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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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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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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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LaGana Vietnam Tactical Tomahawk

How do you know this is a quality tactical axe? Because this axe sets the standard for tactical axes. The United States military has been using the LaGana Vietnam Tactical Tomahawk since the Vietnam War. Since modernized, it's created from a solid piece of 01 carbon steel. The slight oval…

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Food
Sign Language Flask

We've always thought it might be useful to learn at least a little bit of sign language... starting with the basics like "Hi, how are you?" and working up to "What's Seth MacFarlane like?" (In case we ever met Marlee Matlin). The Sign Language Flask gets you started on learning…

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Audio
Tunebug Shake Portable Speaker

When you're listening to your favorite playlist while biking through town or snowboarding down a mountain path, it's easy to forget that not being able to hear your surroundings is dangerous. (Not to mention, those damn earbuds always seem to fall out) The Tunebug Shake Portable Speaker keeps you connected…

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Entertainment
The Men’s Health Big Book of Exercises

Sometimes it seems like the only workout tips out there are designed to help women get tighter buns. Not that we're complaining exactly, but what about us? The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises: Four Weeks to a Leaner, Stronger, More Muscular YOU! covers how to add inches to your…

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GIVEAWAY: Phosphor E Ink Watch

Fans of Cool Material know that while we pride ourselves on keeping readers properly briefed on what's new and now - by presenting the latest in style, media, home design, pop culture and more - we love us some watches. So we're more than stoked to announce that we're giving…

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