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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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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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Big Screw

Remember your first apartment with the random screws in the wall? You didn't put them there but you realized you could hang crap on them so you left 'em up. You're a bit more sophisticated now, but there was something cool in the rugged simplicity of it. Big Screw lets…

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Ryobi Tek4 Durashot Digital Camera

Those before and after shots at a work site make the project really satisfying in the end, especially when you're showing off your own handy work. But it's one of those things that's so easy to forget because who's stupid enough to leave a digital camera lying around a worksite?…

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Newcastle – Your Beer Your Label

Think you've got what it takes to design a kick-ass beer bottle label? Newcastle is letting you put your design skills to the test. Design your own Newcastle label for a chance to boast your awesomeness in every bar and liquor store that carries it. Visit Newcaslthebrown.com and download a…

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Clothing
Sixpack France Packed T-shirt

Designed by graffiti artist turned graphic designer Finsta, the Sixpack France Packed T-shirt features a hand-draw illustration of a few essential items. Light travelers and backpackers can appreciate the simplicity of only carrying a journal, sunglasses, a flashlight, some cigarettes and a few other things to get by with... just…

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

From the best-selling author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes a twisted tale of history and horror. Author Seth Grahame-Smith uncovered the secret lost journal of Abraham Lincoln that not only chronicles the events of the Civil War but of the battle against Vampirism. For a book with such…

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