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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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Nixon RPM Headphones

Nixon is a name that needs no introduction around these parts... but they don't just make the hugest collection of watches you want to own. Nixon makes headphones too. The latest entry in the Nixon headphone line is the luxe, minimalistic The RPM headphones. Designed and tuned specifically for DJ…

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Accessories
G-Form iPad Extreme Sleeve

If Iron Man’s suit was crafted from some paper thin material he’d be geared up to defend himself against almost any sort of attack, as long as that attack only involved light scratching (perhaps cats).  The same thinking can be applied to the sleeve you choose to store your iPad in. …

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The Rucksack

One look at your collection of bags, or clothes, or shoes, or gear and one thing will be painfully obvious - black. Men love black stuff. It defies logic sometimes, but we do. It's time to integrate some color into your collection with The Rucksack in gray. Constructed out of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
O Clock Camo Watches

When it involves your appearance, wearing anything from Milan, Italy makes it near impossible to camouflage your desire to look good. When you're talking about a camouflaged face from O Clock, you have no need to hide anything. Made of 100% silicon in three different colors (dove, olive and ice),…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Vintage Subway Signs & Bus Scrolls

Public transportation gets a bum rap.  Yeah, there’s a large amount of drunkards, lunatics and awful mass market paperbacks but just mentioning those things would be leaving out all the good stuff.  Having everything just a turnstile away ultimately makes life just more convenient.  With these Vintage Subway Signs and…

By Mike Newman
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