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78 Jessica Simpson
She's the girl next door — provided, of course, that you live next door
to someone who has published a book about hosting the perfect celebrity wedding
and has an MTV camera crew tracking her every move.
82 THE 50 WORST ARTISTS IN MUSIC HISTORY!
It's the one critics' list that no one wants to be on. Which will come as rather
bad news for Creed, the Insane Clown Posse, Oingo Boingo and 47 other stinkers.
90 $848: JUNIOR SENIOR
Can the Danish dance-pop duo really squander almost a grand of Blender's cash
on booze, hot dogs, '70s porn and condiments? Yes!
92 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL
Don't date Chris Carrabba — unless you want your excruciating breakup
splayed all over the next Dashboard Confessional lyric sheet.
96 33 THINGS ABOUT MARY J. BLIGE
She used to dream of being a stripper. She signed her first record deal in a
laundry room. She wants you to give her a hug. But despite the rumors, the R&B
diva is most definitely not a man.
102 HOW TO BE A ROCK MANAGER
With help from New Jersey popsters Fountains of Wayne, Blender discovers that
managing a rock band isn't nearly as easy as it looks. And to be honest, it
didn't look too easy in the first place.
106 RADIOHEAD
If Thom Yorke really is rock's Mr. Misery, then what's all this about geisha
girls and champagne? "Welcome to my world chuckles the Radiohead frontman.
REGULARS
32 EDITOR'S LETTER
34 LETTERS
42 BURNER
Is Snoop Dogg in the crosshairs?; Avril flashes ass and attitude; the , Libertines
implode; ODB's in
trouble with Mom; and so much more, you'll beg for mercy!
48 THE NEXT BIG THING!
Eisley; Obie Trice
68 DEAR SUPERSTAR
The "runaway son of a nuclear A-bomb" fearlessly answers your queries
about the Stooges' reunion, sponge baths with David-bowie-musician">David Bowie and the size of his
manhood.
74 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!
Seeking spiritual uplift in 1973, Stevie Wonder wrote "Higher Ground!'
Did it eerily predict the car accident that nearly killed him?
76 ASK BLENDER
Did John Lennon dis Mick and Marianne? What is "Hotel California"
really about? And were Jacko and Sheryl Crow once — eeeww — an item?
160 WHO DOES SEAL THINK HE IS?
He owes his career to bullies, likes to say fuck and wouldn't mind being Jennifer
Connelly — so he could have sex with his friends.
