Throwing Fits

Warning: this episode contains some explicit language. This week, Jimmy and Larry are touching road on men’s shapewear, James explains the girlie brand hierarchy, the rush and thrill of sharing a real ass jawnz enthusiast moment with your wife, Our Legacy Work Shop x Emporio Armani aka collab of the year plus our favorite picks and a little zooded history lesson, looksmaxxing and starvemaxxing, Lawrence vs. The New York Times rages on thanks to an absolutely unexpected and preposterous cameo on The Daily, the mandem pulling up a bit too deep, stolen iPhone chargers, community managers are the new weed carriers, kufi flow team, a spice trader and chechen militant walk into an open bar, the right amount of shots for a grown man, piss-poor attempts at rizzing up rapper thots, we now know Nigo but at what cost to Throwing Fits’ reputation, Mr. Viral, absolutely crushing creative black tie at friends of the show Jian and Janice’s wedding and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

On our new weekly lightning round mini ep with with Jon Caramanica, we’re fucking around with never seeing live music again, fruits and veggies, dressing like Bloody Osiris, waking up at 7am, airplane headphones, Larry’s hairline, Jesus is King, Laffy Taffy, Amiri jeans, Papoose style fitteds, Drake’s IG caption prose, firing Joe Coscarelli, Kanye West, shrinking a foot and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

This week’s interview with Jon Caramanica is a marathon we’re sprinting all the way through. Jon, our old pal and The New York Times pop music critic, finally made his highly-anticipated TF debut to go deep on sober drink champs, voice activated plausible deniability, Virgil LV grails, vamp hours, screen time, new music discovery on TikTok, vintage shopping across this great nation, big soda talk, misunderstanding the critical mind, what’s up with his Kanye book and some recent necessary rethinking and pivoting, Ye drip check 2K23, an off the cuff and unprepared peek into his best music of the year, getting vertigo in the Las Vegas Sphere, where music is headed next year, how Popcast Deluxe is going, numbies going dumbski at Fanelli, advice from Throwing Fits Creative Agency LLC, snack recon, the best and worst things about podding with his bestie and friend of the show Joe Coscarelli, when will the Critical Shopper return plus some shopping memories, is NYC retail so back, spending 2 years imbedded in the ALD trenches, menswear thought leaders, ethics preventing becoming boys with your subjects and even just getting a free meal, his new One Step Ahead column and its inaugural subject Been Slackin, personal style going deeper not wider, an impromptu rundown of his shopping list, how hoarding and taking risks changes with age, the jawnz he’ll never part with Throwing Fits Friends & Family Bazaar be damned, 100 T-shirt rotations, his wild ‘90s grooming or lack thereof phase, an extremely sincere conversation on dating and making friends as an adult, why he’s not abusing his privilege of commenting on Drake’s IG, making less money than us and much more on this instant classic episode of The Only Podcast That Matters™. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

Seriously, that’s so fire, bro. This week, Jimmy and Larry are slinging cig tees and going through as many Elf Bar flavors as they can stomach, the joy of a black teen complimenting your sneakers, an extensive hands on review of Skims men, the sorest loser on the court, the pros and cons of the New York City Marathon plus the audio marathon we ran ourselves on tomorrow’s interview, when looking for an excuse to darty goes wrong, the Apple store as the gates of hell, the worst TikTok man on the street interview of all time emerges, the Nolita bros are coming for Brooklyn, gut reactions to the new Gucci menswear, the Throwing Fits guide to evening wear and some in real time wedding tux R&D, books and salads, Wales Bonner Samba season returns, why does Prada x Adidas by Jerry Lorenzo exist and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

On our new weekly lightning round mini ep with with Bradley Carbone, we’re diving into a bunch of stories too hot for the free feed and fucking around with your wife becoming a Sneeze girl, wheelchair accessibility, Vlone rims, Wheelchair Jimmy, walking again, peace in the Middle East, only eating Carbone for the rest of your life, socializing at clout chasing brand activations, scrubbing your Google results, streetwear art, Ronnie Feig, Marc Ecko, shrinking a foot and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

Heads are rolling on this week’s interview with the managing editor of Sneeze Magazine Bradley Carbone. Bradley was kind enough to host us in his beautiful apartment to give us some perspective on being the self-proclaimed Larry Flynt of streetwear, how much a tricked out wheelchair actually costs, literally heavy chain acknowledgments, helping spearhead the designer sneaker era at Adidas, spicy rigatoni nepo babies, the comfortable restraint of staying in the industry shadows, why anyone would still make a print magazine in 2023, tracking down Iggy Pop in Miami, Virgil Abloh’s propensity to never stop going in, Sneeze’s backpage babes, how to collab on sneakers, fashion’s agency middle man scam, getting fits off while wheelchair bound, micro and macro trend forecasting from a goated mind, Spanto memories and what made him so special, 5am vs. 10am conversations, the idea of downtown and checking in with some former and future legends, reflecting on the freak accident that changed his life, parallel timelines, nearly hitting the NYC media triple crown featuring a delicious Afters tease, the best and worst things about marrying an Italian, email strategies for different nationalities and much more on this insightful and ingenious episode of The Only Podcast That Matters™. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

We are merely players. This week, Jimmy and Larry are going in on their favorite ugly sneakers of the moment, Japanese construction worker pants, your parents’ cultural illiteracy, who is the funniest rapper, rocking with Michael Jackson in spite of the worst BAPE collaboration since the last worst BAPE collaboration, James gets his meat tenderized in the middle of the park, Kylie Jenner’s new clothing line vs. the return of the queen Phoebe Philo, is fake leather actually fire, objectifying the faces of Skims Mens and the boys being bullish on the bulge, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s must follow IG, the is NBA back aka tunnel fits season is here and why it represents everything wrong with our world, breaking down this week’s guest’s return to menswear prediction, Kanye is exposed once again but do we still smell a comeback in the air, Taylor Swift stays disrupting everything even one of our photoshoots, contrary to popular belief the Bravo Boyz are back in the building plus some bonus hot gossip straight from the sandwich shop, Lawrence ends his night by getting drive-by hazed, god bless the kids menu for adults and much more.  For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

On our new weekly lightning round mini ep with with Quil Lemons, we’re fucking around with never making art again or never taking a fit pic again, white barbers vs. white cooking, moving back to Philly, never giving/getting head again, socializing with straight guys, working at Macy’s, dick pic art vs. dick pic merch, partying at sporting events, being on the DL Monday through Friday, Ice Spice, shrinking a foot and much more. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

We’re feeling ourselves on this week’s interview with photographer Quil Lemons. Quil was kind enough to host us in Hannah Traore Gallery, where his latest solo show Quiladelphia is on display until the end of the year, to get deep on maturity and working on yourself, art is back in NYC, avoiding cheese at openings, checking in on the black male psyche, the corporate response to black bodies, how horny is he really, being born awesome and transferable skills, the big balls mindset, collaborating with Sky High Farm and whether farm boys indeed do it better, tips for dick pics, reconciling fine art pursuits with commercial bag chasing, That Bitch Sr. raising That Bitch Jr. right and paying it forward to mom, why he had to leave Philly, refusing to miss Vivienne Westwood before she passed despite a raging skin infection, bonding with Ice Spice on set over Lana Del Rey and the American dream, his best-dressed boy Steve Lacy, indulging us by describing in detail what it’s like to hug Salma Hayek, the wonders of drag, fits that make the eye dance, the power of words of affirmation, the Tumblr years, high school’s Abercrombie tee war of attrition, playing Santa for his siblings, beating the gay allegations thanks to his Jordan reselling uncle and much more on this artsy fartsy episode of The Only Podcast That Matters™. For more Throwing Fits, check us out on Patreon: www.patreon.com/throwingfits.

Coppers of the Killer Jawnz. This week, Jimmy and Larry are on their soapbox for performance berets vs. streetwear kufis, how much for dinner with who, Lawrence’s haunted house and forced Halloween plans including his family costume, the pod’s company line on hating holidays, hot takes on months and numbers, TF popping up in Popeye magazine, tucking in your sweater, the law of things canceling each other out, Chinese slippers and subtitles, a real New York day isn’t complete without witnessing attempted murder, speaking up for what you want, a refreshing talk at NYU that proves the kids are alright, an Italian man argues against Balenciaga, rewatching True Detective, tracking shots, the Children of Men lean back, an extensive review of Killers of the Flower Moon, Marty moralizing and going meta, the last decade run of arguably our greatest living filmmaker, James recalls scaling Tickle Mountain and much more.