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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

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.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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Lifestyle
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 best deals and offers on the web

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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Our team’s top picks

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Transportation
Goodyear Spherical Tire Concept

The latest crazy concept release from the Geneva Motor Show isn't a car, it's the Goodyear Eagle 360 Urban Spherical Tire. The medicine ball-sized tire is made with a 3D-printed bionic skin made of super-elastic polymer and is suspended from the car using magnetic fields. It also connects to infrastructure, other…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
The Glider Pen

Machined from either 360 brass or 304 stainless steel for a stunning appearance and extreme durability, the Glider Pen is truly an heirloom writing instrument. The unique shape of the bolt action makes the pen really stand out, as Tactile Turn opted for a fluid “C” shape that allows the user’s finger…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
Flippy Burger Flipping Robot

Brace yourselves for the future because Miso Robotics built a burger flipping robot. Appropriately named Flippy, this new robotic kitchen assistant cooks burgers, chicken and buns perfectly every time using a collection of cameras and sensors that monitor burger temps to ensure every thing ends up on finished at precisely…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Edgar Wright is Finally Back with ‘Baby Driver’

There's been a bit of a lull in Edgar Wright's career since his ill-fated but apparently glorious Ant-Man script. The last movie he made was The World's End back in 2013 when he closed out his Cornetto Trilogy. Four years later and he's finally reemerged with Baby Driver, a movie about a young…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Features
8 Beers We Wish They’d Bring Back

Sometimes the unthinkable happens. Our favorite breweries decide that, for whatever reason, the time is right to retire a beer. Maybe they are moving on to different styles or perhaps this beer just isn’t selling as well as it once did. It's rough. We miss those cherished brews and hold onto…

By Christopher Osburn
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