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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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What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

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

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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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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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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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Whiskey Tasting and Distilling Logbook

With so many different profiles and nuances in whiskies, it can be hard to remember what you like and why you like it. With The Kings County Distillery: Whiskey Notes: Tasting and Distilling Logbook, you can keep a detailed journal of your whiskey tasting adventures. Included is a hardcover journal with…

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Fashion
Tees & Hoodies Inspired by Legendary Fighters

Fight-inspired clothing from brands like Venum and Tapout can show you love MMA, but it can also show you have zero sense of style. Roots of Fight from Under Armour is different. The collection offers a bit of retro style that draws inspiration from legendary fighters. From boxing greats like Ali and Tyson…

By Mike Newman
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The $2.3M Aston Martin Vulcan Hypercar

Yesterday, Aston Martin teased us with a 30 second trailer for their new hypercar, the Vulcan. Now, way ahead of schedule, here you go. The Vulcan is an 800hp track beast that, as you saw in the clip, can shoot flames out if its side exhausts. Complete with a 7.0-liter…

By Mike Newman
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Tech
Lenny Kravitz Designed a Leica M-P Camera

The Leica M-P camera is already awesome, with a price tag fitting a camera of its caliber, but that didn't stop Lenny Kravitz from collaborating with Leica to create his own version of the M-P called Correspondent. At a little over twenty-four thousand dollars (yes, you read that right), it's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
The Carbon-Fiber Gladiator Suit

Getting cracked in the head with a metal stick or sliced across the arm with a sharp blade are quick ways to end your weapons-based martial arts career. That's why schools drill with modified instruments and gladiator-esque fights to the death have vanished. But for those who really want to spar, the Lorica…

By Mike Newman
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