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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.

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The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Our team’s top picks

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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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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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Fashion
Timex EZ Read Watch

You're probably well aware of our sordid love affair with black on black watches. Given how much we see eye to eye on these things, you're probably also guilty of it too. Something about a timepiece that's big, dark and handsome just says - "I'm not to be trifled with."…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The Toilet Paper

On an average day, how much do you really learn at work? More importantly, did you learn anything that's useful? Justin Bieber is secretly satan? Old news. The Westboro Baptist Church is unpopular? So 2010. Sharepoint is kind of a huge pain in the ass? Just kidding about that last…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Contests & Give-Aways
GIVEAWAY: Blank Label Custom Shirts

When it comes to shirts, there's custom made and then there's everything else. The off-the-rack stuff you're used to from the days when Macy*s was still Marshall Field's doesn't hold a candle to a shirt designed specifically for all your little nooks and crannies. Maybe your slightly smaller than an…

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Drinks
Graffiti Cocktail Shaker

Every man should be able to make one great cocktail. You and your party guests can’t live on beer and wine alone (trust us, we’ve tried) so sometimes you’re going to have to break out the shaker that came with that cheap-o bar tools set you got in college.  For…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
New Balance M577KCM Leather

Unless you're intimately involved with a dominatrix, or at a Criss Angel show or Batman, throwing more leather on anything isn't going to spice it up...or so we thought. Taking a page from the Bruce Wayne handbook, New Balance has leatherized a pair of their iconic sneakers. The deluxe upgrade…

By Cooper Fleishman
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