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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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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

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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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What We're Buying

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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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Bottlehood Recycled Glassware

Bottlehood - much like manhood - is filled with remnants of your beer swilling, wine gulping college days. But instead of just hazy memories and pictures that can never see the light of day, Bottlehood has something you can actually get your hands on. And what better for your hand…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Time To Touch: iPod Nano Watch Bands

The iPod Nano crams a lot of features into a very tiny package. You get 8gb or 16gb of music, fitness, FM radio and Nike+ in something hardly larger than a quarter. But let's be honest here, compared to your iPhone 4 and your iPad it's pretty much worthless as…

By Cooper Fleishman
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To A Tee: Superbowl XLV

Another season of play is complete and whether you're a cheese head, a die-hard Roethlisberger fan, or just have love for the game, you're definitely geared up for the final showdown. Though even if you only tune in for commercials, you might want to dress the part. These tees represent…

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The Sequels We Want to See in 2011

The Social Network 2 Plot Description:  Having successfully depicted the birth and rise of Facebook in The Social Network, this highly anticipated sequel turns its attention to Facebook in the modern day.  CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes a backseat as producers choose to pick a user of the site at random…

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Jawbone Era Bluetooth Headset

Think about all the things you subject your friends to on a regular basis. While some things (read: everything post Jagerbomb) are unavoidable, others (your screaming children and/or girlfriend) are not. Cut out the background noise when you're on the telephone with the Noise Assassin built into the Era headset.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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