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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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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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iWallet Hi-Tech Wallet

The buddy system kept you from getting lost on class fieldtrips, and now it works for your cell phone and wallet. You'll never absent mindedly leave your phone behind or let some jerk take your wallet again thanks to the iWallet. It connects to your phone via bluetooth and sounds…

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Entertainment
Santa Clause is Strapped…

And he needs your help! We were all affected in some way by the economic downturn, and the big man in red is no different. Fortunately for our soldiers overseas, Survival Straps is helping pick up the slack... with your help of course. After all, it IS Christmas and we…

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Flipper Guitar Spatula

Ever jam so hard that your guitar sizzled? (Sadly us neither, and we hear that's a requirement to even tryout for Tenacious D). But even if you can't crank out rockin' tunes you can at least turn up the heat with the Flipper Guitar Spatula. Made of pure rock 'n…

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Fashion
Burberry Extra Large Bracelet Watch

Burberry delivers sleek luxurious style with exquisite detail that is uniform and deliberate rather than busy or cluttered. The design of the face combines round 3-eyed chronograph dials framed by etched lines that had interesting sharp detail that never overpowers the strong contrast of the hands and time markers. The…

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Entertainment
The Shield: Complete Series

Not just another cookie cutter cop drama, The Shield stirred up controversy for showing the dirty, realistic side of the law and portraying corruption on the force. The Shield: Complete Series DVD set contains all seven seasons of the Emmy winning series, featuring a remarkable ensemble cast including actors like…

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