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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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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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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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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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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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Black and Decker Matrix Modular Tool System

Using a quality pen, or notebook, or laptop, or the newest smartphone, or bottle opener, or anything else, is great. The experience of using a quality set of power tools also seems to outdo everything else, though. Unfortunately, if you live in the city, in an apartment or you're just…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Drinks
Goods: Ice Ball Makers

There are whiskey purists who won’t allow anything in their glass outside of booze itself. We respect that, but also happen to want something cold to sip on, on occasion. Adding a standard ice cube does present a problem since it will melt down fairly quickly and your drink will…

By Mike Newman
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Vintage Camera Pencil Sharpener

The occasion to use a pencil doesn't happen all that often for us anymore, but we still keep a few around for sketches, plans and back of an envelope math. Sharpening them can be a bit of a pain without a sharpener. We've tried knives and razors and other bladed…

By Cooper Fleishman
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To A Tee: Nike NFL

Football season is around the corner. You want to support your team come game day, but what you don't want is to look like the type of superfan who paints his chest and does keg stands every Sunday. We get it, and much to our surprise, so does Nike. This…

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The Tenenbaums (and Co.) in Print

Over a decade ago, Wes Anderson released one of the greatest films of our generation--The Royal Tenenbaums. The books and magazines that appear throughout the movie have finally been released by Criterion for us to enjoy. See how many you remember. [nggallery id=58]

By Cooper Fleishman
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