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66 Mandy Moore
The PG princess discusses her crappy bowling, her new album of covers and why,
if you bought her first CD, she's got $15.99 to refund you. Plus: Her film oeuvre
reviewed by Blender's own Fat Dad'""!
70 ROCK STAR SELF-PORTRAITS
For this month's science project, Blender asked Wayne Coyne, Alanis Morissette
and a waiting room full of stars to draw themselves. A leading shrink analyzes
their disturbing results. Let's get Freudian!
74 JOHNNY CASH: 1932-2003
Attacked by an ostrich, arrested seven times, addicted to speed, creator of
some of country's greatest records: The incredible life of the Man in Black
remembered.
78 THE 50 HOTTEST ROCK COUPLES OF ALL TIME
Is it Justin and Britney? Justin and Cameron? Mick and Marianne? Or Winona and
that guy with the hair from Soul Asylum? Which one of music's star-crossed pairings
is the hottest — and why?
88 5848: ALIEN ANT FARM
Blender gave nU-metallers Alien Ant Farm $848 in euros. They spent it getting
really drunk. Then they insulted a gang of burly Frenchmen — who kicked
the crap out of them. Touché!
90 33 THINGS ABOUT R.E.M.
They almost named themselves Negro Wives. Bill Berry owes Mike Mills $475,000.
Michael Stipe once had a haircut like Friar Tuck's. And 30 other startling factoids!
96 PINK
She's baaack! After selling 8 million albums, Pink is done being the R&B
underdog. She wrote her punky new album, Try This, with the lead singer of Rancid.
"People know I'm not Barbie,' declares the antiBritney. "And I'm all
right with that"
REGULARS
22 EDITOR'S LETTER
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32 BURNER
Lots of celebrities indulge their alcoholic tendencies at Blender's fantastic
post-VMA party; Britney indulges her Sapphic tendencies; Madonna indulges her
childish tendencies — and much more!
38 THE NEXT BIG THING!
Thursday; Elephant Man
56 DEAR SUPERSTAR
Hey, Method Man: Will there ever be an openly gay gangsta rapper? What's the
most weed you've ever smoked at once? And does Whoopi Goldberg know that you'd
like to get her in the sack?
62 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!
In between championship drinking bouts and shedding band members, Robert Smith
managed to write what he calls "the best pop song the Cure have ever done":
the classic "Just Like Heaven"
64 ASK BLENDER
The attempted assassination of Paul McCartney; Prince's secret messages; emo
feuds; Guns N' Roses in Hollywood; and a hell of a lot more!
