Garmology: Everything Is Vintage If You Wait Long Enough – With Shaun, Jon & Nick (#161)

In this festive roundtable episode, Nick, Jon, and Shaun gather to complain — politely — about modern shopping, resale platforms, and the strange reality of buying your own clothes back years later from a charity shop.

They talk eBay deliveries that arrive whenever they feel like it, Vinted’s takeover of second-hand culture, AI-written listings that say nothing, and heritage brands that now come with a geography quiz. Along the way, there’s boiled wool, duffle coats, social media fatigue, and the realisation that the internet has slowly turned into a badly lit shopping centre.

It’s a warm, funny, slightly grumpy end-of-year chat about clothes, trust, and why keeping one good thing for 20 years might still be the most radical idea of all.

Festive, thoughtful, and lightly exasperated — just as intended. Only audio this time, no YouTube.

Featuring Shaun Brown and Jon Fowler, aka @these_rough_notes and @HeavyJon on Instagram.

Early reviews of this episode are mixed, so your listening pleasure is uncertain:

• Tortoise Trends commented, “We appreciate the slow pace of the proceedings”
• VintageWear Weekly gushingly praised “At least they don’t mention whiffy vintage garms this time!”
• Giffnock Advertiser noted, “Local celeb Shaun gets properly stuck into the proceedings, and we love it.”
• Stationary Engine Magazine said, “These guys sound like our kind of people.”
• Teddy Bear Times said, “Gets a bit boring in the middle, then better at the end.”
• The Country Smallhold said, “They dress for the occasion, but are they up to it?”
• Business of Fashion stated, “Clearly our days of shilling for the man are over, all hail the three kings.”
• Gentleman’s Quarterly: “A laidback and comfortably paced chat perfect for accompanying the preparation of sprouts”
• Amateur Carp Fishing Monthly said, “It’s not really our thing.”
• Carnoustie Guide & Gazette said, “It’s a podcast with men talking.”
• From Twitter @JeansAndSheux “The scene appreciates the respect shown and offers a Peroni in return.”
• Motorway Lovers Weekly “Once again, there’s no mention of the M45”
• Pitti Peacocks Bi-Annual whinges, “We fail to appreciate the loathing of our beloved monk-strap shoes. This is dismal.”
• The Guardian pontificated, “We’d be sure to recommend Garmology if we’d heard of it.”
• The Brighton Bugle blethered, “Jon is clearly one of our finest local citizens, and we really should shower him with appreciation.”
• Tønsberg Blad skriver “Jasså, så han holder ennå på? Kanskje på tide å rydde forsiden igjen…”