*SUBSTACK PREVIEW* Geeked off a Chinese Bean

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Alex/2Tone has been a long time coming. Alex—co-founder and creative director of Born x Raised and host of the Powerful Truth Angels podcast—was kind enough to move his naptime to host us in his office and finally pod while we were in Los Angeles on Paul Thomas Anderson messing up his SEO, his world-renowned calves, sometimes you just wanna be a walking gray pantone, fat kid trauma, dessert amnesia, shopping by happenstance, how to power nap 101, what a creative director actually does, the sad shark mindset, a shoebox full of cash and a dream, proudly claiming streetwear and a free history lesson, Spanto lives, an unstoppable force and immovable object coming together to make music, hats with animals ears vs. big ass brims, Born x Raised’s annual Sadie Hawkins winter formal is New Year’s Eve for women in LA and Alex has been crunching the numbers on attendee hookups, if you don’t get in line for the photo booth were you even there, moments of clarity, jiu-jitsu and the power of saying yes because you don’t know shit, wabi-sabi hair routines, his podcast’s future, credit score hell, depression as a luxury and much more on Alex/2Tone’s interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

20 Nov 20241h 41min

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack.   To self-improve and self-discover in LA. This week, Jimmy and Larry are coming to you live from the Palihotel in Hollywood to recap 67% of our trip to the beautiful city of Los Angeles, including but not limited to: our NYC style 17th anniversary party at Mohawk General Store, spreading the Orion Beer gospel, Friendo won the smashburger wars, did you know it's LA Fashion Week, menswear's "biggest" night, when it comes to emergency vehicles LA drivers literally start moving different, Lawrence hits The Grove and embeds himself in Gen Alpha shopping and eating habits, two very different fight night experiences, why Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is the worst representation of straight culture that can only be combated with the 8 pillars of gay culture which James is kind enough to relay, rizz strategy and techniques from a 60-year-old Irishman, Zillowing the house party, buccal face massages, a scene report from Camp Flog Gnaw, Crumbl controversies, the hottest new bar is The Silverlake Lounge, dialing in your In-N-Out order, how we've softened on LA as we've aged and much more.

19 Nov 20249min

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we’re fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week’s guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: are you a low-top hiker or approach shoe kinda guy, smoking on that shit that makes you smack yourself in the face, and fact-checking various zoological claims.

14 Nov 20245min

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Maxo Kream is personable. Maxo—whose new album Personification is out this Friday, November 15th—admittedly came through extremely high to spit bars about not matching your Evisu denim, high-end belts, becoming a watch nerd and rappers ruining their timepieces, his underrated sneaker game, million dollar grillz, giving bongs as gifts, he’s honest about ruining his Trackhawk engine, bartering for features back in the day, switching between his multiple personas, whether or not he inspired Ye’s Bully album cover, all the unreleased music he has with his buddy Tyler, The Creator who has been known to take a joke too far, having an ear for Travis Scott beats, Texas rap’s literal and figurative big boy moment, being the strip club mayor, the perfect answer for how to have the perfect H-Town day, bagging southern belles, going from selling weed to becoming a cannabis entrepreneur, teaching us and the audience at home a lot about animals, and much more on Maxo Kream’s interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

13 Nov 20241h 3min

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Interfaith podcasting. This week, Jimmy and Larry are inviting all of Los Angeles to our party at Mohawk General Store—this Thursday, November 14th, from 6-9pm—before breaking down Japanese beer supremacy, welcome back SahBabii, the fat shoelaces renaissance, what double knotting says about you, putting a bow on James in-store private label reportage, LVMH luxury ventures invests in Our Legacy so now what plus some exclusive quotes from OL’s own and friend of the show Jockum Hallin, an investment portfolio review, software vs. hardware, Aaron Levine launching his own brand, the eternal battle that menswear nerds have raged against prices inspires a metaphor from Lawrence, best practices and various takeaways from the inaugural Instagram Menswear Forum 2024, a Q&A with IG fashion boss Eva Chen and some bonus insight into Mark Zuckerberg’s glow up, reviewing Meta’s NYC cafeteria offerings, Kith finds its sense of humor with their Mike Tyson collab only adding to their case for brand of the year whether you like it or not and much more.

12 Nov 202411min

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. On our new weekly mini ep, we’re fucking around and getting silly with the GD MFing Boyz, recapping and breaking down this week’s guest pod and touching on a variety of things we might have missed or simply must know more about, including but not limited to: are we living in a post-grail world, do we own any legitimate heirlooms, and what pieces from our closet would we consider future vintage?

7 Nov 20244min

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Our interview with Kathleen Sorbara is future vintage. Kathleen—the owner and founder of Sorbara’s, formerly known as Chickee’s—took a much-deserved mental health break with us after a very busy month to open up about the aesthetic exchange between couples, hitting the reset button on an already successful business and why, her beautiful new store, the many micro-neighborhoods of Williamsburg, TF playing our little part in the prosperity of her men’s business, men vs. women shoppers, nerds be price matching, how her curation stays ahead of the curve plus some vintage trend predictions and analysis, dressing as your body changes over time, New York’s descent into vintage hell, estate sales are cooked, the many benefits of the fellas keeping a sexy home and much more on Kathleen Sorbara’s interview with The Only Podcast That Matters™.

6 Nov 20241h 28min

Subscribe to Throwing Fits on Substack. Charged up off those Beijing batteries. This week, Jimmy and Larry have a little save the date for all our Los Angelenos next week before running through sleeve length math, James reviews his new Rier fleece, proper quarter-zip croppage, marathon signs and voting stickers, Lawrence got hit by a car but cheated death and still made his dinner reservation, flying too close to the sun with flow team Instagram Stories bits, Zyn gets its big New York Times trend piece and we evaluate where it currently stands against cigarettes and vapes in 2024, Big Tobacco doesn’t care about the culture war, A.P.C.’s Jean Touitou dropped his own wine, where non-alcoholic beverages meet millennial olive oil, Young Thug is finally free and much more.

5 Nov 202410min