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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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Fossil Chronograph Black Dial Cuff Watch

Cuff watches are a difficult thing to pull off well. On one hand, they're super durable and can be more comfortable than a normal watch because the leather insulates your wrist from the watch back. On the other, if they're not executed perfectly you end up looking like you never…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Lose the Leather: 11 Unique Wallet Materials +Giveaway

Whether you’re a coffee or a Red Bull guy, a smoker or a gum chewer, a commuter or a driver, everyone needs something to get through the daily grind. All of those things require money, which means you need a money transportation device. Skip the standard leather wallets you’re used…

By Tim Jacobsen
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Entertainment
Polish Poster Shop

Every Polish joke revolves around the idea that Polish people are a bit slow on the uptake.  Obviously this is not true about everyone in Poland, it just for some reason got adopted as an unfair stereotype, but in all honesty, they are a bit slow when it comes to…

By Mike Newman
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Can-Am Commander 1000

Golf is great stress relief. It's a reason to wear plaid and get sloshed in the middle of the day. To ogle girls in short skirts and polos. Most importantly, it's a reason to drive a golf cart. The Can-Am Commander 1000 might look like a golf cart, but it's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
New Diesel Time Frames: Our Picks + Giveaway

This is a Diesel sponsored article about the latest and greatest in the world of Diesel watches. (Thanks Diesel!) The designers, engineers and all-around-badasses at Diesel have had their noses to the proverbial grindstone since we reported about our favorite Diesel watches. The new watches incorporate multiple faces, time zones,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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