Blender May 2008

<p><b>REGULARS</b><br>
7 BLENDER BIBLE<br>
16 LETTERS<br>
21 BURNER<br>
Jessica Simpson suits up for battle.<br>
32 TOP 33 CHART<br>
34 COLLECT CALL FROM ...<br>
KID ROCK - 168 hours with Detroit's rap-rock wildman<br>
39 ASK BLENDER<br>
A Led Zeppelin mystery explained!<br>
41 USEFUL TIPS:<br>
FLO RIDA - The &quot;Low&quot; rapper on the art of juicing<br>
42 DEAR SUPERSTAR:<br>
KEITH RICHARDS<br>
The Stone on snorting Dad's ashes&#8212;and staying up for nine days straight<br>
47 THE GREATEST SONGS EVER:<br>
&quot;ONCE IN A LIFETIME&quot;<br>
How a fundamentalist radio preacher shaped the Talking Heads' masterpiece<br>
96 WHO DOES ERYKAH BADU THINK SHE IS?<br>
The R&amp;B eccentric cures colds with tuning forks and thinks &quot;time is
for white people.&quot;<br>
<b>THE GUIDE</b><br>
73 NEW RELEASES<br>
Madonna, Mariah Carey, Flo Rida, R.E.M.. Nine Inch Nails and more<br>
80 REISSUES<br>
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Love, Willie Nelson, Otis Redding and more<br>
82 BACK CATALOGUE: CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL<br>
In four short years, this West Coast foursome recorded some of the finest deep-blues
rock ever.<br>
84 MOVIES<br>
Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Heavy Metal in Baghdad and more<br>
86 GAMES<br>
Grand Theft Auto IV, Boom Blox, SingStar '90s and more<br>
<b>ARTIST INDEX</b><br>
Where to find your favorite performers in this month's Blender<br>
BADU, ERYKAH 96<br>
BLACK SABBATH 84<br>
BONO 39<br>
GEE-LO 30<br>
CLASH, THE 85<br>
COLDPLAY 30<br>
FLO RIDA 41<br>
HOOTIE &amp; THE BLOWFISH 36<br>
KID ROCK 34,96<br>
MADONNA 73<br>
MAYER, JOHN 60<br>
MICHAELSON, INGRID (and her pet squirrel) 28<br>
NINE INCH NAILS 77<br>
REDDING, OTIS 81<br>
RICHARDS, KEITH 42<br>
SMALLS. BIGGIE 53<br>
STEFANI, GWEN 22,26<br>
STYX 67<br>
TALKING HEADS 47<br>
TOKIO HOTEL (a threat to girls' glockenspiels) 56<br>
<b>ON THE COVER</b><br>
ALICIA KEYS<br>
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW ECCLES.<br>
Styling by Wean Vice for Epiphany Artist Group. Her by Tippi Shorter for Epiphany
=TOM Group. Makeup by Ashunta Sheriff for Epiphany Artist Group. Bodysuit by
The Blondes. Jeans by House of Cassette. Earrings by Kenneth Jay Lane. Ring
by Kenneth lay Lane.