TV highlights, November 29 Nov 29, 2008
No one really knows who arranged these giant rocks into a perfect circle, how they did it or what they were hoping to achieve. Perhaps it's some sort of astral computer, Jones speculates. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tool time: Lead singer is back with grapes of rock Nov 8, 2008
These are the kind of words you might expect to hear Maynard James Keenan use when discussing the heady music he makes as the lead singer, lyricist and frontman with such boundary-pushing rock bands as Tool and A Perfect Circle. But a recent interview found him using these words to describe one of his other passions: the wines he makes at his two wineries, Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
In 'Man,' Auster conjures crises real and fantastic Aug 24, 2008
"I am alone in the dark," narrator August Brill announces as the novel begins, "turning the world around in my head as I struggle through another bout of insomnia, another white night in the great American wilderness." And by the third page the reader is cast into the story that Brill creates to while away the black night: a sleeping man is in a deep hole in the ground, "dug in such a way as to form a perfect circle, with sheer inner walls of dense, tightly packed earth, so hard that the... (Boston Globe)
Makeup for men - heading to a chemist near you soon Jul 30, 2008
Wednesday July 30 2008. It started with Russell Brand and Johnny Depp, but Superdrug is hoping makeup on men could go mainstream this summer. (guardian.co.uk)
After the Cheeky Girl split, is it all over for Legover Lembit? Jul 15, 2008
He continued: 'One evening, for instance, we discussed the concept of a perfect circle, as a geometric challenge. . (Daily Mail)
Album reviews Jun 17, 2008
The album forms a perfect circle with "The Escapist," a hidden track. But instead of phasing into the harder-hitting beat in typical Coldplay fashion, a familiar placid solo again drifts on as Martin softly sings: "And in the end/We lie awake/And we dream of making our escape.". (Daily Iowan, IA)
U.S. OPEN BLOG: Dan Hayes reports live from Wednesday's practice rounds Jun 12, 2008
Staff writer Dan Hayes wrote on Jun 11, 2008 1:38 PM:Phil Mickelson practiced his putting for the entire 30 minutes I was green-side, lining up 10 balls in a perfect circle about two feet from the hole. That gave me an idea for how the PGA handles any and all future playoffs. (North County Times)
Ashes Divide Takes To Road For First Tour May 10, 2008
"I don't know about that," Howerdel, who also co-founded A Perfect Circle with Tool's Maynard James Keenan, tells Billboard ... " He'll have plenty of time to suss out his bandmates. After a couple of "practice shows" in Los Angeles, Howerdel and company kick off the first Ashes Divide tour Friday in Jacksonville, Fla. The group also has opening dates for Filter, 3 Doors Down and Stone Temple Pilots as well as an appearance at the Rock on the Range festival May 17 in Columbus, Ohio, and a main... (Billboard.com)
Band Camp is starting point for Shinedown May 9, 2008
Among the other performers are Filter and Serj Tankian, former lead singer for System of a Down, and Ashes Divide, new band from Billy Howerdel of A Perfect Circle. This isn't the same Shinedown that's played Jacksonville in the past. (Florida Times-Union)
Raised in Arizona May 8, 2008
After Whole Foods heavily marketed the event and local rock radio stations pumped it up, nearly 1,000 people waited in line - not so much to buy the wine, but instead to get a close-up experience with Keenan, the vocalist from Tool and A Perfect Circle - two of the more respected and successful rock groups to come around in the past two decades. The Sportsman's signings fell under the radar, however, which suited Glomski and Keenan just fine. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Queens extends reach May 6, 2008
Van Leeuwen, formerly of gloomy supergroup A Perfect Circle, joined Queens in 2002 to tour breakthrough album, the twice Grammy-nominated Songs For the Deaf. Along with drummer Joey Castillo (Danzig), Van Leeuwen's become part of the group's core. (Regina Leader-Post)
Linkin Park Announces Projekt Revolution 2008 Lineup Apr 4, 2008
The fifth installation of the band's raging road show will see them headlining an all-star bill that features former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell, electro-rockers The Bravery and Ashes Divide, featuring Billy Howerdel, known for his work with A Perfect Circle ... ASHES dIVIDE is the new band formed by lead guitarist/singer-songwriter Billy Howerdel-founder/producer of multi-platinum group A Perfect Circle, the band he led with Tool frontman Maynard Keenan through three albums... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
3.14 and the rest Mar 15, 2008
The value and usuage of pi is only theoretical as it's impossible to create a perfect circle. There will be always some miniscule anomaly in its shape - even if you go right down to atomic level. (BBC News -- UK)
Moonlight and the company you keep Mar 2, 2008
" * * * Here I am, watching you perform your pre-snooze ritual. You turn on your PC, pick The Clientele from the playlist, and grab me into bed. I only have two-and-a-half pages left. It won't be long until you stash me in the drawer, leave me there to collect dust, and install Live Journal on your computer. You begin to unfold the end of the story -- at least for me -- about you and the company you hope to still keep. You called Ling again this afternoon. She was on her way back to her boutique... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Maynard James Keenan Hearts Foo Fighters; Says Tool Will Start Writing LP 'Right Away' Feb 14, 2008
His date for the event was his 12-year-old son, Devo, who is a cellist for Ashes Divide, the band founded by Keenan's A Perfect Circle co-pilot, Billy Howerdel. "There are other things we could do, but this is very special, I think, and it will be the highlight of the year for him. I think he's pretty stoked about it. We're kind of easygoing.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
A Perfect Circle's Billy Howerdel Is 'Coming Out Of The Shadows Of Maynard' With Ashes Divide Jan 22, 2008
Guitarist Billy Howerdel, perhaps best known as the creative strength behind avant rock outfit A Perfect Circle, is in video-treatment hell ... Ever since A Perfect Circle, fronted by Tool mainman Maynard James Keenan, went on an indefinite hiatus a few years back, he's been writing material on his own ... While Keenan has said in previous interviews that, as far as he's concerned, A Perfect Circle is over and done with. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Filter Frontman Promises Band's Comeback LP Will Sound Like A 'Heavy U2 Record' Dec 1, 2007
Patrick also called on several of his musician buddies to assist with Anthems, including ex-Limp Bizkit/ current Black Light Burns guitarist Wes Borland, and hired-gun drummer Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, NIN). Filter's fourth opus will also feature former Marilyn Manson/ Rob Zombie guitarist John 5, who wrote two of the album's tracks with Patrick and Borland. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Keenan Goes Upbeat For Puscifer's Debut Oct 19, 2007
Anyone who knows Maynard James Keenan primarily from Tool and A Perfect Circle may be surprised to learn that the singer's most recent video finds him onstage in a Oak Ridge Boys outfit and fairly alarming hairpiece, singing a twangy number about sleeping with what is more or less a complete roster of country-music icons ... " Enter Puscifer. Where Tool and A Perfect Circle specialize in intricate, looming metal, Puscifer isn't even a band "as you would normally look at a band," Keenan says.... (Billboard.com)
Classic pop gets urbane overhaul Sep 3, 2007
Vocalist Crawford is also guitarist and keyboardist, the Monster in the Machine mastermind who gets substantial rhythmic support from drummer Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle) and bassist Doug Ardito (Puddle of Mudd). Apart from the bloated epic "Shut the Door," which at least features strangely evocative violin work by Imani Coppola, Crawford and company nail "Butterfly Pinned.". (Scripps Howard News Wire)
* Notes on an American scandal Aug 19, 2007
The judicial system, forming a perfect circle, simply ratified its own errors. At one point, the state's Supreme Judicial Court decided that Thayer himself should rule on a legal writ accusing him of bias in the case. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
School's out Aug 12, 2007
He is encouraged by his 77-year-old [paternal] grandfather, who 'can also draw a perfect circle' and who will buy a 16 tube of white paint, see Edward squeeze it out all at once, and not complain. Edward spends weekends at his grandparents' in Knaresborough during term times, and likes to stay there longer during the summer. (Guardian Unlimited)
Tool's Maynard James Keenan Unleashes 'Body Candy' With Puscifer Side Project Jul 19, 2007
atmospherics that have pervaded Keenan's work with both Tool and A Perfect Circle, as is the disconsolate libretto that's become something of a Keenan trademark. Instead, Puscifer is all about groove-oriented, shake-that-moneymaker melodies, designed to believe it or not brighten one's spirits. (VHI.com -- Music News)
soul for silver...they are not just noise Jul 6, 2007
Many people say they sound like Tool or A Perfect Circle. How it got started. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Local group performs in Battle of Bands Jun 27, 2007
We have influences ranging from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Bad Company to Staind, Breaking Benjamin, Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Coheed and Cambria. What makes your music stick out or what makes it so good. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
CD REVIEW: Wes Borland proves songwriting talent on 'Cruel Melody' Jun 16, 2007
Joined by several notables in the hard-rock scene, including John Freese (Nine Inch Nails, The Vandals, A Perfect Circle) and Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle), Wes' project was heavily supported by producer Ross Robinson's new label I AM: Wolfpack. The album's opening track "Mesopotamia" strays further from any other cut off the album, sidetracking to an electronica influenced vein a la late Rob Zombie. (U-Wire.com)
White Stripes tickets go on sale Friday Jun 11, 2007
hdgal wrote on Jun 11, 2007 5:28 AM:" Finally, a concert worth going to!! Just hope it doesn't get cancelled due to poor pre-sales like A Perfect Circle did a few years ago. This band is musically as influential as your U2's etc, just not as well known to some. You don't have to been a teen to like them, I'm in my 50's the White Stripes!!! The one thing I have missed since moving back to SD is the lack of good concerts. Most shows booked are acts 10-20 years behind the times. Stop living in the... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Gillette man’s custom shifter knobs are sent to customers around the world May 6, 2007
When the screeching of the machine stops, he lifts the ball closer and inspects it: A perfect circle. Well, this is the best one of all, he says, rolling the ball around in his palm. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Spread the sauce, toppings, and smiles May 2, 2007
The youngest ones will need help dressing the dough, but older kids will like the challenge of spreading the sauce in a perfect circle and creating a pizzeria-worthy outer crust. The rounds bake in just 10 minutes, so your little pizza chefs won't get too antsy. (Boston Globe)
READ MORE > May 2, 2007
During the band's hiatus between albums, Keenan formed a side project, dubbed A Perfect Circle. The band's 2000 debut, "Mer de Noms," was a surprise hit. (Sioux City Journal)
A Perfect Circle: The Pain Of Perfection Apr 29, 2007
" It's that devastated sensation, the feeling of being beaten when you're down, that A Perfect Circle convey in their second full album, Thirteenth Step. Throughout, the band funnels obsession, loneliness, agitation and despair into its songs, raising difficult issues relating to addiction, manipulation and personal limitations. On "The Package," frontman Maynard James Keenan sings from the perspective of a junkie desperate for a fix: "Comfort is a mystery crawling out of my own skin/ Just give... (VHI.com -- MTV.com Music News)
The Pumpkins Take Paris! Mar 30, 2007
Lead guitarist James Iha issued his own solo effort, then joined alt-metal outfit, A Perfect Circle, in 2003. Bassist D'arcy Wrestzky left the band in 1999 for an acting career following the recording of their last studio album, Machina: The Machines of God and their digital-only Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music, and was replaced by ex-Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur. (E! Online)
Decca Announces Label's First Showcase at the Industry's Premiere Music Festival South by Southwest Mar 14, 2007
The band has studio and stage collaboration credits with music's top artists and producers--from Wilco and Christina Aguilera to A Perfect Circle and David Bowie, and also appeared at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2006. Currently in the studio working with producers Linda Perry and Jon Brion on their first major label release for Decca slated for June, the band are perhaps best-known for their innovative, self-arranged renditions of Radiohead's OK Computer and Pink Floyd's Dark... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
