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The Journey Collection Makes a Strong Case for Packing Less

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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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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

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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

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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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These Bike Racks Hide in the Pavement When Not in Use

The bike rack is clunky eyesore. Found throughout cities and shore towns, these racks add messiness to an area even when not in use. Milou Bergs, a graduate of the Design Academy Eindhoven, is on a mission to rid the world of these metal monstrosities. The solution? Align. Align is…

By Mike Newman
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The Velar Lounge Chair Was Inspired by a Range Rover

Victor Castanera is a product designer focused on experimental design with new techniques and materials, which is why he was tapped by Land Rover to create a collaboration piece based on the new Range Rover Velar. The end result is what you see here—the Velar lounge chair. At first glance,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Clothing
Naked & Famous Made Jeans Inspired by ‘Street Fighter’

Naked & Famous has always made jeans that blend quality with a level of quirkiness. The brand's next release is no different, and for people of a certain age, each pair will deliver a dose of nostalgia every time they are thrown on. That's because the next line of Naked…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
The Most Memorable Movie Scores We’ve Ever Heard

You might remember a video from last year that called Marvel out for its bland original soundtracks. It was a great video and really got us thinking about the movies with great scores. They draw us into the movie, turning what could be a simple piece of entertainment into a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Get Into the Holiday Spirit With a Booze-Filled Advent Calendar

We look forward to the holidays as much an anyone else, but we prefer to start celebrating at the beginning of December with a Drinks by the Dram Advent Calendar from Master of Malt. Every year Drinks by the Dram releases booze-filled advent calendars with two dozen different spirits that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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