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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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Lifestyle
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.

The Cool Shop
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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Lifestyle
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.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

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Travel
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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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What We're Buying

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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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What We're Buying

The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Lifestyle
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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Adjustable Nonstick Burger Press

Chances are you’ve already fired up the grill once for the season. Even if it isn’t warm yet where you live, it’s the time of year where guys get some sort of pre-programmed urge to ingest the smell of charcoal and flame-licked meat (that sounded oddly sexual). Along with steak the…

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Ballpoint Pen Art by Juan Francisco Casas

When was the last time you took a few minutes to actually write something down? We're not talking about sending an email, updating your Tumblr, tweeting, twatting or Facebooking, we're talking about actually putting a pen to paper and writing something down. If you're anything like us, it was probably…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
iPad Dry Erase Board

Despite what we told ourselves when we bought them, we really don’t use our iPads for work like we said we would when we tried to justify the expense.  We use them to watch non-Flash videos, download pages of apps and fling birds across their screen.  While this iPad Dry…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
Moonrock Black Earbuds

Straight from the alien planet known as Moshi come the Moonrock Black Earbuds. Ok, so maybe that's not entirely. They're not really from outer space, and hell, the earbuds themselves are more red than they are black. But they do look pretty damn good and they got the technical specs…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Contests & Give-Aways
GIVEAWAY: Bear Grylls Machete + Knife

As a man, it's within the realm of possibilities that you own a blade. You've probably collected a few over the years because every time you can't find yours you just buy a new one. But are they Bear Grylls blades? If you, as a man, were pitted against The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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