Skip to Content
Gear & Tech
Travel
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe
Lifestyle Entertainment

Entertainment

What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
Entertainment
What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
By Lanny Fuller
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
Entertainment
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

By Beau Hayhoe
1
Entertainment
Our Go-to Albums for Hosting

7 albums that set the mood so you can worry about the food and whether you have enough ice.

By Cool Material
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Entertainment
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

By Cool Material
Entertainment
8 Mockumentaries Everybody Should See

We love mockumentaries. They encapsulate everything we love about thoughtful, planned comedy. That, and the fact that they’re constantly making us ask important questions.  Question like, are they real? Are they fake? Is life really this ridiculous from time to time? Do these people actually walk and breathe the same…

By Maxwell Barna
Best-Mockumentaries-header
Entertainment
Own a Piece of the Death Star

This is no piece of a moon. This is a piece of a space station. Forty-one years ago, this prop was created as a piece of the Death Star, and can be seen when Rebel forces attack the giant space station. While there were many others like it, most found…

By Mike Newman
Own-a-Piece-of-the-Death-Star-1
Entertainment
The 8 Most Overrated Video Games We’ve Ever Played

Overrated can sound like a harsh word, so let’s clarify exactly what we mean here. We’re not saying any of these games are bad (unless we explicitly say any of these games are bad, which we probably will). We’re saying they’re really hyped up and we don’t agree with putting…

By Dillon McLaughlin
Most-Overrated-Video-Games-Weve-Ever-Played-Header
Entertainment
8 Magazines that Prove Print’s Not Dead

It seems like everywhere we look, someone is writing some kind of article about how print media is going the way of the dinosaur. They have a point, but we’re a little more optimistic. Digital publishing may be convenient and lightning quick in a world traveling faster than ever, but…

By Maxwell Barna
8-Magazines-that-Prove-Prints-Not-Dead-Header
Entertainment
The 12 Funniest Shows You Can Watch Right Now on Netflix

You can never have too many comedies lined up for future binging. We’re always on the lookout for new titles to make us laugh or old classics to carry us through to the next release. If your backlog is looking a little light, or you’ve momentarily forgotten about a few…

By Dillon McLaughlin
Funniest-Shows-You-Can-Watch-Right-Now-on-Netflix-Header-New