*PATREON PREVIEW* Gas Brain

Summary

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Throwing Fits: PATREON PREVIEW Gas Brain

Date: October 24, 2025
Hosts: Lawrence & Co-host (James Harris)
Summary by: Podcast Summarizer AI

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Overview

In this Patreon teaser of Throwing Fits, Lawrence and James (aka the Quarter Zip King and the Jet Lag Jumpman) reunite in New York after a whirlwind tour in Sydney. The episode sets off with the classic Throwing Fits blend of irreverent menswear commentary, personal anecdotes, and energetic banter. The hosts deep dive into the significance of independent retail, in-house fashion lines, and retail as discovery—all delivered with cheeky interludes about aging, jet lag, shopping mishaps, and run-ins with precocious store staff.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Live Sydney Recap and Jet Lag Recovery

• (01:44) The hosts open with tales from their recent Sydney experience, calling out “podcasting live in Sydney with the greatest crowd of all time.”
• Lawrence muses on his jet lag and how the flight home was spent marathoning Harry Potter movies.

2. Fit Check: Menswear Deep Dive

• (01:57-10:19) A signature Throwing Fits segment, exploding into detailed breakdowns of each host’s current outfit:
  • Lawrence starts "top down"—channeling the Australian way, he says.
  • The focus is on in-house lines from independent retailers as “secret weapons for the discerning shopper on a budget.”—TDR (Covetor and Garb Store); Trebien’s line; Sun Buddies sunglasses; Patagonia socks.
  • Nuanced discussion on what makes in-house lines special: only slightly less expensive, often DTC-esque.
  • The importance of retail as “discovery” rather than strictly chasing hype brands.
• Notable quote:

  "It is kind of like a secret weapon for the discerning shopper on a budget… you're playing with house money." —Lawrence (02:10)

• Experiences with “pocket watching” after Amex receipts went to the co-host's inbox, sparking jokes about financial transparency and spending habits (02:23).

3. Retail Discovery and the Value of Independent Stores

• (03:12-09:36)
  • Lawrence champions Anson, an under-the-radar NYC shop (“secret weapon”), and details its evolution from a pet furniture store to an indie menswear destination.
  • The uniqueness of Anson and its willingness to “take risks” on up-and-coming or unknown designers, not just established names.
  • The rarity of discovering something new in today’s information-saturated, trend-chasing shopping climate.
  • Citing stores like Colbo, Haven, Mohawk General Store, and their in-house lines as examples of retail curation done right, where "you're not just buying brands, you're discovering."
• Notable quote:

  “It’s rare these days to find a retailer that is, like, taking risks on, quote-unquote, no names or like, startups.” —Lawrence (06:16)

4. Community Moments and New Brands

• (09:05-09:36)
  • Lawrence shouts out designers encountered at Anson, like Falzoni and Villages (“10 pieces, they have six here at Anson… artisanal, dude. This is awesome that you are literally, like, selling at one of the best stores in New York City.”).
  • Emphasis on supporting local and emerging talent, maintaining NYC’s status as a tastemaking city.

5. Personal Anecdotes & Side Tangents

• Candid exchanges on aging, self-care, and intergenerational banter with a Gen Z store clerk dismissing the need for “mobility” in fitness routines.
  • Memorable moment:

    “This is an A and B uncle conversation. See your way out of it, nephew.” —Co-host (03:30)

• References to recent shopping pickups—including Lawrence’s scoring of a shirt at the Surplus Festival in Sydney, and Trebien pants.
• The co-host's tangent about the current "micro trend" of engineer boots—“new boot goofin” and how the look crosses into “Nazi chic” with a wink (10:36).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Retail Discovery:

  “Retail as discovery, which is something that as the shopping that we like for our kind of tier of menswear has gotten better… what has fallen off is like the uniqueness and the discovery platform that a store can be.” —Co-host (06:36)

• On Anson’s Impact:

  "This is one of the few retail stores where you can go in there and discover new brands and he'll tell you about them. Like, literally, yo, what is this, every single time?" —Lawrence (05:41)

• On Generational Gap in Fitness:

  “And this 20 year old’s like, ‘nah, I'm good.’” —Lawrence (03:23)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|------------------------------------------------------| | 01:44 | Sydney recap & fit check introduction | | 02:00-02:23 | Fit check - top down, focus on in-house lines | | 03:08-03:38 | Conversation with Gen Z store clerk (mobility chat) | | 05:05-09:36 | Indie retail, Anson feature, store discovery | | 09:16-09:36 | Shout out to emerging brands/designers | | 10:36-11:21 | Engineer boot micro-trend and banter |

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Tone & Style

The episode is conversational, playful, and irreverent—faithful Throwing Fits energy. The hosts use sarcasm, self-deprecation, and inside jokes, offering approachable but insightful commentary on menswear culture, retail trends, and the communal aspect of modern shopping. Anyone unfamiliar with the show will appreciate their authenticity and the sheer enthusiasm for niche fashion, indie retail, and city living.

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Note:
The episode preview ends around the 11-minute mark with a tease for an upcoming bonus podcast with BMX legend Nigel Sylvester and transitions out, skipping over ad reads and outro chatter.

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For the full uncut episode, join the Throw Gang at www.throwingfits.com.

Transcript

[Jeff Bridges]

Morning Zoe. Got donuts.

[Dana]

Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage?

[Jeff Bridges]

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[Dana]

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[Jeff Bridges]

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[Dana]

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[Lawrence]

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[Lawrence]

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[Jeff Bridges]

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[Dana]

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[Lawrence]

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[Co-host]

Throwing fits.com the jet lag slumped man more like it.

[Lawrence]

Absolutely. Before we get into podcasting live in Sydney with the greatest crowd of all time, Australian McDonald's is horrendous and marathoning the Harry Potter movies on the flight home. Let's get into a fit check.

[Co-host]

Why don't we start with you today buddy has a special treat because I'm.

[Lawrence]

Feeling like I'm still in Australia where everything's backwards. I'm gonna start top down. The jacket is from tdr, the in house line of Covetor and the garb store we've talked about in house lines before. It is kind of like a secret weapon for the discerning shopper on a budget.

[Podcast Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Lawrence]

Or not. I mean stuff isn't like necessarily cheap. It's just like not the most expensive because it's in house. Like it's. It's. You're playing with house money.

[Co-host]

Well, you're. Because the, the, you know, it's basically like being sold to you directly. It's almost like DTC from a store.

[Lawrence]

Yeah. So whether it's like haven's in house line, Ven's in house line, smock at Mohawk general store, TDR cover tour in the garb store. What else, what else did I mention in that piece I wrote on the. It's a lot of former platform that shall be named. It's a lot of substack. Yeah. Tdr. It is finally chilly enough for light outerwear, light jackets. The. The knit polo underneath was a recent pickup yesterday that you know about because for some reason my personal Amex is emailing my receipts to you.

[Co-host]

Yeah, it's.

[Lawrence]

So you have insights to my spending habits. How are they looking?

[Co-host]

The definition of pocket watching. But I wasn't like to me, that's insane that that somehow happened.

[Lawrence]

Or was that the kid at the store who by the way, if you're listening, this 22 year old shop boy I was politic with with cousin Ben about my up foot and he's like, yeah man, like we're getting old. We gotta like, you know, start working like mobility into our regimen.

[Co-host]

And.

[Lawrence]

And this 20 year old's like knob good.

[Co-host]

Obviously, dude.

[Lawrence]

I'm like, yeah, for eight more years you're gonna regret everything.

[Co-host]

This is an A and B unc conversation. See your way out of it, nephew. Come on, bro, like this. You're not involved here.

[Lawrence]

The uncs are talking.

[Co-host]

Damn, dude. So he just dunked on you guys like that?

[Lawrence]

Well, he's like, yeah, I'm gonna keep eating shitty food and not exercising and still look skinny and cool.

[Co-host]

He was in particularly good shape.

[Lawrence]

No, he. He had the. He had the biological age of a 49 year old.

[Co-host]

Okay, but his internal clock was the external.

[Lawrence]

Yeah, got it.

[Co-host]

Okay.

[Lawrence]

But this is.

[Co-host]

What a dick.

[Lawrence]

What is this called? A Selim. What is this? What is this? Look at this. It's like a Japanese brand.

[Co-host]

Yeah, sell them A, N, C, E, L, L. Anselm.

[Lawrence]

Anselm. There it is. Anselm Anselm. CIA picked up this at Anson. I was just doing a little shopping post flight home acupuncture. I wanted to get a head massage at the Japanese barber on Thompson Street. They were full self care.

[Co-host]

Oh, okay.

[Lawrence]

Jumped on over to Sullivan. Yo. And sun TDR glazing and sun glazing time somehow still Underrated.

[Co-host]

It's like a secret weapon.

[Lawrence]

It.

[Co-host]

I think the location, it's a bit west into that. Yeah, because everything in soho now is the Bottega store, but it's the Louis.

[Lawrence]

But it's. It's like west of like the Soho madness. It's kind of almost West Village, but it's like Sullivan street is like a nice, quiet little street. Sullivan and Thompson are both, like, nice, you know, just west enough glass half.

[Co-host]

Full instead of like. And no. And listen, all love to all of our friends on Orchard, and there's something to be said about, like, the almost like, mall that exists on Orchard where you can go all these. You can go to all these places back to back to back. It's nice to go to a destination shop that's kind of outside of the fray to some degree, like Amazon. Spend your time there.

[Lawrence]

Cousin Ben is not new to this. He is very true to this. You know, we're not going to hold the fact that Anson started in Jersey against him.

[Co-host]

It was and was like a. It was for your dog. It was a dog store.

[Lawrence]

Was it really him and his mom?

[Co-host]

Yeah, we're selling like, it was.

[Lawrence]

I thought it was furniture.

[Co-host]

It was a lot of like. Yeah, but like dog furniture.

[Lawrence]

Like, stairs up here.

[Co-host]

They were selling, like, custom modular, like, dog couches.

[Lawrence]

Well, look, amongst other furniture, Cousin Ben pivoted home goods and pivoted hard. And this is one of the few retail stores where you can go in there and, like, discover new brands and he'll tell you about them. I'm like, literally like, yo, what is this? Like, every single time they have some, like, some solid standbys, you know, Carter Young, Rough draft. I pulled up and, yo, we had that Rough Draft jacket hanging on the wall.

[Co-host]

I look at it every day.

[Lawrence]

Be like, sick.

[Co-host]

I got it straight from the source. My bad.

[Lawrence]

Yeah. Got a straight from Tim out of Detroit. But I'm like, going through shit and I'm like, yo, what is this? What is this? It's almost like it's one of the few retail stores that takes the risks these days of stocking, like, unknown shit. And not like, this isn't a knock on anything, but it is like, yo, it's. If you stock orally our legacy MF pen, you're going to be fudgeing. Shit's going to fly off the shelf. Absolutely right. And then you have. But it's rare these days to find a retailer that is, like, taking risks on, like, quote unquote, no names or like, startups.

[Co-host]

Retail as discovery, which Is something that as the shopping has gotten, the shopping that we like for our kind of tier of menswear has gotten better overall in the five boroughs, what has fallen off is like the uniqueness and the discovery platform that a store can be.

[Lawrence]

Yeah, yeah. So Anson I think is still very much. I call it like the call Bo the west side where it's like you go in there and you, you learn and discover new. Which is hard these days in like the age of super information. Instant gratification. Everybody's a fucking expert. Everybody knows everything. It's not cool to be, you know, have questions or like not know something.

[Co-host]

Right. Or to Even like link2threads here. Like as a store like Kobo gains, you know, an audience and their reputation, their reputation continues to go up.

[Lawrence]

It's like whining. By the way.

[Co-host]

Yeah. The, the Permaloft. Yeah. I have, I have two of these in leather and actually maybe one in canvas. Well, I love that jacket. It's basically like just again like it's a Detroit but not a Detroit. So you're not a statistic, you know, but like a store like Cold bowl.

[Lawrence]

Right.

[Co-host]

They're leaning into the Juice, deservedly so. And like focusing on their in house line.

[Lawrence]

Right.

[Co-host]

And they still stock a lot of amazing brands. But it's like if I'm going to call both like me personally, like I'm shopping Colbos brand, you know. So it's again it's a different experience for me personally.

[Lawrence]

Yeah. Yeah. What's interesting about Anson is it's another. I mean similar to. Similar to Colbo. Well, Kobo has, I think it's like a pretty not set roster but like it's strong. Right. You go in there and you are gonna with the Yoko Sakamoto, you're gonna with the Kali. The another aspect at the Cobalt in house line. I feel like every time I go to and son which is not nearly often enough maybe because of location, I feel like there's like different new, new brands.

[Co-host]

Is that collar asymmetrical? I don't think so. Oh, okay, okay, okay. I was gonna say that's some crazy next level Japanese ship that's more palatable.

[Lawrence]

Yeah. But yeah, like they just stocked the leather loafers I got from Senna.

[Co-host]

That's right.

[Lawrence]

And I was like, yo, how are they doing? Like people when I I.

[Co-host]

Those are nice.

[Lawrence]

I love them. When I post them, people went crazy and they're like, honestly it's, it's like day two. We don't know yet. Like we don't know what the performance has been. They are like. It's very cool that they're, like, taking risks on unknowns versus like, maybe a more reliant. Not like, reliable names that have, like, recognition.

[Co-host]

At any given day that you pop into Anson, you might meet one of those unknowns, whether it was like, Falzoni, right, Like, posted up with. With his custom shoes or you said you met some designer that was in there, right?

[Lawrence]

Like, I met this kid that his brand is Villages made in New York. It's like, small. He's like, yeah, it's 10 pieces. They have six here at an son sick. And I'm like, what the. Like, this is artisanal, dude. This is awesome that you are literally, like, selling at one of the best stores in New York City. Again, somehow. Still underrated.

[Co-host]

Yeah. Secret weapon. Add it to the list for all empan son.

[Lawrence]

Shout out cousin Ben. All right. The shirt underneath I picked up at the Surplus festival down in Sydney.

[Co-host]

Nice, dude.

[Lawrence]

108 Warehouse. Shout out those boys twins and twins. Great, great branding, great weight, great contrast stitching. Great branding. It's like a little, like, hometown crowd favorite. Everyone. Everyone in Sydney, like, loved them. Great guys, great dudes. And yeah, picked up a little taste of Sydney Paws.

[Co-host]

Love that.

[Lawrence]

Like I a koala. The pants are Trebien. In house brand.

[Co-host]

There it is. There's another one.

[Lawrence]

There's another one. There you go.

[Co-host]

Formerly known as Everywhere.

[Lawrence]

I think it is called Everywhere.

[Co-host]

Really? I thought they just pivoted to Trebien.

[Lawrence]

I'm not sure either way.

[Co-host]

Doesn't matter what it's called.

[Lawrence]

It's the sunglasses are sun buddies Treb yet in house. God damn. The socks are Patagonia. The boots are our legache. The panties are Hanes Sipping on a coffee and a giant topo and a hydro flask of Lord's side's finest.

[Co-host]

Lawrence, very nice. I am new boot goofin in a pair of YMC Grenson collab joints. I don't know if you've peeped this, like, mini, super mini micro, micro trend, but like, of engineer boots, which, you know, like a boot like this but with a strap.

[Lawrence]

Yeah.

[Co-host]

That's like a motorcycle boot.

[Lawrence]

Like, in my mind, Nazi chic.

[Co-host]

Yeah. I don't know if they're like fully fucking SS style like some other sleeker, shinier boots out there, but in my mind, I like that look of a heavy stomper with some hardware. But, like, if you like, forget about riding a motorcycle. I'm not even riding a city bike, so I can't like you can't ride a bike, so I can't. I can rot a bike. Anyway, so moving on time before that, I feel like that we're talking to.

[Lawrence]

Nigel Sylvester about this.

[Co-host]

Oh yeah, we have a bonus pod next week with Nigel Sylvester. One of the best live shows he's ever done, which we'll talk about.

[Jeff Bridges]

Morning, Zoe. Got donuts.

[Dana]

Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage?

[Jeff Bridges]

Well, I dig the mattress and I want to be in a T Mobile commercial like you teach me. So Dana.

[Dana]

Oh no, I'm not really prepared. I couldn't possibly at T Mobile get the new iPhone 17 Pro on them. It's designed to be the most powerful iPhone yet and has the ultimate pro camera system.

[Jeff Bridges]

Wow, impressive. Let me try. T Mobile is the best place to get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network. Nice.

[Dana]

Jeffrey, you heard them.

[Jeff Bridges]

T Mobile is the best place to.

[Lawrence]

Get the new iPhone 17 Pro on us with eligible traded in any condition.

[Jeff Bridges]

So what are we having for launch?

[Dana]

Dude, my work here is done.

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