COVER STORY
NEW ZEALAND ZEAL: Supermodel Kylie Bax moves and shakes—and shakes up
the runways. Hollywood, naturally, has taken notice. Kylie's personal life sizzles:
"I like having sex marathons." Photographer Marco Glaviano captures
a hint of all this on our cover. Our Rabbit has taken a shine to Kylie's outfit.
FEATURES
72 DREAM ON
Got the urge to explore some risky moves in bed? Want to give them a trial run
first? Start when you're asleep. A rousing report from the frontier of sexual
research. BY AMANDA GREEN
92 PLAYBOY PROFILE: THE TALENTED MR. RIDLEY
Credit Ridley Scott and his pioneering video dazzle with half the stuff that
followed on MTV. His films are inventively grim (Alien and Blade Runner), smart
(Thelma and Louise) and gripping (Gladiator). For his latest project he bites
off Hannibal (the cannibal, not the dude with the elephants). BY Michael FLEMING
112 HARDCORE HATE
The Texas inmate population has tripled over the past decade. At the same time,
prisons have become flash points for racial violence that spills into the streets.
A rare and scary look behind bars. BY JOHN DOE
119 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: Jennifer Rovero
Her precocious early fling, why kissing can make or break a date and her secret
trick with a man when he's sleeping.
120 HEY, RICHARD!
This is the stuff the survivors should have taken: two-week deodorant, biodegradable
paint balls and a CD-radio alarm clock that re-creates a steam-engine train,
car horns and street noise. BY David STEVENS
124 20Q Traci Lords
Infamous teen star Traci Lords has erected a great adult career. She has an
album, hit films and TV roles—and she still knows how to make a guy happy
without messing up her lipstick. BY ROBERT CRANE
FICTION
THE SPARRING PARTNER
In the shady boxing world of Las Vegas, rescuing another soul can be a tough
business. Particularly a rising female fighter whom you train—and date.
BY LUCIUS SHEPARD
INTERVIEW
59 BOB KNIGHT
Genius or tyrant? Victim of persecution or jerk with a temper? His tenure finished
at Indiana, the volatile coach has lost neither his bark nor his bite—as
our interviewer discovered. BY LAWRENCE GROBEL
PICTORIALS
76 TOPLESS GOLF
These girls could give a clinic on fairway wood.
98 PLAYMATE: Miriam Gonzalez
Our Playmate 2000 search beauty claims she is shy and reserved. Hard to believe,
Miriam.
115 X-TREME TEAM
Playmates work up a sweat at the Eco-Challenge in Borneo.
130 Kylie Bax
A marquee supermodel explores her Marquis fantasies.
NOTES AND NEWS
13 MONSTER BASH!
The Backstreet Boys and Tobey Maguire said boo.
14 WET PAINT PRE-PARTY
Naked Playmates in Halloween costumes.
49 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
Ten more commandments.
167 PLAYMATE NEWS
X-Treme Team on TV LA Glamourcon, Cosmo gal's favorite.
DEPARTMENTS
3 PLAYBILL
19 DEAR PLAYBOY
23 AFTER HOURS
32 WIRED
39 LIVING ONLINE
41 MEN
43 MANTRACK
47 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
110 PARTY JOKES
154 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
171 ON THE SCENE
172 GRAPEVINE
174 POTPOURRI
LIFESTYLE
84 STYLIN' AMERICA
A nod to California and matinee idols—spring styles by homegrown designers.
BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS
94 STREET FIGHTERS
Don't get distracted by mountain bike hype. These road warriors kick asphalt.
BY VERNON FELTON
126 WATCH THIS!
New watches do more than tick—they even snap and click.
REVIEWS
30 MUSIC
Outkast smells the roses, Neil Young live, Tom Petty.
33 MOVIES
Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock, Marley Shelton as Tricia Nixon.
38 VIDEO
Mouthwatering fare for Hannibal, Oliver Stone on DVD, Candy.
40 BOOKS
Fifties movie posters, Birth of the Cool and mysteries on tape.
