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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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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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ImagineNations

The most fun we ever had with a globe was when we were kids and we would spin one and randomly stop it with the press of a finger to determine the location in which we would die.  In hindsight, it was super morbid and pretty odd.  Plus, we always…

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K-Way Claude Klassic Jacket

Ever since you realized that polo collars aren't meant to be popped - or you got your first big boy job - appearance became a little more important. We're not supposed to judge books by their covers, but that doesn't mean people don't judge others based on their looks every…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Shop Cool Material Additions

We don't remember much from our business classes at community college, but the words of one particularly influential professor will stick with us for the rest of our lives. "No one likes change but a wet baby." Generally, he's right. He couldn't be further from the truth when it comes…

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Urban Quiver Camera Bag

The standard camera bag is fast becoming the modern day fanny pack.  With tourists in large brimmed hats, hiked up tube socks and t-shirts displaying their excitement for the city they're visiting carrying the small rectangular bags around, it's high time for guys like us to find a more stylish option to…

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Nike Air Vengeance

Blue Thunder. Maverick. Goose. And now, Air Vengeance. It sounds like a call-sign from an awesomely bad 80s movie, but it's actually the moniker of Nike's most recently re-released V Series shoe. The Nike Air Vengeance is the most lightweight and therefore most maneuverable shoe in the bunch. Originally released…

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