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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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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.

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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.

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The Art of Cocktail Conversation

58 questions for better conversations at your next party.

By Cool Material
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Starting a Record Collection? Here’s Everything You Need

At this point, it's not exactly a secret that vinyl is having a moment. You've likely seen figures tossed around that record sales are their highest since the advent of the MP3 age. Vinyl has been outpacing all other physical media as well. There's already plenty of speculation around why…

By John A. Paradiso
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The Best Ways to Store and Display Your Vinyl Records

You might think that deciding you want to start collecting records and picking up some of the essential vinyl albums is all you have to think about, but that's just the beginning. You have to think about the best turntables to play your collection on. Then you have to think…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Goose Island Releases Limited-Edition Beer Collab with Faye Webster for Pitchfork Music Festival 2021

Legendary Chicago brewery Goose Island Beer Co. teamed up with indie musician Faye Webster on a limited-release beer collaboration for the recent Pitchfork Music Festival. The limited-edition beer is obviously a helpful piece of marketing - Webster performed at the annual music festival - but proceeds from the beer's release…

By John A. Paradiso
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Fender Teamed up with MoFi for a Limited-Edition Turntable

There are plenty of iconic guitar manufacturers and audio brands out there, but the one that always comes to our mind first is Fender. And it's still true to this day almost 3/4 of a century later. Outside of the icons like the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Jazzmaster, Precision Bass, and Jazz…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Best Podcasts For Food Lovers

When it comes to digesting food media, we're all for skipping the unnecessarily bloated blog posts that are written strictly for Google SEO rankings in favor of informational YouTube videos and Instagram posts. But honestly, it can be hard to keep track of all that visual learning while you're also…

By Cooper Fleishman
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