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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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Transportation
Vanhulsteijn Bicycles

There comes a time in every man's life when he realizes that there are times to pinch pennies and there are times to apply for those "junk" credit card offers you get every other day. Picking up a Vanhulsteijn bicycle is one of those times where it's ok to disregard…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Adidas Ransom Valley

With a name like Ransom Valley, we can't fault you for thinking of a bad Mel Gibson movie you will ultimately be goaded into seeing through on-demand. Truth be told though, these Adidas kicks have at least one thing in common with the only actor more insane than Nicolas Cage…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
The Sriracha Cookbook

The popularity of sriracha has been building slowly over the last year and in 2011 it may just hit bacon level proportions.  In fact, the only thing that’s been holding the spicy sauce back is that it’s just that – spicy.  Assuming you can handle the moderate level of heat, it’s…

By Mike Newman
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Cameras
The FinePix X100 from Fujifilm

While companies have been busy cramming megapixels into their digital cameras for the last few odd years, the one thing that got left by the wayside has been style.  Fujifilm seems to be the first company to realize this outside of brands like Leica.  The FinePix X100 from Fujifilm combines…

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Clothing
Anthony T-Shirt

Whether you’re a fan of The Breakfast Club or just a fan of some doobage, the Anthony t-shirt from Sometimes is a stylish way to display your love.  The shirt, which shows Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall) about to get all red-eyed for the first time (although you’d never know…

By Mike Newman
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