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Contents: Let’s Play (Escape with the adventurous Jhene Aiko on the singer-songwriter’s upcoming release, TRIP 17); Sex (Why aren’t more men writing erotica – is it because women don’t want them to?); Music (Vic Mensa almost didn’t live to see the release of his thrilling debut album, The Autobiography); Politics (Raise your fist (and scratch your head) for the Trump-era return of protest music); Music (The War on Drugs’ thoughtful frontman navigates the band’s major-label debut while breathing new life into rock and roll); Also (Spooky stats in Drawn Data; Season two of Stranger Things; and the Playboy Advisor on dating a friend’s ex) Features – Interview (Patton Oswalt brings an astonishing openness to his life’s tragic turns and how he confronted them with comedy); The Publicly Traded Human..(Mike Merrill has been selling shares of himself for years; now he’s working blue); Fiction (Riley tempts fate on the way to a funeral in T.C. Boyle’s Subtract One Death); Busy Being Borns (The Indie singer and fashion ambassador talks Gucci, haircare and getting weird); 20Q (From her open DM’s to her proudly biracial heritage, pop powerhouse Halsey proves no-topic is off-limits); Fiction (To save their sex life, a young couple gets kinky in R.O. Kwon’s Safeword); Tim & Eric At 10 (The creators of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! celebrate a decade of absurdist brilliance); Crossroads 2.0 (Should artists embrace computer-assisted music or rage against the machine); Kingsman: The Big Exit (British superspy Eggsy goes deep in this exclusive comic by Rob Williams and Ozgur Yildirim); Heritage (A vinyl countdown: the history of Hef’s music label. Plus classic Playmates, quality cartoons and Sir Elton John) Pictorials – The Body Electric (Join Daria Savishkina on a high-voltage visit to Electric Lady Studios in New York); Night Fever (Skim the city skyline at dusk with Tsanna LaTouche); Touch-Tone (Hello, operator? Please connect us with September Playmate Jessica Wall); Flower Power Forever (Body paint, daisy chains, guitar: Jordy Murray heads to Woodstock); Center Stage (October Playmate Milan Dixon outshines and leaves us begging for an encore); L.A. Woman (Just got into town about an hour ago… Let Carmella Rose show you around her California bungalow) On The Cover – Halsey, photographed by Ramona Rosales. Cover typography by Alex Trochut. Opposite: September Playmate Jessica Wall, photographed by Graham Dunn
Issue: September – October 2017
Condition: Very Good