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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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Lifestyle
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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The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Our team’s top picks

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Travel
Travel

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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Sports
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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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What We're Buying

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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Vintage T-Shirts

We would wear a t-shirt every day if we thought we could get away with it, but between the job, the girl and maintaining our stylish image, we can't always wear band logos, funny phrases and political statements. It's hard to imagine a time when tees were just blank undershirts…

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Contests & Give-Aways
GIVEAWAY: Venerati Ceramic Poker Chips

Here at Cool Material we fully support use of bicycles - so long as they're the ones with wheels that you ride and not ones you use for the one night a month you have away from the ball and chain drinking beer and gambling with the boys. Sidepot Gaming…

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Phones
iPhone Desk Phone Dock

You can't connect to the Internet these days without hearing about the new, greatest, absolutely necessary iPhone app or accessory, but even with all its gimmicks the iPhone lacks something vintage (we don't like the word old) corded phones had - the satisfaction of hanging up the phone. Now you…

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Accessories
Peasants & Travelers Urbane Village Doctor’s Bag

There's something to be said for the perfect weekend bag - just enough space to get you from where you are to where you're going without allowing you to over pack. Good looks, durability, and elegant finishing touches are just bonuses. Peasants & Travelers have outdone themselves once again because…

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BOOK for iPad

We like fake books that you can stash stuff in, even when it has nothing to do with medical herbs. BOOK for iPad puts a handsome old school spin on a shiny new piece of tech that fools everyone into thinking you read things on paper. Convincing enough that you…

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