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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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Neu Sex by Sasha Grey

We are fairly certain you are familiar with Sasha Grey's . . . ahem . . . work, but chances are you don't know every side of the adult actress (okay, that you might know as well).  Besides her recent crossover into mainstream film, Sasha has had a long term interest…

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Clothing
To A Tee: Billy Reid

Blending Southern charm (Alabama, to be specific) with a little New York flavor, Billy Reid's tailored, luxe aesthetic carries over to his line of t-shirts. Pulling influences from music and good ol' southern cooking, while the graphics might be lighthearted, the attention to detail shown on these tees is not.…

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Regnah Axe Hanger

Lets face it, there comes a time in every man's life when he just wants to put a hole in the wall. Your weapon of choice might be a fist or it might be a sledgehammer, but it happens. Some men act on it which inevitably leads to time-consuming drywall…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fossil Terrain Bags

There are but a few companies that consistently deliver products we don't just think about buying - we actually do. Everyone's favorite tech fruit company is definitely on the list, but so is Fossil, mainly because of their bags. The latest collection, Terrain, features bags made of leather and canvas…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Barrel Stave Hammock

There are few pleasures in life that are greater than coming home from a long day, grabbing a beer and relaxing in a hammock, the only ones we can think of can be found in a book called The Kama Sutra. Every guy contemplates getting a hammock but by the time they…

By Mike Newman
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