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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.

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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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
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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Mathmatiks Turntable Ring

Looking to up your DJ cred without actually investing in anything from Technics, Numark or Serato? Enter the Mathmatiks Turntable Ring. For only $550 you can get a gun metal and 22k gold plated turntable that you can (quite easily) have on your person at all times. Ok, in all…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Audio
Deckster First:Class

Our record with audio technology reads like the dating history of John Mayer – a slew of long relationships, a bunch more brief ones and a regretful one-night stand (the minidisc).  Yeah, we’re happy with our mp3’s now, but just like thinking back on a past flame, we sometimes get nostalgic about…

By Mike Newman
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Computers
iSockit Cases

We never took an arts and crafts class.  All we know about threading a needle is when the term is used to describe a completed pass in solid coverage.  That said, we are huge fans of anybody who can craft something as awesome as these iSockit Cases.  Blythe King creates…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Assholeology: The Cheat Sheet

Degree firmly in hand, Chris Illuminati has graduated Summa Cum Asshole with a degree in Assholeology. The first should-have-hit-the-bestseller-list self help book was more of an overview about what it means to be an asshole. At some level, it was still learning and - as you know - there's always…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Drinks
Stanley Ink Flask

As long as there are crowded parties, sporting events and a need for groomsmen gifts there will always be a demand for flasks.  Problem is, most flasks look like pewter gifts from Things Remembered.  Until they make a portable size of Johnny Walker Blue, the most impressive way to tote around your…

By Mike Newman
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