DJ Tennis on Friendship, Food, and 100 Years of Partying

Before he was one of the most important DJs in the world, Manfredi “DJ Tennis” Romano was tour managing Henry Rollins, driving Discord bands across Europe for and sleeping on strangers’ couches.

Then came late‑90s rave culture, Aphex Twin on TV at 3am and a realization: there was a different way to live with music.

On this episode of Flirting with Friendship, Seth and Bill catch up with their longtime friend Manfredi to trace the whole arc: punk vans to DC‑10, Discord to Life and Death, and why he might actually be a better chef than DJ.

They talk about:

• Growing up Sicilian, complex genetics and complex food culture

• Tour managing Black Flag-era Henry Rollins and DC post‑hardcore bands

• Techno‑grunge, slacker energy and why new subcultures need new names

• College degrees in computer science and geology and how they shaped his brain

• Building scenes: why all great culture still comes from tiny crews of friends

• Cooking daily, caring for people and how food and DJing are the same service

• Munchie Town, future cookbooks and starting a deli with Seth in Ibiza

• ADHD, storage units, retro phones, Pokemon, Labubu and compulsive collecting

It’s part history lesson, part food show, part gear‑nerd hangout, and fully a love letter to the friendships and obsessions that keep you young - no matter how many years you’ve been professionally partying.

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Hosts: Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick
Executive Producers: Nikita Stanley, Jesse Rogg, Craig Pettigrew and Seth Troxler
Co-executive Producer: Lee Adams
Live Production Director and VFX & Motion Graphics Supervisor: Aaron Kulik
Director of Photography: Lukas Strebel
Set Designer: Veronica Gessa (aka Moki)
Editor: Tyler Christie
Sound Design and Original Composition by Jasper Van Dijk
Music Supervisors: Seth Troxler, Bill Patrick
Music Consultants: Jenna Wilson for Radish and James Cartwright for Bad Sneakers
Music Courtesy of: APM
Camera operator: Joseph Holton
Camera assistant: Jake Smith
Production Sound Mixer: Jo Youle