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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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2010 Heavy Equipment Calendar

If luxury cars are too clean, fast bikes are too small and even muscle cars just don't have enough junk in the trunk then we got just what you need in a vehicle calendar. The Heavy Equipment Calendar features 12 of the biggest heavy machines you'll ever see on a…

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Audio
X Rocker Wireless Pedestal Chair

Get a front seat to the action of your video games, DVDs or music, without getting wrapped up with an annoying cord. The X Rocker Wireless Pedestal Chair provides up close and personal sound thanks to two headrest speakers and a built-in subwoofer adding rumbling realism to your entertainment. The…

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Phiaton PS 210 Headphones

These aren't those crappy earbuds that came with your MP3 player. We're normally quick to conclude that "earbuds suck" but our sponsor Phiaton is changing the game. Earbuds usually mean having to chose between in-ear buds with deep lows or open-ear buds with quality highs. Their innovative "half in-ear" design…

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Entertainment
The Zombies Are Coming; The Zombies Are Coming

Didn't you learn anything in Boy Scouts? In order to stay alive, you have to be prepared. Merely being prepared will only delay the inevitable when the zombie apocalypse comes. In order to truly survive you have to Z prepared. (com, of course) Zprepared will outfit you with all the…

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Cameras
Casio Exilim EX-G1 Digital Camera

Usually you have to make a choice between thin streamlined gadgets and gadgets that can take a beating, but not with the Casio Exilim EX-G1 Digital Camera. What may be the thinnest rugged compact camera ever, the Exilim measures just 20mm wide and features the same G-shock technology Casio's watches…

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