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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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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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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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HTTPSTER T-Shirt

Regardless of how much we fight it, we've all got a little hipster in us. Rolled-up pants, a penchant for cheap beer or perfectly unkempt facial hair are just a few things any (or all) of us are guilty of. We also happen to love just about everything that involves…

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Herban Lifestyle MAN Moustache Pomade

Growing a handlebar mustache is no easy task. In fact, depending on your follicular fortitude, you might not even be able to. But if you're more facially manly than even us, that sweet mustache doesn't end with the growing. That perfect curl didn't happen all on its own, there's maintenance…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Goods
Goods: Car Lovers

There used to be a time when weekends meant grabbing a cold one and working under the hood of your car. Whether it was actual maintenance, upgrading parts or just generally avoiding family members, auto work was a man’s free time activity. For many, it’s a thing of the past,…

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Drinks
Beer-Claw Bottle Opener

Rating a bottle opener on how well it works is kinda stupid. Every bottle opener works and, unless you are using a freebie from a Bud Light girl, it's going to get the job done just fine. So, when purchasing a new bottle cracker, we like to make the primary…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Sriracha Popcorn

Sometimes we wonder why we even have to write copy. We mean, does this part really matter to you when you've already read the words "Sriracha Popcorn"? We'll just tell you that one of our favorite sites, The Oatmeal, took their sriracha obsession to the folks over at J&D's (the…

By Mike Newman
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