Puscifer 2009 12.02 @ the Historic Rialto Theatre In Tucson, AZ [Special Hot Sauce] *Full Release*

December 2nd, 2009
the Historic Rialto Theatre
Tucson, AZ

[Special Hot Sauce]

Source: R-09(48.000kHz/24-bit)->SDHC 4.0GB card/micromate USB reader->Sound Studio 3.5.5 (track-split, 41.000kHz/16-bit downsample)->xACT (level 8 FLAC compression)-> U my friend!

Captured By Taperaten a.k.a. Nooc210

tracklist:

00.Tucson/El Paso Camping Intro Bit/Major Douche Film Clip

01. Rev. 22:20 V2 
02.Drunk With Power

Video Break 1

03.Indigo Children V2
04.Trekka V3
05.Potions

Video Break 2

06.Momma Sed (Long Version)
07.Vagina Mine
08.Dozo
09.Undertaker V2

Video Break 3

10.Polar Bear
11.Sour Grapes
12.Queen B
13.The Mission ft. Carina Round
14.Humbling River

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Notes/Review By the Taper:

Opening Act:
This evening was promising, considering the venue (size/location) & the fact that the majority of the Band including Keenan: either currently are or were former Arizona residents at some point in time or another. some specifically from Tucson which was interesting to note. Neil Hamburger was the opening act, in particular I was really looking forward to seeing his set. Between the palpable anticipation for whatever was about to happen that night combined w/ the frustration of a purposefully bad & at times atrocious comedy that spat out from the stage on to the audience made for an interesting set of circumstances. Although very pertinent & sometimes witty, Neil Hamburger faced a pretty evenly well mixed crowd of participants & those rudely/eagerly awaiting Maynard James Keenan & Co. to grace the stage. Eventually Hamburgers 20-some odd minute set came to a close.

Stage Set-up/Venue:
I was perplexed as to how in the hell anyone on that stage was going to be able to freely move about, seriously the congestion of musical equipment/video gear was a sight to see. Even as I entered the venue I was taken aback by the amount of unloaded stage props & such that was still stacked-up outside! I personally had the privilege to be on the Rialto stage (not as a Performer but Stage-hand) for a friend’s band called Ensphere that had played there just a couple months before, so I had the unique perspective of knowing just how much space was actually available up there, these guys were cram-packed up on that stage! also this particular venue is extremely intimate, your vantage-point of the stage can be astonishingly captured virtually anywhere as you stand in this venue, never mind the solid acoustics that still manage to stunningly vibrate the emanating sounds from the very up-close & personal stage. The atmosphere was particularly vibrant this evening, I couldn’t have been more pleased w/ this location for a Puscifer show, I honestly can’t see them pulling off what they did that night any where else here in Tucson.

Taping:
I was extremely nervous from the very start until I got home! I had zero issues getting in successfully w/ my gear! during Neil’s set I stumbled & fumbled lots, I was scrambling to fix & maintain the perfect levels. I don’t own a pair of fancy mics so I had to improvise w/ the internal mics on the R-09 which left me & my recorder EXPOSED. the anti-taping enforcement was beyond me & ridiculously pursued! even for this specific venue, I was disturbed at just how insistent they were upon enforcing said rule! During Track 11 you can distinctly hear this girl who I happened to be using as a Human shield from the various anti-taping squads patrolling about, sees my recorder & asks me if I had been taping this whole evenings show, I of course said nothing, lol!

Puscifer’s Performance:
As w/ most if not all the show’s performed during this leg of Puscifer West-Coast tour no one really knew for sure what they were going to get!
with a variation of 3 to 4 different stage show’s I had no idea what exactly to expect. This show in particular was bad-ass!! minimal comedy routines/interruptions, not that I was vehemently opposed to any of them. Having the opportunity to witness this version of their varying stage-show that consisted more of a straight-forward musical approach was fantastic! Although Neil Hamburger had his say during two songs one of which he introduced Tim Alexander of Primus as a girl-scout to finish off the drums to ‘Momma Sed’ was hilarious. A lot get lost in translating what’s going on on-stage via this medium! but the music speaks for it self. Tucson got unruly when a crazed female fan bum-rushed the stage from a side entrance that should have been blocked off by security, not only the Rialtos Venue Event staff/security but Maynard’s as well were both absent, allowing this to happen. Once onstage of course she bee-lines for Maynard who’s far back on stage-left on a mini-stage platform shared w/ Miss Carina Round, more or less hidden behind an medium sized plasma screen T.V. Monitor is then embraced in the clutches of this bear-hugging lunatic fan-girl. This happened during ‘Sour Grapes btw! As I’m witnessing this as well as recollecting it now I still can’t believe someone manged to breech that kind of security, either someone from Rialto or Maynard’s crew seriously fucked up, possibly even both. It was so bad & had gone on long enough for Maynard to flawlessly sing 6 bars unfettered by the crazed fan. It wasn’t even security that eventually escorted her back-off stage it was the keenly aware band-members that just happened as it were to be sitting out on that particular song. I remember it was Mat Mitchell who actually pried the maniac off Maynard, then to top it all off: Immediate as Maynard & the rest of the crew were waving good-bye to the crowd at the end of their show another crazed ass-hole literally jumped up on stage and garbed one of the various yet empty open-bottles of wine right in front of Maynard & proceeded to guzzle the rest of it’s negligible contents, as Maynard sees this happen before him he tuns away shaking his head in PURE disgust!

I Hope You Enjoy This Recording!

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