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What to Watch Before Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes Documentary
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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
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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
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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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.

By Cool Material
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‘The Race of Gentlemen’ Shot on Film

The Race of Gentlemen is an event that just begs to be shot on film. The antique machines and old school style make lugging around an antique camera feel not only natural, but necessary. Deciding to shoot film gave me a chance to break from the fast-paced action of TROG, meter the light,…

By Matt Faisetty
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Mindless Violence Coloring Book

If your adult coloring book collection didn't seem bloody, gory, angry or hilarious enough, there's this Mindless Violence Coloring Book from Modern Toss. If you've never heard of Modern Toss, it's an international cult comic from Jon Link and Mic Bunnage that's equal parts degenerately funny and imaginatively foul-mouthed. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Vanual Is a Site Dedicated to VanLife

If you're all about that #VanLife but you've never known were to start, The Vanual is for you. The Vanual is a website that details the entire process that filmmaker / designer / art director Zach Both went through while converting an electrician's old 2003 Chevy Express cargo van into…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Whitey Bulger’s Assets Were Sold at Auction

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., boss of the Winter Hill Gang and the person Johnny Depp played in Black Mass, had all of his assets seized in 2011 from his hideout in Santa Monica, and the U.S. Marshals sold everything to the tune of over $100k in a recent asset…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Every ‘Game of Thrones’ Poster HBO Has Produced

Unbeknownst to us, HBO has produced a badass poster for every single episode of Game of Thrones that's ever aired. In honor of the epic ending to this season, one Imgur user went ahead and compiled all of them into one easy to digest page. Scrolling through the collection is like taking a bloody…

By Mike Newman
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