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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
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Cool Party: Our End of Summer Hosting Guide
By Cool Material
What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary

Consider this your homework before You Can See Everything arrives October 16.

By Lanny Fuller
Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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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
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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
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Reasons You Should Quit Social Media, According to Science

We all have those moments. You’re lying in bed, staring at your phone, getting angry at some political rant, and you think to yourself: “Why am I doing this? Why do I even care? Who are these people? This stupid screen is giving me a headache. Damn you, Zuckerberg!” But…

By Maxwell Barna
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9 Songs That Will Rip Your Heart Out

They say great art is created out of sadness. If that's the case, the following songs are the GREATEST PIECES OF ART EVER!!! Seriously, each of these tracks will make you stop what you're doing and head home to curl up in bed. But, hey, sometimes that's what you want. Looking…

By Mike Newman
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Animated Illustrations by Leland Foster

Leland Foster is an artist and designer out of Brooklyn who produces some seriously cool animated illustrations. Each unique piece features at least one animated element ranging from a smoking car exhaust and rain to flickering lights and a charging iPhone. They have a distinct style that seems like you could…

By Cooper Fleishman
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A Mercedes-AMG Super Bowl Commercial, Courtesy of the Coen Brothers

Along with making the jump to TV series, film directors have started lending their talents to commercials. Latest in that trend are the Coen Brothers, with their 60 second (or 30 second, depending on which version) tribute to Easy Rider. The ad is part of Mercedes' effort to differentiate its AMG brand…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Graffiti in Unexpected Places by Josh Keyes

Josh Keyes is an internationally-recognized, Portland-based artist with a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the Yale University School of Art who paints in a style that is best described as traditional graffiti in unconventional places. His acrylic on birch paintings are part of different private…

By Cooper Fleishman
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