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Contents: Realty On The High Seas (Activists came to the Faroe Islands with a documentary crew in tow, hoping to shut down the local whaling operation. But it’s complicated. The whales keep the islanders’ culture alive. Andy Dennart examines whether reality TV captures every reality); Playboy‘s 2012 Music Guide (Perk up your ears. Our critic Rob Tannenbaum reveals artists worth hearing); The Ghost Of Fleetwood Mac (Anthony Bozza visits Mick Fleetwood on Maui, where the drummer broods about his highly dysfunctional band); Michonne’s Story (An exclusive graphic tale from Robert Kirkman, creator of The Walking Dead); The Ax (Greil Marcus makes his case for the six electric guitars. You agree?); Officer Finnigan (Jerry Finnigan was a decorated Chicago cop patrolling the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods. Now he’s serving 12 years in prison. Hillel Levin exposes the scandal that brought him down) Interview – Jon Hamm (The actor who plays the dark Don Draper on Mad Men shows his funny and sad sides to Eric Spitznagel) 20Q – Meghan McCain (David Hochman gets some straight talk from the senator’s daughter and pundit) Fiction – A Russian Picnic (Three men plan an unorthodox meal for seduction in a comic story by the writer and dissident Zakhar Prilepin, translated here into English for the first time) Pictorials – London Calling (Raise your hands for Natalie Loren, the hottest DJ in the world); Playmate: Raquel Pomplun (We discovered this biochemistry major when she sent us a photo. Dream (ours) do come true); Playmates And Rock Stars (So a guy writes hit songs, makes a ton of money and acts like a bad boy. Centerfolds find that attractive? Yes, they do. Where’s our guitar?) Columns – Mile High Flub (Ever fantasize about gaining entry to that infamous mile-high club? Richard Lewis had his chance); Recycled Love (Lisa Lampanelli once had 12 breakups in a month – with the same guy. Why are we forever going back to our exes when we know it’s trouble? As with doughnuts, Lisa says, stop at one) Fashion – Life On Mars (The Grammy-nominated singer returns triumphant to his native Hawaii to show off fashions that belong in the sun) News And Notes – The World Of Playboy (The stockings are stuffed on Christmas Eve; Hef speaks at USC; an intimate tour of the Mansion; a visit from Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer); Black Tie And Lingerie (It’s New Year’s Eve at the Mansion with Hef and time to celebrate another remarkable year); Haywire Premire Party (Playboy sponsored the opening celebration in Los Angeles for the Steven Soderbergh thriller); Playmate News (Miss October 2011 Amanda Cerny dedicated herself to Haiti; the Shannon twins on Celebrity Big Brother UK; Pam Anderson plays her own double) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Reviews; Mantrack; Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Grapevine Playboy Forum – Overdose County, USA (The U.S. has a drug problem, but it’s not the one you might expect. Vince Beiser visits War, West Virginia, which has been devastated by overdoses of black-market prescription painkillers. What can be done?); A Fake Crisis (Should you be concerned about the looming “debt crisis”? No, argues Jonathan Tasini. The crisis we face is a country that may never again have economic fairness because a few people didn’t play by the rules); Reader Response (Defending Ayn Rand; popular populists; did the Vanderbilts give us government regulation?); Newsfront (Men who give away their sperm; President Obama slices up the Constitution; cameras in the trees)
Issue: April 2012
Condition: Very Good