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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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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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Accessories
Meehan Utility Bag & Bar Rollup

Being a man of discerning taste can leave you high and dry when it comes to imbibing in a party setting. Let's face it, it's difficult enough to get a decent manhattan at a bar, let alone a party. The fact that you like a drink that requires measuring and…

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Entertainment
Beer: A Genuine Collection of Cans

Art and history - definitely art history - are probably subjects you didn't pay much attention to in school. Beer, on the other hand, was probably your favorite subject throughout most of college. It has a way of changing evening the largest problems, like learning, into forgettable afterthoughts - like…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Freshen Up Shower Curtain

The only remnants of the barbershop era are the occasional barbershop poles on hip side street in NYC and the blue tonic your comb sits in at the salon.  Yup, the salon - that’s where most of us guys go to get a haircut these days since the local barbershop…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Dana Levy Glass Leather Braided Skull Bracelets

You don’t have to ride with the Hells Angels to rock some skulls everyday.  Once reserved for bikers, pirates and flaming bicep tattoos, skulls nowadays show up in the wardrobes of dudes who would rather drink a beer than smash it over someone’s head.  If you think splashing a silver…

By Mike Newman
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Phones
Eton Mobius iPhone 4 Battery Pack

Sooner or later, all batteries die. This isn't a huge catastrophe when they're in a device like a remote or a razor because you can just flip channels manually and go with the rugged look for a day or three. Or, you can just pop in new batteries from the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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