COVER STORY
At the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas the slots are hot—and so are the girls.
"It's wild here," says cocktail waitress Brandi Bagley. Brandi gives
us an intimate tour inside—a show you won't see in Vegas. For our cover,
Arny Freytag shot January 2001 Playmate Irina Voronina while our Rabbit played
a rock anthem.
FEATURES
82 SUN RISE Sam Phillips created rock and roll at his tiny Memphis recording studio. We
asked the legends of music to sing the praises of Sun Studios. Then we asked
ourselves: Could Elvis, Johnny and Jerry Lee have sprung up anywhere else? BY
JAMIE MALANOWSKI
94 PLAYBOY PROFILE: BISHOP JOHN SPONG'S BULLY PULPIT
John Spong is an Episcopal bishop who would ordain women, allow gay marriages
and shake up organized religions. Let us pray. BY WARREN KALBACKER
97 CENTERFOLDS ON SEX: Petra Verkaik
Wild hair and makeup and wearing badass black boots help Petra prepare for her
favorite role: supervixen.
104 BEING SPIKE JONZE
The director of Being John Malkovich and co-creator of MTV's Jackass is one
crazy dude. We have 13 pieces of evidence.
127 THE YEAR IN MUSIC
Our readers send shouts out to Eminem and Belle and Sebastian. Ozzy is enshrined
in the Playboy Hall of Fame.
128 MUSIC BUZZ
Matt Pinfield, the first name in underground music, has an ear for cool sounds.
For PLAYBOY, he singles out bands that have slipped through the cracks of the
industry hype machine.
132 JAPANESE TRASH TV
Imagine a world where naked babes answer trivia questions from a hot tub and
must stand up to hit their buzzers. In Japan, that world is called prime time.
134 20Q Wyclef Jean
Fugee mastermind and solo star Wyclef Jean is riding on the success of his second
solo CD. The Haitian emigre carries a small ax and writes redemption songs—but
he can still appreciate a good lay. BY CHRISTOPHER NAPOLITANO
136 IN THE EYE OF NAPSTER'S STORM
The cunning system of trading songs online sent big corporations into cardiac
arrest. But it inspired awe in music enthusiasts. Founding developer Jordan
Ritter describes what it was like to foment a revolution. BY TIMOTHY MOHR
FICTION
120 MY LIFE IN HEAVY METAL
Like CindeUmma-porn-star">Rella sang, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. But even
then you're hot always sure what it was—or why you let it go. BY STEVE
ALMOND
INTERVIEW
67 METALLICA
Only seven bands have sold more albums in the U.S. than Metallica. But its members
still strike the defensive crouch of outcasts. And still they rage against the
machine—Napster's machine, that is. BY Rob Tannenbaum
PICTORIALS
88 SPRING BREAK
When college girls head to the beach, they leave their books—and bikinis—home.
We took pictures.
106 PLAYMATE: Katie LohmanN
The Scottsdale knockout was the only girl on her high school wrestling team.
Pin us, Katie.
140 THE GIRLS OF THE HARD ROCK CASINO
They work a round-the-clock backstage bash. It's only rock and roll, but we
like it—especially in the nude.
NOTES AND NEWS 17 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
Kid Rock plays golf Lennox Lewis, Hef on the View.
18 ROCKIN' AT THE MANSION
Doobie and Righteous brothers, Brian Setzer and 'N Sync harmonize with Hef
57 THE PLAYBOY FORUM
Abstinence education scams, sex-book sales charts.
171 PLAYMATE NEWS
Playmates in music videos; Alan Cumming's favorite Playmates.
DEPARTMENTS
3 PLAYBILL
21 DEAR PLAYBOY
25 AFTER HOURS
36 WIRED
44 LIVING ONLINE
49 MEN
51 MANTRACK
55 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
118 PARTY JOKES
156 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
175 ON THE SCENE
176 GRAPEVINE
178 POTPOURRI
LIFESTYLE
98 PLAYBOY'S SPRING AND SUMMER FASHION FORECAST
Comfort is the key in warm weather. We carry it off with style. BY JOSEPH DE
ACETIS
122 NAKED BIKES
Motorcycles flaunt their raw power. BY JAMES R. PETERSEN
REVIEWS
33 MUSIC
Everclear, Dot Com Blues, Enya and Joe Haydn.
38 MOVIES
It's Oscar time—here's our list of the best.
41 VIDEO
Big-band era on DVD, road movies.
48 BOOKS Bob Dylan, Stoned, the history of music censorship.
