Blender # 20, October 2003

<b>FEATURES</b><br>
62 COMING ATTRACTIONS<br>
Katy Rose, Holly Palmer, Bonnie McKee, Ana Victoria: Four charming newcomers
you'll soon be hearing a lot more of.<br>
68 LUDACRIS'S HO'LYMPICS!<br>
Hip-hop Scrabble, bra unfastening, ATV racing: Blender takes on Dirty South
superstar Ludacris in the inaugural Ho'lympics.<br>
74 EXCLUSIVE: R. KELLY SPEAKS!<br>
In a world exclusive, Blender hangs out with bump-n'-grind kingpin R. Kelly
as he awaits trial over child-pornography charges. Is he rattled? &quot;Only
Osama bin Laden knows exactly how I feel&quot;<br>
78 THE DISTILLERS<br>
Her enemies dismiss her as a third-rate Courtney Love, but the Distillers' scary
singer, Brody Armstrong, couldn't care less. Why not? &quot;The weak are crushed,'
she says, &quot;and I'm not one of those!'<br>
82 REVENGE OF THE ASS WIPERS!<br>
Groupies. Drugs. Guns. Rock stars' minders have seen it all but never spill
the beans &#8212; unless they're offered a lot of money, of course. Formerly
trusted entourage members give up the goods on their former employers.<br>
86 DOUBLE DATE: ROB THOMAS<br>
She's sugar and spice and everything nice; he used to eat dog biscuits. Can
Blender talk matchbox twenty's Rob Thomas and his lovely wife, Marisol, into
a friendly bit of spouse-swapping? No.<br>
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<b>REGULARS</b><br>
22 EDITOR'S LETTER<br>
24 LETTERS<br>
32 BURNER<br>
Kate Moss pole-dances for Jack White; Tupac designs clothes from beyond the
grave; Fred Durst throws a tantrum; Ryan Adams calls Britney a &quot;chunky
cheerleader&quot; and that's not even half of it!<br>
52 DEAR SUPERSTAR<br>
&quot;I could be at home masturbating!&quot; exclaims multimillionaire and former
bartender Dave Matthews. Instead, he's stuck answering your queries about the
colorful bruises on his ass. That's showbiz!<br>
58 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER!<br>
Did bad bookkeeping result in Funkadelic's pneumatic anthem &quot;One Nation
Under a Groove&quot;? Or was it the acid?<br>
60 ASK BLENDER<br>
The link between Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz is revealed; the particulars
of rock-star sex changes are explored; the smartest rapper of all is revealed!<br>
156 WHO DOES STEVE EARLE THINK HE IS?<br>
The left-wing alt-country star, ex-junkie (and ex-con) has five ex-wives and
an opinion about ... ooh, everything!