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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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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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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
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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OrigAudio Speakers

Plenty of portable speakers claim to be impossibly small and lightweight, but they usually still weigh a couple of pounds and take up a few inches in your bag. Origaudio speakers are paper thin and fold into two 3.15" 1 watt speakers that you can take anywhere. Adding to the…

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Gorillaz Plastic Beach

If you're anything like us (and we know you are) you have "purchased" an album only to find the only thing worth listening to is the single. Gorillaz Plastic Beach is most definitely not that album. Plastic Beach is an amalgamation of musical genres and vacillates between mellow, 80's synth…

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V-MODA Remix Remote Headphones

Designed for audiophiles with great taste in sleek tech, V-MODA Remix Remote Headphones are the only headphones you need for your iPod, iPhone or MacBook. Featuring a 3 button remote and a discreet mic so you can seamlessly switch between listening to music and talking on the iPhone. They provide…

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Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide

There aren't enough pairs of boots, cartons of cigarettes, or bottles of whiskey to give you the undeniable swagger of the Marlboro Man, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't put a little cowboy in your life whenever possible. Rocco Wachman and Matthew Pellegrini are going to help you do just…

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John Varvatos x Converse Sprint Grip

Whoever said only women can get shoes they love in every color? Screw that guy. We have no shame in declaring our love for Converse Sprint Grip Boots. Leave it to John Varvatos to make you look good in a comfortable pair of Converse shoes. Spring Grip shoes have that…

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