A weekly check-in on the Banjo versus TV project — J.R.'s resolution to spend more time in 2008 on his banjo than on TV. This post covers 9/9/2008 through 9/15/2008.
So why did the TV kick the banjo's butt this week? Two reasons: Water and the guitar.
The guitar because this was the week where I started my guitar lessons, and that time doesn't count as banjo time even though I'm doing this for banjo-related reasons. (I want to learn to recognize the chords that a guitarist plays during a jam session.)
Water because the roof to our apartment sprung a leak during the weekend storms. The redhead and I slept in shifts so that somebody would be awake to spot new leaks and to mop up. The TV was my stay-awake buddy during much of that time, so I racked up 9 hours and 11 minutes of TV time this week. (Ooooh! 9:11 for the week of 9/11. Is it something mystical, or just a coincidence? [Answer: Coincidence.])
Also in the last week:
- Perhaps a banjo-practice slump isn't something you can buy your way out of. But at $6.99 per CD at the pawn shop, not to mention the buy-three-get-one-free deal, one might as well try, right? So I picked up:
- Two compilation albums: 50 Years of Bluegrass Hits (Parts 1 and 2) and World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
- Two albums by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys: Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys: The Early Years and The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
- And speaking of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, two album from former Boys: Bluegrass Boy by Peter Rowan and I Wonder Where You Are Tonight by Del McCoury
- And one from a bluegrass girl: Ragin' Live by Rhonda Vincent & the Rage
- Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden is starting soon.
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