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Contents: Let’s Play (From online obscurity to a hit Black Panther song, Jorja Smith has come a long way in a short time); Drinks (Four beer-booze mash-ups to help you ring in the spring); Travel (Get your honky-tonk on in our do-it-like-a-local guide to Nashville); Sex (Orgasm 101: Become a master at pushing her button); TV (Wordsmith and performer Anna Deavere Smith is a force to be reckoned with); Politics (Why a bevy of bean counters could protect our democracy from malicious Russian influence); Also (The force is strong with Drawn Data, the best small music fests, Playboy Advisor on take-charge women; and more) Features – Interview (Cecile Richards, outgoing president of Planned Parenthood, tells us all about making trouble); The Accidental Pop Stars (Portugal. The Man navigate their meteoric success – with the help of a hot dog roller); The State Of Jazz (A look at the ever-shifting landscape of America’s essential art form); 20Q (What do bananas and The Last Jedi have in common? Comedian Jim Jefferies has very strong feelings about them); On The ARoad With G-Eazy (Slip backstage with the tireless rapper and record producer); Fiction (With a little larceny and a lot of love, Walter plans to steal a heart in Unlawful Entry by Chuck Palahniuk); Profile (Beats 1 guru Zane Lowe makes a rare appearance away from the mixing board); Surviving The Darien Gap (It’s man versus jungle in one of the world’s most dangerous places); Better Man (A springtime style feature, in which singer Leon Bridges expands his retro repertoire); Hellboy (Beware creepy coffins in Return Of The Lambton Worm, an exclusive comic from Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck); Fiction (It’s Hollywood, 1987, and the perfect tune is as elusive as family harmon in Julian Tepper’s Between The Records); Heritage (Jazz Fest turns 40. Plus: Hef’s 1963 arrest: Playmates Michele Drake and Elan Carter; classic cartoons) Pictorials – Playmate Of The Year (Top honors for 2018 go to Nina Daniele, who evokes the iconic Femlin); Let’s Get Physical (It’s training day with May Playmate Shauna Sexton; how many reps can you handle?); Mediterranean Morning (Sicily is postcard perfect with Eilsa Meliani in the picture); California Dreaming (Let sunny June Playmate Cassandra Dawn put you in a Cali state of mind); Under The Mangroves (John Raluca Cojocaru on a steamy Indonesian excursion) On The Cover – Nina Daniele, photographed by Jennifer Stenglein Opposite – The Femlin circa 1994, drawn by LeRoy Neiman
Issue: May – June 2018
Condition: Very Good