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The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

The Future of Bourbon Is Behind This Door

Bourbon has spent the last decade getting bigger, older, and more expensive. What happens next?

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Bourbon has never been bigger. And somehow, it still has secrets.

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Porsche. Apple. Ferrari. All these companies could be (and have been) used to describe the bags produced by Mission Workshop. Their constant attention to detail and design isn't present in any other series of bags on the market. Then Mission Workshop one-upped even their own creations with the Advanced Project…

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Grady’s Cold Brew – Iced Coffee Concentrate

Once the weather gets a touch cooler we make our annual transition back to hot coffee. Sure, we still drink it on Sunday mornings now when we are in the comfort of our air conditioned pad while we catch up on back episodes of "Louie," but when we're out in the…

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Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have taken a similar approach with their new single "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie." Yeah, it's familiar and there's no Frusciante, but it still sounds like Chili Peppers. There's also plenty of sweet Kiedis mustache, shirtless Flea,…

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Summer Playlist

This post is brought to you by Rdio - Unlimited Music. Everywhere Finally coming down from the musical high that was Lollapalooza (check out the Lollapalooza Playlist for some highlights), it's time for some much deserved recovery. Maybe we'll spend some time at the beach or have a BBQ, but…

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Social Media Propaganda Posters

Chances are you use more than one social media platform. You like stuff on Facebook, you retweet funny Twitter jokes and you're probably trying to figure out circles like a preschooler on Google+ (hell, you probably still have a Myspace page somewhere floating out in the ether). Even though you may support…

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