COVER STORY
HOT MAMA: Reformed bad girl Bijou Phillips (daughter of the Mamas and the Papas' John Phillips) talks about her obsession with stripping ("I love going to strip clubs—the adrenaline rush you get is amazing"), worship of Madonna ("She's the Queen ElizaBeth of the music kingdom") and her next album. You'll be happy looking at her pictures, too.
FEATURES
70 LOVE AND DEATH IN THE DESERT
Far from the glitz of the Strip, Binion's Horseshoe was a no-frills gambler's mecca. One of its owners, Ted Binion, hung out at titty bars with guys named Fat Herbie. His ex-stripper girlfriend and her boyfriend are now on trial for his murder. BY PETER ALSON
84 BIG BIZNESS
From Woodstock to MTV Limp Bizkit caused this year's biggest commotion. In a
straight-up conversation, lead Bizkit Fred Durst says he writes songs about
what hurts him. Or used to. He's seen too many VH I Behind the Music episodes to become a rock-and-roll casualty. BY ALISON LUNDGREN
94 SONGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Brian Wilson, Philip Glass, Ronnie Spector and Ghostface Killah, among others,
name their favorite songs of the century and explain their choices. Did Happy
Birthday beat out Supernaut? You'll be debating the picks for the next 100 years.
BY CHARLES M. YOUNG
112 I WANT MY MP3
MP3 is almost as popular as sex on the Net. Learn about the latest software,
the hottest portable MP3 players and the best websites for free downloads. BY
Beth TOMKIW
114 20Q BARRY WHITE
He wasn't always the gangster of love—in fact, at one time he was just
a gangster. And a paper boy. He learned a lot along the way, though—like,
watch what you say to a white woman in Alabama. BY JULIE BAIN
118 BAVARIAN CREME
BMW's new X5 is a four-wheel drive that sprints like a race car and can go from
Paris to Dakar without a pit stop. It's an SAV—sports activity vehicle—and
it can be yours for only $50,000. BY KEN GROSS
120 BRING ON THE BANDWIDTH
Faster on-ramps—via cable, phone lines and satellite—will change
the way we use the Net. Get ready for movie-quality webcasts, video chats and
mind-boggling
games. BY TED C. FISHMAN
124 THE YEAR IN MUSIC
fames Broom lived to see his own Hall of Fame induction—and he feels good.
Our readers also picked all the big hits this year: Ricky Martin, Mariah-carey-music-star">Mariah Carey
and Dixie Chicks. What can we say? PLAYBOY readers are on top of things.
INTERVIEW
59 ROWLAND EVANS AND ROBERT NOVAK
Nobody knows the Beltway like this duo of newspaper writers, whose shared column
ran for 30 years. They have great stories about everyone—from JFK to Reagan
to At current crop of White House hopefuls. It's required reading for this election
year. BY David SHEFF
PICTORIALS
74 SPRING BREAK 2000
College girls do crazy things when they emerge from dimly lit lecture halls.
We went to check out the student body.
98 PLAYMATE: BRANDE Brande Roderick grew up in grape country—Sonoma—and her spirits
are definitely distilled. Hef, the ultimate connoisseur, rates her VSOP
132 BIJOU Bijou Phillips is the diamond and the rough. She's a hard-core party girl who
was living the rock-and-roll lifestyle long before her acclaimed album came
out.
NOTES AND NEWS
13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
14 HANGING WITH HEF
49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
Antidrug comics; electric chairs; auction off the elderly?
167 PLAYMATE NEWS
The millennium twins get down at the Mansion; Lisa Dergan update; Club Lingerie.
DEPARTMENTS
5 PLAYBILL
17 DEAR PLAYBOY
21 AFTER HOURS
28 WIRED
33 LIVING ONLINE
36 FITNESS
37 MEN
38 THE SINGLE LIFE
41 MANTRACK
45 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
110 PARTY JOKES
154 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
171 ON THE SCENE
172 GRAPEVINE
174 POTPOURRI
LIFESTYLE
88 PLAYBOY'S SPRING AND SUMMER FASHION FORECAST
Tired of being Jekyll during the week and Hyde on the weekend? Here's our guide
to flaunting nine-to-five flash that's office-approved (it's all above the waist).
25 MUSIC
New wax from Q-Tip; a final fix of Morphine; a century of women in music.
29 MOVIES
1999 wrap-up: Cider House does indeed rule. Astronaut's Wife was as bad as it
looked.
32 VIDEO
The films of Brigitte Bardot; Debra Messing of Will and Grace lists her all-time
faves (think Dustin Hoffman in drag and Sigourney Weaver in skivvies).
34 BOOKS
The greatest naughty bits; ouch—the history of circumcision.
