This is an episode packed with jazzy jams of all shapes and sizes!

Special thanks for this episode goes out to:

• Fellow VGM podcaster Jameson of barSILENCE podcast for contributing cover art. You can and should find barSILENCE wherever you download podcasts, and check out his website at barSILENCE.com.

• LongTones, an experimental electronic jazz project that provides promotional consideration to Professor Tom. You can find their work on Spotify by searching for “LongTones” or on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/jon_no_h
• BokiBokiPixelArt for the show logo. You can find him on Twitter @BokiPixelart.

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During the show, I mentioned that my podcast bro Rayjkayj of VGMporium does episodes of shop themes, and you can check out his latest shop themes episode at https://vgmporium.wordpress.com/2023/12/07/episode-102-shop-themes-vii/

If you liked the Kiss Shot and Side Pocket tracks and want to hear more, you can check out the Super Marcato Bros’ episode all about Genesis Pool Jazz at https://www.supermarcatobros.com/podcast/2019/7/21/episode-378-genesis-pool-jazz, where they talk about both Side Pocket and Kiss Shot and their excellent soundtracks.

Track Listing:

00:00 - Show Tagline

00:05 - Front Mission (Super Famicom) - Bar (composer: Noriko Matsueda)

01:31 - Talk Segment 1

03:38 - Persona 2: Eternal Punishment (PSP) - Parabellum (composers: Toshiko Tasaki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Masaki Kurokawa, Toshiki Konishi, and Atsushi Kitajoh)

07:54 - Kiss Shot (Genesis) - Nineball Game (composers: Naofumi Hataya and Hiroshi Kubota)

10:57 - The Flinstones (SNES) - Cinema (composers: Keith Tinman and Jonathan Dunn)

13:12 - Tales of Phantasia - Tasteful (composer: Motoi Sakuraba, Shinji Tamura and Ryota Furuya)

16:08 - Persona 5 (PS4) - Bar (composer: Shoji Meguro)

16:59 - Talk Segment 2

18:40 - Persona 5 Strikers - Sophia’s Shop (composer: Atsushi Kitajoh)

21:21 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Multiplatform) - Training Mode (composer: Tetsuya Shibata)

24:32 - Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Multiplatform) - Cave Stage (composer: Tetsuya Shibata)

26:10 - X-Men vs Street Fighter (Arcade) - Sabretooth Stage (composers: Yuki Iwai and Yuko Kadota)

27:57 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - too much funky? (GAME Chuu BGM) (composer: Kemmei Adachi)

30:50 - Talk Segment 3

33:26 - Arkanoid DS (DS) - Rest on Starlit Sky (OPTION BGM) (composer: Hirokazu Koshio)

34:49 - Jet Set Radio (Dreamcast) - Recipe for the Perfect Afro (composer: Hideki Naganuma)

40:41 - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night- Wandering Ghosts (composer: Michiru Yamane)

43:17 - Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike - Jazzy NYC '99 (composer: Hideki Okugawa)

46:31 - Outro Talk Segment

48:17 - Side Pocket (Genesis) - Slow Down, Dude (composers: Emi Shimizu, Masaaki Iwasaki)