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Contents: The Medical Marijuana Murder (The unsolved murder of medical marijuana activist Ken Gorman in Denver has cast a harsh spotlight on new cannabis laws now on the books in a dozen states. In an investigative report Frank Owen examines how this movement has become entangled in conflicting laws that have thwarted its promise); Playboy Music Awards (For our annual look at the year’s best music, we sound out T.I., Anna Netrebko and Ghostland Observatory, peek at Gary Allan’s record collection, designate the hottest tunes and reveal your preferred aural pleasures in our readers poll returns); Better Living Through Chemistry (At the most innovative drinking establishments across the country, a new breed of bartenders cum mad scientists is using molecular mixology to stir up the most dynamic cocktails in decades); The Sexual Male, Part Four: The Look Of Love (In the fourth installment of Playboy Advisor Chip Rowe’s series on the science of male sexuality, we explore the startling discoveries made by researchers who study the human mating dance. The reasons women choose their partners – that’s right, pal, the women choose – and why couples stay together may surprise you) Fiction – The Cook (The author of Whiteman and The Konkans returns to Playboy with a story about three American Peace Corps volunteers in India during the 1960s. The challenges of the third world and the clash of cultures tap feelings of empathy and understanding in two of them, while fueling the arrogance of the other) The Playboy Forum – Is John Doe Dead? (We have come to expect cameras in banks and bodegas to capture our every move. But has fear of crime and terrorism caused us to surrender our privacy too complacently? Daniel J. Solove argues that rather than accepting our status as fish in a fishbowl, we should fight to maintain the right to live portions of our life in anomymity) 20Q – Charles Barkley (Sir Charles remains one of the most outspoken and controversial figures in all of sports. Here the opinionated commentator explains with bracing candor why Stephon Marbury isn’t worth $20 million a year, why the answer to the immigration mess is to jail rich people and why he’ll govern Alabama) Interview – Garry Kasparov (He’s the greatest of chess grandmasters, now leading a movement to protest competition in Russian president Vladimir Putin’s regime. Obviously, this is no game, but the stakes are high. Kasparov’s critique, leveled in the streets of Moscow, led to his arrest and imprisonment. Right after his release and on the eve of the Russian elections, the chess champ turned political activist sat down with David Sheff to discuss why he thinks Putin is destroying his country and whether accusing the president of having blood on his hands has put Kasparov’s life in jeopardy) Pictorials – Ice-T’s Hot Coco (Rap’s original gangster shows off his bodacious, bootylicious wife); Foreigh Exchange: Petter Hegre’s Luba (A Norwegian photographer captures the global allure of his Ukranian muse, Luba Shumeyko); Playmate: Ida Ljungqvist (Beware the Ides of March – her pictorial will raise your blood pressure); Playboy‘s 25 Sexiest Celebrities (The stars who sizzle at any distance, from the Girls Next Door to Christina Aguilera and more) Notes And News – World Of Playboy (The Amazing Race touches down in Holmby Hills, and we fete Kim Kardashian back east); Hangin’ With Hef (Hef hosts turkey day, Tom Leykis’s Bunny Ball comes to the Mansion, and Fabio is back for more); Playmate News (Environmental activist Cara Zavaleta wants you to know green is the new black; Jayde Nicole and her sexy friends get a reality show) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; Grapevine; Potpourri Fashion – Rock The Rabbit (For our annual rock-and-roll fashion shoot, musicians Daft Punk, Iggy Pop, Duran Duran, the Shins, Gogol Bordello and Hot Chip designed their own concert T-shirts, each featuring their unique spin on Playboy iconography)
Issue: March 2008
Condition: Very Good