FEATURES
50 Tila Tequila
The four-foot-eleven bisexual model-musician-MySpace phenomenon got a houseful
of men and women—and legions of MTV viewers—to fall in love with
her on her raucous dating show, A Shot at Love. And now, as the second
season of her reality circus gets under way, she seduces Blender with
her boundless charm.
"I THINK EVERY GIRL IS BORN BISEXUAL." —Tila Tequila
PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER YANG
Bikini bottom by Norma Karnali.
Silver bracelet by Gaffney Peglar Barnett.
Clear bangle by Cara Croninger.
56 SUMMER MUSIC BLOWOUT
From Bonnaroo to the top Jacuzzi jams, it's Blender's guide to the
best the season on between
spring and fall has to offer.
STARRING Leona Lewis, Paramore, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott, Dave Matthews, Weezer,
Pussycat Dolls, Jonas Brothers and more!
64 THE EYELINER WARS
Emo has won the hearts and minds of a generation of young Mexicans. But the
music and its sensitive, skinny-jeans-wearing fans are vehemenently despised
- so much so that violence against los emos has erupted throughout
the country. Blender goes south of the border to investigate. REGULARS
7 BLENDER BIBLE
18 LETTERS
21 BURNER
Def Leppard rank rock-star vino.
29 USEFUL TIPS: BE YOUR OWN PET
The young punks' mealtime-melee strategies
30 TOP 33 CHART
34 DEAR SUPERSTAR: Lil Wayne
The crazy rapper answers questions you sent us (what drug he'll never do again)
and some you didn't (when the world will end).
40 GREATEST SONGS EVER: "THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN"
How Thin Lizzy's bar-brawl anthem brought the band back from the brink of extinction
(for a little while)
43 COLLECT CALL FROM ... FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS
168 hours with the comedic Kiwi folk duo
46 ASK BLENDER
Why Germans can't get enough of the Hoff
48 STATION TO STATION
In his inaugural column, new contributing editor Rob Sheffield looks back on
his enduring love affair with Madonna.
96 WHO DOES ?UESTLOVE THINK HE IS?
The Roots' drummer takes prenatal vitamins and has a crush on Tina Fey. "Nothing
about us is hip-hop," he admits. THE GUIDE
71 NEW RELEASES
Death Cab for Cutie, Scarlett Johansson, the Raconteurs, Ashlee Simpson and
more
78 REISSUES
The Replacements. Air, Grateful Dead, Mudhoney and more
81 BACK CATALOGUE: Paul McCartney
In the 38 years since the Beatles broke up, he's done it all: classic hits.
mawkish ballads. Jacko duets—even disco. And he's even gotten good again.
84 MOVIES Kung Fu Panda, The Foot Fist Way, The Promotion and
more ARTIST INDEX
Where to find your favorite performers in this month's Blender
BE YOUR OWN PET 7, 29, 76
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE 7, 71
DUFFY 25,72
DYLAN, BOB 28
ELLIOTT, MISSY 61
HINDER 26
JOEL, BILLY 24 Madonna (the Greg Maddux of pop music) 48
MATTHEWS, DAVE 58
McCARTNEY, PAUL 81
PARAMORE 60
PLIES 26
REPLACEMENTS, THE 78
SANTOGOLD 77
THIN Lizzy 40
WAYNE, LIL (rhyming about marsupials) 34
WENTZ, PETE 67, 85
WILL.I.AM 53
