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54 YOUNG GUNS
Guns N' Roses were one of the sleaziest, most reckless and greatest rock bands of the modern era. During the group's formative days, in the early 1980s, Axl Rose and his bandmates lived a skid row existence on the Sunset Strip, reveling in a life of drugs, groupies, wild street parties and music. STEPHEN DAVIS looks at the band's romantic, rebellious, self-destructive infancy, when the Gunners struggled to get signed and survive the rock-and-roll jungle.
66 FAST COMPANY
Our resident automotive authority KEN GROSS races through the past quarter century in the fastest production cars in the world. The latest: the SSC Ultimate Aero, a 256 mph $630K beast.
74 PLAYBOY'S 2008 PIGSKIN PREVIEW
Last year's college football season will be remembered for its wealth of upsets. Will they happen again? Peerless pigskin predictor GARY COLE picks the top 25 teams and the Playboy All America squad, spotlights Coach of the Year Mark Mangino and casts his vote for the top 10 upsets in college football history.
92 SWINGING FROM A TO Z
You say you want a revolution. How about a sexual one? Whether you're a watcher or a swapper, swinging has never been bigger, thanks to the Internet. Learn the latest lingo in our A-to-Z guide to swinging in 2008. fiction
100 NOBODY MOVE, PART THREE
The landscape turns darker and deadlier in this third installment of DENIS JOHNSON'S gritty modern noir written exclusively for PLAYBOY. Gambol is on the mend and hunting Jimmy Luntz while Anita sets into motion her own plan for revenge, which
involves bullying a corrupt judge out of more than a million dollars. the playboy forum
37 THE REAL MCCAIN
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has frequently invoked the name of
Barry Goldwater'since the long-tenured Arizona senator's death, in 1998. But McCain
is not a Goldwater conservative. Political commentator JOHN W. DEAN explains why
McCain lacks the character traits that earned Goldwater his legacy. 20Q
70 Anna Faris
Famous for the hilariously ditzy characters she plays in the Scary Movie flicks,
Lost in Translation and now The House Bunny, the real Anna is as put together
as she is sexy. Our comedic cover girl tells STEPHEN REBELLO about her experiences
with Playboy, learning to date again and giving "good phone." interview
DANA WHITE
Seven years ago White got behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a sports
association that has kicked, clawed and stomped its way to pop-culture dominance.
But success didn't come easily to the 39-year-old former aerobics instructor.
The hardheaded tough guy tells PLAYBOY about beatings in Boston, battling the
deep-pocketed competition and why mixed martial arts is the safest sport around.
BY KEVIN COOK pictorials
60 GEEK LOVE
Beauty and the Geek champion Amanda Corey loses the geek and her clothes.
80 PLAYMATE: Valerie MASON
A snake-handling off-roader from Louisiana, Miss September provides a jolt of
Southern spirit.
104 PAGE 3 GIRLS
Surrender to an invasion of busty British beauties featured in the U.K.'s top(less)
tabloids. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more. notes and news
13 THE WORLD OF PLAYBOY
The Man receives the Alpha Male Award from Spike TV; the Playboy Jazz Festival
is in full swing when Herbie Hancock takes the stage; and Playmates of every era
flock to the Mansion to honor Jayde Nicole as PMOY.
131 PLAYMATE NEWS
MTV's Tim Kash plays a dating game with three Playmates; Playmate Colleen Shannon
clears up that TMZ "Umbaba" fiasco; having seen our girls in the family-friendly
film The House Bunny, why not revisit their nudes? departments
3 PLAYBILL
15 DEAR PLAYBOY
19 AFTER HOURS
24 REVIEWS
31 MANTRACK
35 THE PLAYBOY ADVISOR
90 PARTY JOKES
133 WHERE AND HOW TO BUY
138 GRAPEVINE fashion
96 MAD MEN STYLE
In the award-winning AMC TV series Mad Men, high-powered New York advertising
executives from the early .1960s smoke, drink, entertain beautiful women and wear
really sharp clothes. In this spread, the show's stars sell retro cool in choice
vintage-inspired suits. BY JOSEPH DE ACETIS
