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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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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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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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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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Buckethead Signature Les Paul Guitar

You don't have to wear a KFC bucket on your head to play this guitar, but it couldn't hurt. The Buckethead Signature Les Paul Guitar is a must have for Buckethead fans who appreciate the performers skill and style. (Even if you're not a fan, you have to give it…

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Fashion
BRM V12-T-44 Abarth Chronograph

A car company just isn't a luxury car company until it has its own watch. Just ask Ferrari. That's why Abarth teamed up with BRM to create a Scorpion styled motorsport watch featuring the logo on the face and dial, as well as chrome hands and red stitching on the…

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Badass Movie Weapons

What do Mel Gibson, Uma Thurman, Sigourney Weaver, and Clint Eastwood have in common, other than Oscar nominations? At one point or another in their careers, they all played second fiddle to a badass weapon. It might have had a blade (or three), buttons (don't push the red one), or…

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Kenton Sorenson Leather Dopp Kit

Now here's a dopp kit worth passing on to your son one day (when he's old enough to hear some of your crazier travel stories). This handsome handmade leather dopp kit by Kenton Sorenson promises to age beautifully, developing a deeper golden brown color over time. Made from a few…

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This Book Will Change Your Life

If you start to feel like your life is controlled by your dead-end job and your possessions, you don't have to get all Fight Club to reclaim it… but that's not to say you don't need some kind of change. This Book Will Change Your Life brings just enough chaos…

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