Blamo!

I got Electro-Shock Blues through a record club in the late ’90s. I had no idea what Mark Oliver Everett was writing about at the time. I just knew I wanted more Eels records. All these years later, I finally got to sit down with E and talk music and clothes.Eels just put out their 16th studio album, Cookie Happened. E tells me he was already a few songs in before it occurred to him he was making a record. We get into the little notepads where he keeps his song ideas, the Bob Dylan cassette he brought with him from Virginia, and what happens when a song he wrote to get himself through something ends up doing the same for somebody else.Also, I found a vintage Eels tee in Tokyo for over $200. When I told E about it, we got into the T-shirt he swears by.Listen to Cookie Happened*Sponsored by Bezel - the trusted marketplace for buying and selling your next luxury watch Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Seiji McCarthy spent roughly 150 hours making your shoes. Please wear them.This week on Blamo!, I’m in Tokyo at Seiji’s atelier talking about his path from working for the NBA to making bespoke footwear—and why it took moving to Japan to appreciate the American style he grew up with.We get into making things by hand, being precious with the stuff we love, and what happens when you reach your dream job and realize you want something else.Plus, jazz, the Beatles, and a stereo that made his favorite records feel new again.*Sponsored by Bezel - the trusted marketplace for buying and selling your next luxury watch Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Masaharu “Masa” Wada of Hodinkee Japan joins Jeremy in Tokyo to talk watches, Japanese taste, and finding your people.Masa shares how a watch blog led him out of tech and into Hodinkee Japan, why Japan’s best shops have such a distinct point of view, and what makes independent watchmakers like Naoya Hida, Kikuchi Nakagawa, and Otsuka Lotec so compelling.They also discuss appreciating watches you’ll never own, getting past the obsession with in-house movements, and the trouble with selling a watch once it has a story.Plus, his grandfather’s Rolex, a trip to Zurich, and how collecting brought Masa closer to his dad.*Sponsored by Bezel - the trusted marketplace for buying and selling your next luxury watch Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Patreon Preview from Blamo!This week on Die, Workwear!, Derek and Peter are joined by Erik Ford, co-founder of Buck Mason.Since launching in 2013, Buck Mason has grown from a small Los Angeles brand selling t-shirts and jeans into one of the more recognizable names in American menswear. It's also a brand that's frequently discussed in our Slack and, at times, something of a lightning rod in menswear circles.Erik is a serious clothing enthusiast, with an appreciation for vintage garments, American manufacturing, and the small details that make good clothes great. That obsession has taken Buck Mason from studying old t-shirts and denim to taking over a historic knitting factory in Pennsylvania.The gents discuss Buck Mason's early days, why so many heritage brands have lost their way, the challenges of manufacturing in America, and what it takes to grow a clothing company while maintaining creative control.They also get into California style, private equity, and the surprisingly complicated business of making a really good t-shirt.  Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Patreon Preview from Blamo!Derek and Peter sit down with Ryan Devens of San Francisco’s Tailor’s Keep to talk about what actually goes into making a bespoke suit.Ryan explains how Tailor’s Keep developed its house cut, why fitting forward shoulders can require rebuilding an armhole and sleeve, and where the limits of made-to-measure end and bespoke begins. They also get into the realities of garment manufacturing today: why Tailor’s Keep moved its made-to-measure production from the United States to Asia, the difference between Chinese and Indian manufacturing, and why rebuilding a skilled tailoring industry in America is much harder than simply opening a factory.They also discuss the post-pandemic return of tailoring, why clients are getting interested in craft again, the mistakes Ryan has made after more than a decade of fitting different bodies, and the fabrics he reaches for when making everything from summer suits to winter trousers and overcoats.Plus: four-inch Ralph Lauren ties, pants splitting at weddings, Gap jeans, alligator longwings, and the problem with trying to automate craft.**Listen to the FULL episode on the Blamo! Patreon   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.