FEATURES
62 COMING ATTRACTIONS Katy Rose, Holly Palmer, Bonnie McKee, Ana Victoria: Four charming newcomers
you'll soon be hearing a lot more of.
68 LUDACRIS'S HO'LYMPICS!
Hip-hop Scrabble, bra unfastening, ATV racing: Blender takes on Dirty South
superstar Ludacris in the inaugural Ho'lympics.
74 EXCLUSIVE: R. Kelly SPEAKS!
In a world exclusive, Blender hangs out with bump-n'-grind kingpin R. Kelly
as he awaits trial over child-pornography charges. Is he rattled? "Only
Osama bin Laden knows exactly how I feel"
78 THE DISTILLERS
Her enemies dismiss her as a third-rate Courtney Love, but the Distillers' scary
singer, Brody Armstrong, couldn't care less. Why not? "The weak are crushed,'
she says, "and I'm not one of those!'
82 REVENGE OF THE ASS WIPERS!
Groupies. Drugs. Guns. Rock stars' minders have seen it all but never spill
the beans — unless they're offered a lot of money, of course. Formerly
trusted entourage members give up the goods on their former employers.
86 DOUBLE DATE: ROB THOMAS
She's Sugar and spice and everything nice; he used to eat dog biscuits. Can
Blender talk matchbox twenty's Rob Thomas and his lovely wife, Marisol, into
a friendly bit of spouse-swapping? No.
REGULARS
22 EDITOR'S LETTER
24 LETTERS
32 BURNER Kate Moss pole-dances for Jack White; Tupac designs clothes from beyond the
grave; Fred Durst throws a tantrum; Ryan Adams calls Britney a "chunky
cheerleader" and that's not even half of it!
52 DEAR SUPERSTAR
"I could be at home masturbating!" exclaims multimillionaire and former
bartender Dave Matthews. Instead, he's stuck answering your queries about the
colorful bruises on his ass. That's showbiz!
58 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!
Did bad bookkeeping result in Funkadelic's pneUmma-porn-star">Umatic anthem "One Nation
Under a Groove"? Or was it the acid?
60 ASK BLENDER
The link between Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz is revealed; the particulars
of rock-star sex changes are explored; the smartest rapper of all is revealed!
156 WHO DOES Steve Earle THINK HE IS?
The left-wing alt-country star, ex-junkie (and ex-con) has five ex-wives and
an opinion about ... ooh, everything!
