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Laphroaig’s New Whisky Comes With No Tasting Notes And a Chance to Hang with Willem Dafoe

The brand's second Dafoe collaboration is a 14-year single malt with no official tasting notes. Write the best one, and you could end up on set with the legend himself.

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The Iceland Most People Don’t See
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Jim Beam’s Small-Batch Booker’s Bourbon Is A Must-Buy in 2026
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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in March 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in March 2026.

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Not All Agave Spirits Are Tequila or Mezcal

A deeper dive into Mexico’s lesser-known pours.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in March 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in March 2026.

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Not All Agave Spirits Are Tequila or Mezcal

A deeper dive into Mexico’s lesser-known pours.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Elon Musk’s Former Brentwood Home Is on Sale for $4.5 Million

If you really want to see how the other half lives, and you happen to have around $5 million burning a hole in your pocket, Elon Musk's former Los Angeles home in the Brentwood neighborhood is available. As with all things Musk, the details are a little murky. Apparently he…

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Accessories
Vans Teamed up with Modernica for a Line of Sneakers and Chairs

Vans has been making iconic sneakers for more than half a century. Modernica has been making iconic furniture, particularly their fiberglass chair, for more than two decades. These two famous Southern California brands have a lot in common when it comes to their use of products as a canvas for…

By Cooper Fleishman
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“Disintegrating X” Showcases a Blown up 1972 Lamborghini Miura Super Veloce

Renowned Swiss photographer Fabian Oefner has been blowing our minds for years with his images of deconstructed cars for exhibitions like Disintegrating and Disintegrating II. Each of the final pieces was created over a course of months with thousands of shots of scale models and what we imagine is an amount…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fly Free Motorcycles Smart Desert

Our love for motorcycles knows no bounds, and when Long Beach, CA-based electric motorcycle company Fly Free Smart Motorcycles revealed its new off-road scrambler known as the Smart Desert, it got our attention. Looking like a cross between a dirt bike and a vintage scrambler, the Desert offers more than…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Hamilton Khaki Field ‘Murph’ Watch from Interstellar

Movie watches matter. Sean Connery's Rolex Submariner in Dr. No, Steve McQueen's Tag Heuer Monaco from Le Mans, and the infamous gold trench watch from Pulp Fiction hidden up Christopher Walken's nether regions and handed down to Bruce Willis. It's about branding, style, and creating part of the feel of…

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