AIR DRUM ROLL PLEASE! Behold our latest guest, the millennial genius/bane known for his encyclopedic knowledge of pop (and jazz) culture, JACKSON SINNENBERG (@sinnenbergmusic), associate producer of ye favorite SiriusXM show, the one and only @POTUSPressPool. Our frolics through film, jazz and pop music needed their own liner notes, which can be found just below. You'll also get some behind-the-scenes insights into the work responsibilities of an associate producer, the dos and don't of running media accounts and the origin story of Jackson's air drumming proclivities.

Please enjoy!

EPISODE NOTES:

Anime Mentioned:

Hayao Miyazaki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki

My Neighbor Totoro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Neighbor_Totoro)
Kiki's Delivery Service (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki%27s_Delivery_Service)
Spirited Away (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirited_Away)
Princess Mononoke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke)
The Wind Rises (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_Rises)

Other Anime:

Claymore (https://myanimelist.net/anime/1818/Claymore)
Naruto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto)
One Piece (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece)

Jazz Gateway Drugs:

Bill Evans – The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Village_Vanguard_Recordings,_1961)

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Who Gets Who Concert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Messengers)

John Coltrane  -- A Love Supreme (https://www.npr.org/2000/10/23/148148986/a-love-supreme)

Ben Wendel – The Seasons  (https://www.benwendel.com/theseasons)

Keith Jarret – Live in Tokyo w/ Trio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_%2796)

Smithsonian Jazz Anthology (https://folkways.si.edu/jazz-the-smithsonian-anthology/ragtime/music/album/smithsonian)

Other songs discussed:

Iron Maiden – Hallowed Be Thy Name (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vP2hFFV57E)

Keith Jarret – The Köln Concert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert)