Flagstaff

      Feb 2, 2012 2:13 pm

      Tonight is the first night of the blackout tour. We are headed to flagstaff right now. Who's coming with us? Oh, and I woke up and did an interview this morning and talked about my wiener and buying drugs from a homeless guy. Whooopsie

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      My bad

      Jan 30, 2012 6:23 pm

      Walking up the steps to check out Ryans new apartment and I just farted in a pregnant womans face. It was really hot and breathy. And she is very pregnant. I feel bad. I hope I didn't just induce labor.

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      My missing keyboard was outsourced

      Jan 27, 2012 10:08 pm

      Riddle me this batman: how did a keyboard that was supposed to be on a direct flight from SF to Orlando end up in India? I have no idea, but apparently that's what happened. Let's just pray it shows up before the bus gets here and the blackout tour begins.

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      Hung over

      Jan 23, 2012 11:28 am

      Drank away my sorrows with fireball whiskey last night. Kyle Williams you are now dead to me. I guess I have baseball to look forward to now.

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      Sharks game

      Jan 17, 2012 8:34 pm

      I was supposed to record tonight but a free penthouse suite for the sharks game was a little more enticing. Plus the girl next to me has big knockers.

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      Me likey football

      Jan 14, 2012 2:44 pm

      Watching the niners saints game with absolutely no plans to get off the couch today. So that means somebody needs to bring me some chicken wings and some more two x beer.

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      Winter blackout approacheth

      Jan 13, 2012 12:00 am

      Only three solos left to do for the acoustic album and then im done. We will be done tracking by the time we hit the road for the winter blackout tour. Expect to see a live sneak preview of the expendies acoustic album on the winter blackout tour. We are coming to rock your earballs.

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      Home sweet home

      Jan 2, 2012 8:58 pm

      Just landed at SFO. Looking forward to santa cruz. Update: never fly united/continental. Not only did they change their story about my keyboard they are now unwilling and uninterested in finding my keyboard. Never again.

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      Fu continental

      Dec 31, 2011 9:14 am

      Would like to give continental airlines I big new years eve thank you for shipping my keyboard to Pittsburgh instead of orlando. Apparently they confused the name Jodie DiMaggio with Ryan DeMars. 2 similar letters. Come on people. Even the girls I date are smarter than that.

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      NYE 2011 orlando

      Dec 30, 2011 11:21 pm

      Just landed in orlando and ran into the slightly stoopid crew closing down the bar at the hard rock hotel. Tomorrow night might get beyond weird. To quote seal "we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy." And I have no problem taking advice from a guy that gets to hang around a mansion all day and bang heidi klum.

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      Booooo

      Dec 24, 2011 7:28 pm

      F you tony romo. You just laid a giant turd on the remnants of what was once a proud and glorious fantasy football team. You have ruined my christmas. Happy holidays to everybody except tony romo.

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      Vegas die

      Dec 23, 2011 2:11 pm

      A holiday tradition at the Patterson's. Getting everyone together to play vegas die and give my money to everyone. Too much cheese. Too many Swedish meatballs. Too much nog. Can't wait to head to orlando for new years with the slightly stoopid boys. Haven't seen them in days.

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      Rickety cricket

      Dec 20, 2011 11:11 am

      Lazy Tuesday full of procrastination and an Always sunny in Philadelphia marathon. Don't want to go out in public to finish my christmas shopping with all those weirdos. Free day because I finished all my rhythm tracks last for the acoustic album last night. Start on solos tomorrow.

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      Assbag

      Dec 8, 2011 11:01 pm

      To the giant boogerface that stole my pants keys and wallet from the gym tonight, thank you for making it so easy to get home tonight. I just finished cancelling all my credit/debit cards. At least I have tomorrow night at the catalyst with ribsys nickel to cheer me up. Hopefully they will let me in to play without an I.D.

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      9ers game

      Dec 4, 2011 12:15 pm

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      Headed to the niners game for my buddy drew's birthday. I have a feeling today is going to end badly.

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      Janice, oh janice

      Dec 4, 2011 9:11 am

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      Out at the bar last night I was thinking about how when I was a kid that I used to have a crush on janice the muppet from dr teeth and the electric mayhem. We have so much in common now I wonder if I have a chance.

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      Santa cruz Dec 9th & 10th

      Nov 30, 2011 6:20 pm

      On my way down to the warehouse to work on the acoustic album. Just wanted to remind everyone about our two shows at the catalyst next friday and Saturday night. Get your tix mow because these are our last two shows in the bay area until spring of next year.

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      Todays introspection

      Nov 19, 2011 5:27 pm

      Why is it that every time I have ear buds in when I fart, I always take one ear bud out so that I can see how bad the flatulence in question actually is. Not to see how loud it is, which would make sense, but how bad it smells and if i need to start crop dusting. Last time I checked your olfactory sense is not connected to your ears. Realization? I am a moron.

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      Heading home

      Nov 14, 2011 4:10 pm

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      Three sold out shows in three days. Thanks so much to the fans that came out. On my way back home to santa cruz. Looking forward to recording some more acoustic tracks before playing the catalyst on dec 9th and 10th. I might have just pooped my pants.

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      Velvet jones

      Nov 12, 2011 5:08 pm

      Pumped to be in santa barbara after a raging show in san diego last night. Come out and party in the rain with us on a Saturday night.

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      On stage, I use Mesa boogie triple two channel rectifier amps, a Gibson Les Paul classic plus with Seymour Duncan and a G&L Asat Classic semi-hollow, and a Miller Acoustic Guitar.  I have a variety of new and vintage guitar pedals such as Eventide, Maxon, Geoffrey Teese, Fulltone, Boss, Digitech, MXR, and Electro Harmonix.  I use Thomastik guitar strings and Clayton 1.26mm guitar picks.

      This is Raul Bianchi, otherwise known as the liability, and I play guitar for the expendables.  When we are not touring I lead a pretty boring life.  I like to spend time with my friends and family, exercise, play guitar, and developing a hair straightener specifically designed for male pubic hair.

      Right before I started high school I was at a friend’s house and a bunch of kids were sitting around playing Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and Led Zeppelin songs on acoustic guitars.  I was mesmerized by how they could coax those similar sounds out of the guitar with their hands.  The next day I asked to borrow my dad’s old nylon guitar and changed my class schedule so I could take the intro to guitar class.  I have been playing ever since.  I took private lessons for a little while but am mostly self-taught.

      There are so many different nuances to the guitar that you can never stop learning new sounds, styles, tones and techniques.  There were two major events in my youth that greatly impacted my development as a guitarist.  One was being off at college away from my friends.  I had no one to play with so I just played along with songs on my computer.  I would figure out the songs and also solo over them.  Doing that not only improved my improvisational skills but also greatly helped to develop my ear.  The other was working at a music store.  There was a guy named Scot that was a shredder who basically was a teacher to me when the store was empty.  Any theory or technique questions I had he would help me out.  The music store was also where I began my obsession with guitar tones and effects pedals.