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Contents: 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?); Playboy Profile: Bishop John Spong’s Bully Pulpit (John Spong is an Episcopal biship who would ordain women, allow gay marriages and shake up organized religions. Let us pray); Centerfolds On Sex: Petra Verkaik (Wild hair and makeup and wearing badass black boots help Petra prepare for her favorite role: supervixen); 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); The Year In Music (Our readers send shouts out to Eminem and Belle and Sebastian. Ozzy is enshrined in the Playboy Hall of Fame); 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); 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); 20Q: Wclef Jean (Fugee mastermind and solo star Wclef 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); 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) Fiction – My Life In Heavy Metal (Like Cinderella sang, you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. But even then you’re not always sure what it was – or why you let it go) Interview – 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) Pictorials – Spring Break (When college girls head to the beach, they leave their books – and bikinis – home. We took pictures); Playmate: Katie Lohmann (The Scottsdale knockout was the only girl on her high school wrestling team. Pin us, Katie); 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 – The World Of Playboy (Kid Rock plays golf, Lennox Lewis, Hef on the View); Rockin’ At The Mansion (Doobie and Righteous brothers, Brian Setzer and ‘N Sync harmonize with Hef); The Playboy Forum (Abstinence education scams, sex-book sales charts); Playmate News (Playmates in music videos; Alan Cumming’s favorite Playmates) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Men; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle – Playboy‘s Spring And Summer Fashion Forecast (Comfort is the key in warm weather. We carry it off with style); Naked Bikes (Motorcycles flaunt their raw power) Reviews – Music (Everclear, Dot Com Blues, Enya and Joe Haydn); Movies (It’s Oscar time – here’s our list of the best); Video (Big-band era on DVD, road movies); Books (Bob Dylan, Stoned, the history of music censorship)
Issue: April 2001
Condition: Very Good