<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:04:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Vai Tour Blog</title><description></description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>194</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-5704893012795644832</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-21T22:04:41.392-07:00</atom:updated><title>Geez, they'll put any hack on the cover of this magazine these days</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/SV-reading-GP-781393-781459.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/SV-reading-GP-781393-781423.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-5704893012795644832?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/09/geez-theyll-put-any-hack-on-cover-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-5059419660173414090</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-21T19:19:27.769-07:00</atom:updated><title>Outside Bloody Mary's on Bora Bora</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/DSC02241_3-767770-767860.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/DSC02241_3-767770-767809.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Honest, this is the first time I ever had Pamela Anderson over me  &lt;br&gt;while Janet Jackson was under me.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-5059419660173414090?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/09/outside-bloody-marys-on-bora-bora.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-2309298733875590180</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-17T07:58:40.495-07:00</atom:updated><title>Pre order signing</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-720496-720536.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-720496-720530.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-2309298733875590180?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/09/pre-order-signing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-1500085295610201560</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-10T12:25:36.810-07:00</atom:updated><title>From backstage in Romania</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-736811-736852.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-736811-736844.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-1500085295610201560?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/09/from-backstage-in-romania.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-7594976431118192198</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-06T23:15:08.751-07:00</atom:updated><title>Romania</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-708753-708795.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-708753-708789.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-7594976431118192198?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/09/romania.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-5076174546896525845</guid><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:05:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-29T22:08:28.090-07:00</atom:updated><title>Vai and Zappa with Dream Theater</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-708091-708157.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-708091-708153.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-5076174546896525845?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/08/vai-and-zappa-with-dream-theater.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-2509151651561425504</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-18T20:19:08.214-07:00</atom:updated><title>Life is good</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-748216-748251.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-748216-748247.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;But when you&amp;#39;re on Bora Bora, it&amp;#39;s better.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-2509151651561425504?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/08/life-is-good.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-4478978398169616337</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-08-08T12:09:42.080-07:00</atom:updated><title>Uh oh... You know what this means?</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-782081-782156.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-782081-782117.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-4478978398169616337?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/08/uh-oh-you-know-what-this-means.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-6833500301884075648</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-13T18:13:52.819-07:00</atom:updated><title>The new site</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-732821-732857.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-732821-732852.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Just finished an invigorating meeting with Mikey reagarding the  &lt;br&gt;complete remodel of Vai.com. We think you are going to like it.&lt;br&gt;Now i&amp;#39;m about to kick of the re- mastering of Flex-Able for the 25th  &lt;br&gt;anniversary package.&lt;br&gt;S&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-6833500301884075648?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/07/new-site.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-1797555346288197740</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-11T11:39:11.180-07:00</atom:updated><title>New bike</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-751182-751217.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-751182-751213.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Ok, do you want to know what really gets me excited? It&amp;#39;s Saturday  &lt;br&gt;morning, I&amp;#39;m at the bike shop picking up my brand new street bike, and  &lt;br&gt;kicking off a 16 week triathlon training schedule. I have my new  &lt;br&gt;iPhone and I&amp;#39;m about to kick off a 20 mile ride while listening to the  &lt;br&gt;new Dream Theater record.&lt;br&gt;Geeez, JP is kikin major ass on this record. I&amp;#39;m really workin up a  &lt;br&gt;sweat tying to keep up with him on my bike. If I hurt myself, blame him!&lt;br&gt;s&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-1797555346288197740?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/07/new-bike.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-385065271183836515</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-09T16:32:21.174-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Garden of Gethsemani</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-741176-741254.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-741176-741210.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;This is reputed to be where Jesus prayed before he was taken into  &lt;br&gt;custody.&lt;br&gt;Israel was fascinating on so many levels. Being in Jeruselem was truly  &lt;br&gt;electrifying.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-385065271183836515?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/07/garden-of-gethsemani.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-566874672996488995</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-07-09T16:06:37.552-07:00</atom:updated><title>Jeruselem</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-797554-797593.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-797554-797587.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;If you look to the right of the foot and the too top of the hill, this  &lt;br&gt;is where Jesus accended to Heaven. Yup, no fooling.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-566874672996488995?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/07/jeruselem.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-5616370258149936700</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-04T02:48:04.983-08:00</atom:updated><title>Mikey and his other favorite guitarist</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-722583-722630.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-722583-722625.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Photo by Danny Carey&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-5616370258149936700?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/02/mikey-and-his-other-favorite-guitarist.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-6631215526016758657</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-02T21:31:08.388-08:00</atom:updated><title>Guess where I am</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-768390-768457.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-768390-768449.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Not in the studio working on the DVD&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-6631215526016758657?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2009/01/guess-where-i-am.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-3401422132449278469</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-22T13:55:28.416-08:00</atom:updated><title>X-mas shopping at...</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-728417-728483.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-728417-728472.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Donald Pliner in Beverly Hills with Pia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-3401422132449278469?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/12/x-mas-shopping-at.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-5687099088298289295</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-18T17:25:00.712-08:00</atom:updated><title>Let Your Fingers Do The Talking</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-700713-700771.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-700713-700767.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-5687099088298289295?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/11/let-your-fingers-do-talking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-4710513126857184706</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-18T17:26:13.841-08:00</atom:updated><title>DVD Post Production!</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-735455-735522.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-735455-735514.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-4710513126857184706?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/11/post-production.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-3280235445300858436</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-06T15:19:56.473-08:00</atom:updated><title>Recording DVD Commentary</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-761801-763452.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-761801-762498.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;Jeremy, Annie, Steve and Mikey (taking the photo) record a commentary track for the forthcoming DVD!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-3280235445300858436?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/11/recording-dvd-commentary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-1455094615557923494</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-26T17:59:55.261-07:00</atom:updated><title>Russian Starbucks</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-733394-733460.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-733394-733452.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Ahhhh, the American embassy.&lt;br /&gt;This is Samara Russia. The 4th stop on the tour where no International &lt;br /&gt;Rock artist has ever performed... Until now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-1455094615557923494?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/10/russian-statbucks.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-5812500248805711408</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-23T21:49:53.672-07:00</atom:updated><title>Breakfast of Champions</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-793675-793738.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-793675-793732.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;At the airport in Samara Russia with the &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; team. Serg, Tim, and Alex.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-5812500248805711408?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/10/breakfast-of-champions.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-5594513452690180372</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-12T23:13:13.625-07:00</atom:updated><title>Arriving in Moscow</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-701777-701813.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-701777-701807.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;In Russia they have a tradition, a very very old tradition, of meeting &lt;br /&gt;a guest with a folk girl dressed in national wear offering bread and &lt;br /&gt;salt.&lt;br /&gt;Then they bath you in vodka and caviar.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-5594513452690180372?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/10/arriving-in-miscow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-4087914673364733486</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-12T22:39:51.141-07:00</atom:updated><title>In Russia</title><description>Hey folks,&lt;br&gt;I am in an airport in Moscow getting ready to head to Novosibirsk  &lt;br&gt;Siberia with Serg. I will be the first popular international  guitar  &lt;br&gt;player to perform in Siberia.&lt;br&gt;And yup, it&amp;#39;s cold.&lt;br&gt;I&amp;#39;m doing Alien guitar Secrets Master classes. I&amp;#39;ll try to keep  &lt;br&gt;posting the trip.&lt;br&gt;Wish me luck.&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sent from his iPhone&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-4087914673364733486?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/10/in-russia.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Steve Vai)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-8475123570123807084</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-23T01:29:28.065-07:00</atom:updated><title>Zlozower Photoshoot Part Deux</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-768755-768851.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-768755-768802.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-8475123570123807084?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/08/zlozower-photoshoot-part-deux_23.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-8649203176934529643</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-23T01:30:48.216-07:00</atom:updated><title>Photoshoot with Neil Zlozower</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo[1]-707569-707709.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo[1]-707569-707695.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-8649203176934529643?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/08/photoshoot-with-neil-zlozower.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338670687108578413.post-2298666850688787407</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-18T23:10:05.695-07:00</atom:updated><title>Steve and Larry DiMarzio</title><description>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-705697-705754.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.vai.com/tourblog/uploaded_images/photo-705697-705749.jpg"  border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Happy Birthday Larry!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4338670687108578413-2298666850688787407?l=www.vai.com%2Ftourblog'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.vai.com/tourblog/2008/08/steve-and-larry-dimarzio.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mikey)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item></channel></rss>