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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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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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Lawn Stryper

Every baseball fan has noticed and admired the outfield grass at a ballgame at one point in time.  (If you’re a Mets fan, it’s just about the only thing on the field worth looking at.)  Many have even gone home and tried to recreate the checkerboard pattern in their front lawn…

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Drinks
Koziol Torr Corkscrew

We want as few obstacles between us and our drink as possible.  No fancy openers that you need a book of directions to figure out just give us a bottle of Cab and a straight-up corkscrew and we are good to go.  Okay one very random exception, if the corkscrew…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Miha Furlan Motorsports Art

Everyone remembers doodling along the edges of spiral-bound notebooks back in school.  Band logos, a hefty dose of lightning bolts and what we thought were well-depicted race-cars seemed to occupy most of the free space we can recall.  Miha Furlan’s artwork reminds us of that one kid whose doodles were…

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Accessories
Stussy Deluxe x Timberland Loafers

When it comes to shoes, only three things really matter to us: price, comfort and looks. If we can also get away with wearing them to work, all the better. Stussy and Timberland have collaborated (again) to give you a pair of shoes that meets all our requirements and fulfills…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Swiss-Tech Micro-Max XI 19-in-1 Tool

If you dumped the average guy’s toolbox into a Tumi messenger bag or a Diesel backpack and slapped it on someone they’d tip over like Snooki at 3am.  Unless you plan on using tools around your own house only, you’re going to need a more convenient means to transport them.  Whether…

By Mike Newman
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