the secret stuff (hidden in the 'meat'), read the rennes experience too, as well as see the hidden images

yeah i have found a good few and your welcome there is a few good but mroe ive got saved ony my comp for ages and im glad i could help

here adam jones is god do you know much about enochian cuz i badly need someone to talk to about it

I dont know loads, its more of a passing interest, and I have only really started to scratch the surface. Do you already know a bit about it or are you wanting to learn more? If so, I find this site interesting [url]http://www.schuelers.com/enochian/[/url]

i need to know some stuff a good place to start off and stuff its always been an interest in mine but ive really only started to e botherd with it tbh

Well then that site is a nice starting point, it gives some reading recommendations, as (unless I cant find any) there isnt that much on enchonian around the net.

BUT WORD OF WARNING! As from Blairs experience, it can be a risky thing to actually attempt to practice, even if you dont believe in the spirtual world, etc.
(But it is fun to learn random phrases :thumb:)

Wow, that's really interesting. But, as I feel with most of Tool's "beliefs", it a hoax. I think they enjoy confusing people and making us think about bizarre things to keep our minds open. Maybe I'm just a cynic.

Are you referring to enochian as a hoax? Or the experiences? As I know that enochian is a definite belief/ritualsitic cult, its something danny especially draws from, look on his official site, it explains about the certain way he sets up his drums, the large gong, etc.
As for blairs experience, I can honestly believe him, although he has a few other tall tales, but the guy is a deciple of Tool and delivers their message (although he is swaying off subject at the moment)

But if you have doubts, no problem, maybe it is a big Tool hoax again, but like they always say, as long as something positive is drawn from it, then whatever it is does not concern them

The experiences. I'm sure many peopel believe firmly in enochian but I don't think Tool do. I think they know they can make other people think and become interested in all of it if they pretend to be or at least leave traces of these things.

They may not believe in it, but like I said, it is an influence on Danny. Most of the symbols on his kicks drums and rest of his set up are enochian. I dont believe that he does carry out the rituals though, so I think we probably are on the same level here

I also think Danny is the most interested in all of these things. Adam and Justin seem not so interested (since I haven't heard anything about any of it from either of them). Maynard I think is the one that likes to fu[B][i][/B][/i]ck with people.

adam is pretty interesting justin probably just likes to keep private thats all
and maynard just wants to take the piss let him

Justin's focus has a lways seemed to be on the music more than anything else, and he hasn't really been exposed to the spiritual views like the others (England isn't a great place for a musician to have any chance to discover much spirituality, thank god for the net).
Adam has always been the artistic approach member, and it's always been a fear that his passion for creativness one day will see him put down the 6 string (more paranoia than truth), but its another form of artistic expression. danny of course, the spiritual member, and Maynard the clown with the hidden message (everyday I see his Bill Hicks influence in greater light.





Having read what I put im quite disgusted how I jus tbelittled each memebr to a few words. Shame on me :(

lol dw yeah justin is more aobut the music always has been

Yeah, just go back and listen to the music he did before with Peach for quality from Justin, he WAS peach IMO, he even sang on a track called Dougal. No wonder Tool snapped him up so quickly

disposition

my thoughts on disposition
i kind of think it is aobut a relationship of any sort and there just sitting there and there waiting for osmeone to make a move to talk well thats what i always picture in my mind i also kinda thing the weather=mood the albums mood changes anyone else kinda think that

Disposition, Relection and Triad used to be one larger song, so its interesting to see if the meanings behind each are viewed in a similar light or whether they have taken on new forms. I do agree with the change in the albums mood, it certinally is one of the more subdued pieces of music Too l have worked on, as it encorporates new instruments from Maynard along with new riff ideas from Justin and Adam. I havent analysed the lyrics fully myself yet, I concentrate more on the instrumentals usually, but like I said, once I get time, il share my thoughs on the song/s again.

Good to see this returning to the thread though, a bit of intelligent thought collaborating and sharing

yeah the new exotic instruments were brilliant im gonna post aobut parabol when i get my thoughts up i wish we could do about a perfect circle thats a walk in the park

Nothing stopping APC conversations, 99% of Tool fans love to talk about APC as well. The lyrics are less deep though I admit, as it is Maynard's 'vacation' band in a way, but he still puts some good thoughts into the lyrics

[/I]third eye

my thoughts on third eye
ive always thought third eye was more than just about opening your third eye its kinda been about some mentally challenged guy and he goes to this park "came out to watch you play why you running away" cuz if anyone does that they claim he is a paedophile and he just wants to get away i know i ahve ****ed up meanings but i try meh

I'am a very large Tool fan. I own all tool albums including the Tool string orchestra piece and seen them as well as APC 4 times. But tool fans really do make me think. The inner meanings of there songs are very interesting and always contreversial but I really think you need to leave your rooms or basements and live your lives. I enjoy listening to tool late at night and am always intregued with this magnificent band which may be the most talented 1-4 on the planet but if your gonna spend hours writing, picking apart songs for meaning, you should sit and think about your own meanings in life and not worry about Marnard disliking religion (by the way, i dislike religion as well) or talk about the "walls" of racial divide (i'am totally against rascism) or ramble on about satans special brownies (dieier von satan). Tool is about provoking thought in its listeners, not tearing apart what maynards (or any other members) thoughts are. You need to take an "intermission" and take Tool for the pure musical beauty and menevillence that it is and not worry about which churches are wrong or female prostitutes with male genitalia. This is why i never liked tool fans in general, because there far to serious. Like the gentlmen/woman that started this thread. What is "don't spam or you'll regret it" supposed to mean. Is he/she gonna kill me or put a bug in my computer or terminate me from this thread. He/she lives in a world of rules where anything that isn't part of the plan isn't endorsed because he/she trying to be a god and control the flow of thought in his/hers and other peoples lives and free thinking is the basis of tool. This individual is trying to be somesort of god and the idea of god is somthing which maynard does not endorse so basically you are defying everthing you say you stand for by hindering free thought. I like, listen to, and play punk music which really stands for free thinking. Not crappy pop punk, but classic punk rock like the dead kennedys and the clash and operation ivy, all of which deal with real life issues, unlike Tool. Issues of government, racism, sexism, ect. conflicts that happen and effect our every day lives. Im sure many of you discard me as a punk lovin' loser that has a mohawk, and is angry at my parents, and just wants to make noise and has little muscianship. None of those statments are true. The important part is that Tool is a superior band to nearly all but i'am more of a tool fan than most of you, as i live in the tool mindset, live free thinking and not worry about what maynard thinks about the subject of the week even though he is right much more often than not. I don't live by artificaily placed rules that this thread is really about and most tool fans in all fairness. Most of you follow Maynard and his lyrics like a bible, disecting his words and trying to discover what makes him tick. Well, Mayanrd aswell as myself don't want you to take that path of blind belife. Im not sure if you found this helpful, you probably want to steamroll my crusty remains on the pavment of your driveway, but i think this is what Tool is really about. Tool's greatness is at a level which no words cannot describe but i think Maynard has a hidden message that your just not getting. Contradict yourselfs as you may, your living the lives you say you hate. thank you and good night.

Dude....
it must be relieving to get that off your chest, hey??!
I assume you realised that most of us...well me, anyway...would take exception to what you wrote. If Tool is about provoking thought, then why should we keep those thoughts bottled up, it seems like a logical idea to have a thread such as this in which to share them. One man's "provoked thought" is another's "tearing apart" I guess.

For one, you belittle anyone who dares to dissect the meaning of a maynard lyric, claiming your own superiority for taking an interest in an alternate way. It seems to me that you're proscribing your veiw to us - I.e. that anyone who picks apart a song is blindly following, rather than discovering, therefore we shouldn't attempt such a dissection.
You're entitled to your opinion of course. But I don't think that having a different opinion means you can develop a superiority complex.
I agree that some analysts can go a little far and attach a concrete definition to a song, or perhaps get a little sacred about our fave band.
But i think most would agree that decyphering meaning in lyrics as is done in this thread is, to use a cliche, more a jounrey than a destination. As long as I don't let my vision become obscured, I think pondering these meanings is a worthy past-time, as I am fascinated by the way each tool song reflects different interpretations depending the light it is held under.
I think the anti-spam thing was meant to encourage free-speech in here, rather than hinder it, and yes, i agree that it may have worded a little strongly, but i didn't really take offence, cause I gave the thread starter the benefit of the doubt at being a reasonable person.
As to Tool having no connection to "real-life issues" like "government, racism, sexism etc" I'm sure most would argue very strongly against that. I think the theme of Tool is to evolve, see reality and question our actions, which in a nutshell encompasses all the above topics. Maybe the specifics aren't mentioned, like an abstract painting, but the subject can still be there, you let your thinking spiral out a little.
The difference is, that I am willing to admit that I may be wrong, and that its possible for this interpretation to be correct simulatneously with opposing veiws. Such is the beauty of free and open discussion.
For now I think the idea you talk about - living in the tool free-thinking mindset - is better practised than preached (myself included since i'm preaching at the moment, methinks). I think having this openness would preclude the assumptions you make about how we percieve others, and other styles like punk music.
I apologize for ranting for so long, but I felt a reply was justified. I'm content just to follow my will and whim - who knows, we just go where no ones been.
And that'd be a neat trick.
Cheers,
a_u_m

man you do put up a good fight and i know what you mean aobut tool fans but this is just really a bit of fun dont take it too seriously

First negative coment i've read here, and it sadness me to read it. I must state the other side of the argument.

[QUOTE]but I really think you need to leave your rooms or basements and live your lives[/QUOTE]

I think sterotyping people on here is harsh, most of us are creative individuals who when not sharing our ideas, are out creating music, art, or simply leading their lives how they see fit.

[QUOTE]Tool is about provoking thought in its listeners, not tearing apart what maynards (or any other members) thoughts are.[/QUOTE]

Right and wrong. It does provoke thoughts by analysing the lyrics and melodies and drawing our own ideas from them, not trying to find the exact meaning that was meant. However, there are some fans who are more into individual members, and find facination in the way they think. This is why some will look deeper at lyrics.

[QUOTE]This is why i never liked tool fans in general, because there far to serious[/QUOTE]

Look for other posts from me or any other poster here. You will see that most of us are far from 'serious'

[QUOTE]Like the gentlmen/woman that started this thread. What is "don't spam or you'll regret it" supposed to mean. Is he/she gonna kill me or put a bug in my computer or terminate me from this thread. He/she lives in a world of rules where anything that isn't part of the plan isn't endorsed because he/she trying to be a god and control the flow of thought in his/hers and other peoples lives and free thinking is the basis of tool. [/QUOTE]

Personal insult there to ToolOwnsYou, I know for a fact that it ws not a form of censorship. Read other threads on this site for spam, and you will see that threads are taken off point by mindless 'Tool r teh cool, metallica suxs' rubbish. Its this that the threadstarter was wanting to prevent, not censoring any opinion. And I stand by him for that.

[QUOTE]Not crappy pop punk, but classic punk rock like the dead kennedys and the clash and operation ivy, all of which deal with real life issues, unlike Tool[/QUOTE]

Music does not have to be focused on real life issues, THATS censorship if you only allow music to be about real life. But to say Tool dont deal with day to day issues, I really think you should give their lyrics another look. I find the clash a great band, and what they did for music isn't overlooked by me, but they said their message in their own way, just like Tool
[QUOTE]
but i'am more of a tool fan than most of you, as i live in the tool mindset, live free thinking and not worry about what maynard thinks about the subject of the week even though he is right much more often than not.[/QUOTE]

Arrogance. The tool mindset? Sounds like a set way of life, governed by the rule that you must think freely, which contradicts the idea you're against.

[QUOTE]but i think Maynard has a hidden message that your just not getting.[/QUOTE]

So after complaining that we shouldn't be analysing the lyrics and meanings, you admit there is a greater hidden meaning there? So why shouldnt we try and find it?



I hope fellow Tool fans, or just fans of free speech, expression, etc will take note of both these posts, and see how varied fans can be. Like the poster finished on someone elses lyrics, i think the best way to sum it up would be maynards own comment 'Analyse and criticise as much as you want, but remember, at the end of the day, its just music. Just sit down and listen once in a while, open your mind and just enjoy.