Blender # 19, September 2003

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
78 JESSICA SIMPSON<br>
She's the girl next door &#8212; provided, of course, that you live next door
to someone who has published a book about hosting the perfect celebrity wedding
and has an MTV camera crew tracking her every move.<br>
82 THE 50 WORST ARTISTS IN MUSIC HISTORY!<br>
It's the one critics' list that no one wants to be on. Which will come as rather
bad news for Creed, the Insane Clown Posse, Oingo Boingo and 47 other stinkers.<br>
90 $848: JUNIOR SENIOR<br>
Can the Danish dance-pop duo really squander almost a grand of Blender's cash
on booze, hot dogs, '70s porn and condiments? Yes!<br>
92 DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL<br>
Don't date Chris Carrabba &#8212; unless you want your excruciating breakup
splayed all over the next Dashboard Confessional lyric sheet.<br>
96 33 THINGS ABOUT MARY J. BLIGE<br>
She used to dream of being a stripper. She signed her first record deal in a
laundry room. She wants you to give her a hug. But despite the rumors, the R&amp;B
diva is most definitely not a man.<br>
102 HOW TO BE A ROCK MANAGER<br>
With help from New Jersey popsters Fountains of Wayne, Blender discovers that
managing a rock band isn't nearly as easy as it looks. And to be honest, it
didn't look too easy in the first place.<br>
106 RADIOHEAD<br>
If Thom Yorke really is rock's Mr. Misery, then what's all this about geisha
girls and champagne? &quot;Welcome to my world chuckles the Radiohead frontman.<br>
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<b>REGULARS</b><br>
32 EDITOR'S LETTER<br>
34 LETTERS<br>
42 BURNER<br>
Is Snoop Dogg in the crosshairs?; Avril flashes ass and attitude; the , Libertines
implode; ODB's in<br>
trouble with Mom; and so much more, you'll beg for mercy!<br>
48 THE NEXT BIG THING!<br>
Eisley; Obie Trice<br>
68 DEAR SUPERSTAR<br>
The &quot;runaway son of a nuclear A-bomb&quot; fearlessly answers your queries
about the Stooges' reunion, sponge baths with David Bowie and the size of his
manhood.<br>
74 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!<br>
Seeking spiritual uplift in 1973, Stevie Wonder wrote &quot;Higher Ground!'
Did it eerily predict the car accident that nearly killed him?<br>
76 ASK BLENDER<br>
Did John Lennon dis Mick and Marianne? What is &quot;Hotel California&quot;
really about? And were Jacko and Sheryl Crow once &#8212; eeeww &#8212; an item?<br>
160 WHO DOES SEAL THINK HE IS?<br>
He owes his career to bullies, likes to say fuck and wouldn't mind being Jennifer
Connelly &#8212; so he could have sex with his friends.