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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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Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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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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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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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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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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To A Tee: Skulls

Don't let Ed Hardy and similar tattoo-style designs affect your love for skulls and all things macabre. These four tees prove that you don't need rhinestones, gothic lettering and fancy swirls to make a skull statement. With graphics that are definitely more "day of the dead" than "night of the…

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Entertainment
Sherlock Holmes on DVD

Sherlock Holmes is the best date movie since The Hangover for a number of reasons. She gets to look at Jude Law, you get to look at Rachel McAdams. She gets witty banter, you get point-by-point bare-knuckle boxing tutorials. She gets Robert Downey Junior, you get Robert Downey Junior. No,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Giant Bicycles Bowery 84′

Bigger isn't always better, but all bets are off when something's giant - just look at Christina Hendricks. Giant Bicycles was tired of all the wimpy fixie/freewheel options so they slapped some deep-dish 20/24-spoke wheels on a track racer. Then they upgraded the frame to lightweight ALUXX aluminum which keeps…

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Matix Gusto Bigcans Boardshorts

Boarding is great and all, but it has one serious flaw. The farther you get into the surf (which is really the only place you want to be) the farther you get from the best part of the beach - open containers of alcohol, preferably in cans. Matix solves that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Courts and Hackett Skull Ring

It seems Men can't wear jewelry these days without getting pigeonholed as a Johnny Depp wannabe (the man does have good jewelry), but even he met his match with this one. The Courts and Hackett Skull Ring is the most famous skull ring in existence because the one and only…

By Cooper Fleishman
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