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Contents: Love And Death In The Desert (Far from the glitz of the Strip, Binion’s Horseshoe was a no-frills gambler’s mecca. One of the owners, Ted Binion, hung out at titty bars with guy named Fat Herbie. His ex-stripper girlfriend and her boyfriend are now on trial for his murder); Big Bizness (From Woodstock to MTV, Limp Bizkit caused this year’s biggest commotion. In a straight-up conversation, lead Bizkit Fred Durst says he writes songs about what hurts him. Or used to. He’s seen too many VH1. Behind the Music episodes to become a rock-and-roll casualty); Songs That Changed The World (Brian Wilson, Philip Glass, Ronnie Spector and Ghostface Killah, among others, name their favorite songs of the century and explain their choices. Did Happy Birthday beat out Supernaut? You’ll be debating the picks for the next 100 years); I Want My MP3 (MP3 is almost as popular as sex on the Net. Learn about the latest software, the hottest portable MP3 players and the best websites for free downloads); 20Q: Barry White (He wasn’t always the gangster of love – in fact, at one time he was just a gangster. And a paper boy. He learned a lot along the way, though – like, watch what you say to a white woman in Alabama); Bavarian Creme (BMW’s new X5 is a four-wheel drive that sprints like a race car that can go from Paris to Dakar without a pit stop. It’s an SAV – sports activity vehicle – and it can be yours for only $50,000); Bring On The Bandwidth (Faster on-ramps – via cable, phone lines and satellite – will change the way we use the Net. Get ready for movie-quality webcasts, video chats and mind-boggling games); The Year In Music (James Brown lived to see his own Hall Of Fame induction – and he feels good. Our readers also picked all the big hits this year. Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey and Dixie Chicks. What can we say? Playboy readers are on top of things) Interview – Rowland Evans And Robert Novak (Nobody knows the Beltway like this duo of newspaper writers, whose shared column ran for 30 years. They have great stories about everyone – from JFK to Reagan to the current crop of White House hopefuls. It’s required reading for this election year) Pictorials – Spring Break 2000 (College girls do crazy things when they emerge from dimly lit lecture halls. We went to check out the student body); Playmate: Brande (Brande Roderick grew up in grape country – Sonoma – and her spirits are definitely distilled. Hef, the ultimate connoisseur, rates her VSOP); Bijou (Bijou Phillips is the diamond and the rough. She’s a hard-core party girl who was living the rock-and-roll lifestyle long before her acclaimed album came out) Notes And News – The World Of Playboy; Hangin’ With Hef; The Playboy Forum (Antidrug comics; electric chairs; auction off the elderly?); Playmate News (The millennium twins get down at the Mansion; Lisa Dergan update; Club Lingerie) Departments – Playbill; Dear Playboy; After Hours; Wired; Living Online; Fitness; Men; The Single Life; Mantrack; The Playboy Advisor; Party Jokes; Where And How To Buy; On The Scene; Grapevine; Potpourri Lifestyle – Playboy‘s Spring And Summer Fashion Forecast (Tired of being Jekyll during the week and Hyde on the weekend? Here’s our guide to flaunting nine-to-five flash that’s office-approved (it’s all above the waist) Reviews – Music (New wax from Q-Tip; a final fix of Morphine, a century of women in music); Movies (1999 wrap-up: Cider House does indeed rule. Astronaut’s Wife was as bad as it looked); Video (The films of Brigette Bardot; Debra Messing of Will and Grace lists her all-time faves (think Dustin Hoffman in drag and Sigourney Weaver in skivvies); Books (The greatest naughty book; ouch – the history of circumcision)
Issue: April 2000
Condition: Very Good