Banjo versus TV: Week 9

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.

I really tipped the scale in the banjo's favor with a trip to Shorty's Strickly Bluegrass Festival in East Peoria, Illinois. Thursday night through Sunday morning I attended, jammed, studied and basically soaked it all in.

I logged nearly 21 hours of banjo time. Best. Week. Ever.

Also in the last week:

• While driving to and from the festival I listened to a stack of borrowed CDs. (Thanks, Grant!)
  • Time Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass
  • All*Star Bluegrass Celebration, which is cool because I'd recently enjoyed the DVD version from Netflix.
  • Bluegrass Breakdown
  • Blue Ribbon Guitar, which is okay if you like guitar but it's not...
  • Blue Ribbon Banjo
• That last CD is especially cool because the redhead got me the tabs for it: Mel Bay Presents Rounder Blue Ribbon Banjo
• I got the licensed version of TablEdit.
• About 30% of this week's one-and-a-half hours of TV was spend watching online videos. I decided to track my online stuff very closely this week. Here's what I watched:

  Video	Length (M:SS)
  MST3K - Progress Island (Short) (Part 1 of 2)	5:23
  MST3K - Progress Island (Short) (Part 2 of 2)	6:38
  hamster vs door - criceto rosicchia porta	2:08 x 4 = 8:32
  hamster piano and pop corn - criceto pianoforte e popcorn	1:15
  Dramatic Look	1:05
  Star Wars according to a 3 year old.	1:30
  Talking Pug	1:58
  	25:21

  Yeah, I watched that hamster vs door thing over and over. Take a look. You'll do it, too.