Return Of The Muse, Part One
Tonight, after taking a few nights off from the audio cassette transfers, digitized two more hours from the Tape and Record Show Enterprises archives...
"James Stricklin Musical Muse Countdown: Episode 5, Broadcast Wednesday, June 24, 1987 at 7:30pm central. Theme Music: Careless Whisper(Wham!). Hosts: Jerry Sanders and Albert Sims. Songs: Wanted Dead or Alive(Bon Jovi), Just To See Her(Smokey Robinson), Diamonds(Herb Alpert), Shakedown(Bob Seger), Songbird(Kenny G), Always(Atlantic Starr), Alone(Heart), In Too Deep(Genesis), Head To Toe(Lisa Lisa with Cult Jam), I Wanna Dance With Somebody[Who Loves Me](Whitney Houston).
James Stricklin Musical Muse Countdown: Episode 6, Broadcast Wednesday, July 1, 1987 at 7:30pm central. Theme Music: Careless Whisper(Wham!). Hosts: James Stricklin and Albert Sims. Songs: Funkytown(Pseudo Echo), Point Of No Return(Exposé), Just To See Her(Smokey Robinson), Don't Disturb This Groove(The System), In Too Deep(Genesis), Songbird(Kenny G), Head To Toe(Lisa Lisa with Cult Jam), Shakedown(Bob Seger), Alone(Heart), I Wanna Dance With Somebody[Who Loves Me](Whitney Houston)."
We attempted to bring back the "Musical Muse Countdown" after two year hiatus. The newest revival of the series lasted a whopping two weeks, before disappearing for yet another year, for two more episodes. The revival started off well (NOT!!), James wasn't in studio for his own first comeback episode. Jerry Sanders was brought in to host in his place. From episode discussions, it appeared that James was supposed to be present, but his wife at the time was late getting home, causing him to have to stay home to watch the kids, instead of coming to the TRSE studio for the show. Remember, this was 1987. It wasn't like he could Skype/Zoom into the show. Also, back then, it was a bit of a "challenge" to get the singles in time to "broadcast" the weekly countdown shows, since I was still buying mostly 45rpm records to use in the shows. Again, remember, it was the 1980's. It wasn't like you could just buy the song as a digital download from an online music vendor. Not sure where Jerry got his "random fact" about "Beverly Hills Cop II" making more money than any movie in history however. Jerry mentions he hadn't seen the music video to "Diamonds" at the time, so it's included at the end of this post, in case he still hasn't seen it after decades.
Near the start of episode six, James makes a comment that the "Musical Muse Countdown" will be much better than his old "Song Mirage". However, the "Countdown" kept popping in for short bursts, and the "Song Mirage" kept returning in its place. Probably because the latter was able to be pre-recorded at any time without becoming "dated", and the "Countdown" was "time sensitive", otherwise it would be "outdated", and James had too many "scheduling conflicts" for a "time sensitive" series, as would be evident in the next two-episode return a year later, when he wasn't present for either episode, and Paul Morrison was brought in to host. Also in the episode, James and I discuss dreams we both have, but under different circumstances, that is, being naked in high school hallways. Mine involved a name I haven't thought of probably since the recording, in which Lisa Thrailkill walks up to me in the dream and says, "It's not polite to point!". Since the internet, I've discovered that sort of dream of being naked at school and no one else to being naked seems to be rather common amongst people.
FUN FACT: Even after two years, the "Countdown" had something in common music-wise besides just the Billboard charts. The first four episodes in 1985 had the songs "Neutron Dance(The Pointer Sisters)" and "The Heat Is On(Glenn Frey)" from the soundtrack album of the first "Beverly Hills Cop" in the top ten, and the next two episodes in 1987 had the song "Shakedown(Bob Seger)" from the "Beverly Hills Cop II" soundtrack in the top ten.
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"James Stricklin Musical Muse Countdown: Episode 5, Broadcast Wednesday, June 24, 1987 at 7:30pm central. Theme Music: Careless Whisper(Wham!). Hosts: Jerry Sanders and Albert Sims. Songs: Wanted Dead or Alive(Bon Jovi), Just To See Her(Smokey Robinson), Diamonds(Herb Alpert), Shakedown(Bob Seger), Songbird(Kenny G), Always(Atlantic Starr), Alone(Heart), In Too Deep(Genesis), Head To Toe(Lisa Lisa with Cult Jam), I Wanna Dance With Somebody[Who Loves Me](Whitney Houston).
James Stricklin Musical Muse Countdown: Episode 6, Broadcast Wednesday, July 1, 1987 at 7:30pm central. Theme Music: Careless Whisper(Wham!). Hosts: James Stricklin and Albert Sims. Songs: Funkytown(Pseudo Echo), Point Of No Return(Exposé), Just To See Her(Smokey Robinson), Don't Disturb This Groove(The System), In Too Deep(Genesis), Songbird(Kenny G), Head To Toe(Lisa Lisa with Cult Jam), Shakedown(Bob Seger), Alone(Heart), I Wanna Dance With Somebody[Who Loves Me](Whitney Houston)."
We attempted to bring back the "Musical Muse Countdown" after two year hiatus. The newest revival of the series lasted a whopping two weeks, before disappearing for yet another year, for two more episodes. The revival started off well (NOT!!), James wasn't in studio for his own first comeback episode. Jerry Sanders was brought in to host in his place. From episode discussions, it appeared that James was supposed to be present, but his wife at the time was late getting home, causing him to have to stay home to watch the kids, instead of coming to the TRSE studio for the show. Remember, this was 1987. It wasn't like he could Skype/Zoom into the show. Also, back then, it was a bit of a "challenge" to get the singles in time to "broadcast" the weekly countdown shows, since I was still buying mostly 45rpm records to use in the shows. Again, remember, it was the 1980's. It wasn't like you could just buy the song as a digital download from an online music vendor. Not sure where Jerry got his "random fact" about "Beverly Hills Cop II" making more money than any movie in history however. Jerry mentions he hadn't seen the music video to "Diamonds" at the time, so it's included at the end of this post, in case he still hasn't seen it after decades.
Near the start of episode six, James makes a comment that the "Musical Muse Countdown" will be much better than his old "Song Mirage". However, the "Countdown" kept popping in for short bursts, and the "Song Mirage" kept returning in its place. Probably because the latter was able to be pre-recorded at any time without becoming "dated", and the "Countdown" was "time sensitive", otherwise it would be "outdated", and James had too many "scheduling conflicts" for a "time sensitive" series, as would be evident in the next two-episode return a year later, when he wasn't present for either episode, and Paul Morrison was brought in to host. Also in the episode, James and I discuss dreams we both have, but under different circumstances, that is, being naked in high school hallways. Mine involved a name I haven't thought of probably since the recording, in which Lisa Thrailkill walks up to me in the dream and says, "It's not polite to point!". Since the internet, I've discovered that sort of dream of being naked at school and no one else to being naked seems to be rather common amongst people.
FUN FACT: Even after two years, the "Countdown" had something in common music-wise besides just the Billboard charts. The first four episodes in 1985 had the songs "Neutron Dance(The Pointer Sisters)" and "The Heat Is On(Glenn Frey)" from the soundtrack album of the first "Beverly Hills Cop" in the top ten, and the next two episodes in 1987 had the song "Shakedown(Bob Seger)" from the "Beverly Hills Cop II" soundtrack in the top ten.