tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post9109977305763308648..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Success or Failure by J.P. BowieAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-57359965379341954902014-12-18T06:39:59.442-05:002014-12-18T06:39:59.442-05:00When you reminisce about these things, you always ...When you reminisce about these things, you always make them sound awesome, though I'm sure it was frustrating at the time not to be getting where you wanted to be. I'll have to look for your showbiz-related stories. I'm sure you inject them with the same romantic nostalgia.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6683783060159755122014-12-15T21:46:27.875-05:002014-12-15T21:46:27.875-05:00Well, you are certainly a handsome guy, judging by...Well, you are certainly a handsome guy, judging by your pic in 'About Us'. A bit like Kurt Elling, I'd say.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-59012910281648803042014-12-11T22:43:01.711-05:002014-12-11T22:43:01.711-05:00I had two lines LOL. But I got to wear lots of mak...I had two lines LOL. But I got to wear lots of makeup!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-41618541280090320812014-12-11T11:58:28.067-05:002014-12-11T11:58:28.067-05:00Lisabet, Stoppard definitely trumps junior high G&...Lisabet, Stoppard definitely trumps junior high G&S! Except for the music part. I did sing in choruses and glee clubs in high school and college, and then later in a community choral society, but all that is very long ago. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-62488654185926686262014-12-10T06:09:27.339-05:002014-12-10T06:09:27.339-05:00I'm jealous! My parents first exposed me to G&...I'm jealous! My parents first exposed me to G&S when I was five. I grew up singing "Tit Willow" and "If someday it may happen that a victim must be found..." and "When you're lying awake..." <br /><br />My siblings and I used to do our own theatricals for the adults, hanging a curtain between the columns in the basement. <br /><br />But my only performance experience, other than singing in choruses and choirs - oh, and belly dancing - was playing a witch in Tom Stoppard's "Dog's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth".<br /><br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-9260948850172663382014-12-09T18:24:27.274-05:002014-12-09T18:24:27.274-05:00Ah, those days of treading the boards in faux Vict...Ah, those days of treading the boards in faux Victorian (and even faux-er Japanese) drag! I did actually perform in three Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in my younger days. Much, much younger days. Junior High School, in fact. (We had a very ambitious music teacher, and a real stage complete with bevy curtain in our town hall.) We did Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado (I had a minor role as Pitti Sing) and HMS Pinafore (I was Little Buttercup, because the one real singer in our midst refused to play anything but a romantic lead, so she sat stout.) Such nostalgia! I never aspired to make it as a performer, though. I was more interested in writing plays than acting in them--but I haven't done that since Junior High, either.Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-64315503919610347432014-12-09T13:57:20.886-05:002014-12-09T13:57:20.886-05:00Even if you didn't make it big, JP, not many t...Even if you didn't make it big, JP, not many talents do. Talent seems to come second to sheer manufactured fame. I still laugh about the uproar a few years ago, when Esperanza Spalding won Best New Talent, and all the Justin Bieber fans were pissed off.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-5547474252484236692014-12-09T12:43:34.417-05:002014-12-09T12:43:34.417-05:00I actually have written a couple of novellas about...I actually have written a couple of novellas about life upon the wicked stage, drawn from some real experiences and a dash of fiction thrown in. Fun to write!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305127219838784688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-39049617149492698392014-12-09T12:42:20.387-05:002014-12-09T12:42:20.387-05:00Yes, I do think that either listening to or engagi...Yes, I do think that either listening to or engaging in music can definitely carry you away to a better place, if only for the length of the piece - that wasn't meant as a double entendre!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10305127219838784688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-47006586360143326092014-12-09T06:54:36.713-05:002014-12-09T06:54:36.713-05:00My mother loved Gilbert and Sullivan. All the lyri...My mother loved Gilbert and Sullivan. All the lyrics are gone from my memory now except for this ear worm courtesy of General Mills:<br /><br />Oh sing a song of Captain Crunch<br />The cereal that's fun to munch<br />It's great for breakfast and even lunch<br />And no amount of milk will make it lose it's crunch<br />(no amount of milk will make it lose it's crunch)<br />So all a shore that's going to shore<br />Get Captain Crunch at your grocery store.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484640447109164744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-211393556943049402014-12-09T06:48:50.553-05:002014-12-09T06:48:50.553-05:00J.P.
As a non musical person (atonal as described...J.P.<br /><br />As a non musical person (atonal as described by a choir leader) I have observed that people with music in them seem to be more joyous. Maybe you didn't make it to the big stage, but music may have brought you more joy than you know.<br /><br />I bought a music appreciation course some years ago from an outfit called "The Great Courses". The instructor postulates that what we hear as chords are fundamental harmonies reverberating throughout the universe. So you got that going for you.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484640447109164744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-52508467112660373602014-12-09T04:55:45.087-05:002014-12-09T04:55:45.087-05:00Maybe you should turn your goal into a story, JP -...Maybe you should turn your goal into a story, JP - if you haven't done that already.<br /><br />Actually your post reminded me of a long-time goal that I probably won't realize at this point (because my voice has gone to hell as I've gotten older), namely to sing in a Gilbert & Sullivan musical. I've always wanted to play the role of Mad Margaret!Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com