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The Hunt Is the Fun with Shane Curry
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The Return of The Undisputed Heavyweight Overcoat Champion of the World, Shane Curry, on brands at the thrift that make him say “Motherfucker!”, Tips and Tricks for the Novice Picker, the perks of being a regular, fusing knowledge with experience, forming relationships and building community, The Thrifting Olympics™, looking at things from a buyer’s perspective, and a dossier full of classified information, this week, on Apocalypse Duds
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Transcript
Introduction & Podcast Growth
00:01:12
Speaker
Hi, I'm Connor Fowler. And I'm Matt Smith. Welcome to Apocalypse Duds yet again, another week has passed.
00:01:23
Speaker
little bit more than a week. We had some scheduling snafus for the launch of the totally doesn't mean anything, but we numbered them for whatever dumb fuck reason, uh, seasons premiere, uh, arbitrary seasons. Um, that w I don't know why we did that, but.
00:01:43
Speaker
I think it serves a purpose for our planning, you know, it's like we're not taking a break. Right. Yeah. When I think of seasons, I think it's like TV shows that take like, you know, six months off and then return. But yeah, we never sleep on this program. Yeah, yeah. Connor is constantly texting me shit that is an idea or a relation to the show.
00:02:11
Speaker
And Matt very patiently puts up with it. So it works out for everyone. I am a texter. Connor is one of the handful of people that has phone privileges with me. As Gary Goldman said, as Gary Goldman in his fabulous bits about text messaging said, you text me first to check if I'm even accepting calls today.
00:02:37
Speaker
So you text me first and you say, hey, something to the effect of, hey, are you available? Can I call you?
00:02:46
Speaker
Uh, my cousin cold calls me all the time and it's like, dude, I always think you're fucking cold call people. Yeah. I think you're like, I think you're like, yeah, like on the street or something. If most people call me, I am under the impression that an emergency situation is occurring, uh, outside of like maybe seven people. Cause it better be fucking urgent. It better be urgent. It better be urgent.
00:03:11
Speaker
Um, well, we'll it's late. We're recording now, so we'll run through some things quickly. Um, we are trying to grow the show as ever. And, um, so we're looking into like web web hosting, which I don't know if that is going to be a fool's errand or not. I mean, you would.
00:03:30
Speaker
think that you could get, you could secure free web hosting, but you apparently can't and it's always like a monthly charge. So it sort of is what it is. But we're, I guess, piloting some design ideas for, I don't know, the visual aspect of the show, like our logos and stuff like that. So anyway, be on the lookout. Yeah. In that note, you know, we are trying to
00:03:57
Speaker
get more people to listen to the podcast. Um, we, you know, we get good feedback mostly and, uh, we want more people to hear it. So if you've got a friend that you think would be into it, um, or if you want to share it to your Instagram story, uh, also tag us. We'll reshare anything because, you know, Instagram is its own burden. Um, but yeah, just, you know, recommend us, um, do yeah. That's all I got.
00:04:27
Speaker
Yeah, I think that'll do
Concert Experiences & Community Building
00:04:28
Speaker
it. I think you guys will enjoy our, uh, episode with, uh, machine curry and, um, yeah, yeah, we, uh, our first, uh, return guest and we just check in with him, talk a lot about, uh, about thrifting, thrifting tips from a master from two from two masters truly.
00:04:47
Speaker
Uh, yeah, uh, I'm not even gonna respond to that. Um, we talk, uh, we talk about all Fargo shout out, all Fargos. We love you guys. Um, and building community. Yeah, it was good. It was a good chat. It was a very, it was a nice, it was a nice show, a little less structured than, um, our usual shows. So yeah.
00:05:07
Speaker
Which, you know, like, again, in season four, not to divulge too much, but we've got some special shit up our sleeves, which is not going to be our typical interview format. But yeah, we're working on some shit and think you guys will appreciate it. Yeah, I had an eventful day yesterday seeing two bands that I absolutely love and easily.
00:05:36
Speaker
This show catapulted into one of my top three shows I've ever seen, but I had the chance to experience the Melbins and Boris last night at probably my favorite mid-sized venue in Atlanta. It was fan-fucking-tastic. Did you weep? I did not weep. That seems like a weeping show.
00:05:56
Speaker
No, because one of the coolest things about this is I've listened to the Melvins on and off since I was a kid, because they were around. Boris is someone that I really started getting into a few years back. And they're prolific as fuck. They've written and recorded 30 plus albums or something at this point. So it wasn't really a weeping
00:06:25
Speaker
five because like dude I mean weaving because it was so powerful and beautiful well okay so that yes it was that I don't I don't cry happy tears if I'm crying I'm depressed shit but I did say or I will say that I was smiling through the vast majority of the show that's what I mean I said to my friends that that uh went with me you know it's not often that you see
00:06:54
Speaker
Heavy aggressive music that puts a smile on your face and like both of those bands like watching fucking King Buzzo Thrash around on stage and like seeing you know seeing three dudes having fun and then like seeing you know seeing Boris like playing a seminal record of theirs like all the way through
00:07:15
Speaker
Yeah, it was just like they were having fun. Everyone was having a blast and like crowd included. There was a, there was a push pits, which was, um, both hilarious. And also like everyone was like, just smiling, like having a good time. And like at one point a bunch of people linked arms. It was like, Oh, this is the most, this is the most like wholesome mosh pit you'll ever see in your fucking life. It was just like everybody vibing.
00:07:37
Speaker
And yeah, Boris, I will say as a person that has seen many, many, many and played many, many, many loud shows, there's no sound of a band that has ever like physically affected me as much as their sound last night. It was fucking wild. So it sounds like a weeping show.
00:07:59
Speaker
Uh, yeah, uh, inner, inner, inner, happy tears, outer smiles, which I'll take that. Yeah. I mean, when I saw Rage Against the Machine, I just wept, you know, because I was like, holy shit. Like, how is this even happening? So that's awesome. I'm so happy to hear it.
00:08:16
Speaker
Yeah. And then, uh, to put the fucking icing on the goddamn cake. Uh, so Boris played the record all the way through and, uh, they are named after the Melvin song Boris. And so they ended their set as did the Melvins playing Boris. And just one of the, one of the coolest things that I will ever experience in my life.
00:08:38
Speaker
Yeah. Hell yeah. Uh,
Introducing Shane Joseph & Wrestling Influence
00:08:40
Speaker
anyway. Yeah. We hope you, uh, like the show coming up. Um, stay tuned. Uh, thanks for listening and take care. Ladies and gentlemen, friends and folks tonight, we have the rare honor and privilege to be in the presence of greatness tonight. We stand in awe of the picky purveyor of fullo.
00:09:07
Speaker
The Sherlock of second hand This man has more goodwill than goodwill Than his chamber of session drummer The every man with the golden hands The triumph with the tote bag The dashing and dexterous drumming dynamo The undisputed heavyweight overcoat champion of the world Straight edge was never a game to him Here's Shane Joseph Hurry
00:09:33
Speaker
I'm speechless. I heard there's chambers in there. So we figured since we fucked you on the first episode with a lame intro because we just got burned out writing them for every show. And Connor was like, I'm pretty sure Shane said like, oh man, that's it or something last time. We were like, all right, we got a
00:10:00
Speaker
up the ante on this one. Uh, the line that Connor did not write that I said he should or did not read that I said he should is let's, let's get ready to convo. Hey, anything wrestling related? Yeah, we did. We did our Intel. We did our Intel. That's so funny. Man, we could talk about wrestling for a year. So yeah, I'm just curious. Like, so you watch it when you were a kid or did you get into it like recently?
00:10:29
Speaker
Well, I watched it when I was like a kid kid, like, you know, like five, six early nineties. And then I got out of it for a bit and then back into what I'd say the like 97, 98, right when the attitude era blew up. Oh yeah. Yeah. Like pretty much everyone in my age range was, was into it when that was, you know, the Monday night wars.
00:10:47
Speaker
and all that stuff, but my brother and a few friends, we got into it like deep. We would do like, yeah, my twin, yes. We would do like the tape trading. We would find all the, you know, like Japanese death matches. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah. We were like so into it. I still like to watch it. I still like to watch like the older stuff. I mean, I don't follow the most recent stuff, but I have friends that are like hella into it. Like they'll go and see matches and shit to this day. And it kind of seems like,
00:11:15
Speaker
It kind of seems, you know, cause I grew up with WCW. Like WCW, like that was my shit. WWF was always kind of like lame in my opinion. I don't know. But you know, like the new stuff seems to kind of harken back more to the nineties shit just from what I've seen than the like hyper, you know, almost like soap opera style shit, like early 2000s, WWE.
00:11:43
Speaker
Yeah. I think when AEW came around, it was like, uh, people thought, Oh, cool. There's another, you know, not that there's competition, but WWE sort of had a like monopolized all the wrestling fans. So having another brand to go to, it felt like, Oh, back in the day, a couple of, you know, shows you can watch, you can watch either one, but yeah, I'm definitely a big, um, I have a few friends that'll make fun of me, but I was a big WCW guy. Who was your favorite? In WCW. Yeah.
00:12:13
Speaker
I gotta say, well overall, I mean, Shawn Michaels is my favorite of all time, but in WCW, I think back then, I mean, I loved Eddie Guerrero. I loved him. I know Mysterio became big in the WWE world, but I discovered Rey Mysterio through WCW and ECW. So I would say those two guys for sure. I love Jericho. Jericho was great too. He was just great, like very charismatic.
00:12:39
Speaker
But yeah, there was some I think that's so funny. Like I know the only reason that I know about wrestling is through rappers referencing wrestlers. That's like my fourth hand encounter with towards the end of WCW existing, they would bring in. They brought in like a couple of rappers to, I guess, maybe I don't know if it was like a publicity thing, but they had like silk to shocker's birthday on a train.
00:13:06
Speaker
I forgot about that. WCW, they were based in Atlanta, I think, right? Yeah. So, yeah. I think he was involved at some point. Diamond Dallas Page is from here. I think Steam is from here. That makes sense. There's a handful of people that grew up outside the city, you know, or right outside the city. Yeah, it was like a Southern promotion. It really was. I had no idea. That sounds sick, actually.
00:13:33
Speaker
And so like West Side Gun loves wrestling. He like famously skipped the Grammys to go watch wrestling. That's so funny. Yeah, just a big flex, but like awesome. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, for sure.
00:13:46
Speaker
That's so funny. Yeah. I was going to ask if it influenced your dressing at all. Does it showmanship? Does that play into it? Did that assist you with your band? No, a lot of those wrestlers were not, let's say fashion forward. I mean, but we didn't have Raven, the weird character in the mid-90s that was like a grunge Steve.
00:14:13
Speaker
I know I always watch I would watch his matches and try to figure out what like what band shirt he was with. Right. Right. Yeah. And then I mean, you've got CM Punk too. Yeah. Are there a couple of other straight edge wrestlers now as well? I don't follow it as closely now. I think Punk came back in some to some degree, but I was like he was like a big figure in like the because he was like, you know, like a headliner at one point. He was like doing main events. Right. Right. So he brought like straight edge.
00:14:43
Speaker
Not to the mainstream, but you know, I think the casual wrestling fan probably didn't know what straight edge was. Oh, absolutely. You know, so that's kind of cool. I was going to say in the research for this, I looked up the name, right? Do you know it's Sean?
00:15:03
Speaker
I don't. I didn't know that, but it's funny because I do get people who do, you know, they, you know, we just met essentially, but I do get Sean the first few times and then they catch on to Shane. I guess because Sean is more common too, maybe? Well, it's the Irish Shane. There you go. I do have a cousin named Sheamus. Yeah, they're all tied together like Shane, Sean. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I just thought that was funny.
00:15:32
Speaker
Yeah, I do get, I do get shot. Even people I've known for like a good amount of time, they'll sometimes just slip and say, Sean, their neutral name. I mean, I think it's cool. I liked it. Not. I liked that. My name is not very common. I think that's kind of cool.
Fashion, Weather, and Thrifting Excitement
00:15:46
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. As someone named Matt, I am superbly jealous. I probably said it before, but they're like in my, in my school class, like I basically grew up with the same people, you know, throughout all grades, but how many friends, how many friends do you have named Matt?
00:16:03
Speaker
uh off the top of my head i think four yeah or five something like that yeah it's like crazy we just went by our last names or like shitty nicknames which mine was smitty which i never want to fucking have ever again
00:16:18
Speaker
like i'm not a 30s gangster yeah thank you yeah like if i was a 1930s gangster like shooting up a fucking bank yeah yeah how's uh how's everything going shane life update the dog the wife
00:16:36
Speaker
Everyone's good. Ready for a ball? Like the rest of them? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm hoping October's on Sunday, so I'm hoping... I know we're gonna get some warmer days, but it should go back down after that. Yeah, we had a long... I mean, you probably had a hotter summer than I did, but it was pretty hot here, so I'm ready for that for sure. It was oppressive at points down here. I don't know. Man, maybe some of those days was just unbearable.
00:16:59
Speaker
Yeah and I would think like am I ever am I ever gonna wear a sweater again like I don't like right I kind of tried it like I wear long sleeves all year round like obviously the weight the weight of those long sleeves changes but I'm like well fuck I'm gonna sweat anyway so.
00:17:16
Speaker
Yeah, it's, I mean, it's, it's definitely been nicer here, but it's, it's still like, I'd say the high sixties, it's supposed to get back up to like the high seventies, but then go back down. But in a few months, like every other year, it'll be freezing cold, which I like, but, um, yeah, everything's good. I've just been doing my usual, you know, hunting around for some cool stuff and mine stuff, selling stuff.
00:17:37
Speaker
Yeah, we'll get into this more, but as someone that also deals in clothing, this is our season because we like the outerwear. Yeah, the last Alfargos I did was back at the end of August, and not surprisingly, I got rid of a lot of coats, which was great. People are getting ready. Yeah, I think people are trying to build it into existence. I'll buy this because I believe I can wear this
00:18:04
Speaker
I do that too. Eventually at some point I will get to wear this, so I'm going to grab it. You just got to put it up. You have to. I was sweating in tweed already. It was whatever temperature. It was like 60 degrees. I was like, okay, I'm wearing the tweed jacket. I was in my school just like, oh, I should not have done this. You have people who say, oh, anything below 70 and it's fall weather. I'm like,
00:18:35
Speaker
Is an unspeakable variable
00:18:40
Speaker
Yes, people are going to factor that in. I now get the whole, oh, it's a dry heat. I'm like, okay, I do appreciate a dry heat because this is 80% humidity is hard. It's like you're in a bowl of soup. No good. Just despicable. Yeah. The fits are also, they suffer. They suffer. It's hard. If you're someone, it's not a real problem. I don't want to say it's hard.
00:19:03
Speaker
We're so, we're so oppressed. I mean, well, I mean, it is, it is hard for everyone. We're just like, we just put an effort anyway. And so like, that's true. Yeah. You know, I take that back. That's true. If you, if you care about your appearance and it's something you love to do, then it's when it's like the middle of July and you're just like, man, I don't know. I don't know what else. I have no other options. It's too hot. I don't know what to do. Global warming is stealing my joy.
00:19:30
Speaker
We don't get like real, we don't get real good, you know, it's funny to say sweater weather. We don't get that till maybe the end of October now. Right. Right. You know, it's it's bullshit. Yeah, because like I want to wear a coat.
00:19:45
Speaker
Oh, yeah. I want to work out. Yeah. Yeah. It's just too hot for that shit. Like I saw some stuff I was interested in buying and then I was like, so it can just be in my closet and I'm like, I can have that thing. Uh huh. Uh huh. I know. I get that. I get that.
00:20:00
Speaker
But overall, everything's cool. Just just I have a secret, top secret thing I'm doing this weekend with with a watch brand. Oh, that'll come out. That should come out like middle of October, I was told. So that's something to look forward to. Yeah, this should be fun.
00:20:18
Speaker
Yeah, I think I can guess. I'm not trying to out you, but that's awesome. We could talk off. We could post recording. No, no, no. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that's fucking awesome. Yeah, that's great. That's something different that's coming up. And yeah, just doing my usual stuff. That's exciting. You saved the best thing for last. Yeah, that's exciting. So can I ask, are you participating yourself?
00:20:43
Speaker
Yeah, essentially it's a watch coming out. I was told middle of October and it's going to be, essentially they wanted the shoot to be more, I guess you would say, I don't want to say menswear based, but obviously the watch is the focus, but the outfit and the setting is just as big of a deal. It's not your typical, like here's a wrist shot.
00:21:05
Speaker
And that's it. It's more like I get to bring my own clothes and we're going to mix and match some stuff and shoot some shots for the social media for the watch. Hell yeah. Well, hey, dude. That was cool. Seriously, when you launch whatever or even when you post stuff, tag us. We're happy to share it. Sure. I definitely will. Yeah. I definitely will. That'd be cool. Yeah. What do you want to do today? Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:34
Speaker
Well today I had just a normal day but I did have parent teacher at my school right before I started recording. So during the day, like I said last time, I work in a school with small kids two to five years old. So it can get messy sometimes. So I try to stay put together but also if I get messed okay.
00:21:53
Speaker
So I just did I just did I had um, just had brown cords on from uniqlo.
Fashion Appreciation & Thrifting Insights
00:21:59
Speaker
I had a Brooks Navy, Navy blue Oxford and I just had on some maroon vans, but I went home changed for parent-teacher I got to put together an actual
00:22:13
Speaker
outfit. So I had on some Alden Shell loafers. I had on some Natalino. They're a pretty small brand, but I think some people would know who they are. Natalino Olive Cords. I had a very nice, pretty crispy, new old stock J-Press White Oxford. I had a yellow Sleeeless Drake's Cardigan, and I had a great J-Muser Sport jacket I got from them last summer.
00:22:43
Speaker
It was good. I actually, I snapped the pic, so maybe I'll send it to you guys if you want to use it for this move. Yeah, please do. Yeah, please do. So definitely felt good in that. So two fits today, two fits. Yeah, I love the yellow sort of, and I love a two outfit day. It's like... I know, I know. It's so nice. My version of that.
00:23:01
Speaker
My version of that is always putting on more layers than I need and eventually stripping them down as my day progresses. Well, that's why the sleeveless cardigan is so good. Totally. Yeah, it's terrible. That's what I'm looking for on eBay, dude. It's fucking hard to find ones that are not terrible.
00:23:19
Speaker
I got lucky. I'm on Long Island, so I'm not far from the city. A few summers ago, Drake's had a sample sale and I got them for, I think, like 30 or 40 bucks a piece. Oh, hell yeah. I love Drake's. I don't want to say anything bad about them, but the prices are up there. Getting them for like 30 or 40 bucks a piece, I was able to get a couple, but they're obviously made extremely well and they're definitely worth the money, but getting them at a
00:23:47
Speaker
You know, discounted, I was able to get a bunch, which was nice. Mix and match them. Hell yeah. That's fucking awesome. They are hard to find secondhand for sure, especially like the exact style you want. They're tough. Yeah. I feel like a lot of times, like a lot of the ones that Connor has sent me like were, they might be okay, but it's like, this looks very grandpa or grandma. That's the case maybe.
00:24:08
Speaker
And yeah, I'm like always in a good way like, you know, I had shot down, match shot down like a hand knit and it looked like it, it was like yellow. Oh, it was, I'll, I'll have to put it if it's still available. It was Hannah's. It was Hannah's. I think I called that particular one hateful to Allah.
00:24:32
Speaker
Yeah, you did. I remember that distinction. Shout out Ava from Epaulette. That is her joke that I co-opted years ago. And it just fits the moment. I promise you. I gotta see it. Oh, wow. We'll track it. We'll track it. Yeah, I'm in the minority that appreciates things on other people to an extent. But also, I'm insanely picky about what I wear and what I wear tailored wise or like,
00:25:02
Speaker
Most things, it's just very toned down. I don't like anything loud. I like camo, but camo is also a neutral. This is Matt on my style consultation, basically, is try to take it down to maybe a nine. I got that. I get that. I get that.
00:25:23
Speaker
You know, I'm a loud person. I'm a very loud dresser. Yeah, that's okay, though. I mean, if it's, you know what? Here's the thing is we all know is as long as you feel it sounds so corny, but if you feel good in it.
00:25:36
Speaker
You know, that's, that's pretty much all. Yeah, for sure. I mean, I, you know, I can appreciate things that I would never in a million years wear. Me too. But you know, if the person looks cool, I mean, I don't love high fashion, but I can look at, you know, I can look at high fashion stuff like men's, women's, whatever, and be like, like, Oh, that's, that's killer. Like, you know, it's a statement or sure that I would never make, but I can, I can appreciate what it, what it is.
00:26:06
Speaker
Yeah, me too. Yeah, certain things Connor sends me I think should be burned or buried or just got... I think I just need to start posting them. That's what I'm going to do is I'm going to start posting them. You should. That's going to be our new segment where Connor just posts the most ridiculous things that I shoot down. Yeah, like runners picks. Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:24
Speaker
Connor's eBay picks. Because I'm on eBay all day. I find some weird shit. Well, I'm like punching myself because I didn't realize, ah, so sleeveless cardigan is not, to me, obvious terminology, right? Because it is a best.
00:26:42
Speaker
sure cardigan a cardigan no no a cardigan has sleeves yeah well i mean it's just i think almost positively a cardigan has sleeves and so a sleeveless cardigan it's like that is a vest in my universe but in my head a vest is a pullover yeah but a vest can have buttons on it
00:27:01
Speaker
That's not you're right. You're right. Yeah. I mean, I would say cardigan vest over sweater vest just because it's styled like a cardigan. Yeah. I guess that's a good point. I don't know. And so this is why they pay you the big bucks. Yeah. Yeah. Very much so. So the last episode with Crowley, we got into it a little bit. And I think, you know, any of us that have been
00:27:28
Speaker
that have been picking for a certain number of years. We realized a lot of times that you can only learn so much from seeing things on the internet. And I know you from the software thread originally. You and I and that thread, a wealth of knowledge that we gleaned from basically people, nerds like us going out and finding shit.
00:27:56
Speaker
Um, we talk with Crowley about, you know, the kind of, the kind of knowledge, like the non real world knowledge of things versus the experience of like feeling and touching fabrics and things like that. Um, you know, we kind of, you know, we're kind of doing this a little bit preform compared to our usual interviews, but, um, I just wanted to know if like, you know, how you have, how you have merged those two worlds, like over, you know, over your,
00:28:23
Speaker
career for lack of a better word of of thrifting well, I definitely like you said I when I started I was Mainly just I thrifted in high school here and there just because when I was coming up in school it was you know Everyone wore the little league shirts and you know everyone liked certain bands you put those things together but when I got into it again when like hashtag menswear became a
00:28:45
Speaker
what it was, I was doing the same thing. I was just looking on style form, looking through like old, old like tumblers of people who are now like, I follow on Instagram, but I was going through like, going back in tumblers and just learning from, from that. And I realized a lot of them were wearing secondhand clothes and I wasn't, you know, Googling fabrics, but like you said,
00:29:07
Speaker
I would go out to a thrift and just turn things inside out, check, you know, check the stitching and then like, oh, this is a cool like blend. Like I didn't know when I first started doing this, like seriously, like, oh, this is, you can have wool and cashmere. That's cool. Or wool and silk. And that just was very interesting to me. So I would go home and I would look up, you know, who made Ralph Lauren suits in the 1980s. And then I would just read all about it. And it just became something
00:29:36
Speaker
Luckily, I was actually interested in and then from there it was a little of both like I would do some quote-unquote research Then I'm gonna go to the stores back and forth back and forth and now it's to the point where I could just go and almost I'm not saying like
00:29:49
Speaker
Oh, I'm so cool, but I can go in blindfolded and touch something and go, oh, that's this, oh, that's that. I'm usually right because I fact that I've been doing it so long. And like you said, with Sean, with Crowley, he's obviously been doing this for a long time and he has so much knowledge about it. I'm sure he's the same way. Going and doing it and actually feeling something and digging through an old attic or an old barn,
00:30:14
Speaker
It's so, to me it's rewarding because you really get that tactile experience and you get the knowledge, you know, you get knowledge. Because if I'm selling at all Fargo's or if I sell to some people over Instagram or whatever, it's, especially in person actually, you can, it's so cool and someone's like, oh, this is made out of this. Like, it's just, it's a cool, you're not just selling someone a shirt or a jacket.
00:30:39
Speaker
They like, they also like the story. Oh, how'd you come across it? Oh, I found it in a barn in this town on Long Island. It was like buried under this and they liked that. So the story that goes along with the item is just as important. And sometimes it's not all about like, you know, money, but sometimes that sells the piece. Totally. Totally. I gotta get it. I gotta get it.
00:31:01
Speaker
If you're doing this at a market in person and you can visually see the person's eyes laugh, like, whoa, this is cool as hell. That's an immeasurable experience in this world. Yeah. They go, oh, you found that. I always say barn, but there's a lot of like on the eastern end of Long Island, there's a lot of barn sales and things like that. So one time I did dig out an old Abercrombie coat from I think like the 30s or 40s.
00:31:29
Speaker
Oh, that's cool. Literally in a barn out on a in a little town on the east end of Long Island. And that I mean, the story is just as cool as the as the garment. Totally. Yeah. So getting that getting that that experience, quote unquote, like out in the field, it's funny way to say it, but it's it's.
00:31:50
Speaker
Shout out style for him. Yeah. Yeah. Live in the field. Yes. Yeah, right. Yeah. It's definitely worth doing. And if you like thrifting, if you like looking for secondhand stuff, then I think once you hit a wall with all the quote unquote research,
00:32:07
Speaker
You just got to go out as much as you can and hopefully you enjoy doing it. You could enjoy the research and then go to a thrift and not like it. So it's like hopefully you like to do it too. Yeah, it takes a certain type to go out and scour stores that smell like a garbage truck is sitting inside of it. Yeah.
00:32:29
Speaker
Yeah, I also am one of those that I thrift more by feel and sight than I do. I'm not flipping everything on any rack ever. It's always so funny when you see that I saw it today and I think the dude was just shopping for himself, but literally looking at every single shirt on this rack. Oh, yeah.
00:32:48
Speaker
just like that's gonna that's good you're gonna be here a while yeah if yeah if you're doing it if you're doing it for yourself and again whenever I go out to the stores or whatever I do sometimes think okay I'll get I'll grab one thing for myself and the rest I'll hopefully get to pass along to someone else
00:33:06
Speaker
But I used to look through everything, but like you said, you know, if you're looking for yourself and you aren't too familiar with clothing, sure, but you or I or anyone that's familiar with clothing. If you're trying to do this as a living, that is not a very good use of your time.
00:33:19
Speaker
Exactly. You got to equate the time versus money. Again, it comes back to the experience. You got past that because you had thousands of hours in the field, fucking looking and touching shit. Yeah, and I still see it. Like you said, I still see it to this day whenever I go. I work one day through Friday. I pretty much go just on the weekends now.
00:33:40
Speaker
whenever I can but I go at least once a week to at least four or five stores. I have my own little route that I do and you will start to see the same people here and there and they're always, you know, everyone's got to do what they got to do. I understand but they're on their phone, they're looking through, their card is brimming with stuff and you sneak a peek and you're like,
00:33:59
Speaker
You want to say no offense, but I don't know what you're going to do with this stuff. Right, right. Unless, you know what? If I'm wrong, come and find me and tell me I'm wrong. I'm glad to know that's not only a Southern thing. No, no, no. I see like old ladies and, you know, just not to stereotype. I see all kinds of people picking up shit and being like, oh, I could sell this on Mercari. And I'm like, I know.
00:34:24
Speaker
You could sell that for $5 with shipping and it costs you like $3.99. That's not a good profit margin. There's a lot of the quantity people I see that I think they see. I'm sure you see it too with social media. There's a lot of people on YouTube and Instagram that are feeling themselves thrifting and they literally say, going to the Goodwill to try to find something to sell on eBay. And then they pick up X brand that I would never even think about.
00:34:52
Speaker
And I'm thinking, am I wrong? Like what? Like what? What, a specific brand? Yeah. I mean, I've seen people on like YouTube shorts where they're filming themselves in thrift and they're like, oh, this, obviously, okay, we all know North Face. Right, right. I think some North Face things probably do very well. But would I buy a pair of North Face shorts for 10 bucks to maybe sell them for like 25? I wouldn't personally. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. But some people, that's my bread and butter. I sell those all day.
00:35:22
Speaker
if you do that's great but i that's not for me yeah you that is not worth my time yes if it's worth your time go ahead yeah that's okay exactly because they won't be looking for what i'm looking for so no definitely not uh so since you are one of us that that thrifts a lot by you know touch and feel
00:35:44
Speaker
I have a brand that gets me so often that I'm a little embarrassed to admit it. I want to get your brand that looks promising. You see it from five feet away. You're like, oh, fuck. Yeah, that's going to be good. And you turn it over and you're like, motherfucker. You're talking like it's a totally different brand, like a dupe sort of thing.
00:36:11
Speaker
Yeah. Well, yeah. It's like, so it's like a, like a house brand from something or it's a, it's a certain, like, you know, like, uh, one that, that gets me fairly regular, but I'm not as embarrassed about it is like older gap and banana Republic. And I'm not talking about cool banana Republic. I'm talking about like late nineties to like mid aughts banana Republic where they had really nice fabrics and then like,
00:36:38
Speaker
The cut's garbage, it's made in who knows fucking where, just it's not cool. Anyway, so my personal motherfucker brand is Goodfellow, the Target house brand. Because they do a bunch of like wash sport coats and like work jackets and like the HBT cloth, like the olive drab HBT, I'll literally spot it from 10 feet away and be like, oh, fuck yeah.
00:37:04
Speaker
turn it over, motherfucker! Like, what?! I'm gonna admit this, okay? I'll admit this. It sticks in my head because it was so prominent. I was in one of the stores I usually go to at least once a week and I started checking the women's coats because they will, you know, by mistake, I'm assuming they'll mix in men's coats sometimes, right? Women's section in general is a hidden gem.
00:37:29
Speaker
Yeah, I know. I'm learning that. See, I'm still learning stuff. You heard it. That has been my secret weapon for years. Yes. So many great folks. And I'm like, this is actually a men's coat. So I'll never forget it. I'm going down the aisle and I see this like, it's really long. It's like this great houndstooth. I'm like, whoa. I'm like, that's like either polo or something, right? It was Zara or Zara.
00:37:53
Speaker
I looked around like, is this a prank? I was like, this is crazy because it looked so good and I could not believe it. And I don't know if they just did their research and they know what people want, but I was like, oh my God, that was totally wrong. Because all of the pieces are impersonations, right? Like they're all copies, basically. So it just means the designer is doing a good job, sort of. I was shocked. I saw that like houndstooth and I'm like, whoa, that is so cool.
00:38:22
Speaker
And it was like, it was belted, and I'm like, whoa. And the second I touched it, I'm like, this sucks. And then I turned it out, I saw the tag, and I'm like, that's...
00:38:28
Speaker
totally got me. I would say that. And Alan Flusser, who I do. Oh, yes. Yes. Great, like bespoke stuff. Like he's a legend. I read the books like I get it. But the the more like the made in China stuff like the shirts are just not the same quality, not the same thing. And so that sometimes would get me. And I think there's one called Hunt Club. Oh, yeah. The purple label. I think it's purple label. Yeah. Yep.
00:38:58
Speaker
Yeah, yeah Yeah, it's funny because I feel like every single person I know that goes to thrift stores and like yard sales or whatever the fuck often Hasn't shit. It's like yeah, everyone has their specific I know goodfellow is probably a bunch of people's also as in the club and everything else and oh my god Yeah, it's very funny. It's therapeutic to talk about it. I
00:39:24
Speaker
But then I'll come across, I still wear it to this day. I have a great, you mentioned the gap. I have a gap, it's like a maroon color, like a deep red. Shetland sweater made in England. That'll shoulder, I'm like, this is the gap? Where was that?
00:39:39
Speaker
Like, well, I mean, Gap in particular, you know, started out basically as like a kind of pseudo hippie denim store back in the like late seventies. I mean, even, you know, as, you know, the Banana Republic out there, uh, adventure era stuff is killer, but like even in the eighties and nineties, like when they, you know, when they merged or whatever, they still made some cool shit.
00:40:03
Speaker
Mm hmm. They definitely did it. Definitely. If you find it, it's definitely worth picking up. And it's great for like, it's not really worth anything to like, you know, flip it. But, you know, if it fits you and it's cool, like, yeah, rock that. Exactly.
Thrifting Strategies & Personal Experiences
00:40:17
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, a great Shetland sweater. I'm never going to pass up as long as it fits. I'm never going to pass it up. Definitely.
00:40:25
Speaker
Yeah, got that freaking other. Have you got other general, general thrifting tips advice? I mean, I think we've had some good things so far.
00:40:35
Speaker
Yeah, don't want to blow up in any spots, but yeah. No, no trade secrets, just like general stuff. Because I think like going through the whole store is like, I don't know, it's a lot. It depends on the size of the store, I guess. Yes. I have a few. I will definitely share them because, and like you just said, there's no blowing up spots because I'm very aware of where I live in the world. I'm on Long Island.
00:41:03
Speaker
There's a ton of people. If you could only come here and see the amount of stuff that gets donated, there's no shortage, right? So I have no... Have I had a few friends who found something like, God damn it, I wish I got that. But people I know, I like them a lot. I'm happy for them. But it just shows you how much stuff there is, right? Right.
00:41:20
Speaker
but I think there's a few things you should do. If you're gonna do this and you wanna start maybe taking it seriously, maybe you wanna find some stuff to sell, even if you wanna just like revamp your wardrobe. Connor, like you said, going through everything, I think at first is smart. To get the feel for things, to maybe discover things that you didn't know you liked and now you're like, oh, I got to touch it, feel it, now I like it. Once you start to go frequently and you start to come familiar with fabrics and cuts,
00:41:48
Speaker
Then you can start to skip things here and there. I skip certain sections or I'll just browse them quick. I think the biggest thing that people I know that thrift and people I know that thrift full time, the biggest thing is going as frequently as you can. I used to think, oh, this store hasn't been good. I'm going to give it two weeks and I'll come back. But then you think in that two weeks, all the stuff that's coming through those doors that you're missing,
00:42:14
Speaker
So if you can go, go as much as you can and potentially maybe find out what days they bring out new stuff. Like I know stores I go to don't restock Sunday or Monday. So Tuesday through Saturday, they're working new racks and new items. So are they known? Like do the staff know you? Like, oh, they're saying like... Some of the smaller stores I go to do, like I'm talking like the small like church ones that I go to.
00:42:43
Speaker
But the bigger chain ones I go to, they might recognize me, but they don't say anything. Because I think a lot of the stores do have a lot of regulars that they probably become familiar with. So the smaller stores, yes, but the bigger stores probably not. And if they do, they don't say anything. But I try to go... Again, I only go once or twice a week. But I'm lucky that the stores I go to are packed full of stuff.
00:43:10
Speaker
I definitely had days where I come back with like a tie out of like nine stores. I'm like, oh, yeah, those are the best days, like 100 something miles, you know, driving in one tie. But then I've had days where I like the trunk is like, you know, brimming with stuff. So.
00:43:25
Speaker
going frequently because I know people again people I like but they will say how do you find this stuff I never find anything and then I go well how often do you go I don't know I pop in like once a month I'm like well that's why you're not it's not working yeah you got to go I have a friend who goes like multiple times a day to the same store
00:43:43
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, totally. That's what my sister does. My sister goes anytime that she can and she fucking finds everything. Yeah. I have stores that I go to every single day, but I also like, I've yet to see anyone picking these stores that is actually like searching for what I care about.
00:44:00
Speaker
And like, you know, it's rarely a like, oh, there's 13 different things that weren't here yesterday. It's usually like a one or two, but they're five minutes from my house. And so I'm just like, okay, like I'll pop into these two, like most of the time. And you know, it kind of feels good to do that. Just like, like, like you said, some of the employees acknowledge you and they're like, Oh, hey, how are you? Like, yeah, yeah.
00:44:40
Speaker
Very nice. And then the lady goes, oh, um, you know, you can poke through them. Nothing's priced, but if you find something, we'll figure it out. So like this stuff just came through the door. The guy dropped it on the floor and was like, thank you. Got his receipt for his like, you know, taxes. And then he left. Um, but it's like, she reckoned, she knew me from me going there previously. She was like, Oh, we usually, you know, we want to price things first, but if you want to poke through it, it's okay. And we'll figure it out.
00:44:48
Speaker
It's nice being a regular.
00:45:01
Speaker
So yeah, so if you go frequently and you know, you're nice to them and obviously if you buy stuff from that's a plus Yeah, you can you can definitely you know make those connections and hopefully find some cool stuff I don't I don't ever want to like be that guy who who is is essentially like Swooping in and like grabbing stuff just because you know somebody right? You're not trying to get a bathroom deal. I
00:45:26
Speaker
No, because I know people who have done that. And it's like, it's just to me, it kind of takes the hunt is the fun. Yeah. Yes. The hunt is the fun. If you get handed to you, it's like, why are you sure you maybe you'll make a ton of money off that stuff you've, that person handed to you. But I don't know. I think going in like the anticipation of like, well, okay, it's fall winter. The coats are going to be out. The sweaters are out. This is exciting.
00:45:51
Speaker
Right, you've been waiting for this all year. Yeah, this is our Christmas season. This is an appropriate time for me to pitch my thrift store Olympic games. Okay, I'm ready. I've been thrifting my entire life also, not to the extent that either of you do.
00:46:12
Speaker
I just think it would be very funny to have like professional thrifters like scouring a store for something, one or two things. You know what I mean? Like a supermarket meet type? Yes, exactly. Like a supermarket sweeps type thing. But with a thrift store.
00:46:30
Speaker
You have to find one pair of gray flannel trousers, one pair of... That's what I'm saying, but it's like one pair of the flannel trousers is whatever, you know? So you're finding the needle in the haystack and it's like time. I don't know. I think it's a very funny idea. It's a funny idea. I usually do. I could never participate because that would drive my anxiety through the roof.
00:46:53
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it would be stressful, it would be very stressful. Yeah, okay, so something this makes me think of, Shane. You know people that thrift pretty regular. Yeah. Do you enjoy thrifting with other people?
00:47:10
Speaker
I mean, I don't really, I don't really do it. There's been times where I'm in a store and I see a friend who I know who, great guy, and he does this. I think he probably goes more than I do. So sometimes we'll like go back and forth about, oh, what'd you get? What'd you get? And like, oh, I found this. Like, do you want this? And very, very, very friendly. But we're not like, we don't go together. We just happen to be there the same time. I really, I honestly,
00:47:36
Speaker
If someone wanted to thrift together and they actually like doing it, you know what I mean? Like if it was something they did also, maybe, but honestly, I do love just if I go on a Saturday and I just, you know, I stop and get a coffee and I pop in my AirPods and I'm just like going through the racks.
00:47:54
Speaker
I love that. Listening to Apocalypse Duds. I did. Last Saturday when I had the Crowley episode on in my ear when I was looking through the racks. I hope it brought you some luck. Just amazing. Yeah. Dude, I wish to everything holy and good in this world that I could listen to music on headphones while I thrift. So there's two parts to this. I can't do that. It just fucks me up. I don't know. It just disorients me trying to...
00:48:24
Speaker
you know i'm also not one to walk around like listening to music or something um and two i also can't tune out the fucking shitty music playing in whatever thrift store i'm in yeah so like this is this is my curse like i i can't listen to what i want to and i can't not listen to the shit that i don't want to hear which a lot of it is like
00:48:47
Speaker
contemporary christian music or top 100 yeah like i heart radio bullshit and i'm like dude i see people you know with air pods in and i'm just like i'm i'm so envious i i would get anything yeah i don't really do music in the stores because like you said i think i might just become focused on the song or like you know you're a musician i'm a music like i'd be i'd be focused on like oh i wonder what snare they used to record that and i would just
00:49:13
Speaker
Which has happened, so I like, you know, I'll listen to you guys or I'll listen to like a lot of the times I'll do a pod that I've heard before just so I don't have to concentrate on it. Just so I have something in my ear. But I listened to you guys last week because I had it. I made sure I saved it for Saturday when I went to the stores.
00:49:32
Speaker
But yeah, a lot of the time it's not music. That's so weird. Yeah, of course. That's killer. A lot of time it's not music. Or sometimes it sounds funny. Sometimes I'll just put the AirPods in with nothing on, just to dull the music in the store. That, and also it's a sign of don't talk to me. That too. That too. That too. I've had people like, oh, I mean, I've had people like, you know, most of the time it's like older women who are trying to buy something for their husband. They're like, oh, you look like the same size. Like, would you wear this?
00:50:00
Speaker
I think when I was visiting Baltimore and Connor back in March, I think that someone asked Connor's help finding a size blazer. Am I remembering that right, Connor?
00:50:17
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, it was like, people ask me all kinds of shit. And I like always been helpful. You always look nice. And so they're like, you know, it's like, oh, this guy's wearing something that I'm kind of looking for. Excuse me.
00:50:33
Speaker
And I'm happy to help. I mean, accept, accept, accept this time. Recently, I was at the thrift store and I was talking to these women, this group of women. It must have been for 15 minutes. She was like, I love your polo shorts. I think it's so great. You're a teacher, like all this shit, you know, I'm like loving it. Of course. And finally, it's like a Jehovah's Witnesses trap.
00:51:03
Speaker
Here's that website like will we'd love to give you our business card and I'm giving me your business card and then of course in my naive thinking I'm thinking they're giving me their business card because they want to like network and we can like do teacher projects or something.
00:51:21
Speaker
No, jw.com. Hey, no pre-advertising. Yeah, right. And that you heard here first, too. Finally made the episode. Wow. I've had people who are like, oh, my husband needs a blazer for a job interview. Could you try this on you guys at the same size?
00:51:41
Speaker
And I'll get stuff. That's nice. I'll do that. Yeah. Totally. We were in Florida. The two thrifts that we went to were both staffed by these rehabs. And I was like, something about this is like a rise. Something about this is a mess, you know? They weren't paying them.
00:52:00
Speaker
Wow, yeah They were like it's a condition of their living in the fucking rehab to work at this thrift store. What? Yeah, just wild through the roof, too Yeah, they they had a lot of like ugly beach decor because it's a beach town, you know, holy moly
00:52:24
Speaker
I feel like all of us have a thousand stories of like weird encounters that we have while we're out picking. Like I know, uh, my friend Eleanor and I, uh, constantly talk about writing a screenplay based on being a picker and including a lot of, uh, a lot of our funny stories from like road and whatever. And wow.
00:52:47
Speaker
Yeah, we I don't know maybe maybe this is the you know, this is something we could we could do as a series I'm like, what weird shit did you experience in a three?
00:52:59
Speaker
Overheard of the thrift, yeah. Right, yeah. The thrifting was so popular now, it would probably, honestly, people probably would tune into that for sure. Yeah, it's really in vogue, and then my fucking thrifting Olympics, it's happening. Yeah, yeah. We can write the screenplay and then do this in collaboration with the launch.
00:53:20
Speaker
And to try out for the movie, you have to win the drifting Olympics. Yeah, I mean, the characters have to be real. Shane, man, what are you excited to sell this fall? And sister question, where are you going to be selling?
Marketplace Selling & Music Nostalgia
00:53:42
Speaker
Well, I always do Alfargo's Marketplace, which those are my guys. I've been doing them since they started. We just did number 16 back in August, so we've done a lot of them. We love those guys. The rest of them outside of Nick are going to be on here eventually. Shout out, Alfargo. Yes, Stefan. I wish that I was still in New York, or that this thing had been happening when I lived in Brooklyn, because it looks like so much fucking fun.
00:54:08
Speaker
Dude, it is, believe me, it's wonderful. Those guys, just like I said, I think I said last time, it was just through Instagram and they saw my stories and they were like, it looks like you find cool stuff. Do you want to sell? And it felt like when I walked in the room and met them, it felt like I had known them forever. Hell yeah. Just felt so welcoming, so warm and just the nicest people and building community.
00:54:28
Speaker
That's what it is and it's funny because people I know that sell there now that didn't do it from the beginning, they're like, wow, it's like no other sale I've done. It feels like it's just a hundred friends in a room. Everyone's just trying stuff on and talking about where'd you find this and this is so cool and it's just great. So I'm always doing that.
00:54:49
Speaker
There's really not a lot of other places I sell. I mean, there's really no other places I sell in person. I sell to some stores in Brooklyn and stuff like that. But in person, I just do all Fargo's. I thought about trying to branch out. There's a few sales out in the Hamptons. They do some secondhand sales, but it might get expensive to set up there. Yeah.
00:55:13
Speaker
I feel it. I'm pretty like, yeah, personally, like pretty not into really expensive events where there's no guarantee that I'm going to make even that money back. Exactly. And in Fargo, I always do pretty well. And the few times I didn't, I blame. It was like so hot. Oh yeah. That's another, another curse of living this life.
00:55:35
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But again, doing that sale, um, it was like maybe two times. I was like, oh, money wise was kind of whatever, but it was still a great day, you know? So that's the part about it. And I'm not too far. I'm not, I'm like a 40 minute drive from New York city. So, um, but what I'm excited to sell, I think it's the same thing. It's so great that, that, um, more oversized and, uh, like drapey stuff is in right now. So coats, I mean, I posted a quote on Instagram and it's like,
00:56:05
Speaker
I need it. I need it. How much is it? You know, crazy, which is cool. Um, so definitely coats. I have a lot of, uh, great coats, like belted great herringbone stuff. Um, that's the biggest thing that I noticed that people are coming, coming to, to, uh, look for is, is overcoats because I think because retail on an ice coat is so expensive. Right. Totally. Yeah. Even some secondhand coaster.
00:56:29
Speaker
a hair under retail sometime. I try to be reasonable because again, I don't do this full full time so I can be more flexible with the price and I try to look at it from a buyer's perspective. If you're a kid who's just getting into
00:56:46
Speaker
Secondhand stuff and you don't have it, you know, none of us have a ton of money but we might have more than a young kid and if he has you know 50 bucks like okay, I I paid 20 I'll sell 10 for 50. I'll make 30 bucks on and he'll have a coat and That's cool You're a rare person
00:57:07
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, that's, that's the same way that I operate because like, I know that if I paid $20 or something, that's probably the most expensive thing I bought that week. And so, you know, if I paid a dollar or a buck 50 or $5 for shit.
00:57:22
Speaker
Like it all averages out, you know, I do that a lot, especially like when I go on big, big trips where I'm buying a lot, you know, and I'm like, this comes from shout out style forum thrift thread again. Like I make a list of everything I buy and the price and calculate my average PPU price per unit. So, you know, like I, that is something that like just, it, it thrills me. I don't know why.
00:57:50
Speaker
No, it really does. But then that allows you to sell the $20 jacket to a kid for 50 bucks that's A, excited about it, and B, was just like, oh man, this is a great deal. Yes, I've had people come back.
00:58:05
Speaker
at all Fargo's and they go, oh, you know, do you remember me? I bought, I'm like, of course. And they're like, yeah, I wear that code every day. You know, I love it. I love it. And it's just, again, it's just a nice way to build that relationship too, because I have a lot of people now that I've done all Fargo's so much. I have a lot of people who are repeat customers. Like it sounds funny customers, but they are repeat. They come right to me first and then they'll do their browsing.
00:58:31
Speaker
Even if they don't buy anything this third or fourth time, they still come and check what I have. That's such a fucking cool part of this. My friends and I that I work with here, we are known because
00:58:46
Speaker
You know, we put in the time and the effort and like, you know, people, again, people come, even if they don't buy anything and they're like, they shoot the shit for 30 seconds or a minute. You're just like, Oh man, that was awesome. I like that. Yeah. You kind of forget like, Oh, you didn't buy anything. I would ever, it's okay. Yeah. I don't give a fuck.
00:59:02
Speaker
Like, if you're a cool person. And it's nice even when they're like, oh, you know, nothing's grabbed me this time. I go, okay, you bought like five things last time. Yeah, exactly. Like, I'm not a capitalist. Like, you know, I do. Yeah, like, we do this shit because we have to live a life in a capitalist system. Like, if I could, I would just like, you know, hook up all of these people because I just like knowing there's like this community around.
00:59:31
Speaker
Yes, I love that. I would be remiss if I did not say that's how this whole fucking thing started. We're not saying this, but we're having Shane on again, right? This is the second time now, which we have not done this. It's been really community building exercise. I think that it's awesome. There's always someone to talk to.
00:59:59
Speaker
It is awesome. I know when I see, obviously after I was on it last year, I obviously listen to them and I see all the guests. I'm like, it's so cool to like, I'll go back and revisit them sometimes because it's just, it's so cool to see people I know, people I am friends with, people I know only, basically only know them through clothing. Right.
01:00:19
Speaker
And you guys get people that, you know, what's the word? Like you had Crowley last week, who a great guy, I like him a lot. But he doesn't do a lot of podcasts, not that I know of. Right. So I was excited to hear his perspective on it. You know, I like that because a lot of the menswear pods, quote unquote, they'll have the same few people and then they kind of teeter off.
01:00:38
Speaker
You know, it's cool that you get different perspectives and you know again, I love this whole community I think it's great but there's like maybe a dozen menswear guys and it just gets circulated through over and over and over again Yeah, I mean like as someone that was in New York during the like hashtag menswear blog explosion. Yeah it like
01:01:00
Speaker
there's still a certain part of that kind of shit that hangs on. And it's morphed. It's not about that same style, but it's about the same 15 or 20 people always in the spotlight. And one of the goals that Connor and I originally discussed, and Renato, who is the godfather of our show still, the thing we set out to do is talk to people that no one else is talking to.
01:01:30
Speaker
Yes. And like community building, like that's our shit. We want to talk to people that are cool and that like cool shit. No matter what that cool shit is, it may not be my shit, but you know, there's a thread that connects all of us through this like, you know, this weird community of clothing nerds that we have.
01:01:50
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And if it's not a tired metaphor, like the thread thing, I think is very funny and it does. Yeah. That, I didn't even know that. No, I know that it was like basically no pun intended, right? Yeah. Zero pun. You're the, you're the pun master, not me. Right. Something like that. So yeah, Shane, thank you for coming on again. Oh yeah. Of course. I did. I did want to ask like, you still play in drums pretty regular.
01:02:19
Speaker
Um, I, I jam on the practice pad here and there. I haven't really set up my kit. I had, you know, my kick and my snare, my hat set up here and there, but I sold most of my symbols.
01:02:31
Speaker
I still have the kid I've had since high school. Still sounds great. But not as much as I probably should. I mean, I know I could hop on tomorrow and play. It's just like we're on a bike. But I will wager. I will wager. I started writing music again, like back in the fall. Nice.
01:02:50
Speaker
Um, and, you know, just been like writing guitar shit and bass stuff, uh, by myself, like recording on a garage band, like, you know, just whatever. And so, uh, I was like, Oh, like I'm a drummer. Like I started out as a drummer. Uh, I played drums and band. Yeah. Like, uh, I'm just gonna like try to do some tracks to get these demos, like kind of filled out. So, you know, you can hear the idea. Yeah.
01:03:16
Speaker
uh then i realized that i had not sat behind a drum kit in 10 fucking years and that shit is way harder than i like i drum all the time like on objects or like if i'm driving or whatever like that's just that's just natural
01:03:31
Speaker
Uh, sitting behind a drum kit I learned, uh, takes more practice than I thought, you know, going a decade between it could do. Well, and it's creative energy. It requires creative energy. And I think that that's like, I have plenty of that, but like, yeah. Uh, I think maybe, maybe if you're on the level that you are, it's, it's like riding a bike. I, I sadly am not no longer on that level.
01:03:56
Speaker
I will say, that's fair. I will say I'll word it differently. I think if I hopped on a full kit tomorrow, I would have no issue playing it, but I do think stamina wise. Yeah, that's another thing, man. I forgot how much it wears you out. Yes. I always say, because I have a twin brother, we did the band together. We always talk about how I used to get my best sleep after playing a crazy set because I was so white.
01:04:25
Speaker
Yeah. It's about the best sleep after that. Yeah. Takes a lot out of you. Yeah. And especially if you're, if you're on tour, you're so happy for that sleep. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Cause you're, you're doing the loading and the loading out everything. Yes. Eggs. Oh, loading out is, is the worst fucking thing on earth.
01:04:44
Speaker
Dude, and I was in a band that played metal type music, and I had a four piece kit and two rides actually, and hi-hats. I had a small kit. Right, right. These guys that are playing like 19 toms in two basses. I've got three different hi-hat setups. Dude, do you really need that?
01:05:05
Speaker
It's wild. Yeah, I have a friend. He was in a band called Winsor Plague. He actually now plays drums in Lamb of God. But oh, shit. Yeah, he was in this band called Winsor Plague that we used to tour with. And honestly, like unbelievable drummer, really nice guy. But he had two kicks and like a big rack. And I'm like, we're playing a VFW. But he was so used to that setup. And to this day, he pretty much has the same setup. Wow. Yeah. Yeah.
01:05:31
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I was always a four piece crash, crash ride ride in high hand. Like I was definitely a four piece guy and I would, my left hand crash. I actually, over the years, I actually put a ride there cause I hit so hard cause I had to. So just two giant rides, the bigger, the better. Um, and just like beat the hell out of them.
01:05:52
Speaker
Fuck yes. Yeah. Yeah. Giant symbols are also key. If you're playing heavy music. Giant symbols. And I definitely had a phase where I wanted, you know, I wanted my Dave Grohl, like giant Ractom, which I never did. Yeah. It's an inspirational thing for any drummer. Oh, yeah.
01:06:10
Speaker
All right. Well, um, you know, we always give our guests a chance to shout out what they want to. So, uh, yeah, do your best. I'm not a big social. I only have Instagram. I don't do anything else. Uh, I'm just Shane Joseph underscore.
01:06:27
Speaker
Honestly, it's just outfits I wear and in my stories, I'll post some things I find during my thrift days and yeah, that's literally all my social media. No Facebook, no, what is it, X now, Twitter, whatever the hell it is. It's still Twitter, god damn it. It's still Twitter. Yeah, just the Instagram and just follow me there and that's anything relating to me is on there.
01:06:55
Speaker
go see Shannon at the next Alfargos market and all of the sequential Alfargos markets. Yeah, as long as they keep inviting me back, as long as there's no unexpected issues, I'm there. I got some deals if you need some stuff, so come to me and we'll be good.
01:07:15
Speaker
Fuck yeah, fuck yeah. Tell them you're a friend of the pod. Tell them you found them through the pod. Anyway, Shane, once again, thank you. Thank you listeners, rate and review our podcasts on your platform of choice. If you would not mind, that would be sick. We had a kind of shitty review on Apple and then it got better. So yeah.
01:07:44
Speaker
It's positive. That's positive. Positive, positive. Well, and to the person's comment, we have improved the sound quality. I think so. I think so. We're constantly trying. We're constantly trying.
01:07:56
Speaker
We're strivers. That's what we are. A bunch of strivers. That's better than talking bad about like the content or something like that. Right. Exactly. The guy was nice. He was like the fuck with the content. No one is talking about this in clothing. So like, this is great. Just get some microphones, which we did. Yeah, which we did. And I've said it before, I'll say it again. We're trying. And it is really difficult to record a three person all remote podcast.
01:08:25
Speaker
Sure. But guess what? We did it today in one take. We did it today in one take, motherfuckers. All right. Anyway, Shane, one more time. Thank you. I am Matt Smith at Rubble's Rogues. And I'm Connor Fowler at Connor Fowler. If you have questions, comments, concerns, add apocalypse duds on Instagram.
01:08:44
Speaker
apocalypseduds at gmail.com we're still not getting much email or any email so gonna bring up that fucking elephant in the room one more goddamn time actually no I'll keep keep doing this anyway thank you for listening and have a good day evening night whatever the fuck good night and good luck